Today we highlight a recently-added recording of Act I of Louis Zukofsky's "A"-24, made by a group of poets that included Dorothy Roberts, Brad Westbrook, Bill Luoma, Becky Roberts, and Chuck Cody, which was staged as part of the New Writing Series at UCSD. Running twenty-four minutes, this recording was made on April 11, 1986. It's one of three performances of "A"-24 that you'll find on PennSound's Zukofsky author page, the other two presented by a cohort of Bay-Area poets — Steve Benson, Carla Harryman, Lyn Hejinian, Kit Robinson and Barrett Watten with Bob Perelman on piano — at both San Francisco's Grand Piano and UC Davis in 1978.
For those interested in hearing more from the final installment of Zukofsky's most iconic work, his PennSound author page contains several recordings of him reading from "A"-24, made at Bard College, Glassboro State College, and Temple University, all made in the course of 1972. Other sections from "A" documented on Zukofsky's page include 2, 4 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12, 13, 15, 19, 20, 21, 22, and 23. Listene in by clicking here.
