Al Young
Al Young
Reading Date: Wednesday, April 23, 1997
- Introduction
- Opening Remarks and excerpt from "Somebody Done Hoodoo'd the Hoodoo Man"
- Excerpt from "About the 22 Moon Poems" and "Moonlessness"
- Excerpt from "Sarajevo Moonlight"
- "Moon of No Return"
- "Desert Footage: Three Dissolves"
- "An American Champion in Love"
- "Conjugal Visits"
- "The Slave Ship Desire"
- "Big Bopper for Beginners"
- "Straight No Chaser"
- "Blue Monday"
- "A Hymn to Her"
- "The Buddhist Way Out West Reflects on Boots"
Introduction-12213
By Alison Hawthorne Deming; recording begins mid-sentence.
Opening Remarks and excerpt from "Somebody Done Hoodoo'd the Hoodoo Man"-12214
Differs slightly from published version.
Annotation:
Young, Al. Drowning in the Sea of Love. Hopewell, NJ: Ecco Press, 1995.
Excerpt from "About the 22 Moon Poems" and "Moonlessness"-12215
Young, Al. Heaven: Collected Poems 1956-1990. Berkeley: Creative Arts Book Company, 1992.
Excerpt from "Sarajevo Moonlight"-12216
Young, Al. Heaven: Collected Poems 1956-1990. Berkeley: Creative Arts Book Company, 1992.
"Moon of No Return"-12217
Young, Al. Heaven: Collected Poems 1956-1990. Berkeley: Creative Arts Book Company, 1992.
"Desert Footage: Three Dissolves"-12218
Differs slightly from published version.
Annotation:
Young, Al. The Sound of Dreams Remembered: Poems 1990-2000. Berkeley: Creative Arts Book Company, 2001.
"An American Champion in Love"-12219
Differs slightly from published version.
Annotation:
Young, Al. The Sound of Dreams Remembered: Poems 1990-2000. Berkeley: Creative Arts Book Company, 2001.
"Conjugal Visits"-12220
Recording cuts out from 2:20 to 2:24.
Annotation:
Young, Al. The Sound of Dreams Remembered: Poems 1990-2000. Berkeley: Creative Arts Book Company, 2001.
"The Slave Ship Desire"-12221
Young, Al. The Sound of Dreams Remembered: Poems 1990-2000. Berkeley: Creative Arts Book Company, 2001.
"Big Bopper for Beginners"-12222
Differs slightly from published version.
Annotation:
Young, Al. The Sound of Dreams Remembered: Poems 1990-2000. Berkeley: Creative Arts Book Company, 2001.
"Straight No Chaser"-12223
Young, Al. The Sound of Dreams Remembered: Poems 1990-2000. Berkeley: Creative Arts Book Company, 2001.
"Blue Monday"-12224
Young, Al. The Sound of Dreams Remembered: Poems 1990-2000. Berkeley: Creative Arts Book Company, 2001.
"A Hymn to Her"-12225
Young, Al. The Sound of Dreams Remembered: Poems 1990-2000. Berkeley: Creative Arts Book Company, 2001.
"The Buddhist Way Out West Reflects on Boots"-12226
Young, Al. The Sound of Dreams Remembered: Poems 1990-2000. Berkeley: Creative Arts Book Company, 2001.
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Series: Spring Reading Series
Sponsor(s): UA Poetry Center
Location(s): Modern Languages Auditorium
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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