KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ Words: Program No. 8: Larry Fagin
Analog Audio
Event Type
Spoken WordOrigin
KPFAIdentifier
W.1969.10.20Program Series
WordsProgram Length
54 minDates
1969-10-20 | broadcast| 402 | created
Description
One in a series of programs produced by Clark Coolidge that feature the works of late 20th century poets, sound poets, and authors. This recording is of two readings by Larry Fagin, one held in San Francisco in February 1969 and the other made in New York City in September 1969. Fagin was a member of the New York School of poets that included Ron Padgett, Tom Veitch, Anne Waldman, Lewis Warsh, and others. This selection of short poems, mostly about everyday events and observances, are representative of Fagin’s work during the 1960s. In the 1970s Fagin was co-director of the St. Mark's Poetry Project in New York City, and he edited a poetry magazine, “Adventures in Poetry.” He later became a teacher at the Naropa Institute in Boulder, Colorado, and has worked extensively with children in public schools.Note: Contains some profanity. Names of poems taken from the authors introductions and may not exactly match those found in published books.
Genres
PoetryMusical Selections
Credo (0:16) -- The Parade of the Caterpillars (0:38) -- New York (0:52) -- Today (0:23) -- Occasional Poem (1:46) -- In A Loud Restaurant (0:38) -- The Joke (0:35) -- Very Poor People (0:16) -- Hello Again: For Lewis Warsh (0:36) -- The World Is Gay (0 :44) -- Fifteen Things I Do Every Day (0:34) -- Big Mess: For Kenward Elmslie (2:25) -- Nocturne (0:42) -- Lilies (0:47) -- Those Fed in the Fire (0:27) -- A Play (0:17) -- Valentine’s Day (0:32) -- Rhymes of a Jerk (1:55) -- Last Poem (1:45) -- In the Spring (2:02) -- Self-Pity (East River) (0:52) -- On Day in November (0:19) -- [unidentified poem listing authors, may be part of last poem] (0:21) -- Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (0:28) -- The Secret of Jane Bowles (1:21) -- The Infinity of Always (0:16) -- For W. C. Fields (0:34) -- The Wren Building His Nest (0:35) -- The Spirit Lingers (0:44) -- Fable (0:26) -- Translation (0:06 ) -- For John Giorno (0:05) -- Little Hand (0:25) -- Dream ():35) -- Smudge (0:26) -- Thanksgiving (0:40) -- Vots (0:46) -- In the City (0:50) -- Web (0:41) -- Poem (0:12) -- Occasional Poem (1:56) -- Love (0:47) -- Them Again (0:30) -- Prime: For Joan Inglis (0:33) -- Sonnet (0:42) -- Sonnet (0:39) -- Ape (0:55) -- [unidentified poem listing household items] (0:32) -- In a Mist (0:41) -- From the Chinese (0:14) -- Chair (0:30) -- Women (0:14) -- Things (0:40) -- An Ideal Life (0:35) -- Toupee (0:35) -- Do You Know Kenneth Koch? (0:50) -- Still Life (0:37) -- The Bill Berkson Story (0:52) -- Song and Dance (0:31) -- How I Wish (0:20) -- Tent of Linen (0:16) -- [unidentified poem] (0:07) -- Cruises (0:11) - The Movement of César Franck (0:53) -- On Second (0:18) - Nice Doggy (0:24) -- All Day The Wind Has Made Love (0:28) -- Trees My Love (0:32) -- A Life (0:22) -- Statement (0:08)Subjects
PoetryAcknowledgment
Funding for the preservation of this program made possible through a grant by the GRAMMY Foundation.Related places
New York (N.Y.) (was recorded at)Berkeley (Calif.) (was broadcast at)
Related Entities
Coolidge, Clark, 1939-Fagin, Larry