137. USC lecture to medical students, 1959-10-08; poetry reading

Tape 137, side 1) Music in the background (0:02). Lawrence Lipton lectures (0:53) on his book The Holy Barbarians and other topics, University of Southern California Medical School humanities lecture series, Los Angeles County Hospital auditorium, Los Angeles, California, 1959 October 14, 12:00 p.m. [part 1 of 2]. Lipton reads his "How to listen to a poem" (23:41), "A caution" (30:02). Low speaking the background, unclear speaking in foreground by multiple people (50:58). Woman and man singing humoresque (52:19). ❧ Tape 137, side 2, part A) A short portion of jazz music. ❧ Tape 137, side 2, part B). Lipton lecture continued [part 2 of 2]: Lipton reads his "I was a poet for the FBI" (partial) (0:02). Lecture continues (6:08) with a demonstration of a deviant detector. See "'Beat' author to give talk on new book" Daily trojan 51/14 (1959 October 8): 1. https://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll104/id/70495 https://doi.org/10.25549/uschist-dt-m70460 ❧ Tape 137, side 2, part C) Jazz music in the background of party mostly inaudible talking (0:02), Arthur Pritcher[?] speaking thanking those present (2:31). A skit? (3:41). Dave reading a poem from Aleistair Crowley's book Diary of a Drug Fiend "Thirst" (6:24), Dave reading unidentified poem "Go home with sorrow" (16:33), unidentified male reading "On the powdered stage" (18:51). -- TIMES indicate where sections begin.