Item Information
Title: Interview with Stanley Kunitz
Date: 1985 October
Physical Details: 1 sound cassette ; 1 hr., 14 min., 55 sec.
Description: Recording has loud hum, static, muffled speech and overall low sound quality. Side 02 recording is mainly in right channel. Portions of conversation are difficult or impossible to understand. Pearl London interviews Stanley Kunitz at an unspecified book signing event. Discussion is scholarly and abstract and topics include a writer's and poet's inspirations and subject matter, rhythm of poetry, "the problem of the poem", and comparisons between art forms such as poetry and music. Also discussed is Kunitz's poem The Wellfleet Whale and his process of writing poetry.
Creator: Kunitz, Stanley, 1905-2006
Forms part of: Rose Slivka papers, circa 1947-2006
Rights Statement: Current copyright status is undetermined
Citation Information: Stanley Kunitz and Pearl London. Interview with Stanley Kunitz, 1985 October. Rose Slivka papers, circa 1947-2006. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Availability: This item has been digitally reformatted. It is available by requesting an appointment in the Archives of American Art's reading rooms, or in certain situations as a Reproduction Request.
Digital ID: 25545