Ruth Stone
Ruth Stone
Reading Date: Wednesday, December 8, 1965
- Introduction
- "In an Iridescent Time"
- "Bedtime Story"
- "When Wishes Were Fishes"
- "The Parents"
- "The Burned Bridge"
- "Coda"
- "My Brother"
- "Counterpoint"
- "The Splinter"
- "The Magnet"
- "My Walk"
- "In the Interstices"
- "Orchard"
- "Love's Relative"
- "The Answer"
- "Juveniles"
- "Confusion Among Viewers"
- "The Mold"
- "At the Agassiz Museum"
- "Vernal Equinox"
- "Memoir"
- "All Noahs"
- "The Cock and the Choir"
- "Crystals"
- "Snow"
- "The Matriarch"
- "Habitat"
- "Electra"
- "The Winnowing"
- "Lines to a Two-Dollar Chinese Print"
- "A Fowl Life"
- "The Season"
- "Travel"
- "Arrivals and Departures"
- "En Route"
- "The train arrives..."
- "A Ceremony of Flowers in Vermont"
- "From Brattle Street Window"
- "The Sun with Mr. Parker's Help Rinses Brattle Street"
- "The Woman on the Fifth Floor"
- "In a Liberal Arts Building"
- "Mother of Scholars"
- "Regarding Angels"
- "Collage"
- "Prelude"
- "Death of the Saloon Owner"
- "Forecast"
- "Advice"
- "Apprentice to the Dance"
- "Tension"
- "The Wholesome Bite"
- "My Friend"
- "Breakfast in Paris with Nasturtiums"
- "From the Window"
- "The Reading Club"
- "Private Pamtomime"
- "Mrs. Robbins Likes My Funny Poems"
- "Gourmet"
- "An Old Song"
- "Poets"
- "The Egotist"
Introduction-8305
"In an Iridescent Time"-8307
Stone, Ruth. In an Iridescent Time. New York, NY: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1959.
"Bedtime Story"-8309
Stone, Ruth. In an Iridescent Time. New York, NY: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1959.
"When Wishes Were Fishes"-8311
Stone, Ruth. In an Iridescent Time. New York, NY: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1959.
"The Parents"-8313
Stone, Ruth. In an Iridescent Time. New York, NY: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1959.
"The Burned Bridge"-8315
Stone, Ruth. In an Iridescent Time. New York, NY: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1959.
"Coda"-8317
Stone, Ruth. Topography and Other Poems. New York, NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., 1971.
"My Brother"-8319
Unpublished.
"Counterpoint"-8321
Published version bears the title "Bargain."
Annotation:
Stone, Ruth. Cheap. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., 1975
"The Splinter"-8323
Stone, Ruth. In an Iridescent Time. New York, NY: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1959.
"The Magnet"-8325
Stone, Ruth. In an Iridescent Time. New York, NY: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1959.
"My Walk"-8327
Published version bears the title "Dream of Light in the Shade."
Annotation:
Stone, Ruth. Topography and Other Poems. New York, NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., 1971.
"In the Interstices"-8329
Stone, Ruth. In an Iridescent Time. New York, NY: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1959.
"Orchard"-8331
Stone, Ruth. In an Iridescent Time. New York, NY: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1959.
"Love's Relative"-8333
Stone, Ruth. In an Iridescent Time. New York, NY: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1959.
"The Answer"-8335
Stone, Ruth. In an Iridescent Time. New York, NY: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1959.
"Juveniles"-8337
Stone, Ruth. In an Iridescent Time. New York, NY: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1959.
"Confusion Among Viewers"-8339
Stone, Ruth. In an Iridescent Time. New York, NY: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1959.
"The Mold"-8341
Stone, Ruth. In an Iridescent Time. New York, NY: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1959.
"At the Agassiz Museum"-8343
Published version bears the title "Taking the Children to Agassiz." Differs slightly from published version.
Annotation:
Stone, Ruth. Topography and Other Poems. New York, NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., 1971.
"Vernal Equinox"-8345
Stone, Ruth. In an Iridescent Time. New York, NY: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1959.
"Memoir"-8347
Stone, Ruth. In an Iridescent Time. New York, NY: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1959.
"All Noahs"-8349
Stone, Ruth. In an Iridescent Time. New York, NY: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1959.
"The Cock and the Choir"-8351
Unpublished.
"Crystals"-8353
Unpublished.
"Snow"-8355
Stone, Ruth. In an Iridescent Time. New York, NY: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1959.
"The Matriarch"-8357
Stone, Ruth. In an Iridescent Time. New York, NY: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1959.
"Habitat"-8359
Stone, Ruth. Topography and Other Poems. New York, NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., 1971.
"Electra" -8361
Unpublished.
"The Winnowing"-8363
Stone, Ruth. Topography and Other Poems. New York, NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., 1971.
"Lines to a Two-Dollar Chinese Print"-8365
Differs slightly from published version.
Annotation:
Stone, Ruth. Topography and Other Poems. New York, NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., 1971.
"A Fowl Life"-8367
Stone, Ruth. Topography and Other Poems. New York, NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., 1971.
"The Season"-8369
Stone, Ruth. In an Iridescent Time. New York, NY: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1959.
"Travel"-8371
Unpublished.
"Arrivals and Departures"-8373
Stone, Ruth. Topography and Other Poems. New York, NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., 1971.
"En Route"-8375
Unpublished.
"The train arrives..."-8377
Unpublished.
"A Ceremony of Flowers in Vermont"-8379
Differs from published version.
Annotation:
Stone, Ruth. Topography and Other Poems. New York, NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., 1971.
"From Brattle Street Window"-8381
Unpublished.
"The Sun with Mr. Parker's Help Rinses Brattle Street"-8383
Published version bears the title "The Sun with Mr. Parker's Help." Differs slightly from published version.
Annotation:
Stone, Ruth. Topography and Other Poems. New York, NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., 1971.
"The Woman on the Fifth Floor"-8385
Differs slightly from published version.
Annotation:
Stone, Ruth. Topography and Other Poems. New York, NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., 1971.
"In a Liberal Arts Building"-8387
Stone, Ruth. In an Iridescent Time. New York, NY: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1959.
"Mother of Scholars"-8389
Published version bears the title "Fog: Cambridge." Differs slightly from published version.
Annotation:
Stone, Ruth. Topography and Other Poems. New York, NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., 1971.
"Regarding Angels"-8391
Unpublished.
"Collage"-8393
Stone, Ruth. In an Iridescent Time. New York, NY: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1959.
"Prelude"-8395
Stone, Ruth. In an Iridescent Time. New York, NY: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1959.
"Death of the Saloon Owner"-8397
Differs slightly from published version.
Annotation:
Stone, Ruth. Topography and Other Poems. New York, NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., 1971.
"Forecast"-8399
Stone, Ruth. In an Iridescent Time. New York, NY: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1959.
"Advice"-8401
Differs slightly from published version.
Annotation:
Stone, Ruth. Topography and Other Poems. New York, NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., 1971.
"Apprentice to the Dance"-8403
Stone, Ruth. Topography and Other Poems. New York, NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., 1971.
"Tension"-8405
Stone, Ruth. Topography and Other Poems. New York, NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., 1971.
"The Wholesome Bite"-8407
Unpublished.
"My Friend"-8409
Unpublished.
"Breakfast in Paris with Nasturtiums"-8411
Differs slightly from published version.
Annotation:
Stone, Ruth. Topography and Other Poems. New York, NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., 1971.
"From the Window"-8413
Stone, Ruth. In an Iridescent Time. New York, NY: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1959.
"The Reading Club"-8415
Published version bears the title "The Readers."
Annotation:
Stone, Ruth. Topography and Other Poems. New York, NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., 1971.
"Private Pamtomime"-8417
Stone, Ruth. In an Iridescent Time. New York, NY: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1959.
"Mrs. Robbins Likes My Funny Poems"-8419
Unpublished.
"Gourmet"-8421
Stone, Ruth. In an Iridescent Time. New York, NY: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1959.
"An Old Song"-8423
Stone, Ruth. In an Iridescent Time. New York, NY: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1959.
"Poets"-8425
Published version bears the title "The Excuse." Differs slightly from published version.
Annotation:
Stone, Ruth. Topography and Other Poems. New York, NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., 1971.
"The Egotist"-8427
Published version bears the title "The Egoist."
Annotation:
Stone, Ruth. "The Egoist." The American Poetry Review. 39.4 (2010): 49. Print.
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Series: Fall Reading Series
Sponsor(s): UA Poetry Center
Location(s): Math/Physics Auditorium
Ruth Stone reads extensively from In an Iridescent Time (1959) and Topoography and Other Poems (1971); she also reads some unpublished poems.
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