Part 1: Side A: Begins with a taping of a John Coltrane record and then an unidentified speaker walks around Los Angeles and discusses his hometown and addresses the recording as a letter to Mayer. Side B: Baby playing, Mayer begins recording dream sequences. Part 2: Side A: Diary recordings. Includes a recording addressed to "David." Side B: Continuation of diary recordings. Part 3: Side A: Discussion between Mayer and another person. Side B: August 23rd. Dream sequences and talking to daughter, Marie. Part 4: Discussion, possibly with students, and a dream sequence. Part 5: Side A: Recording of dinner time and talking to Marie. Side B: Mayer tells stories and talks to Marie. Part 6: Sunday, September 11th. Diary recordings. Part 7: Saturday, September 17th. Diary recordings and dream sequences. Part 8: Side A: Talking with Marie. Lewis Warsh sings to Marie. Side B: Diary recordings. Part 9: September 27th. Diary recordings.

• 1976 August - September

• Mayer, Bernadette

This digital file is a surrogate of an item from the Bernadette Mayer Papers (Box 60, Folders 1-9).

• American poetry
• Motherhood
• Poetry
• Stream of consciousness fiction
• Women poets

• sound recording

• English

Online finding aid

• Bernadette Mayer Papers

• Estate of Bernadette Mayer

[Title, Date]. Bernadette Mayer Papers. MSS 420. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego. [Digital Object URL]

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2024-06-18