05:49

Jack Collom, 1976, reading from his poems in San Francisco —The Poetry Center

05:11

Alta, 1976, editor of Shameless Hussy Press, reading from her poems at SF State —The Poetry Center

04:32

Sotère Torregian, 1976, reading from his poetry in San Francisco —The Poetry Center

03:51

William Everson, 1976, reading from his long poem "River-Root" —The Poetry Center

03:58

Ted Greenwald, 1976, reading from his poems in San Francisco —The Poetry Center

06:39

Al Robles, 1976, reading from his poetry at San Francisco State —The Poetry Center

05:32

Beverly Dahlen, 1974, from her first book, Out of the Third —The Poetry Center

04:13

Flora Arnstein, 1974, reads from her poetry at San Francisco State University —The Poetry Center

04:29

Holly Prado, 1974, reading from her poetry at San Francisco State University —The Poetry Center

04:57

Louis Zukofsky, from USA:Poetry, NET Outtakes Series: March 16, 1966 —The Poetry Center

07:33

Denise Levertov, from USA: Poetry NET Outtakes Series: March 20, 1966 —The Poetry Center

06:12

John Wieners with Robert Duncan, from USA: Poetry, NET Outtakes Series: July 1965 —The Poetry Center

04:39

Lawrence Ferlinghetti, from USA: Poetry NET Outtakes Series: December 13, 1965 —The Poetry Center

07:40

Robert Duncan, from USA: Poetry, NET Outtakes Series: November 2, 1965 —The Poetry Center

09:33

David Melnick, April 1984, from Book II of Men in Aïda —The Poetry Center

05:23

James Broughton, 1977, two poems: for himself at 50 and for Alan Watts —The Poetry Center

03:50

Helen Adam, 1977, "Cheerless Junkie's Song" at SF Museum of Modern Art —The Poetry Center

05:50

Robin Blaser, 1976, reading "Image-Nations" 13 (the telephone) & 14 (the face) —The Poetry Center

05:47

Ebbe Borregaard, 1976, rare reading of his poetry, at San Francisco State —The Poetry Center

06:07

Robert Glück, 1975, reading early poems and prose at San Francisco State —The Poetry Center

04:17

Edward Dorn, 1974, from Gunslinger, Book IV ("Idling With Observation and Song") —The Poetry Center

08:19

Edward Dorn, 1974, reads from Recollections of Gran Apacheria —The Poetry Center

04:06

Michael Ondaatje, 1983, reads “Bessie Smith at Roy Thompson Hall,” at New College —The Poetry Center

09:21

Michael Ondaatje, 1983, reads from Running in the Family and related poems —The Poetry Center

11:35

Ishmael Reed, 1977, on the Black writer, for K. Curtis Lyle and Calvin C. Hernton —The Poetry Center

09:47

K. Curtis Lyle, "Why I Left St. Louis Soliloquy," 1977, New College of California —The Poetry Center

10:09

Calvin C. Hernton reads "The Point," November 1977 at New College of California —The Poetry Center

04:25

Michael McClure, 1973, reading from Fleas at San Francisco Museum of Art —The Poetry Center

05:04

Michael McClure, 1973, reading from Fleas —The Poetry Center

03:26

David Meltzer, 1975, from "Nineteen Forty-Five," on the Atomic bomb at Hiroshima —The Poetry Center

04:42

Jerome Rothenberg, 1975, "The Pearl" (Tree Books, 1974) —The Poetry Center

03:49

Tom Clark, 1973, reading his poems from Blue (Black Sparrow Press, 1974) —The Poetry Center

04:24

Lewis MacAdams, 1973, reading his poems at San Francisco State —The Poetry Center

02:17

Expeditions by Lewis & Clark, 1973, Lewis MacAdams and Tom Clark —The Poetry Center

01:17

David Henderson, "Song of Devotion to the Forest" (for the Ituri Pygmies) —The Poetry Center

03:45

David Henderson, "Keep On Pushing" (Harlem Rebellion /Summer/1964), 2018 —The Poetry Center

02:32

David Henderson, for Gil Scott-Heron (from a work in progress, 2018) —The Poetry Center

04:52

Mei-mei Berssenbrugge, 1976, reads from Leslie Marmon Silko —The Poetry Center

03:15

Mei-mei Berssenbrugge, 1976, from the manuscript to Random Possession —The Poetry Center

04:57

Nikki Giovanni, 1984, "Well hell, if I was young I'd be depressed...." —The Poetry Center

04:22

Nikki Giovanni, 1984, reading her poetry at San Francisco State —The Poetry Center

06:34

Thom Gunn, 1974 in Bolinas, reading "Jack Straw's Castle" —The Poetry Center

07:26

Joanne Kyger, 1974 in Bolinas, from Trip Out and Fall Back –The Poetry Center

06:46

Nathaniel Tarn, 1974 in Bolinas, from The House of Leaves —The Poetry Center

05:21

Jackson Mac Low, 1975, "32nd Light Poem: In Memoriam Paul Blackburn" —The Poetry Center

09:48

Jackson Mac Low and group, 1975, “A Vocabulary for Sharon Belle Mattlin” —The Poetry Center

04:18

Etheridge Knight, 1974, reading two Poems from Prison (Broadside Press, 1968) —The Poetry Center

06:25

Clark Coolidge, 1976, from a long work (A Book Beginning What and Ending Away) —The Poetry Center

06:24

Philip Whalen, 1976, from On Bear's Head and The Kindness of Strangers —The Poetry Center

06:14

Basil Bunting, 1976, reading Briggflatts, at SF Museum of Modern Art —The Poetry Center

05:58

Basil Bunting, 1976, reading "Chomei at Toyama" (1932) at SFMOMA —The Poetry Center

09:33

Audre Lorde reads "Black Studies" (complete) from New York Head Shop and Museum —The Poetry Center

05:31

Etheridge Knight, 1974, reading his poetry at San Francisco State University —The Poetry Center

05:22

Joan Didion, 1977, responding to her audience after her first public reading —The Poetry Center

05:52

Joan Didion's first public reading of her work, Feb 1977 in San Francisco —The Poetry Center

05:38

Amarnath Ravva, 2014, reading in San Francisco from American Canyon —The Poetry Center

03:16

giovanni singleton, 2014, reading from Ascension (2011) —The Poetry Center

05:01

Amarnath Ravva and giovanni singleton, 2014, on music and their poetic practice —The Poetry Center

03:28

Barbara Guest, 1974 at SF State, reading two poems —The Poetry Center

04:47

Bobbie Louise Hawkins, 1974, "The Thought That Was Called Helen" —The Poetry Center