Galway Kinnell - April 8, 1992

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UA Poetry Center

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Modern Languages Auditorium
Galway Kinnell

Galway Kinnell reads from across his body of work before reading drafts of poems that would appear in his twelfth book, Imperfect Thirst (1994). He reads from Body Rags (1968), The Book of Nightmares (1971), Mortal Acts, Mortal Words (1980), and When One Has Lived a Long Time Alone (1990). He also recites a portion of Walt Whitman's "Song of Myself" in recognition of the 100th anniversary of Whitman's death.

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Introduction
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by Alison Hawthorne Deming

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"Saint Francis and the Sow"
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Differs from published version.

Citation

Kinnell, Galway. Mortal Acts, Mortal Words. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1980.

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"The Bear"
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Kinnell, Galway. Body Rags. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1968.

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"Little Sleep's-Head Sprouting Hair in the Moonlight"
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Differs from published version.

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Kinnell, Galway. The Book of Nightmares. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1971.

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"Oatmeal"
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Differs from published version.

Citation

Kinnell, Galway. When One Has Lived a Long Time Alone. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990.

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"Song of Myself" (Excerpt from Section 46)
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Read by Galway Kinnell. Differs from published version.

Citation

Whitman, Walt. The Essential Whitman. New York: The Ecco Press, 1987.

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"Farewell"
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Differs from published version.

Citation

Kinnell, Galway. When One Has Lived a Long Time Alone. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990.

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"Sheffield Pastorals (The biting insects...)"
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Published version bears the title "The Biting Insects." Differs from published version.

Citation

Kinnell, Galway. Imperfect Thirst. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994.

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"Sheffield Pastorals (The old don't get as upset...)"
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Published version bears the title "Paradise Elsewhere." Differs from published version.

Citation

Kinnell, Galway. Imperfect Thirst. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994.

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"Rapture"
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Differs from published version.

Citation

Kinnell, Galway. Imperfect Thirst. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994.

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"Flies"
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Recording cuts out from 7:18 to 7:20. Differs from published version.

Citation

Kinnell, Galway. Imperfect Thirst. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994.

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"Holy Shit"
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Differs from published version.

Citation

Kinnell, Galway. Imperfect Thirst. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994.

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"Lastness" (Section 2)
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Kinnell, Galway. The Book of Nightmares. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1971.

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