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Segue Series at the Ear Inn, NYC

Ted Greenwald and Charles Bernstein founded the Ear Inn series in Fall 1978 with the Lally/Ashbery reading.

The Ear Inn series, co-sponsored by James Sherry's Segue Foundation, migrated to HERE, Double Happiness, and then to the Bowery Poetry Club, all the while keeping its curatorial character and staying on Saturday afternoons.

The CD Live at the Ear, digitally remastered from Bernstein's Archival Collections from original taped readings (1978-1993), is the best introduction.

September 16, 1978

John Ashbery and Michael Lally
Lally, first poem (3:24): MP3
Lally, from South Orange Sonnets (16:42): MP3
Ashbery, first set (16:46): MP3
Lally, second set (24:36): MP3
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

October 27, 1978

Bruce Andrews and Charles North (1:20:20): MP3

October 1978 (exact date unknown)

October 1978 (exact date unknown)

Jackson Mac Low (49:00): MP3
Rachelle Bijou (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): MP3
James Sherry (23:41): MP3

November 11, 1978

December, 1978 (exact date unknown)

Kit Robinson (24:45): MP3
John Godfrey (19:04): MP3

December 2, 1978

David Bromige and Carol Korzeniowsky
Complete Recording, Part One (41:20): MP3
Complete Recording, Part Two (40:54): MP3

A Breastwork Entire (8:35): MP3
A Canal Story (14:21): MP3
Am (15:37): MP3

December 9, 1978

Peter Seaton (40:21): MP3
Maureen Owen (20:30): MP3

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 Lee (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): 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): MP3
Jamie MacInnis (16:36): MP3

March 30, 1979

Lynne Dreyer (34:57): MP3
Clark Coolidge (36:05): MP3

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 (34:08): MP3
Carolee Schneemann (35:13): MP3

May 5, 1979

Keith Waldrop (17:46): MP3
Barbara Baracks (36:50): MP3

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

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 (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

October 22, 1983

John Godfrey (24:52): MP3
Susan Howe (25:39): MP3

November 12, 1983

Lydia Davis (47:42): MP3
Barrett Watten (48:50): MP3

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 (44:00): MP3

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

November 17, 1984

Alan Davies (35:08): MP3
Lynne Tillman (34:33): MP3
Leslie Scalapino (38:12): 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 reads excerpts from Gross Receipts (32:03): MP3

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

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 20, 1987

Craig Watson (27:27): MP3
Susan Howe (29:45): MP3

November 7, 1987

Rebecca Wright (32:16): MP3
William Fuller (32:32): MP3

December 12, 1987

Kenneth Irby (32:01): MP3
Gerrit Lansing (40:48): MP3

December 17, 1987

Michael Amnasam (37:08): MP3
P. Inman (30:22): 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 6, 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 (34:45): MP3
Bernadette Mayer (37:45): MP3

October 22, 1988

Rae Armantrout (28:25): 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): MP3
Bruce Andrews (35:52): MP3

May 15, 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 Dragomoshchenko (34:10): MP3

March 23, 1990

Mark Wallace (41:56): MP3

March 30, 1990

Bill Howe (6:49): MP3
Louis Cabri (6:12): MP3
Elena Alexander (10:51): MP3
Nancy Shaw (9:24): MP3
Rodrigo Toscano (12:24): 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

Steve Benson (48:17): MP3

May 21, 1990

Steve McCaffery (45:29): MP3

September 29, 1990

Douglas Messerli (27:18): MP3

January 26, 1991

Paul Hoover (37:25): MP3

February 2, 1991

Dennis Barone (29:52): MP3
Nick Piombino (44:08): MP3

February 9, 1991

Susan Wheeler (18:57): MP3
Andrea Hollaway (14:47): MP3

March 23, 1991

Geoffrey O'Brien (21:45): MP3

April 6, 1991

Abigail Child (19:04): MP3
Larry Price (7:15): MP3

May 25, 1991

Bruce Andrews (38:37): MP3

June 1, 1991

Dorothy Trujilo Lusk (9:59): MP3
Jessica Grim (11:00): MP3

June 8, 1991

Rod Smith (11:11): MP3
P. Inman (10:21): MP3

September 27, 1991

Carl Watson (32:20): MP3
Todd Colby (14:14): MP3

October 5, 1991

Anne Rower (8:09): MP3

October 12, 1991

Susan Cataldo (25:01): MP3
Elio Schneeman (10:09): MP3

October 31, 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

Connell McGrath (21:17): MP3
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 11, 1992

Jerome Sala (29:35): MP3

January 18, 1992

Fiona Templeton (30:38): MP3
Douglas Messerli (24:15): MP3

February 1, 1992

Jackson Mac Low (48:01): MP3
January 11, 1992
- Ray DiPalma (23:52): MP3
February 8, 1992
- Corrine 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
March 21, 1992
- Ted Pearson (25:13): MP3
March 28, 1992
- Robert Kocik (26:37): MP3
- Peter Ganick (20:39): MP3
April 4, 1992
- Julie Regan (24:01): MP3
- Harry Matthews (20:46): MP3
April 11, 1992
- Mei-Mei Berssenbrugge (38:20): MP3
- Madeline Gins (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 16, 1992
- Julie Kalendek (19:00): MP3
- Susan Barnes (17:58): MP3
May 23, 1992
- Forrest Gander (15:44): MP3
May 27, 1992
- 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
- Spencer Selby (35:10): MP3
November 7, 1992
- Yannick Murphy (34:33): MP3
November 17, 1992
- Jackson Mac Low (36:54): MP3
November 1992
- Barbara Einzig (31:49): MP3
- C.D. Wright (31:38): MP3
December 5, 1992
- Lee Ann Brown (28:47): MP3
- Miriam Solan (35:49): MP3
December 12, 1992
- Keith Waldrop (25:51): MP3
- Rosmarie Waldrop (25:18): MP3
January 2, 1993
- Carla Harryman (34:11): MP3
- Barrett Watten (38:41): MP3
January 3, 1993
- Andrew Levy (38:28): MP3
January 23, 1993
- Katie Yates (22:30): MP3
- Chris Stroffolino (34:28): MP3
February 6, 1993
- Fiona Templeton (39:05): MP3
- Steve Benson (19:07): MP3
February 13, 1993
- Martine Bellen (44:19): MP3
- Rod Smith (18:42): MP3
February 20, 1993
- Michael Heller (33:41): MP3
- Karen Kelly (27:07): MP3
February 27, 1993
- Melanie Neilson (23:53): MP3
- Ben Friedlander (21:53): MP3
March 6, 1993
- Lawrence Venuti (36:30): MP3
- Jerome Sala (27:32): MP3
March 13, 1993
- Elizabeth Willis (25:41): MP3
- Peter Gizzi (26:29): MP3
March 20, 1993
- Kim Lyons (37:18): MP3
- Laynie Browne (29:00): MP3
March 27, 1993
- Readings introduced by Rob Fitterman
- Diane Ward (36:17): MP3
- Bruce Andrews (37:26): MP3
April 10, 1993
- Readings introduced by Mitch Highfill
- Joel Lewis (31:32): MP3
- Rochelle Kraut (21:06): MP3
April 24, 1993
- Rachel Blau DuPlessis (11:39): MP3
- Charles Bernstein (10:18): MP3
May 1, 1993
- Laurie Price (36:00): MP3
- Alan Davies (24:23): MP3
March 15, 1993
- Marcella Harb & Wanda Phipps (1:01:35): MP3
May 22, 1993
- Ray DiPalma (14:22): MP3
- Tom Savage (27:04): MP3
May 23, 1993
- Kit Robinson (50:53): MP3
October 2, 1993
- Randall Potts (28:31): MP3
October 9, 1993
- Sean Killian (26:53): MP3
- Elizabeth Robinson (30:46): MP3
November 6, 1993
- Ann Kim (20:38): MP3
November 13, 1993
- India Hixon (35:52): MP3
- Ed Foster (29:21): MP3
November 20, 1993
- Hannah Weiner (46:33): MP3
December 4, 1993
- Ed Roberson (26:59): MP3
- Ted Pearson (19:07): MP3
December 11, 1993
- Jennifer Moxley (25:49): 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 12, 1994
- Thad Ziolkowski (21:39): MP3
- Eileen Myles (24:22): MP3
February 19, 1994
- Jeff Derksen (30:34): MP3
- Lisa Robertson (10:42): MP3
February 26, 1994
- Nancy Shaw (23:44): MP3
- Catriona 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
October 15, 1994
- Jeff Holl (27:51): MP3
December 17, 1994
- Elaine Equi (23:04): MP3
- Martine Bellen (21:35): MP3
January 28, 1995
- Magdalena Zurawski (17:32): MP3
February 4, 1995
- Kevin Davies (28:07): MP3
- Kim Rosenfield (28:57): MP3
February 18, 1995
- Thad Ziolkowski (22:52): MP3
February 25, 1995
- Alan Davies (26:54): MP3
- Tom Raworth (24:14): MP3
March 4, 1995
- Laynie Browne (28:36): MP3
- Joe Elliot (17:15): MP3
March 18, 1995
- Forrest Gander (31:47): MP3
- C.D. Wright (27:10): MP3
April 1, 1995
- Melanie Neilson (18:00): MP3
- Bruce Andrews (39:44): MP3
May 6, 1995
- Rod Smith (20:04): MP3
- Joan Retallack (27:01): MP3
May 20, 1995
- Abigail Child (29:37): MP3
- Jackson Mac Low (31:35): MP3
October 7, 1995
- Dan Farrell (28:13): MP3
- Rob Fitterman (23:27): MP3
October 15, 1995
- Jackson Mac Low (37:15): MP3
October 18, 1995
- Jonathan Williams (23:26): MP3
October 21, 1995
- Elizabeth Fodaski (14:29): MP3
- Kenneth Goldsmith (17:58): MP3
December 9, 1995
- Tan Lin (33:29): MP3
January 6, 1996
- Nina Zivancevic (14:13): MP3
February 3, 1996
- Chet Wiener (20:54): MP3
February 12, 1996
- Kevin Davies (26:02): MP3
- Joe Ross (31:15): MP3
February 17, 1996
- Mitch Highfill (30:38): MP3
March 9, 1996
- Andrew Levy (30:37): MP3
- Lori Lubeski (26:07): MP3
April 20, 1996
- Robert Hall (26:04): MP3
May 4, 1996
- Robert Mittenthal (33:40): MP3
- Rod Smith (11:58): MP3
May 11, 1996
- P. Inman (31:55): MP3
October 12, 1996
- Cliff Fyman (32:19): MP3
January 17, 1998
- Michael Gottlieb (41:33): MP3
- Eileen Myles (27:54): MP3
March 7, 1998
- Francis Richard (19:13): MP3
- note: very poor audio quality
November 1998, place and date uncertain
- Jerome Sala (25:23): MP3
- Rick Moody (19:44): MP3
March 13, 1999
- Eileen Myles (21:39): MP3
November 4, 2000
- Caroline Crumpacker (27:03): MP3
1986
- Kimberly Lyons (37:22): MP3
- Yuki Hartman (34:06): MP3
Reading at HERE, late 1980s
- Brian Kim Stefans (26:55): MP3
- David Bromige (15:51): MP3
Unknown Date
- Shira Dentz (16:53): MP3
- Robin Messing (25:42): MP3
- Vito Ricci (29:21): MP3
- Hal Sirowitz (18:03): MP3
Also of interest
Bernstein's archive included two recordings made before the Ear Inn series fomrall began: April 1976
April 1976
- Wendy Walker
- Part One (12:07): MP3
- Part Two (8:11): MP3
November 10, 1977
- Bruce Andrews: Segmented recording
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These recordings from the Ear Inn were made or collected by Charles Bernstein. Thanks to James Sherry, of Segue Foundation, and the many curators of the series. Thanks also to long-time Ear Inn bartender George Peck for providing PennSound with additional cassettes he made (a few of which were for readings not part of the Segue series).

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