Additional Title: Frumkin, Kiesel, Gershgoren, and Weisburd Read Poetry

Description: This recording features poetry readings by Gene Frumkin (1928-2007), a poet and co-founder of Coastlines Magazine, Stanly Keisel, a poet, playwright, and children’s book writer, Sidney Gershgoren, a poet and novelist, and Mel Weisburd (1927-2015), a poet, co-founder and editor of Coastlines Magazine.

More information on the poets featured in this recording can be found here:

Gene Frumkin
- Cinco Puntos: https://www.cincopuntos.com/authors_detail.sstg?id=69

Stanley Keisel
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stanley.kiesel

Sidney Gershgoren
- Small Press Distribution: https://www.spdbooks.org/Author/Default.aspx?AuthorId=9198

Mel Weisburd
- Linkedin.com: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mel-weisburd-1aa60026
- Eskimopie.net: http://eskimopie.net/weisburd.htm (Article for Coastlines by Weisburd)

Weisburd #27, part 1 of 2
00:00-00:09 — Blank
00:10-00:42 — Introduction of event by unidentified speaker.
00:43-04:33 — Second introduction by different unidentified speaker.
04:34-05:27 — Introduction of Gene Frumkin.
05:28-09:20 — “Recollections of Summer in New York” – Frumkin
09:21-09:57 — “Song for a Rose on a Garter” – Frumkin
09:58-11:08 — “The Careful One” – Frumkin
11:09-12:53 — “That Girl Who Follows Me” – Frumkin
12:54-14:16 — “Lake Revisited” – Frumkin
14:17-16:38 — “The Arrival” – Frumkin
16:39-18:00 — “Homage to Our High School Journalism Teacher” – Frumkin
18:01-19:36 — “To My Right Hand” – Frumkin
19:37-23:10 — “The Oneness of the World” – Frumkin
23:11-24:42 — “Somedays the Blood is Warm and Certain” – Frumkin
24:43-25:21 — Introduction of Edmund Teske. Recording cuts abruptly and begins again during introduction of Stanley Keisel.
25:22-25:49 — “Eight Quatrains” – Keisel
25:50-27:25 — “To a Theater Goer” – Keisel
27:26-29:24 — “Return” – Keisel
29:25-30:52 — “In the City” – Keisel
30:52-32:03 — “The Beach” – Keisel
32:04-33:47 — “Don Juan Grown Old” – Keisel
33:48-34:18 — “Landlady” – Keisel
34:19-35:23 — “The Little Man” – Keisel
35:24-36:27 — “Crusoe” – Keisel
36:28-37:54 — “Uncle’s Advice” – Keisel
37:55-39:09 — “Both Married” – Keisel
39:10-45:08 — Following poems by Keisel are about children and are titled, “Grasha”, “Greg”, “Joey”, “Seven Children”, and, “April ’56”.
45:09-45:57 — Unidentified speaker reminds audience of next poetry reading on January 31, 1958, introduces Sidney Gershgoren.
45:58-47:05 — “Legend” – Gershgoren
47:06-48:21 — “Dead Gull by Sutton” – Gershgoren
48:22-49:56 — “The Trouble with the Times” – Gershgoren
49:57-51:29 — Recitation of untitled poem by Gershgoren.
51:30-52:49 — Recitation of poem by Gershgoren, title inaudible.
52:50-54:45 — “Cleaning Woman” – Gershgoren
54:46-55:54 — “The Laughing Cowboy” – Gershgoren
55:55-57:11 — “White Sands Cinerama” – Gershgoren
57:12-58:41 — “Legend” – Gershgoren
58:42-1:00:37 — “Revolution” – Gershgoren
1:00:38-1:01:00 — “Landscape with Two Clocks” – Gershgoren
1:01:01-1:01:37 — “Discovery” – Gershgoren
1:01:38-1:01:47 — Blank

Weisburd #27, part 2 of 2
00:00-00:09 — Blank
00:10-00:34 — Unidentified speaker introduces Mel Weisburd.
00:35-00:50 — Weisburd speaks about his work, will read four poems.
00:51-03:12 — “The Elephant” – Weisburd
03:13-07:29 — “House of Flesh” – Weisburd
07:28-10:05 — “The American” – Weisburd
10:06-15:39 — “The Integration of Failure” – Weisburd
15:40-18:39 — “Memorial of a Poet” – Weisburd
18:40-18:49 — Blank

Call Number: MW2016.004.27

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