Description

Due to rights issues, the audio of this interview is not available online. Please contact San Diego State University, Special Collections and Archives if you wish to be granted access to the original audio. Larry McCaffery and Raymond Federman discuss the morality of obscene material. They then use a computer to change the word “potato” into “tomato”. Federman reads from his poem “Here and Elsewhere”. Federman reads his poem “Origin of the World”, inspired by the painting of the same name by Gustave Courbet. Federman reads his poem “My Life”. Federman reads some of his correspondence with George Tashima. Federman talks about memories of his family, including the circumstances of the arrest of his parents and sisters.