Don Yorty

Trace Peterson Reads at Zinc Bar

… I started to know Trace Peterson about two years ago when she was finishing up her PhD, but she was so busy that we hardly talked or were able to correspond or get anything done. What I wanted to … Continue reading →

Greg Masters reads new work

27 Feb ’20

… In a world that is getting crazier, the writer Greg Masters is important because he continues to make sense. On a ship that is sinking, he is one of those life savers who gives directions. I recorded him reading … Continue reading →

No Land Excavation

20 Feb ’20

… I went to the La Mama Galleria a couple Sundays ago wanting to hear No Land and to see what she was going to do. I found out when I got there that she was performing with three musicians. … Continue reading →

Marcel Duchamp at MoMA: Anémic Cinéma

16 Feb ’20

… I was almost caught by a guard filming. You can take photos but no videos. I think like in an old Greek myth, when a god comes, the spirit of Duchamp made me invisible as I held the phone … Continue reading →

Linda Quinlan reads from Chelsea Creek

13 Feb ’20

… At the Bureau of General Services, Queer Division in November in New York City, Linda Quinlan read from her most recent book of poems, Chelsea Creek. I had gone to hear Vittoria Repetto read, so Linda Quinlan was an … Continue reading →

Sujay Sarkar, drawings and photos from Bangladesh

13 Feb ’20

… Sujay Sarkar is 19 years old and from Barisal, Bangladesh. He helps to edit a little magazine called Tonga. I liked his drawings and photographs when I saw them on Facebook. He says, “I don’t know what I want … Continue reading →

Cliff Fyman reads from Taxi Night

12 Feb ’20

… A few years back Cliff Fyman drove cab at night and began to make poems out of what customers said as he took them to where they wanted to go. Cliff came over to my place last week to … Continue reading →

Dust of Snow by Robert Frost

3 Feb ’20

… Dust of snow. It is unexpected. Grace comes in a moment. Dust of Snow The way a crow Shook down on me The dust of snow From a hemlock tree Has given my heart A change of … Continue reading →

I DON’T WRITE ABOUT RACE: June Gehringer reads at Zinc Bar

29 Jan ’20

… A few Saturdays ago was a miserable snowy afternoon, more wet than snow, and I wanted to get to a poetry reading crosstown so I checked online for the M8 bus schedule (not many on a Saturday) and caught … Continue reading →

Bob Holman at Howl reads from Life Poem and The Unspoken

25 Jan ’20

… Friday, December 6 was a jam packed night. Life was as full as it can get. I had been teaching English all day midtown and then made it down to the Bowery for some fun at Howl for the … Continue reading →

Rae Armantrout reads 19 Unpublished Poems

24 Jan ’20

… I went to hear Fanny Howe read at Zinc Bar last year on a Sunday in December and had the added pleasure of hearing the Pulitzer Prize winning poet, Rae Armantrout, read unpublished poems that will soon appear in … Continue reading →

Fanny Howe reads from Love and I

23 Jan ’20

… … On December 15, a Sunday afternoon, a great crowd gathered at Zinc Bar to listen to Fanny Howe and Rae Armantrout read. There had been a reading of Fanny Howe’s work the night before at Poets House, but … Continue reading →