A Bibliography of Interviews of George and Mary Oppen Chronologically Arranged

by Rachel Blau DuPlessis

(Originally published in Sagetrieb Vol. 6 No. 1 Spring 1987. Used by permission.)

 

1968

April 25, 1968

"Interview with George Oppen" conducted by L. S. Dembo.
    Contemporary Literature 10, 2 (Spring 1969): 159-177.

April? [Dembo says May] 1968

"Oppen on his Poems: A Discussion," conducted by L. S. Dembo.
      George Oppen: Man and Poet, ed. Burton Hatlen (Orono: National Poetry Foundation, 1981): 197-213.
      (To be differentiated from the above.)

 

1971

March 30, 1971 (excerpt from tape for KPFA-FM Berkeley)

"A Conversation with George Oppen," conducted by Charles Amirkhanian and David Gitin.
      Ironwood 5 (1975): 21-24.

 

1973

May 22, 1973 (transcription from BBC Sound Archives; copyright BBC)

"George Oppen in conversation with Charles Tomlinson,"
      typescript from BBC Archives. [Some transcription problems; also Xerox is poor!]

 

1975

May 1, 1975

"Interview with George Oppen," conducted by Reinhold Schiffer.
    Sagetrieb 3, 3 (Winter 1984): 9-23.

May 25, 1975

"An Interview with George and Mary Oppen, May 25, 1975," comnducted by Kevin Power.
     Montemora 4 (1978): 186-203.

May 25, 1975

"Conversation with George and Mary Oppen, May 25, 1975," conducted by Kevin Power.
     Texas Quarterly 21, 1 (Spring 1978): [almost same as above]

 

1976

[Jan-Feb. 1976? dated inferentially from death of Reznikoff: tape for KPFA-FM, Berkeley]

"George and Mary Oppen: Memorial Broadcast for Charles Reznikoff,"
     interviewed by Charles Amirkhanian.
    Sagetrieb 3, 3 (Winter 1984): 29-35.

[1976? dated inferentially from letter, Jan. 7, 1977, alluding to the delay in sending this to Mary]

"George and Mary Oppen: An Interview," conducted by Michel Englebert and Mike West.
      American Poetry Review 14, 4 (July-August 1985): 11-14.

 

1978

January 1978

"The Oppens: Remarks towards Biography," interview conducted by David McAleavey.
     Ironwood 26: George Oppen Special Issue (1985): 309-318.
     [Some transcription problems with the "Rust in Copper" dream].

January 9, 12, 13, 1978

"Oppen on Oppen: Extracts from Interviews," conducted by David McAleavey.
     Sagetrieb 5, 1 (Spring 1986): 59-93.

January 1978

[Third part of the Oppen interviews], conducted by David McAleavey.
     Sagetrieb 6, 1 (Spring 1987): 109-135.

 

1980

Late June 1980

"Poetry and Politics: A Conversation with George and Mary Oppen," conducted by Burton Hatlen
     and Tom Mandel.
     In George Oppen: Man and Poet, edited by Burton Hatlen (Orono: National Poetry
     Foundation, 1981): 23-47.