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Date
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UA Poetry Center
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Harvill Auditorium
Kenneth Koch
Kenneth Koch opens this reading with two poems about place: Senegal and Kenya specifically. The rest of the performance is devoted to poems collected in One Thousand Avant-Garde Plays.
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excerpt from "Seasons on Earth"
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Recording begins mid-sentence. Differs slightly from published version.
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Koch, Kenneth. On the Edge: Collected Long Poems. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2007.
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from "Impressions of Africa"
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about Senegal
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Koch, Kenneth. Collected Long Poems. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2007.
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from "Impressions of Africa"
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about Kenya
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Koch, Kenneth. Collected Long Poems. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2007.
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"Time and his Trumpet"
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Koch, Kenneth. One Thousand Avant-Garde Plays. New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1988.
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"Manet"
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Koch, Kenneth. One Thousand Avant-Garde Plays. New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1988.
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"Elfred the Dancer"
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Koch, Kenneth. One Thousand Avant-Garde Plays. New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1988.
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"Searching for Fairyland"
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Koch, Kenneth. One Thousand Avant-Garde Plays. New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1988.
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"The Cowries"
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Koch, Kenneth. One Thousand Avant-Garde Plays. New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1988.
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"Tawai Nakimo"
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Koch, Kenneth. One Thousand Avant-Garde Plays. New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1988.
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"Incident on the Street"
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Koch, Kenneth. One Thousand Avant-Garde Plays. New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1988.
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"The Brave Bull"
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Koch, Kenneth. One Thousand Avant-Garde Plays. New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1988.
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"The Promenade in Oaxaca"
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Koch, Kenneth. One Thousand Avant-Garde Plays. New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1988.
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"Six Tones"
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Koch, Kenneth. One Thousand Avant-Garde Plays. New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1988.
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"Two Tall Individuals"
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Koch, Kenneth. One Thousand Avant-Garde Plays. New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1988.
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"The End of Comedy"
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Koch, Kenneth. One Thousand Avant-Garde Plays. New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1988.
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"Cook"
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Koch, Kenneth. One Thousand Avant-Garde Plays. New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1988.
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"The Swan"
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Koch, Kenneth. One Thousand Avant-Garde Plays. New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1988.
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"The Umbrella of Stage Directions"
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Koch, Kenneth. One Thousand Avant-Garde Plays. New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1988.
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"Happiness"
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Citation
Koch, Kenneth. One Thousand Avant-Garde Plays. New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1988.