Shapiro's visit included two events, starting with a talk on painters Fairfield Porter and Jasper Johns. That was followed by a lengthy reading that we've segmented into 55 tracks, including 17 tracks of comments peppered amongst the poems, which include "To The Earth," "Falling Upwards," "Funeral For Jan Palach," "Snow at Night," "Stay Stay Stay Stay," "A Book of Glass," "The Boss Poem," "The Will," "Light Bulb," "Prayer for a House," "A Song For Rudy Burckhardt," "Winter Work," and "Colorful Hands," among many other.
You'll find these new recordings on Shapiro's PennSound author page, along with a modest collection of more recent recordings, including a pair of Segue Series events and a reading for Dia Art Foundation, and a 1976 ten-year memorial for Frank O'Hara at the Poetry Project, which also featured Joe LeSeuer, Patsy Southgate, Jane Freilicher (reading James Schuyler), Anne Waldman as MC, Kenneth Koch (reading "Awake in Spain"), Carter Ratcliffe, Tony Towle, Patsy Southgate, and Peter Schjedahl. Click here to start exploring.
