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… I am so happy that I finally got around to recording Bob Rosenthal reading Morning Poems, poems he had written when he was a senior at the University of Illinois at Chicago in the early 70s, poems jotted down … Continue reading
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… sweet spring is your time is my time is our time for springtime is lovetime and viva sweet love (all the merry little birds are flying in the floating in the very spirits singing in are winging in the … Continue reading
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… I saw Dorothy Friedman at the memorial reading for Bill Kushner at the Poetry Project in October, and she told me that she too would like to read some poems by Bill, so I asked her to come over … Continue reading
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… I went to Mark Statman’s home in Brooklyn. He shares it with his wife, artist Katherine Koch. They have several dogs, and the dogs, I must say, remained a pretty calm audience throughout Mark’s reading although you might hear … Continue reading
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… Kenny Angel gave me this poem book, a tribute to Judith Malina by Ed Sanders. He works on these poem books at his studio on Second Avenue. … … … … …
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… On November 16, 2015 at the Poetry Project in NYC there was a memorial reading for Bill Kushner organized by Stacy Szymaszek, a beautiful tribute to a wonderful poet. The readers were Stacy Szymaszek, Lewis Warsh, Phyllis Wat, Maggie … Continue reading
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… There are books of poems that are easy reads that I finish quickly. Bernadette Mayer’s Utopia was a book like that, so was Ted Berrigan’s Train Ride, and Bill Kushner’s Head. Recently, and not so recently anymore, CA Conrad’s … Continue reading
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… On Saturday, September 4, 2010, at Saint Mark’s Church, Bill read “When I was Five.” It would be published the following year by Sputyen Duyvil in his last book, Walking After Midnight. Bill reads it with all the noise … Continue reading
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… … … The Idea of Order at Key West She sang beyond the genius of the sea. The water never formed to mind or voice, Like a body wholly body, fluttering Its empty sleeves; and yet its mimic motion … Continue reading
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… I hope you enjoy this Caedmon recording of the poet’s exact reading of her poem as much as I do. THE DNA MOLECULE is The Nude Descending a Staircasea circular one. See the undersurfaces of … Continue reading
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… I had never heard Muriel Rukeyser’s voice before I began to make a Vimeo of her reading her poem “The Speed of Darkness,” a Caedmon recording. I had heard Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s voice, however, and while I … Continue reading
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… I had the luck of recording Michael Lally reading “Love Never Dies” when his new book, Swing Theory, was published by Hanging Loose Press in May of 2015, on the 10th of May to be exact. Love of course … Continue reading