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Date
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UA Poetry Center
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Modern Languages Auditorium
Al Young
Al Young reads from Drowning in the Sea of Love: Musical Memoirs (1995), Heaven: Collected Poems 1956-1990 (1992), and The Sound of Dreams Remembered: Poems 1990-2000 (2001).
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Introduction
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Description
By Alison Hawthorne Deming; recording begins mid-sentence.
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Opening Remarks and excerpt from "Somebody Done Hoodoo'd the Hoodoo Man"
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Description
Differs slightly from published version.
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Young, Al. Drowning in the Sea of Love. Hopewell, NJ: Ecco Press, 1995.
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Excerpt from "About the 22 Moon Poems" and "Moonlessness"
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Young, Al. Heaven: Collected Poems 1956-1990. Berkeley: Creative Arts Book Company, 1992.
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Excerpt from "Sarajevo Moonlight"
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Young, Al. Heaven: Collected Poems 1956-1990. Berkeley: Creative Arts Book Company, 1992.
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"Moon of No Return"
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Young, Al. Heaven: Collected Poems 1956-1990. Berkeley: Creative Arts Book Company, 1992.
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"Desert Footage: Three Dissolves"
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Description
Differs slightly from published version.
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Young, Al. The Sound of Dreams Remembered: Poems 1990-2000. Berkeley: Creative Arts Book Company, 2001.
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"An American Champion in Love"
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Differs slightly from published version.
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Young, Al. The Sound of Dreams Remembered: Poems 1990-2000. Berkeley: Creative Arts Book Company, 2001.
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"Conjugal Visits"
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Description
Recording cuts out from 2:20 to 2:24.
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Young, Al. The Sound of Dreams Remembered: Poems 1990-2000. Berkeley: Creative Arts Book Company, 2001.
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"The Slave Ship Desire"
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Young, Al. The Sound of Dreams Remembered: Poems 1990-2000. Berkeley: Creative Arts Book Company, 2001.
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"Big Bopper for Beginners"
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Description
Differs slightly from published version.
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Young, Al. The Sound of Dreams Remembered: Poems 1990-2000. Berkeley: Creative Arts Book Company, 2001.
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"Straight No Chaser"
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Young, Al. The Sound of Dreams Remembered: Poems 1990-2000. Berkeley: Creative Arts Book Company, 2001.
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"Blue Monday"
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Young, Al. The Sound of Dreams Remembered: Poems 1990-2000. Berkeley: Creative Arts Book Company, 2001.
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"A Hymn to Her"
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Young, Al. The Sound of Dreams Remembered: Poems 1990-2000. Berkeley: Creative Arts Book Company, 2001.
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"The Buddhist Way Out West Reflects on Boots"
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Citation
Young, Al. The Sound of Dreams Remembered: Poems 1990-2000. Berkeley: Creative Arts Book Company, 2001.
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