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Readings at the Ear Inn, NYC


Live at the Ear
Digitally Remastered for Archival Collections From Original Taped Readings (1978-1993)

April 1976
Wendy Walker
Part One (12:07): MP3
Part Two (8:11): MP3

November 10, 1977
Bruce Andrews: Segmented recording

September 16, 1978
John Ashbery and Michael Lally (1:23:44):
1. Lally, first poem (3:24): MP3
2. Lally, from South Orange Sonnets (16:42): MP3
3. Ashbery, first set (16:46): MP3
4. Lally, second set (24:36): MP3
5. Ashbery from Litany (20:01): MP3

Note: Ashbery and Lally alternated reading during the recording

October 21, 1978
Tim Dlugos (17:41):
MP3
Joseph Ceravolo (13:44): MP3
Complete Reading (31:27): MP3

October 27, 1978
Bruce Andrews and Charles North (1:20:20): complete MP3

October, 1978 (exact date unknown)
Eileen Myles (26:18): MP3
Michael Gottlieb (22:05): MP3
Jackson Mac Low (48:52): MP3

October, 1978 (exact date unknown)
Jackson Mack Low
Part One (45:01): MP3
Part Two (3:53): MP3
Rachel Bijow (27:41): MP3

November 25, 1978
Doug Lang (32:02): MP3
Reed Bye (22:25): MP3

November, 1978 (exact date unknown)
Susan Howe (23:43): Complete Recording
James Sherry (23:41): Complete Recording

November 11, 1978
Lorenzo Thomas: segmented recording
Kathy Acker: segmented recording

December, 1978 (exact date unknown)
Kit Robinson (24:45): Complete Recording
John Godfrey (19:04): Complete Recording


December 2, 1978
David Bromige and CarolKorzeniowsky
Complete Recording, Part One MP3
Complete Recording, Part Two MP3

December 9, 1978
Peter Seaton (40:21): Complete Recording
Maureen Owen (20:30): Complete Recording

January 6, 1979
Gary Lenhart (15:38): MP3

January 27, 1979
Brian McInerney (15:16):
MP3
Nick Piombino (42:20): MP3

January 13, 1979
Annabel Levitt (14:53): MP3
Chuck Wachtel (12:31): MP3

February 3, 1979
Bob Rosenthal (33:28): MP3
Ed Freidman (39:05): MP3

February 7, 1979
Steve McCaffery and Dick Higgins (2:48:32): complete mp3

February 9, 1979
Dick Higgins (22:45): MP3

February 17, 1979
Ray DiPalma (25:31):
MP3
Michael Brownstein (24:57) MP3

March 17, 1979
Douglas Messerli (22:41): Complete Recording
Jamie MacInnis (16:36): Complete Recording

March 30, 1979
Lynne Dreyer (34:57): Complete Recording
Clark Coolidge (36:05): Complete Recording

April 4, 1979
Steve Benson: Segmented recording

April 14, 1979
Bernard Welt and
Rae Armantrout

Welt Part One (15:26): MP3
Armantrout Part One (10:47): MP3
Armantrout Part Two (14:00): MP3
Welt Part Two (16:19): MP3

April 21, 1979
Edmund Chibeau (23:28):
MP3
Charles Stein (29:39): MP3

April 28, 1979
Paul Violi (21:25): MP3
Carolee Schneemann(35:13): MP3

May 5, 1979
Keith Waldrop (17:46): MP3
Barbara Baracks (36:50): MP3

PennSound would like to contact Barbara Baracks; please send any information to PennSound@writing.upenn.edu.

May 12, 1979
Diane Ward and Tony Towle

Ward Part One (11:56): MP3
Towle Part One (17:49): MP3
Ward Part Two (15:47): MP3
Towle Part Two (12:44): MP3

Note: Ward and Towle alternated reading during the recording

May 26, 1979
Bernadette Mayer (37:33): MP3
Lewis Warsh (31:05): MP3

Unknown, 1980
Ray DiPalma (33:21):
MP3 / (23:40): MP3

Spring, 1980
Hannah Weiner, reading with Charles Bernstein and James Sherry
Complete Reading (20:06): MP3

January 21, 1981
Tony Towle (33:50): MP3
Ted Greenwald (37:37): MP3

April 1981
Peter Seaton (28:53): MP3

September 19, 1981
Peter Seaton (23:52): MP3
Michael Gottlieb (35:31): MP3

November 7, 1981
Barrett Watten (47:49): MP3
Bruce Andrews (35:31): MP3

January 30, 1982
Lynne Dreyer (38:29): MP3
Jackson Mac Low (46:34): MP3

July, 1982 (exact date unknown)
Kit Robinson (45:57): MP3
Peter Seaton (39:55): MP3

December 11, 1982
Diane Ward (31:24): MP3
Lewis Warsh (36:22): MP3

October 10, 1983
Hannah Weiner reads from Spoke (38:01): MP3

October 15, 1983
Carla Harryman (42:09): MP3
Bruce Andrews (41:17): MP3

November 12, 1983
Lydia Davis (47:42): MP3
Barrett Watten (48:50): MP3

October 22, 1983
John Godfrey (24:52): Complete Recording
Susan Howe (25:39): Complete Recording

December 13, 1983
Lynne Dreyer (22:09): MP3
Kit Robinson (39:34): MP3

December 17, 1983
Larry Price (46:44):
MP3
Ed Friedman (46:48): MP3

January 1984
Michael Gottlieb (21:19): MP3

March 3, 1984
Jackson Mac Low (46:32): MP3
David Bromige: Segmented recording

April 7, 1984
Ron Silliman (31:37): MP3
Rae Armantrout (25:01): MP3

April 28, 1984
Aaron Shurin (29:41):
MP3
Steve Benson (49:54): MP3

May 5, 1984
Ken Irby (1:21:33): MP3

May 13, 1984

Special Reading at 300 Bowery
(James Sherry's Loft, Hosted by Charles Bernstein)

Eric Mottram (1:26:56):
MP3

October 27, 1984
P. Inman (21:53): MP3
Anne Waldman (41:00): MP3

November 3, 1984
Claude Royet-Journoud and Keith Waldrop: segmented recording

November 10, 1984
James Sherry: Segmented Recording
Lydia Davis: Segmented Recording

November 17, 1984
Alan Davies (35:08): complete MP3
Lynne Tillman (34:33): complete MP3
Leslie Scalapino (38:12): complete MP3

December 8, 1984
Peter Seaton (38:20): MP3
Fiona Templeton (24:03): MP3

December 15, 1984
Rosmarie Waldrop (31:36): MP3
George T. Dickenson (31:35): MP3

January 11, 1985
Steve McCaffery (37:52): MP3
Douglas Messerli (31:36): MP3

January 25, 1985
Chris Mason (34:57): MP3
Marshall Reese (28:05): MP3

February 16, 1985
Nick Piombino (40:54): MP3
Norman Fischer (43:45): MP3

February 17, 1985
Michael Gottlieb (32:03): MP3 Excerpts from Gross Receipts

May 25, 1985
Steve Benson (38:17): MP3

June 8, 1985
Erica Hunt (39:08): MP3

June 15, 1985
Abigail Child (27:40): MP3
Hannah Weiner (32:05): MP3

October 5, 1985
David Bromige: Segmented Recording

January 25, 1986
Kathleen Fraser (44:09): MP3
Barbara Guest (30:27): MP3

March 1, 1986
Jim Brodey (37:06): MP3
Clark Coolidge (35:36): MP3

April 12, 1986
Susan Howe (33:17): MP3
Ron Silliman (37:27): MP3

May 24, 1986
George T. Dickenson (34:16):
MP3
Bob Perelman (47:13): MP3

December 13, 1986
James Sherry (29:38): MP3
Leslie Scalapino (39:42): MP3

December 17, 1987
Michael Amnasam (37:08):
MP3
P. Inman (30:22): MP3

January 24, 1987
Andrew Levy (40:25): MP3
Lydia Davis (29:38): MP3

January 31, 1987
Tina Darragh (25:28): MP3

February 14, 1987
Fiona Templeton (34:18): MP3

February 15, 1987
Ron Silliman (38:28): MP3

February 21, 1987
Peter Seaton (26:59): MP3
Ted Greenwald (24:24): MP3

February 28, 1987
Erica Hunt (29:52): MP3
Diane Ward (35:43): MP3

June 6, 1987
Craig Watson (27:27): MP3
Susan Howe (29:45): MP3

June 20, 1987
Craig Watson (29:45): MP3

November 7, 1987
Rebecca Wright (32:16):
MP3
William Fuller (32:32): MP3

December 12, 1987
Kenneth Irby (32:01): MP3
Garrett Lansing (40:48): MP3

January 2, 1988
Jessica Grim (33:22):
MP3
Jean Day (27:19): MP3

January 9, 1988
Melanie Neilson (24:47): MP3
Andrew Levy (11:27): MP3
Fiona Templeton (7:13): MP3
Bruce Andrews and Charles Bernstein  read their collaboration from Legend (10:59): MP3


January 16, 1988
Brita Bergland (29:14):
MP3
Barbara Einzig (29:13): MP3

Jaunary 23, 1988
George T. Dickenson (14:58):
MP3
Michael Amnasan (23:15): MP3

February 2, 1988
Marina La Palma (33:33):
MP3
James Sherry (35:14): MP3

February 10, 1988
Wystan Curnow (36:01): MP3

February 13, 1988
Alan Davies (33:33): MP3

February 17, 1988
Nick Piombiono (38:08): MP3
James Sherry (35:03): MP3

February 27, 1988
Pat Reed (35:58):
MP3
Christopher Dewdney (36:38): MP3

March 12, 1988
Bruce Andrews (41:30): MP3

May 21, 1988
Norma Cole (19:12): MP3
Joey Simas (39:35): MP3

October 1, 1988
Gail Sher (20:18): MP3

October 12, 1988
Abigail Child (19:45): MP3

October 8, 1988
Barrett Watten (44:55): MP3
Lynne Dreyer (31:25): MP3

October 15, 1988
Lee Ann Brown: Segmented Recording

October 22, 1988
Rae Armantrout (28:25): complete MP3

October, 1988
Michael Davidson (37:09): MP3

January 14, 1989
Tom Beckett (36:14):
MP3

February 4, 1989
Alan Davies (33:09): MP3
Ted Pearson (33:33): MP3

March 24, 1989
Nathaniel Mackey (47:37): MP3
Tom Raworth (40:12): MP3

April 22, 1989
Nick Piombino (39:08): complete MP3, Segmented Recording

April 22, 1989
Bruce Andrews (35:52): MP3

May 13, 1989
P. Inman (36:42): MP3
Laura Moriarty (38:28): MP3

May 20, 1989
Doug Lang (41:38): MP3
Peter Ganick (22:45): MP3

June 3, 1989
Stephen Rodefer (45:07): MP3
Melanie Neilson (27:18): MP3

October 21, 1989
Jeff Derksen (28:11):
MP3
Ben Friedlander (27:06): MP3

November 14, 1989
Fiona Templeton (34:17): MP3

January 13, 1990
Richard Foreman (26:08) MP3
Bruce Andrews (35:25): MP3

March 11, 1990
Arkadii Dragomoshenko (34:10):
MP3

April 7, 1990
Jeanne Lance (43:15): MP3
Nick Piombino (44:13): MP3

May 11, 1990
Charles Alexander (38:05): MP3
Karen Mac Cormack (25:50): MP3

May 20, 1990
Erica Hunt and Diane Ward

Hunt Part One (20:52): MP3
Ward Part One (14:35): MP3
Hunt Part Two (14:37): MP3
Ward Part Two (9:40): MP3

Note: Hunt and Ward alternated reading during the recording

Steve Benson (48:17): MP3

May 21, 1990
Steve McCaffery (45:29): MP3

February 2, 1991
Dennis Barone (29:52):
MP3
Nick Piombino (44:08): MP3

October 1991
Fanny Howe (25:06): MP3
Bernadette Mayer (27:50): MP3

Note: Mayer's reading is incomplete

November 16, 1991
Hugh Seidman (30:28): MP3
James Sherry (26:25): MP3

November 23, 1991
Christopher Dewdney (41:10):
MP3

December 3, 1991
Carla Harryman (26:21): MP3

January 9, 1992
Claire Nedell (16:55): MP3
Andrew Levy (37:43): MP3

January 18, 1992
Fiona Templeton (30:38): MP3
Douglas Messerli (24:15): MP3

February 1, 1992
Jackson Mac Low (45:37): MP3/ (2:23): MP3

February 8, 1992
Karrin Robbins (27:20):
MP3
Kathleen Fraser (19:58): MP3

February 22, 1992
Alan Davies (28:12): MP3
Abigail Child (34:37): MP3

February 29, 1992
Johanne Drucker(44:30): MP3
Bruce Andrews (41:30): MP3

March 7, 1992
Elaine Equi (16:09): MP3
Pam Rehm (18:16): MP3

March 14, 1992
Margie Sloan (14:56):
MP3
Jena Osman (30:35): MP3

April 11, 1992
Mei-Mei Berssenbrugge (38:20): MP3
Madeline Gils (25:05): MP3

April 18, 1992
Jeff Derksen (37:48):
MP3
Melanie Neilson (26:44): MP3

April 25, 1992
Charles North(29:36): MP3

May 1992 (exact date unknown)
Forrest Gander (15:14): MP3
Kimberly Lyons (30:50): MP3

May 30, 1992
Wang Ping (36:40):
MP3


June 6, 1992
Peter Gizzi (32:59): MP3

October 24, 1992
Rae Armantrout (27:26): MP3   (Segmented Reading)
Spencer Selby (35:10): MP3

November 17, 1992
Jackson Mac Low (36:54): MP3

December 5, 1992
Lee Ann Brown: Segmented Recording
Miriam Solan: Segmented Recording
January 1, 1993
Carla Harryman (34:11): MP3
Barrett Watten (38:41): MP3

January 23, 1993
Katie Yates (22:30):
MP3
Chris Stroffolino (28:23): MP3

February 16, 1993
Fiona Templeton (39:05): MP3
Steve Benson (19:07): MP3

February 27, 1993
Melanie Neilson (23:53): MP3
Ben Friedlander (21:53): MP3

March 27, 1993
Diane Ward (36:17): MP3
Bruce Andrews (37:26): MP3

May 23, 1993
Kit Robinson (46:48): MP3/ (4:16): MP3

October 2, 1993
Randall Potts (28:31): MP3

November 20, 1993
Hannah Weiner (46:33): MP3

January 29, 1994

Ron Silliman (36:46): MP3

February 5, 1994
Joe Ross (32:24):
MP3
Michael Gottlieb (34:21): MP3

February 11, 1994
Bill Luoma (39:09):
MP3

February 26, 1994
Nancy Shaw (23:44):
MP3
Catrina Strang (24:25): MP3

March 26, 1994
Jessica Grim (23:50): MP3
Bruce Andrews (18:35): MP3

September 16, 1994
Ulli Freer (41:15):
MP3

December 17, 1994
Elaine Equi (23:04): MP3 Martine Bellen (21:35): MP3

October 15, 1995
Jackson Mac Low (37:15): MP3

February 3, 1996
Chet Wiener (20:54):
MP3

February 12, 1996
Kevin Davies (26:02): MP3
Joe Ross (31:15): MP3

January 17, 1998
Michael Gottlieb (41:33): MP3
Eileen Myles (27:54): MP3

November 1998 place and date uncertain
Jerome Sala (25:23):
MP3
Rick Moody (19:44): MP3

November 4, 2000
Caroline Crumpacker (27:03):
MP3

Date Unknown
Kimberly Lyons (37:22): MP3
Yuki Hartman (34:06): MP3

Reading at HERE, date uncertain
Brian Kim Stefans (26:55): MP3
David Bromige (15:51): MP3



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The recordings were made at the Ear Inn by Charles Bernstein.

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