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)
  
  Ann Lauterbach: "George Oppen: How Shall I Speak?"; Lauterbach's poem, "Oppen's Way" (8:40): MP3
  
  
• George 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.