Warren Tallman invited George Stanley, Joanne Kyger, and Ebbe Borregaard to a Poetry Conference at UBC in March 1970. This 12 minute recording features George's reading of a "prose statement on poetry in 1970." The statement is a series of letters written to Clayton Eshleman on the subject of  "power, money, and poetry."

Thanks to the Contemporary Literature Collection, Simon Fraser University for permission to use the recording.

Warren Tallman invited George Stanley, Joanne Kyger, and Ebbe Borregaard to a Poetry Conference at UBC in March 1970. This 12 minute recording features George's reading of a "prose statement on poetry in 1970." The statement is a series of letters written to Clayton Eshleman on the subject of "power, money, and poetry." Thanks to the Contemporary Literature Collection, Simon Fraser University for permission to use the recording.

George Stanley reads a prose statement about poetry

The Capilano Review has a long history of publishing new and established Canadian writers and artists who experiment with or expand the boundaries of conventional forms and contexts. Founded in North Vancouver in 1972, the magazine continues to publish literary and visual art side by side while favouring the risky, the provocative, the innovative, and the dissident.

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George Stanley reads a prose statement about poetry

George Stanley reads a prose statement about poetry