Maxine Kumin
Maxine Kumin
Reading Date: Wednesday, December 4, 1974
- Introduction
- "Song for Seven Parts of the Body"
- "Fräulein Reads Instructive Rhymes"
- "Casablanca"
- Hermit Poems
- "Woodchucks"
- "Watering Trough"
- "Morning Swim"
- "Life's Work"
- "The New York Times"
- "The Nightmare Factory"
- "Heaven as Anus"
- "Purgatory"
- "After Love"
- "We Are"
- "This Day Will Self-Destruct"
- "In the Root Cellar"
- "Amanda Dreams She Has Died and Gone to the Elysian Fields"
- "Amanda is Shod"
- "The Agnostic Speaks to Her Horse's Hoof"
- "The Summer of the Watergate Hearings"
- "Eyes"
- "Thinking of Death and Dogfood"
Introduction-295
by Lois Shelton
"Song for Seven Parts of the Body"-296
Kumin, Maxine. House, Bridge, Fountain, Gate. New York: Viking Press, 1976.
"Fräulein Reads Instructive Rhymes"-297
Kumin, Maxine. Halfway. New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1961.
"Casablanca"-298
Kumin, Maxine. Halfway. New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1961.
Hermit Poems-299
"The Hermit Wakes to Bird Sounds" and "The Hermit Meets the Skunk"
Annotation:
Kumin, Maxine. Up Country. New York: Harper & Row, 1972.
"Woodchucks"-300
Kumin, Maxine. Up Country. New York: Harper & Row, 1972.
"Watering Trough"-301
Kumin, Maxine. Up Country. New York: Harper & Row, 1972.
"Morning Swim"-302
Kumin, Maxine. Up Country. New York: Harper & Row, 1972.
"Life's Work"-303
Kumin, Maxine. House, Bridge, Fountain, Gate. New York: Viking Press, 1976.
"The New York Times"-304
Kumin, Maxine. The Nightmare Factory. New York: Harper & Row, 1970.
"The Nightmare Factory"-305
Kumin, Maxine. The Nightmare Factory. New York: Harper & Row, 1970.
"Heaven as Anus"-306
Kumin, Maxine. House, Bridge, Fountain, Gate. New York: Viking Press, 1976.
"Purgatory"-307
Kumin, Maxine. The Privilege. New York: Harper & Row, 1965.
"After Love"-308
Kumin, Maxine. The Nightmare Factory. New York: Harper & Row, 1970.
"We Are"-309
Kumin, Maxine. The Nightmare Factory. New York: Harper & Row, 1970.
"This Day Will Self-Destruct"-310
Kumin, Maxine. House, Bridge, Fountain, Gate. New York: Viking Press, 1976.
"In the Root Cellar"-311
Kumin, Maxine. House, Bridge, Fountain, Gate. New York: Viking Press, 1976.
"Amanda Dreams She Has Died and Gone to the Elysian Fields"-312
Kumin, Maxine. House, Bridge, Fountain, Gate. New York: Viking Press, 1976.
"Amanda is Shod"-313
Kumin, Maxine. House, Bridge, Fountain, Gate. New York: Viking Press, 1976.
"The Agnostic Speaks to Her Horse's Hoof"-314
Kumin, Maxine. House, Bridge, Fountain, Gate. New York: Viking Press, 1976.
"The Summer of the Watergate Hearings"-315
Kumin, Maxine. House, Bridge, Fountain, Gate. New York: Viking Press, 1976.
"Eyes"-316
Kumin, Maxine. House, Bridge, Fountain, Gate. New York: Viking Press, 1976.
"Thinking of Death and Dogfood"-317
Kumin, Maxine. House, Bridge, Fountain, Gate. New York: Viking Press, 1976.
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Series: Fall Reading Series
Sponsor(s): UA Poetry Center
Location(s): Modern Languages Auditorium
Maxine Kumin reads primarily from House, Bridge, Fountain, Gate (1976), along with selections from her earlier work.
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