USA: Poetry; 6; Theodore Roethke
- Series
- USA: Poetry
- Episode Number
- 6
- Episode
- Theodore Roethke
- Producing Organization
- Associate Students of San Francisco State College
- AAPB ID
- cpb-aacip/516-901zc7sn1q
- NOLA Code
- UPTR
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- Description
- Episode Description
- This episode is about one of the greatest American poets, the late Theodore Roethke. He was filmed months before his sudden death, and in the episode he reads and talks of his poetry. The film also deals with Puget Sound, source of many of Roethkes poetic ideas. USA: Poetry - Theodore Roethke was produced by the Associated Students of San Francisco State College. Episode Running Time: 28:58 (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
- 1966-04-03
- Asset type
- Episode
- Genres
- Performance
- Documentary
- Topics
- Literature
- Biography
- Rights
- Copyright National Educational Television & Radio Center April 3, 1966
- Media type
- Moving Image
- Credits
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Interviewee: Roethke, Theodore
Performer: Roethke, Theodore
Producing Organization: Associate Students of San Francisco State College
- AAPB Contributor Holdings
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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; 6; Theodore Roethke,” 1966-04-03, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed July 22, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-516-901zc7sn1q.
- MLA: “USA: Poetry; 6; Theodore Roethke.” 1966-04-03. American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. July 22, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-516-901zc7sn1q>.
- APA: USA: Poetry; 6; Theodore Roethke. Boston, MA: American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-516-901zc7sn1q