Don Yorty

Lewis Warsh reads from One Foot Out the Door

… Tired as I was, I’m glad that I made it to Lewis Warsh’s reading at Saint Mark’s last Wednesday night on May the 7th to hear him read from One Foot Out the Door, his collected short stories just … Continue reading →

Roberto Montes reads from I Don’t Know Do You

12 May ’14

… On Friday night at the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division at 83A Hester Street (a great bookstore by the way), I saw Roberto Montes read from his new book of poems, I Don’t Know Do You, published by Ampersand … Continue reading →

Jeff Wright reads from Triple Crown

11 May ’14

… I have long admired Jeff Wright’s energy and generosity as he participates, publishes and observes the art and poetry scenes in New York City. It had been on my mind to have Jeff come over and film him reciting … Continue reading →

Maureen Owen reads from Edges of Water

30 Apr ’14

… On Saturday, April 26, Maureen was in town for the panel discussion on collaborative creation via the artwork of George Schneeman that was on display at Poets House, and then she read at Zinc Bar on Sunday. That is … Continue reading →

Go Love

28 Apr ’14

… … What’s not to like about a band that has a member who plays the typewriter? Go Love had their reunion, album release and final show at Sidewalk Cafe, NYC, on Friday night, April 25, 2014. Tired as I … Continue reading →

Animals in Chinese Art

30 Mar ’14

… I bought some books with prints of Chinese paintings of plants and animals when I was in Wuhan, China in 2006. I can’t read a word of Chinese, but I am sure the paintings are centuries old although I’m … Continue reading →

Bill Kushner reads from Walking After Midnight

29 Mar ’14

… Here Bill reads Robert Frost from his book, Walking After Midnight, at the Poetry Project’s New Year’s Day Marathon at Saint Mark’s Church, NYC, 2014. Walking After Midnight was published by Spuyten Duyvil, NYC, 2011. … … … … … Continue reading →

Hugh Selwyn Mauberly

23 Mar ’14

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Cantos 1, 4, and 84 by Ezra Pound

28 Feb ’14

… In the 1970s I bought an LP of the Caedmon recordings of Ezra Pound reading four of his Cantos and other poems. After I no longer had a record player (from the late 80s on), I kept it in … Continue reading →

Guatemala Notebooks

19 Jan ’14

… Guatemala Notebooks or Trying to Understand Something for Pat who asked me when he left to keep this journal in his stead The same symbols keep repeating themselves. … December 9, 1990— I got you into the cab by … Continue reading →

Five American Poets: Stevens, Swenson, Rukeyser, Jarrell, and Lowell

18 Jan ’14

… Wallace Stevens (1979 – 1955) 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 … Continue reading →

Performances at Saint Mark’s Church, New Year’s Day 2011, 12, 13, 14 & 15

4 Jan ’14

… I began to perform at the Poetry Project’s New Year’s Day benefit with my nephew Daniel in 2010. Our first performance wasn’t recorded, but in 2011 my partner Akram began to record us. The following are those five performances. … Continue reading →