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In this footage of Al Alvarez's 1967 interview with John Berryman in Dublin, the poet talks about some of the techniques he employed in 77 Dream Songs, which had won the Pulitzer Prize three years earlier, and reads "Dream Song 14." Berryman commited suicide on January 7, 1972.
Tags: interview | reading | Pulitzer Prize | John Berryman | Al Alvarez | 77 Dream Songs | Poetry