Richard Katrovas - September 21, 1994

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Modern Languages Auditorium
Richard Katrovas

Richard Katrovas reads formal poems from The Book of Complaints (1993), responding to the Velvet Revolution in the former Czechoslovakia. The reading includes a generous question and answer session in which Katrovas shares his experience of being in Prague during the Velvet Revolution.

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Introduction by Alison Hawthorne Deming. Recording begins mid-sentence and displays clicks between 01:57 and 05:06. Some questions are inaudible during the question and answer session.
Citation

Katrovas, Richard. "The Bridge of Intellectuals." The Book of Complaints. Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1993. 

Katrovas, Richard. "St. Vitus." The Book of Complaints. Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1993. 

Katrovas, Richard. "An Apology." The Book of Complaints. Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1993. 

Katrovas, Richard. "The Mothers." The Book of Complaints. Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1993. 

Katrovas, Richard. "Socialism with a Human Face." The Book of Complaints. Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1993. 

Katrovas, Richard. "After Frank Zappa's Visit to the Castle."  The Book of Complaints. Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1993. 

Katrovas, Richard. "Stepan From a Balcony."  The Book of Complaints. Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1993. 

Katrovas, Richard. "Vaculik's Garden."  The Book of Complaints. Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1993. 

Katrovas, Richard. "Weekend."  The Book of Complaints. Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1993. 

Katrovas, Richard. "The Stones (Prague, August 18, 1990)."  The Book of Complaints. Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1993. 

Katrovas, Richard. "A Brief History of Your Conception."  The Book of Complaints. Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1993. 

Katrovas, Richard. "The Book of Complaints."  The Book of Complaints. Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1993. 

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LaVerne Harrell Clark
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