26171 Good not excellent recording quality (picks up high end and a small hum around 10 minutes). Phil Whalen(?) chimes in now and then. Ginsberg is funny and open. Features a nicely sung unaccompanied "To Tirzah". 0:00: Allen pushes the sitting meditation. 5:08: WC Williams "Thursday" 6:30: Explains connection btwn Buddhist and Yankee Pragmatic metaphysics and general thesis of poetic yoga. 9:00: Funny personal reflections on teaching and his recent failures/nervous breakdowns therein. 11:10: Haiku and RH Blyth; favorite Asian writers and books 19:05: "Nivrandahath(?) adorns himslf with neck garland of smells..." One of AG's favorite poems from the Orient by Changdeva 22:45: Ho Chi Minh's poems 25:00: Andre Michaux, Ed Dorn, Greg Tate 26:50: Transcendent visions become boring. 35:00: What languages do you read? 37:20: Rosseau's Banquet Anecdote 38:45: "Being Geniuses Together" AG says "one of the most influential books on me" 41:05: Blake's To Tirzah sung 45:00: Blake, illustrations: Alvethorpe Mansion 49:30: Gertrude Stein's role 51:35: Political Disillusionment 57:00: Varieties of political demonstrations THANK YOU KIND NAROPA LIBRARIANS Casual Q&A Class Blank 2004-12-02 08:47:05 2004-12-02 06:23:30 4 1 4.00