Regie Gibson and Reginald Gibbons
Regie Gibson and Reginald Gibbons
Reading Date: Saturday, April 16, 2005
- Introduction
- Opening Remarks
- "the word"
- "Rubato"
- Excerpt from "Homage to Longshot O'Leary"
- "To Die Like a Woman"
- "How to Dig Nina"
- "Admiration"
- Excerpt from "Homage to Longshot O'Leary"
- "Oya"
- "Digging the Scene"
- "[Ode to Eros]"
- "Mother"
- "All Praises Due"
- "Some Pentameters of Texas"
- "Confession"
- "Zeitgeist Zero and Zeitgeist One: 1963-1969"
- Final stanza from "Poem Including History"
- "A Leap"
- "Stop"
- "Creation Myth"
- Question and Answer Session
Introduction -7739
by Frances Sjoberg
Opening Remarks -7741
"the word"-7743
Differs from published version.
Annotation:
Gibson, Regie. Storms Beneath the Skin. Joliet, IL: EM Press, LLC., 2001.
"Rubato"-7745
Excerpt from "Trois Mazurkas."
Annotation:
Gibbons, Reginald. It's Time: Poems. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2002.
Excerpt from "Homage to Longshot O'Leary"-7747
Gibbons, Reginald. Homage to Longshot O'Leary. Duluth, MN: Holy Cow! Press, 1999.
"To Die Like a Woman"-7749
From an unpublished manuscript titled [i]Bel Canto Bellum[/i].
"How to Dig Nina"-7751
Differs slightly from published version.
Annotation:
Gibson, Regie. "How to Dig Nina." Regie Gibson Poetry. Online School of Poetry, 2005. Web. 25 Oct. 2012.
"Admiration"-7753
Gibbons, Reginald. Slow Trains Overhead: Chicago Poems and Stories. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2010.
Excerpt from "Homage to Longshot O'Leary"-7755
Gibbons, Reginald. Homage to Longshot O'Leary. Duluth, MN: Holy Cow! Press, 1999.
"Oya"-7757
Unpublished.
"Digging the Scene"-7759
Excerpt from an unpublished manuscript.
"[Ode to Eros]"-7761
Sophocles. . Trans. Reginald Gibbons and Charles Segal. Poetry Feb. 2003: 265-266. Print.
"Mother"-7763
Gibbons, Reginald. It's Time: Poems. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2002.
"All Praises Due"-7765
Unpublished.
"Some Pentameters of Texas"-7767
Unpublished.
"Confession"-7769
Gibbons, Reginald. "Confession." Poetry. 183.3 (2003): 137. Print.
"Zeitgeist Zero and Zeitgeist One: 1963-1969"-7771
From a manuscript titled [i]Footsteps Addressed in Red: The Ecto-Poetic Libretto of Hendrix[/i]. Published as "Zeitgeist Zero: When The Voice Began Singing Was." Differs from published version.
Annotation:
Gibson, Regie. "Zeitgeist Zero: When The Voice Began Singing Was." Regie Gibson Poetry. Online School of Poetry, 2005. Web. 25 Oct. 2012.
Final stanza from "Poem Including History"-7773
Gibbons, Reginald. It's Time: Poems. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2002.
"A Leap"-7775
Gibbons, Reginald. It's Time: Poems. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2002.
"Stop"-7777
Gibbons, Reginald. It's Time: Poems. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2002.
"Creation Myth"-7779
Unpublished.
Question and Answer Session-7781
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Series: Spring Reading Series
Sponsor(s): UA Poetry Center
Location(s): Social Sciences Auditorium
Regie Gibson and Reginald Gibbons read together in a spontaneous poetic conversation. Both read widely from their work; this performance includes both published and unpublished poems.
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