Paul Blackburn

PennSound Singles

Paul Blackburn

Reading at SUNY Cortland, April 1, 1971
Blackburn reads poems from The Nets (1961), The Cities (1967), In. On. Or About The Premises (1968) and The Journals

part one (1:00:00): MP3
part two (43:57): MP3

(recording courtesy of Bernie Earley, Full Time Lecturer, Department of English, SUNY Cortland)

Reading (presumably in San Francisco, July 1971 — date and location are uncertain)
1. Introduction (1:13): MP3
2. Blackburn's Introductory Comments (1:56): MP3
3. Paris-Toulouse Train (4:26): MP3
4. The Tissues (2:43): MP3
5. Introduction to Peeing All Over the Peninsula (1:58): MP3
6. Peeing All Over the Peninsula (5:26): MP3
7. from the November Journal (8:43): MP3
8. Sunday (1:13): MP3
9. We Definitions (0:17): MP3
10. "Sailboat reflected in the lake" (0:20): MP3
11. Li-Ke-Un (0:12): MP3
12. "Anything you want" (0:18): MP3
13. Along the San Andreas Fault, Along the Santa Fe Trail (for Mike McClusky) (1:14): MP3
14. As It Ends (1:20): MP3
15. The Assassination of President McKinley (3:04): MP3

complete recording (36:02): MP3

(recording courtesy of Robert Creeley)

Also of Interest:
Robert Kelly discusses Blackburn's dedication to recording poetry (5:30): MP3

(recording courtesy of Steve Evans / The Lipstick of Noise)