1984 Dr. Robert F. Panara and Allen Ginsberg Presentation: Part Two
Channel: RIT Libraries
Date: 2019-03-19

Summary by Joan Naturale. This video is from the NTID collection. The video shows Allen Ginsberg and the interpreter, Kip Webster to his left. Allen Ginsberg discusses the influence of Ezra Pound and William Carlos Williams who emphasized the pictorial aspects of poetry. Ginsberg performs the poem, 'Howl', and discusses translation issues for some abstract concepts, such as angel-headed hipster, and starry dynamo. He also talks about surrealism in poetry and continues to recite his poem. When Ginsberg asked the audience whether they could translate hydrogen jukebox, Patrick Graybill offered an ASL translation of hydrogen jukebox which vividly captured the image.
Graybill also performs the poem 'Dreams' by Langston Hughes and discussed the ASL translation process. Ginsberg suggests that Panara translate 'The Red Wheelbarrow' by William Carlos Williams and writes the poem on the board. After a discussion of the poem’s meaning, Panara translates the poem. The video ends with Ginsberg performing 'Bird Brain' accompanying himself with a harmonium. Visual description: Allen Ginsberg has dark brown hair, a beard, and mustache and is wearing glasses. He has a black suit, yellow shirt, and a striped tie. To the right of Ginsberg, Kip Webster, the interpreter has reddish-brown hair, beard, and mustache. He is wearing a gray-green sweater with stripes on the sleeves and collar over a white shirt.  To the left of Ginsberg is Dr. Panara with gray hair wearing a blue shirt. Patrick Graybill has dark brown balding hair and a beard with a mustache. He is wearing a gray sweater over a white shirt with a black tie and black pants. They are in a classroom.  For more information, please go to the Deaf Studies Archive finding aid link URL: https://archivesspace.rit.edu/repositories/2/resources/815. 

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