Al Young
Al Young
Reading Date: Wednesday, September 14, 1983
- Welcome and Introduction
- Opening Remarks and "Houston in October"
- "Your Basic Black Poet"
- "Saudades: The Portuguese Blues"
- "Dancing in the Laundromat"
- "The Problem of Identity"
- "For Arl in Her Sixth Month"
- "Boogie With O.O. Gabugah" and "The Old O.O. Blues"
- "How the Rainbow Works"
- "The James Cotton Band at Keystone"
- "Cocktails for Two: Spike Jones and his City Slickers, 1946"
- "Body and Soul: Coleman Hawkins, 1939"
- Chapter 16 from Sitting Pretty
Welcome and Introduction-2385
By Lois Shelton; recording begins mid-sentence.
Opening Remarks and "Houston in October"-2386
Young, Al. Heaven: Collected Poems 1956-1990. Berkeley: Creative Arts Book Company, 1992.
"Your Basic Black Poet"-2387
Differs from published version.
Annotation:
Young, Al. Heaven: Collected Poems 1956-1990. Berkeley: Creative Arts Book Company, 1992.
"Saudades: The Portuguese Blues"-2388
Differs slightly from published version.
Annotation:
Young, Al. Heaven: Collected Poems 1956-1990. Berkeley: Creative Arts Book Company, 1992.
"Dancing in the Laundromat"-2389
Young, Al. The Blues Don't Change. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1982.
"The Problem of Identity"-2390
Differs slightly from published version.
Annotation:
Young, Al. The Blues Don't Change. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1982.
"For Arl in Her Sixth Month"-2391
Young, Al. The Blues Don't Change. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1982.
"Boogie With O.O. Gabugah" and "The Old O.O. Blues"-2392
Differs from published version.
Annotation:
Young, Al. The Blues Don't Change. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1982.
"How the Rainbow Works"-2393
Differs slightly from published version.
Annotation:
Young, Al. The Blues Don't Change. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1982.
"The James Cotton Band at Keystone"-2394
Differs slightly from published version.
Annotation:
Young, Al. The Blues Don't Change. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1982.
"Cocktails for Two: Spike Jones and his City Slickers, 1946"-2395
Recording cuts out from 5:33 to 5:36.
Annotation:
Young, Al. Bodies & Soul: Musical Memoirs. Berkeley: Creative Arts Book Company, 1981.
"Body and Soul: Coleman Hawkins, 1939"-2396
Young, Al. Bodies & Soul: Musical Memoirs. Berkeley: Creative Arts Book Company, 1981.
Chapter 16 from Sitting Pretty-2397
Recording cuts out from 8:24 to 8:26.
Annotation:
Young, Al. Sitting Pretty. New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1976.
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Series: Fall Reading Series
Sponsor(s): UA Poetry Center
Location(s): Modern Languages Auditorium
Al Young reads poems from The Blues Don't Change (1982) and Heaven: Collected Poems 1956-1990 (1992), along with several prose selections.
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