UA Poetry Center
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.
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.