Kenneth Koch, from USA: Poetry, NET Outtakes Series: March 3, 1966 —The Poetry Center

Full-program video with downloadable audio option at Poetry Center Digital Archive: https://diva.sfsu.edu/collections/poe...

Kenneth Koch, March 3, 1966, at his home in New York City, talks about his approach to the poem — citing something John Ashbery said to David Shapiro — and reads two of his poems: "Ma Provence" (half in French, half in English) and "Spring." The full outtakes program features Koch reading and speaking extensively with filmmaker Richard O. Moore, and briefly visiting the opening of a Max Ernst exhibition at The Jewish Museum with Ashbery and others.

The "Second Edition" NET Outtakes Series programs were made in 1978 by The Poetry Center's American Poetry Archives staff, assembled from 16-millimeter black & white film outtakes from the original 15-minute USA: Poetry television programs, which were converted to video, edited, and presented in the original shooting sequence. Original funding for The Poetry Center NET Outtakes Series was provided by the National Endowment for the Arts. ©© The Poetry Center, San Francisco State University

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