USA: Poetry; 9; Louis Zukofsky
- Series
- USA: Poetry
- Episode Number
- 9
- Episode
- Louis Zukofsky
- 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/512-707wm14j1j
- NOLA Code
- UPTR
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- Description
- Episode Description
- Born in 1904, and first published by Ezra Pound in 1927, Louis Zukosky is the poet whose name is associated with the term objectivists. Although never widely known as a poet, his work as well as his writings on poetry have served as an example and exerted an influence over an entire generation of American poets. He has lived most of his life in Brooklyn Heights. He has taught until recently at the Polytechnic Institute in Brooklyn, and earlier at San Francisco State, Colgate, Queens College, and the University of Wisconsin. I was born young into a world that was already very old, says Zukofsky. Words for me are solid, he adds, even though sometimes they liquefy and sometimes they aerify. His readings in this episode range from his first published poem titled, A Poem Beginning The, to his monumental work still in progress, titled simple A, as well as his translations from Cavalcanti and Catullus. USA: Poetry - Louis Zukofsky is a production of National Educational Television and KQED, San Francisco. Episode Running Time: 29:02 (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
- 1966-08-14
- Asset type
- Episode
- Genres
- Performance
- Documentary
- Topics
- Literature
- Biography
- Rights
- Copyright National Educational Television & Radio Center August 14, 1966
- Media type
- Moving Image
- Credits
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Executive Producer: Howard, Brice
Interviewee: Zukofsky, Louis
Performer: Zukofsky, Louis
Producer: Moore, Richard
Producing Organization: National Educational Television and Radio Center
Producing Organization: KQED-TV (Television station : San Francisco, Calif.)
- AAPB Contributor Holdings
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Library of Congress
Identifier: 1994345-1 (MAVIS Item ID)
Format: 16mm film
Generation: Copy: Access
Color: B&W
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Library of Congress
Identifier: 1994345-2 (MAVIS Item ID)
Format: 16mm film
Generation: Copy: Access
Color: B&W
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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; 9; Louis Zukofsky,” 1966-08-14, Library of Congress, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed October 6, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-512-707wm14j1j.
- MLA: “USA: Poetry; 9; Louis Zukofsky.” 1966-08-14. Library of Congress, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. October 6, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-512-707wm14j1j>.
- APA: USA: Poetry; 9; Louis Zukofsky. 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-512-707wm14j1j