David Ignatow
David Ignatow
Reading Date: Wednesday, February 17, 1971
- Welcome and Introduction
- "Talking to Myself"
- "My writing is all teaching..."
- "It was a good day..."
- "I heard a man talking without a tongue..."
- "Waiting Inside"
- "While I Live"
- "Feeling with My Hands"
- "First Coffin Poem"
- "Three in Transition"
- "Against the Evidence"
- "All Quiet"
- "Notes for a Lecture"
- "The Bagel"
- "No Theory"
- "The Vending Machine"
- "Two Friends"
- "To an Apple"
- "I want to be a scene of some sort"
- "Moonlight Poem"
- "A First on TV"
- "Poems the Dead Know by Heart"
- "A Glimpse of e.e. cummings"
- "Brief Elegy"
- "With the Door Open"
- "Like a Lie"
- "No Answer"
- "Whistle or Hoot"
- "All Comes"
- "Everybody Knows"
- "Content"
- "Blessing Myself"
- "The Escapade"
- "Be Like Me"
- "Sunday at the State Hospital"
- "Say Pardon"
- "The Dream"
- "The Fisherwoman"
- "News Report"
- "Bothering Me at Last"
- "Christmas Improvisations"
- "Turnings"
- "How to Be Right"
- "Aesthetics II"
- "Business"
- "Life as a Frog"
- "At a Dance"
- "Communion"
- "Come!"
- "Get the Gasworks"
- "In My Room"
- "News Conference"
- "I really don't have to know who I am..."
- "The ancient Greeks thought..."
- "In this dream I'm an Indian"
- "Sitting here, overlooking traffic..."
Welcome and Introduction-1395
By Lois Shelton. The first few seconds of the original audiocassette tape display some distortion.
"Talking to Myself"-1396
Original recording displays distortion from 00:00-00:17. Differs from published version.
Annotation:
Ignatow, David. Facing the Tree. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1975.
"My writing is all teaching..."-1397
Uncollected, unpublished.
"It was a good day..."-1398
Uncollected, unpublished.
"I heard a man talking without a tongue..."-1399
Uncollected, unpublished.
"Waiting Inside"-1400
Ignatow, David. Poems 1934-1969. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1970.
"While I Live"-1401
Ignatow, David. Poems 1934-1969. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1970.
"Feeling with My Hands"-1402
Ignatow, David. Poems 1934-1969. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1970.
"First Coffin Poem"-1403
Differs slightly from published version.
Annotation:
Ignatow, David. Poems 1934-1969. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1970.
"Three in Transition"-1404
Ignatow, David. Rescue the Dead. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1968.
"Against the Evidence"-1405
Ignatow, David. Rescue the Dead. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1968.
"All Quiet"-1406
Ignatow, David. Rescue the Dead. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1968.
"Notes for a Lecture"-1407
Ignatow, David. Rescue the Dead. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1968.
"The Bagel"-1408
Ignatow, David. Rescue the Dead. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1968.
"No Theory"-1409
Ignatow, David. Figures of the Human. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1964.
"The Vending Machine"-1410
Ignatow, David. Figures of the Human. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1964.
"Two Friends"-1411
Ignatow, David. Figures of the Human. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1964.
"To an Apple"-1412
Ignatow, David. Figures of the Human. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1964.
"I want to be a scene of some sort"-1413
Ignatow, David. Poems 1934-1969. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1970.
"Moonlight Poem" -1414
Ignatow, David. Poems 1934-1969. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1970.
"A First on TV"-1415
Ignatow, David. Poems 1934-1969. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1970.
"Poems the Dead Know by Heart"-1416
Ignatow, David. Poems 1934-1969. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1970.
"A Glimpse of e.e. cummings"-1417
Ignatow, David. Poems 1934-1969. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1970.
"Brief Elegy"-1418
Ignatow, David. Say Pardon. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1961.
"With the Door Open"-1419
Ignatow, David. Say Pardon. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1961.
"Like a Lie"-1420
Ignatow, David. Say Pardon. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1961.
"No Answer"-1421
Ignatow, David. Say Pardon. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1961.
"Whistle or Hoot"-1422
Ignatow, David. Say Pardon. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1961.
"All Comes"-1423
Ignatow, David. Say Pardon. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1961.
"Everybody Knows"-1424
Ignatow, David. Say Pardon. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1961.
"Content"-1425
Ignatow, David. Say Pardon. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1961.
"Blessing Myself"-1426
Ignatow, David. Say Pardon. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1961.
"The Escapade"-1427
Ignatow, David. Say Pardon. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1961.
"Be Like Me"-1428
Ignatow, David. Say Pardon. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1961.
"Sunday at the State Hospital"-1429
Ignatow, David. Say Pardon. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1961.
"Say Pardon"-1430
Ignatow, David. Say Pardon. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1961.
"The Dream"-1431
Ignatow, David. Say Pardon. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1961.
"The Fisherwoman"-1432
Ignatow, David. The Gentle Weight Lifter. New York: Morris Gallery, 1955.
"News Report"-1433
Ignatow, David. The Gentle Weight Lifter. New York: Morris Gallery, 1955.
"Bothering Me at Last"-1434
Ignatow, David. The Gentle Weight Lifter. New York: Morris Gallery, 1955.
"Christmas Improvisations"-1435
Ignatow, David. Poems 1934-1969. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1970.
"Turnings"-1436
Ignatow, David. Poems 1934-1969. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1970.
"How to Be Right"-1437
Ignatow, David. Poems 1934-1969. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1970.
"Aesthetics II"-1438
Ignatow, David. Poems 1934-1969. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1970.
"Business"-1439
Ignatow, David. Poems 1934-1969. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1970.
"Life as a Frog"-1440
Ignatow, David. Poems 1934-1969. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1970.
"At a Dance"-1441
Ignatow, David. Poems 1934-1969. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1970.
"Communion"-1442
Ignatow, David. Poems 1934-1969. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1970.
"Come!"-1443
Ignatow, David. Poems 1934-1969. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1970.
"Get the Gasworks"-1444
Ignatow, David. Poems 1934-1969. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1970.
"In My Room"-1445
Ignatow, David. Poems 1934-1969. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1970.
"News Conference"-1446
Uncollected, unpublished.
"I really don't have to know who I am..."-1447
Uncollected, unpublished.
"The ancient Greeks thought..."-1448
Uncollected, unpublished.
"In this dream I'm an Indian"-1449
Differs from published version.
Annotation:
Ignatow, David. Facing the Tree. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1975.
"Sitting here, overlooking traffic..."-1450
Uncollected, unpublished.
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Series: Spring Reading Series
Sponsor(s): UA Poetry Center
Location(s): Modern Languages Auditorium
David Ignatow reads widely from his work of the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s; this reading also includes several uncollected poems.
- humor
- nature
- political poetry
- memory
- vietnam war
- war
- prose poem
- autobiography
- identity
- death
- love
- lyric
- love poem
- surrealism
- happiness
- anti-war
- poetry
- mother
- lyric poetry
- love poetry
- body
- power politics
- emotional control
- metaphors
- masculinity
- power
- politics
- humanity
- military
- emotions
- lyrical poetry
- social issues
- love poems
- guggenheim fellow
- imagery
- self
- autobiographical
- vietnam
- truth
- lyrical
- the body
- writing
- images
- emotion
- living
- conversation
- art of poetry
- contemplation
- image
- mothers
- lyric poems
- conversations
- existence
- native americans
- metaphor
- fish
- singing
- realism
- domestic violence
- nature
- purpose
- fact
- vulnerability
- self-worth
- definitions of poetry
- consumerism
- self-love
- being a poet
- linguistics
- manhood
- common man
- lyricism
- authenticity
- trust
- confidence
- daily life
- homelessness
- imagist
- leaves
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