Category Archives: American Poets

Laurie Price reads from These Pages Once Were Skin

… Laurie Price was in NYC not too long ago and I asked her to come over to my place so that I could record her reading from her new book of poems, These Pages Once Were Skin. Laurie Price, … Continue reading →

Erin Belieu reads from come-hither honeycomb

30 Nov ’24

… A month or so ago, two different friends at two different times in two different places told me that the poet Erin Belieu was reading at KGB, and because I did not know her well, I should go give … Continue reading →

Alicia Ostriker reads from The Holy & Broken Bliss

29 Nov ’24

… “Part of being alive is emitting stuff,” Alicia Ostriker told us during her reading at Stanton House on the Upper Westside at the home of Kathryn Kimball, who curates the Stanton Reading Series. “Emitting stuff, not only sweat, spit, … Continue reading →

Bruce E. Whitacre reads from Good Housekeeping

29 Nov ’24

Over the summer, I heard Bruce E. Whitacre read poems from his new book, Good Housekeeping, at Bureau of General Services—Queer Division, which is, by the way, one of the best bookstores in Manhattan. Since then, I’ve wanted to get … Continue reading →

Remembering Djelloul Marbrook (August 12, 1934 – November 23, 2024)

24 Nov ’24

… The writer, Djelloul Marbrook, once told me a personal story. Years ago when he was a journalist working in Washington DC, he got very depressed and nothing, not booze or drugs would do the trick. At lunch, he started … Continue reading →

Patricia Spears Jones reads from The Beloved Community

14 Oct ’24

… When The Beloved Community by Patricia Spears Jones was published by Coffee House Press last year, I bought the book immediately, but put off reading the poems until after my cataract surgery which was scheduled for the spring. My … Continue reading →

Dennis Cooper reads Face Eraser at the Poetry Project, 10/4/24

12 Oct ’24

… I recorded Dennis Cooper on my iPhone at the Poetry Project reading last week. I am not technical so the heads of the audience are seen with clarity while Dennis, who is off in the distance, is a bit … Continue reading →

Joan Larkin reads from Old Stranger

30 Sep ’24

When I heard that Joan Larkin had a new book of poems coming out, I asked her if she would come over to my place so I could record her reading from it. Although she lives in New Jersey, … Continue reading →

Larry Fagin read by John Godfrey, art by Ken Angel Davis

13 Sep ’24

Larry Fagin, John Godfrey, and Ken Angel Davis in an eternal momentary triumphant triumvirate of art and poetry. Enjoy. .. … John Godfrey at KGB 11/21/16 … …

Steve Turtell reads from Heroes and Householders

13 Sep ’24

When I read Steve Turtell’s poems, I enjoyed them so much I asked Steve to come over so I could record him reading some. He brought Heroes and Householders and read from that book. Steve is a poet and … Continue reading →

Steve Levine reads some poems

29 Aug ’24

…. Some poets spend time with the language and know its foundations, its rhythms and its gifts of color and sense, and in the act of writing a poem, like a stone mason who works each stone, put words where … Continue reading →

Anne Waldman and Ken Angel Davis at MacDougal Street

25 Aug ’24

Ken Angel Davis likes to make art out of a poet’s poem. He did this with Anne Waldman, a short poem that you will hear with delight below. Ken did it and it happened. Enjoy. … Continue reading →