Conference by Katherine Anne Porter at Sala Ponce, Palacio de las Bellas Artes

Conference speech and reading by Katherine Anne Porter at Sala Ponce, Palacio de las Bellas Artes, Mexico City, Mexico, on June 6, 1960. The first of two tapes. After a brief introduction by a man, Porter makes brief remarks on her occasional writings as well as Homer, Penelope, Calypso, Helen and Athena of the Odyssey before launching into a reading of "A Defense of Circe." This portion of the reading includes the text from pages 133-37 in her Collected Essays with occasional interjections and explanations