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Summer Discourse 1978: Meditation and Poetics

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Title	Summer Discourse 1978: Meditation and Poetics
Performer(s)	Ginsberg, Allen
Subject 1	Buddhism and literature.
Subject 2	Poetry, Modern--20th century.
Subject 3	Poetry, Modern--19th century
Abstract	A class by Allen Ginsberg at the Naropa Institute entitled “Meditation and Poetics” on July 17th, 1978. Ginsberg focuses on Walt Whitman, relating the poet to William Carlos Williams and Buddhist mindfulness.
Content	00:04 Recording begins in progress with Ginsberg talking about the industrial revolution and people waking up to their own senses 00:54 Ginsberg mentions the short time period between Wordsworth’s modern innovation and Whitman’s ultimate statement of the personal 02:06 Ginsberg mentions “Leaves of Grass” and recites from “Song of Myself” 03:15 Ginsberg talks about the mechanics of thought form 05:12 Whitman’s question of what is the notion of the self, recites more of “Song of Myself” 10:45 Relates “Song of Myself” to William Carlos Williams’ “Thursday” and Buddhist mindfulness 11:53 Continues reciting “Song of Myself” and relates it to shamata and vipassana 13:39 The quality of here and now, the nature of the unborn. Continues with “Song of Myself” 19:49 Ginsberg explains and reads part 4 of “Song of Myself” 23:39 Ginsberg makes his closing comments and announcements for the next class 24:47 Recording ends.
Type of Event	class
Date Recorded	1978-07-18
File Format	mp3
Performance Length	0:24:48
Rights Information	Copyright release given to Naropa University for the purposes of preservation, marketing and educational use. All other rights reserved to individual performers.
Department	Writing
Original Format	audio cassette
Type	Sound
Language	eng
File Name	78P012A.mp3

Summer Discourse 1978: Meditation and Poetics

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