Two More O'Hara Readings

Sorry for the delay in posting this — we've been having internet issues on and off all weekend (any other Time Warner customers dealing with this?). Here are two additional readings by Frank O'Hara. The first was recorded September 25, 1964 at SUNY Buffalo, and to my knowledge, is the best known existing reading by the late poet.

1. Mary Desti's Ass (starts in the middle) (1:24): MP3
2. Ave Maria (1:27): MP3
3. Naphtha (1:38): MP3
4. Metaphysical Poem (0:58): MP3
5. Poem ("Lana Turner has collapsed!") (0:42): MP3
6. Poem en Forme de Saw (2:08): MP3
7. Two Tragic Poems (1:42): MP3
8. Fantasy (1:33): MP3
9. Blue Territory (1:56): MP3
10. Lawrence (0:55): MP3
11. Ode to Michael Goldberg('s Birth and Other Births) (10:22): MP3
12. Political Poem on a Last Line of Pasternak (1:23): MP3
13. Poem ("Hoopla! Ya! Ya! Ya!") (0:50): MP3
14. Poem V (F) W (1:08): MP3
15. Old Copies of Life Magazine (0:59): MP3
16. Louise (1:10): MP3
17. Poem ("I don't know if I get what D.H. Lawrence is driving at") (1:40): MP3


Here's a second short recording, taken from the PBS special Poetry: USA (from which several of the videos previously posted came from), in which O'Hara reads and discusses his work:

• complete recording (14:41): MP3