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
Interviewee: Roethke, Theodore
Performer: Roethke, Theodore
Producing Organization: Associate Students of San Francisco State College
AAPB Contributor Holdings
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