Galway Kinnell, one of the most influential American poets of the latter half of the 20th century, has had a career full of accolades. About his work, Liz Rosenberg wrote in the Boston Globe: "Kinnell is a poet of the rarest ability, the kind who comes once or twice in a generation, who can flesh out music, raise the spirits and break the heart." His relationship to the 92nd Street Y Poetry Center is very special and he has appeared here over 30 times. This podcast is from his 3rd on November 29, 1965. He reads First Song, The River That is East, Middle of the Way and other poems.

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Related: Readings in March at the Y include Charles Simic, Rae Armantrout and Cole Swensen, An Evening of Shakespeare: Hamlet, Gogol at 200, Daniel Mendelsohn on Cavafy, Blake Bailey on John Cheever and Ann Beattie.

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