American poetry
Found in 62 Collections and/or Records:
Aaron Collection of Persian Gulf War Poetry
Collection includes poems written in response to the Persian Gulf War (1991), collected by Richard S. Emmet Aaron, a poetry bookstore owner in California whose nephew served in the U.S. Marines.
Adam Van Doren Remembers Mark Van Doren, 1994 October 16
An Evening with Honor Moore, 1994 October 21
Poet Honor Moore reads her poems and discusses her life and work. Introduced by Adrienne Lyon, Director of UConn Torrington, and Donald Connery, local author, independent journalist, and historian. This presentation is part of the Litchfield County Writers Project, which was based at the Torrington campus of the University of Connecticut.
Ann Charters: Women and the Beat Generation, 2006 April 13
English 217: A Discussion of the 1950s Counterculture Movement. Ann Charters, Professor of American Literature at UConn, reads beat poetry and discusses it. Interviewed by Davyne Verstandig, Director of LCWP. This presentation is part of the Litchfield County Writers Project, which was based at the Torrington campus of the University of Connecticut.
Anne Waldman: Buddhism and the Beat Generation, 2006 March 16
English 217: A Discussion of the 1950s Counterculture Movement. Beat poet Anne Waldman, whose work centers on counterculture, the beat generation, and Buddhism, plays a poem by Allen Ginsberg set to music, performs selections of her own work, and discusses her experiences with Buddhism. Interviewed by Davyne Verstandig, Director of LCWP. This presentation is part of the Litchfield County Writers Project, which was based at the Torrington campus of the University of Connecticut.
Bill Berkson Papers
Ted Berrigan Papers
Ted Berrigan, American poet, was born Edmund Joseph Michael Berrigan in Providence, Rhode Island. Berrigan's recognition as a poet came in 1964 with the publication of The Sonnets, for which he received the Poetry Foundation Award. Berrigan died in 1983.
Jacob Blanck Papers
American bibliographer, 1906-1974.
Stan Brakhage Papers
Stan Brakhage was born 14 January 1933, in Kansas City, MO. He is an Independent filmmaker and currently professor of film history at the University of Colorado. Brakhage has also lectured in film history and aesthetics at Art Institute of Chicago and at colleges in the United States and Europe. He is a member of selection committee for the Anthology of Cinema.
Cady McClain: In Celebration of Poetry Month, 2009 April 3
Spring 2009: Literary Prize Winners of Litchfield County. Actress, singer, and author/poet Cady McClain shows slides of her postcard collages, reads her poetry, sings her lyrics, and discusses her work. Interviewed by Davyne Verstandig, Director of LCWP. This presentation is part of the Litchfield County Writers Project, which was based at the Torrington campus of the University of Connecticut.
Glauco Cambon Papers
Born in 1921 in Pusiano, Italy, Cambon received his D. Phil in 1947. A Professor of Romance Languages and Comparative Literature, Cambon was a specialist in modern Italian poetry, especially Eugenio Montale. Cambon taught at Rutgers University from 1961 until 1969, when he came to the University of Connecticut for the remainder of his career. Glauco Cambon died in 1988.
Charles and Sally Van Doren: Emily Dickinson, Poems of Love, Poems of Loss, 2008July 18
Charles Van Doren, writer and UConn professor, reads poems of Emily Dickinson and discusses her work. Sally Van Doren, poet and visual artist, reads from her collection Sex at Noon Taxes. Introduced by Davyne Verstandig, Director of LCWP. This presentation is part of the Litchfield County Writers Project, which was based at the Torrington campus of the University of Connecticut.
Charles Van Doren: Discussing Mark and Carl Van Doren, 2009 April 29
Spring 2009: Literary Prize Winners of Litchfield County. Charles Van Doren, writer and UConn professor, discusses the lives and work of his father Mark Van Doren (poet, writer, and critic) and his uncle Carl Van Doren (critic, biograper, and teacher). Interviewed by Davyne Verstandig, Director of LCWP. This presentation is part of the Litchfield County Writers Project, which was based at the Torrington campus of the University of Connecticut.
Charles Van Doren: Reading Robert Frost, 2007 July 18
Writer and UConn professor Charles Van Doren reads 18 Robert Frost poems and discusses the poet's work. Introduced by Davyne Verstandig, Director of LCWP. This presentation is part of the Litchfield County Writers Project, which was based at the Torrington campus of the University of Connecticut.
Cid Corman Papers
Poet, editor and translator, Cid Corman was born in 1924 in Boston, Massachusetts. Owner of the Origin Press, he was the editor and publisher of Origin magazine.
Gregory Corso Papers
Gregory Corso was born 26 March 1930, in New York, NY. His career included working as a writer, manual laborer in New York City (1950-1951), and employee of the Los Angeles Examiner (Los Angeles, CA, 1951-1952), a merchant seaman on Norwegian vessels (1952-1953) and in the English department of the State University of New York at Buffalo (1965-1970).
Robert Creeley Papers
Robert Creeley attended Harvard University, Black Mountain College and University of New Mexico. A member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, Creeley has written novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, literary criticism and history. Creeley died in 2005.
Ruth Daigon Papers
Ruth Daigon, an award-winning American poet, singer and editor, was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Her career in music as a soprano brought her into contact with New York Pro Musica, appearances on Columbia recordings, CBS-TV, recitals and tours. Ruth Daigon’s poetry has been published in hundreds of literary magazines and in several anthologies. Ruth Daigon died on February 17, 2010.
Davyne Verstandig, Robert Crooke, Robley Whitson: Creative Sustenance, Turning the Tables, 2009 April 8
Fifteenth anniversary of the inaugural meeting of the LCWP. Robley Whitson (writer and artist) and Robert "Bob" Crooke (journalist, media executive, and teacher) turn the tables and interview Davyne Verstandig (Director of LCWP). Verstandig also reads her poetry and shows videos of her artistic work. This presentation is part of the Litchfield County Writers Project, which was based at the Torrington campus of the University of Connecticut.
Diane Di Prima Papers
Diane Di Prima, best known for her work as a Beat poet and writer, was born 6 August 1934 in Brooklyn, New York. She attended Swarthmore College (1951-1953). Di Prima has received National Endowment for the Arts grants in 1966 for Poets Press and in 1973. She writes nonfiction, autobiographies, journals, essays, poetry and plays.
Edward Dorn Papers
Edward Dorn was born 2 April 1929 in Villa Grove, Illinois. He studied with Charles Olson at Black Mountain College and graduated in 1955. He taught at Idaho State University at Pocatello (1961-65), the University of Essex, Great Britain (1965-1970), Northeastern Illinois University at Chicago (1970-1971), Kent State University, Ohio (1973-74) and the University of Colorado (1977-1999). Mr. Dorn died in December 1999 at the age of 70.
Larry Eigner Papers
Elizabeth Thomas and Carol Potter: Reading Selections of Their Work, 2008 April 9
Spring 2008: The Creative Process, A Discussion Series. Elizabeth Thomas, poet and youth slam coach from UpWords Poetry, and poet Carol Potter read selections from their work and discuss the creative process. Interviewed by Davyne Verstandig, Director of LCWP. This presentation is part of the Litchfield County Writers Project, which was based at the Torrington campus of the University of Connecticut.
Lawrence Ferlinghetti Papers
Vincent Ferrini Papers
Vincent Ferrini was born 24 June 1913 in Saugus, Massachusetts, the son of Italian immigrants. Ferrini's first book of poems, No Smoke (1941), was written while he was employed by General Electric at the Lynn (MA) plant. In the early 1950s he edited a small magazine entitled Four Winds
First Casualty Press Records
Vietnam War veteran Basil T. Paquet founded First Casualty Press in September 1971 with fellow veterans Larry Rottmann and Jan Barry Crumb. Paquet both edited and contributed to Winning Hearts and Minds: War Poems by Vietnam Veterans and Free Fire Zone: Short Stories by Vietnam Veterans. Paquet won the Wallace Stevens Award for Poetry in 1969.
Margaret Witter Fuller Papers
Margaret Witter Fuller was born 23 January 1872, in Brooklyn, New York. In 1874, the family moved to Norwich, Connecticut. Miss Fuller resided in Norwich for many years. A prolific writer, she authored many poems, plays and novels. Miss Fuller died 1 February 1954 in Boston, MA.
Seymour Gresser Papers
Seymour “Sy” Gresser was born 9 May 1926, in Baltimore, Md., the son of Simon Solomon and Sara (Williams) Gresser. Educated at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, Washington, D.C., (student, 1949-50), George Washington University (student, 1950-53), and University of Maryland (B.S., 1949, M.A., 1972).
Joan Joffe Hall Papers
The Joan Joffe Hall Papers include notebooks, correspondence, literary manuscripts, and professional papers of poet and educator Joan Joffe Hall. Hall taught at the University of Connecticut with a joint appointment in English and Women's Studies for forty years, beginning in 1963. Nationally renowned for her poetry and prose, she has published several collections of her work.
Helen Houghton, Susan Kinsolving, Jack Gilpin: The Music Lover's Poetry Anthology, 2008 April 2
Spring 2008: The Creative Process, A Discussion Series. Editor Helen Houghton, poet Susan Kinsolving, and actor Jack Gilpin discuss their collaborative work The Music Lover's Poetry Anthology. Kinsolving and Gilpin also read selections. Interviewed by Davyne Verstandig, Director of LCWP. This presentation is part of the Litchfield County Writers Project, which was based at the Torrington campus of the University of Connecticut.
