Poets and their poetry project : oral history, 1971-1975

Scope and Contents

In these interviews with modern American poets, they discuss the major influences, themes and philosophy of their works and give their impressions of the literary scene in the 1950s and 1960s. Their teaching, editing and publishing activities are described. Participants and pages: John Ashbery, 30; Bill Berkson, 22; Tom Clark, 53; Gregory Corso, 131; James Dickey, 42; Robert Duncan, 90; Kenneth Koch, 20; John Myers, 29; James Wright, 29 Each interviewee's oral history individually cataloged

Subjects

• American literature--20th century.
• Interviews.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Poetry.
• Poets, American--Interviews.