Jack Gilbert reading his poems with comment in the Recording Laboratory, Nov. 7, 1963 [sound recording].
Gilbert, Jack, 1925-2012.
Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature (Library of Congress)
sound recording
1963.
eng
Mr. Gilbert reads from his first volume of poems, Views of Jeopardy, as well as from his unpublished poems (Singing in My Mountains, What is There to Say?, The Plundering of Circe, Islands and Figs, Beauty, and Bartleby at the Wall).
Introduced by Howard Nemerov.
Recorded for the Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature.
Literary recording, rev., enl. ed.,
Singing in my Mountains (sections 1-5: For Example (min. 00:31); Quality is a Kind of Exile (min. 02:48); Another Grandfather (min. 4:14); The Abnormal is Not Courage (min. 08:56); Singing in My Difficult Mountains (min. 11:21)); What is there to say? (min. 13:14); Lions (min.14:19); The First Morning of the World on Long Island (min. 16:13);The Plundering of Circe (min. 17:21); Don Giovanni on His Way to Hell I (min. 19:51); Don Giovanni on His Way to Hell II (min. 22:00); And She Waiting (min. 25:34); Islands and Figs (min. 27:13); It May Be No One Should Be Opened (min. 30:10); County Musician (min. 31:59); Elephants (min. 34:12); I'll Try and Explain About the Fear (min. 37:35); Beauty (min. 40:30); Bartleby at the Wall (min. 42:07); On Growing Old in San Francisco (43:49); The Whiteness, the Sound, and Alcibiades (min. 47:20).
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsrs/poetryarch.94838405