Conference speech and reading by Katherine Anne Porter at Sala Ponce, Palacio de las Bellas Artes, Mexico City, Mexico, June 6, 1960, tape one of two.

1960-06-06

Conference speech and reading by Katherine Anne Porter at Sala Ponce, Palacio de las Bellas Artes, Mexico City, Mexico, on June 6, 1960. The first of two tapes. After a brief introduction by a man, Porter makes brief remarks on her occasional writings as well as Homer, Penelope, Calypso, Helen and Athena of the Odyssey before launching into a reading of "A Defense of Circe." This portion of the reading includes the text from pages 133-37 in her Collected Essays with occasional interjections and explanations.

Porter, Katherine Anne, 1890-1980

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7 in; 0:32:15 hh:mm:ss; 1/4" open reel tape

Katherine Anne Porter papers
Accession 66-5
A guide to the full collection of Katherine Anne Porter papers is available in our archival collections: http://hdl.handle.net/1903.1/1532.
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Fedora 2 PID: umd:684006; Handle Identifier: hdl:1903.1/33194; Catalog Key: KAP10.16.12.1; Filename: litmss-024932