Canberra Poets: Mark O'Connor

ANU Instructional Resources Unit (1975-1996); Speaker: Mark Kevin O'Connor (1945-); Speaker: John Ernest Tranter (1943-2023); Operator: Lindsay Gesling; Producer: Ross Christopher

Canberra Poets: Mark O'Connor

Authors

ANU Instructional Resources Unit (1975-1996)

Speaker: Mark Kevin O'Connor (1945-)

Speaker: John Ernest Tranter (1943-2023)

Operator: Lindsay Gesling

Producer: Ross Christopher

Abstract

Interview with Mark O'Connor about environmental influences upon his poetry, the influence of his university days, problems of English poetry today, and the effect of his travels. -- Side A: Mark O'Connor interview, with John Tranter. -- Side B: O'Connor poetry readings: The Beginning; Strike; The Pairing of Terns; Poem on Australia's Migration Policy; Monotony on Highway 1; Bad Vibes; Wheaties; Whooshpack; Faustus; Melbourne Views; The Masters (3 parts); To Kill an Olive; Wordsworth's House at Rydal; The Pond (2 parts: The Child; The Old Man). -- Recorded at the Instructional Resources Unit, 13 May 1981.

URI

https://hdl.handle.net/1885/733734550

Collections

IRU Audio recordings

Type

Sound recording

Archives Series

Series 51 - ANU Instructional Resources Unit Sound Recordings
Item 81040 - various (9 poems)

Date created

1981

Access Statement

Open Access

License Rights

This audio recording is provided for research purposes only and must not be reproduced without the prior permission of the Archives Program, Australian National University