Produced with funding from the Humanities Montana and private donations.

Designed, produced and engineered in 2006 by Mark Ratledge. © 2006 Mark Ratledge.

Because of copyright restrictions, CDs are not for sale and are not available to individuals. CDs are only available to public libraries, school libraries and cultural institutions in Montana. CDs were distributed free of charge to 365 Montana libraries in October, 2006.

They are also available in the University of Idaho Libraries and The University of Washington – Seattle. The CDs are also available nationwide via interlibrary loan; ask your local librarian to check WorldCat and borrow them for you.

Recordings courtesy of The Library of Congress, KCTS-TV Seattle, Lower Columbia College, KUFM – Montana Public Radio, The University of Montana, Jocelyn Siler, and used with permission.

Executive Producer Ripley Hugo. Poetry © the Estate of Richard Hugo. Photograph of Richard Hugo © Victor Thomas, courtesy of Harriet Spurlin.

Poems and monologues on the CDs:

(page numbers refer to the poem in Making Certain It Goes On: The Collected Poems of Richard Hugo.

CD1

1 – Introduction to the River Poems 0:15
2 – Skykomish River Running 1:29 (p.32)
3 – At The Stilli’s Mouth 2:05 (p.53)
4 – Duwamish 2:07 (p.44)
5 – West Marginal Way 1:18 (p.5)
6 – Plunking the Skagit 1:57 (p.63)
7 – Trout 0:59 (p.3)
8 – Underwater Autumn 1:10 (p.7)
9 – Bass 0:47 (p.4)
10 – Cape Alava 3:21 (p. 30)
11 – 1614 Boren 2:28 (p.38)
12 – The Way a Ghost Behaves 1:06 (p.50)
13 – The Way a Ghost Dissolves 1:50 (p.54)
14 – Mission to Linz 8:25 (p.79)
15 – Introduction to the letter and dream poems 0:24
16 – Letter to Mantsch from Havre 2:37 (p.286)
17 – Introduction to In Your Young Dream 0:15
18 – In Your Young Dream 1:10 (p.287)
19 – Letter to Matthews from Barton Street Flats 2:46 (p.280)
20 – In Your War Dream 1:09 (p.281)

CD2

1 – Montana Ranch Abandoned 1:16 (p.205)
2 – Introduction to A Map of Montana in Italy 0:55
3 – A Map of Montana in Italy 2:01 (p.165)
4 – Silver Star 1:39 (p.177)
5 – Introduction to With Ripley at the Grave of Albert Parenteau 1:04
6 – With Ripley at the Grave of Albert Parenteau 1:52 (p.329)
7 – Plans for Altering the River 2:17 (p.256)
8 – Fort Benton 1:33 (p.345)
9 – The Milltown Union Bar 1:33 (p.166)
10 – Introduction to Missoula Softball Tournament 2:21
11 – Missoula Softball Tournament 2:13 (p.210)
12 – Degrees of Gray in Philipsburg 2:22 (p.216)
13 – Bear Paw 1:51 (p.215)
14 – Driving Montana 1:34 (p.204)
15 – Introduction to What Thou Lovest Well Remains American 6:53
16 – What Thou Lovest Well Remains American 2:09 (p. 235)
17 – Villager 2:23 (p.415)
18 – Glen Uig 2:13 (p.389)