Danse Russe

By Williams, William Carlos

Book Id: WPLBN0002954104
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File Size: 8.24 MB
Reproduction Date: 2006

Title:	Danse Russe
Author:	Williams, William Carlos
Volume:
Language:	English
Subject:	Poetry, Poetry
Collections:	Audio Books Collection, Danse Russe; by William Carlos Williams
Historic Publication Date:	1917
Publisher:	LibriVox Audio Books


Citation APA MLA Chicago Carlos Williams, B. W. (1917). Danse Russe. Retrieved from http://www.self.gutenberg.org/

Description
Williams spent his life as a doctor practicing pediatric medicine in northern New Jersey, a few miles west of New York City. During the work day, between seeing patients, he often dashed off poems on the backs of blank prescription pads that he kept in his pocket. This particular poem was written in just such a spontaneous way, after seeing the Russian Ballet perform in Manhattan. Each of the 16 readers in this collection took the challenge to make the same kind of leap - reading it spontaneously. (Summary by Alan Davis-Drake.)

Summary
Electronic recorded live performance of a reading

Excerpt
Poetry