PennSound:Oppen Centennial (original) (raw)
A Celebration of George Oppen's 100th Birthday
at the Kelly Writers House, April 7, 2008
Program:
- introduction by Thomas Devaney (4:45):MP3
- Michael Heller: "Oppen's Thematics: What Are Poets For?" (12:08):MP3
- Tom Mandel: "Entitlement & Doubt (Postcards & Procrastination)" (11:41):MP3
(click for photos of the postcard [front & back] and envelope Mandel discusses in his talk)<liAnn Lauterbach: "George Oppen: How Shall I Speak?"; Lauterbach's poem, "Oppen's Way" (8:40):MP3</liGeorge Economou: "Inside a Tale that is Full of Eyes;" Economou's poem, "Identified;" Oppen's poem, "Psalm" (13:20):MP3
(click to read the program from the 1973 Thomas Jefferson College National Poetry Festival, which Economou mentions in his talk) - Stephen Cope: excerpts from Oppen's daybooks (15:10):MP3
- Al Filreis: "Oppen's Antifascism: Guilt in 'Myth of the Blaze'" (14:08):MP3
(read Filreis' essay on his blog)
(hear Rachel Blau DuPlessis' reading of "Myth of the Blaze," mentioned in Filreis' talk: MP3) - Rachel Blau DuPlessis: "Section 9: Of Being Numerous" (7:54):MP3
- Ron Silliman: "Three Regrets for George Oppen" (7:49):MP3
(read Silliman's essay on his blog) - Bob Perelman "Oppen's Knowledge" (14:12):MP3
- Thomas Devaney: on Mary Oppen's Meaning A Life (14:48):MP3
click here for photos from the Oppen Centennial event
to hear Oppen read his own work, be sure to visit PennSound's George Oppen author page
a PDF of the program for the evening can be found here
for more information about this event, including bios of the participants, click here
Oppen's Centennial Celebration on PennSound Daily- June 22, 2008: "Two New PennSound Podcasts: Dan Saxon and George Oppen"
- May 15, 2008: "George Oppen Centennial Symposium at Poets House, NYC"
- April 10, 2008: "UPenn's George Oppen Centennial Celebration Now Online"
These sound recordings are being made available for noncommercial and educational use only.© 2008 the various poets. Used with permission. All rights reserved. Distributed by PennSound.
