Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0019134, Mon, 18 Jan 2010 10:14:30 -0500

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Re: THOUGHT on Shade as poet
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Gary Lipon wrote:

"I'm very interested in VN's public readings though,
and would like to know more about them,
and especially if available online."

Gary, the readings I have are on cassette tape, published (as far as I can tell) by the Poetry Room at Harvard College Library. VN's reading of a verse excerpt from Pale Fire took place on April 10, 1964. He read the sections from Canto Two concerning Hazel's death. My "Genius and Plausibility" piece goes into somewhat excruciating detail about this.

I don't know if this cassette collection has been digitized and made available online. It certainly ought to be -- VN's readings and occasional ad libs are delightful.

Best,

J.

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