Jack Spicer Mary Norbert Körte 1965 Berkeley Poetry Conference

When I visited Mary Norbert Körte in October of 2019, we recorded interviews on consecutive days. On the second day we talked, among other things, about the chapbook put together by the City University of New York’s Lost & Found program featuring her responses to all of Michael McClure’s Ghost Tantras. She was pretty blown away that she was finally getting some recognition in her 80s. It was a joy to unveil that to her, even in galley form. Hear her talk about her life, her work with local indigenous people, her reaction to old work and a couple of poems. Recorded October 25, 2019 in Willits, CA.