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Literary Recording Archive's Collection

Philip Whalen   07/23/1980

Naropa University, Boulder, CO
Media FLAC   1 disc
Notes First half of class 1 of "In the Pressure Tank" series held at Naropa Institute between July 23 and August 20, 1980. (The whole series is contained on 80P093-115.) Philip Whalen discusses the American language as a system distinct from English. He focuses on poems of Wallace Stevens, particularly "The Bed of Old John Zoeller" and also discusses H.L. Mencken, Lew Welch, and his own family history.
Trades Allowed Yes
Ratings Sound: A+
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