Category Archives: Poetry

Muriel Rukeyser reads The Speed of Darkness

… 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 →

Michael Lally reads Love Never Dies

3 Jul ’15

… 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 →

Michael Lally reads Swing Theory

1 Jul ’15

Swing Theory: 5 When I first read about string theory I thoughtWhat about swing theory? The ways the uni-verse is secretly governed by the same lawsthat sparked The Big Band Swing Era, parkswings and taking a swing at something orsomeone. … Continue reading →

Bernadette Mayer reads Sonnet written with Philip Good

30 Jun ’15

… At her home in East Nassau, New York, Bernadette Mayer reads a sonnet that she wrote with Philip Good. … … … … … Sonnets is published by Tender Buttons Press. You can check them out here: https://www.tenderbuttonspress.com/ … Continue reading →

Bernadette Mayer reads from the Sonnets: We Eat Out Together

29 Jun ’15

… My heart is a fancy place Where giant reddish-purple cauliflowers & white ones in French & English are outside Waiting to welcome you to a boat Over the low black river for a big dinner There’s a lot of … Continue reading →

Bernadette Mayer reads from the Sonnets: Taking the Humbler Path for Ron Padgett

26 Jun ’15

….. “TAKING THE HUMBLER PATH” ………for Ron Padgett Was excellent advice from Ron In a dream I fell We were walking in the rush hour Got pushed into a snowbank By a man in a Bentley &climbingoveritIfellinlikeGreek&Latin Scared at … Continue reading →

Philip Good reads Drunken Bee Poems

24 Jun ’15

… I first held Drunken Bee Poems in my hands in 1987 when Philip Good gave them to me, shortly after he moved to New York to live with Bernadette Mayer and her children a few blocks away on Avenue … Continue reading →

Bernadette Mayer reads a poem for her 70th birthday: WALKING LIKE A ROBIN

22 Jun ’15

… ……WALKING LIKE A ROBIN ……take 3 or 4 steps then stop ……look smell taste touch & hear ……is there anything to eat? ……oh look, there’s some caviar ……it must be my birthday, thanks ……i must be very old, like … Continue reading →

Jon Curley reads from Hybrid Moments

11 May ’15

… I heard Jon Curley give a rapidly clear reading from his new book, Hybrid Moments, at the Bryant Park Reading Series one Tuesday evening in April. “These poems,” he said, ”tend to swerve and zig zag pretty much in … Continue reading →

Burt Kimmelman reads from Gradually the World

7 May ’15

… On April 21, at the Kinokuniya Bookstore, Burt Kimmelman read from his new book, Gradually the World: New and Selected Poems, 1982 – 2013. Robert Creeley once said his work was “the wonder in the world itself.” And Jerome … Continue reading →

Alfred Corn reads English Renaissance Poets

23 Apr ’15

… Today is April 23, the day Shakespeare was born and died. He’d be 453. In celebration here is the poet Alfred Corn reading poems of Renaissance English poets including Shakespeare that I recorded at the New York Botanical Garden … Continue reading →