USA: Poetry; 10; Kenneth Koch and John Ashbery

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Series
USA: Poetry
Episode Number
10
Episode
Kenneth Koch and John Ashbery
Producing Organization
National Educational Television and Radio Center
KQED-TV (Television station : San Francisco, Calif.)
Contributing Organization
Library of Congress (Washington, District of Columbia)
AAPB ID
cpb-aacip/512-736m03zp3c
NOLA Code
UPTR
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Description
Episode Description
Two of the poets of what has frequently been referred to as the New York Poets are Kenneth Koch and John Ashbery. Both went to Harvard and came to New York in the early 1950s. Koch is currently on a Guggenheim fellowship, on leave from his teaching post at Columbia University. Ashbery recently returned from Paris, where he had been living for a decade, and is currently executive editor of Art News magazine. Both poets admit to a deep influence from French poetry. Their work is characterized by wit and linguistic originality. Both have been associated with the theater and with contemporary painting. Their style is at the opposite pole from that of Allan Ginsberg and Lawrence Ferlinghetti. Koch reads two short poems To You and Spring, a short play The Revolt of the Giant Animals, and his long poem The Circus. Ashbery reads two poems from his recent book Rivers and Mountains (These Lacustrine Cities and Blessing in Disguise), his early poem Popular Songs, and a recent poem Definition of Blue. USA: Poetry - Kenneth Koch and John Ashbery is a production of National Educational Television and KQED, San Francisco. Episode Running Time: 29:04 (Description adapted from documents in the NET Microfiche)
Series Description
USA: Poetry is part of an assessment of the state of the literary arts in the United States, which concentrates on contemporary poets, with the opening episode on the late William Carlos Williams serving as an introduction to programs that follow. The 14 half-hour episodes that comprise the series were originally recorded on film.
Broadcast Date
1966-08-21
Asset type
Episode
Genres
Performance
Documentary
Topics
Literature
Biography
Rights
Copyright National Educational Television & Radio Center August 21, 1966
Media type
Moving Image
Duration
00:29:31
Credits
Executive Producer: Howard, Brice
Interviewee: Ashbery, John
Interviewee: Koch, Kenneth
Performer: Ashbery, John
Performer: Koch, Kenneth
Producer: Moore, Richard
Producing Organization: National Educational Television and Radio Center
Producing Organization: KQED-TV (Television station : San Francisco, Calif.)
AAPB Contributor Holdings
Library of Congress
Identifier: 1994346-1 (MAVIS Item ID)
Format: 16mm film
Generation: Copy: Access
Color: B&W
Library of Congress
Identifier: 1994346-2 (MAVIS Item ID)
Generation: Master
Library of Congress
Identifier: 1994346-3 (MAVIS Item ID)
Generation: Copy: Access
Library of Congress
Identifier: 1994346-4 (MAVIS Item ID)
Format: 16mm film
Generation: Copy: Access
Color: B&W
Indiana University Libraries Moving Image Archive
Identifier: [request film based on title] (Indiana University)
Format: 16mm film
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Citations
Chicago: “USA: Poetry; 10; Kenneth Koch and John Ashbery,” 1966-08-21, Library of Congress, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed July 5, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-512-736m03zp3c.
MLA: “USA: Poetry; 10; Kenneth Koch and John Ashbery.” 1966-08-21. Library of Congress, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. July 5, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-512-736m03zp3c>.
APA: USA: Poetry; 10; Kenneth Koch and John Ashbery. Boston, MA: Library of Congress, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-512-736m03zp3c