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Walter Abish

Reading from "Alphabetical Africa" and "How German Is It", July 3, 1982

Recording (22:07): MP3


Pia Aliperti

"Readers Writers," May 13, 2007

Recording (1:30): MP3


Nathalie Anderson

Reading at the Kelly Writers House, April 10, 2007

Recording (31:51): MP3

Reading at the Kelly Writers House, September 23, 2004

Recording (58:21): MP3


Alicia Askenase

Live at the Writers House

Episode #11, October 13, 1998

  • "Gunlife" (7:48): MP3

    • Episode #33, January 14, 2002

  • "Oh Kosovo" (4:31): MP3

    • Episode #40, February 3, 2003

  • "News in Brief" (4:04): MP3
  • "State of Union" (1:25): MP3
  • "Untitled" (0:19): MP3


    Russell Atkins

    Reading "Night and a Distant Church," "Train Yard at Night," and "It's Here in The" for TV 20 Cleveland, c. 2017

    • Full reading (3:21): MP3
    • Media.SAS video mirror: MP4

    Caleb Beckwith

    The Hiding Place Reading Series, Philadelphia, April 16, 2014

    Recording (4:06): MP3


    Carole Bernstein

    American Poetry: The Next Generation, September 19, 2000

    Recording (1:13:38): MP3


    Holly Bittner

    Reading at the Rachel Blau DuPlessis Conference, Temple University, October 21, 2011

    Recording (6:56): MP3


    Julien Blaine

    Reading at the Centre international de poésie Marseille, November 1985

    Essai sur le S (3:16): MP3


    Ebbe Borregaard

    Unknown Location, c. 1969-1970

    Recording (38:42): MP3


    Constance Quarterman Bridges

    Reading at the Kelly Writers House, January 23, 2007

    Recording (40:48): MP3


    Paul Buck

    Reading xxxx7, December 1, 1977

    Recording, (39:02): MP3

    Reading, June 17, 1983

    Recording (16:49): MP3


    Angela Carr

    Reading in the Wexler Studio at Kelly Writers House, October 18, 2018

    1. Other Signs (3:30): MP3
    2. First Signs (3:45): MP3
    3. from Signs of Interest and Currency (4:01): MP3
    4. "When I board the train ahead of Iris..." (4:27): MP3

    John Chamberlain

    Interview with John Chamberlain, Location and Date Unknown

    Recording (30:55): MP3


    Nate Chinen

    Live Netcast, August 21, 1997

    Recording (33:30): MP3


    Jessica Chiu

    Live Netcast, August 21, 1997

    Recording (33:30): MP3


    A. V. Christie

    American Poetry: The Next Generation, September 19, 2000

    Recording (1:13:38):MP3


    Maxwell Clark

    Reading from (((...))): Triple Parenthesis Ellipsis, July 1, 2020

    Recording (30:18): MP3


    Allison Cobb

    Reading at the Chax Press NYC Book Launch at the Bowery Poetry Club, NYC, January 14, 2007

    Recording (12:45): MP3


    Andrei Codrescu

    Reading at the Strand Book Store, NYC, March 26, 2019

    Recording (23:21): MP4


    Stephen Cope

    Reading, Buffalo, 1998

    Recording (21:29): MP3


    Holly Crawford

    KXLU Reading, 2002

    Recording (22:20): MP3


    Chris Daniels

    Celebration of Crayon Issue #3, May 9, 2001

    Recording (1:14:48): MP3


    Andrew Dieck

    The Hiding Place Reading Series, Philadelphia, April 16, 2014

    Recording (4:01): MP3


    Patrick Donnelly

    Reading at the Kelly Writers House, February 10, 2004

    Recording (25:28): MP3


    Sam Donsky

    "Dance Remix," May 13, 2007

    Recording (3:26): MP3


    Ryan Eckes

    Reading at the Rachel Blau DuPlessis Conference, Temple University, October 21, 2011

    Recording (3:16): MP3


    Herman Edward

    PhillyTalks Episode #6, September 17, 1998

    Recording (12:18): MP3


    Martin Espada

    Reading in Boston, April 9, 1986

    Recording (1:07:08): MP3


    Thalia Field

    "Coming of Age," March 22, 2000

    Recording (8:06): MP3


    Ian Hamilton Finlay

    Readings from The Creeley Collection

  • Part 1 (2:57): MP3
  • Part 2 (2:32): MP3

    • Roy Fisher

    "End of Reading," July 30, 1980

    Recording (9:00): MP3


    Ann Fisher-Wirth

    Reading at the Kelly Writers House, October 9, 2006

    Recording (1:08:48): MP3


    Josephine Foo

    Live at the Writers House

    Episode #11, October 13, 1998

  • "The Grass Collects Its Dew" (0:46): MP3
  • "Perception" (1:06): MP3
  • "The Frightened Child" (0:48): MP3
  • "The Literal Mountain" (0:46): MP3

    • Mel Freilicher

    Reading from "Stories from Real Life, or Life Is Really No Story At All," November 25, 2013

    Recording (35:55): MP3


    Leora Fridman

    "All Points East" reading at Liminal, May 10, 2015

    Video recording (9:01): MP4


    Daisy Fried

    Live at the Writers House

    Episode #37, October 14, 2002

  • "American Brass" (4:17): MP3
  • "Broken Radios" (1:28): MP3

    • Episode #26, January 22, 2001

  • "A Story Having To Do with Walt Whitman" (3:33): MP3
  • "Two Thousand" (1:10): MP3

    • Cliff Fyman

    Book Launch for Cliff Fyman's TAXI NIGHT, June 6, 2021


    Media.SAS URL link: MP4

    Complete Reading, San Francisco, CA, June 11, 2023

    Recording by Brian Lucas; Organized by Garrett Caples and Rod Roland

    Complete Recording (42:47): MP3


    Kyle Gann

    Music set to Kenneth Patchen poem, 1994

    Recording (6:59): MP3


    Lucia Gbaya-Kanga

    Reading at the Rachel Blau DuPlessis Conference, Temple University, October 21, 2011

    Recording (6:36): MP3


    Cynthia Genser

    Improv with Experimental Jazz Quartet, 1976

    Recording (11:18): MP3


    William Gillespie

    Palindrome Workshop at the Kelly Writers House, February 12, 2005

    Recording (4:12): MP3


    Peter Glassgold

    Reading Boethius

    Recording (16:19): MP3


    Douglas Goetsch

    American Poetry: The Next Generation, September 19, 2000

    Recording (1:13:38): MP3


    Philip Good

    Reading at the Kelly Writers House, October 21, 2014

    Recording (16:35): MP3


    Larry Goodell

    The Mad New Mexican - Songs 1981-1986, July 29, 1986

    Recording (29:55):MP3


    W. S. Graham

    The Nightfishing, c. 1954

    Recording (35:06): MP3


    Jaki Shelton Green

    Reading at the Kelly Writers House featuring poets from Carolina Wren Press, February 28, 2006

    Recording (1:17:31): MP3


    Kevin Hehir

    Reading at the Cabaret of Festival 5, March 27, 2002

    Recording (4:14): MP3


    Eddie Hopely

    The Hiding Place Reading Series, Philadelphia, April 16, 2014

    Recording (21:45): MP3


    David Harrison Horton

    "Oakland is Thick with Fours" with Stephanie Young, February 27, 2007

    Recording (5:07): MP3


    Major Jackson

    Live at the Writers House

    Episode #2, March 22, 1997

  • "Leaving Saturn Sun-Ra and Myth Science Orchestra Painted Bride" (2:01): MP3
  • "Ours Poetica for Charles Semmig" (1:04): MP3

    • Kent Johnson

    Discussion on Pseudonymy/Pseudography, April 23, 1999

    Recording (1:30:09): MP3


    Mark Johnson

    The Hiding Place Reading Series, Philadelphia, April 16, 2014

    Recording (3:42): MP3


    Trevor Joyce

    Effie Street Reading, Los Angeles, February 24, 2020

  • "Recording Part 1" (10:54): MP3
  • "Recording Part 2" (14:47): MP3

    • Summi Kaipa

    English Department Reading series, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2000

    1. Introduction (1:30): MP3
    2. Straddling Unsuccessful Fault (6:28): MP3
    3. The Epics (24:28): MP3
    4. Complete reading (32:31): MP3

    Eric Keenaghan

    "re:''Openings' and RBD's Étude: A Footnote on Politics and Vision. at the Rachel Blau DuPlessis Conference, Temple University, October 21, 2011

    Recording (30:30): MP3


    Ashley Smith Keyfitz

    Reading with Maureen Owen and Barbara Henning at Malvern Books, Austin, TX, February 2, 2019

    Watch on Media.sas

    Deirdre Kovac

    Celebration of Crayon Issue #3, May 9, 2001

    Recording (1:14:48): MP3


    Wendy Kramer

    Reading, 1998

    "Buffalo" (33:22):

    Reading, February 19, 2000

    "Segue" (27:35): MP3


    Antjie Krog

    Interview with Simon Lewis and Rita Barnard in the Wexler Studio at the Kelly Writers House, September 25, 2017

    Recording (1:00:29): MP3


    Marina LaPalma

    Reading, June 17, 1983

    Recording (3:49): MP3


    Anna Levett

    Reading , May 13, 2007

    • "California" (1:32): MP3
    • "Kitchen" (3:52): MP3

    Anne-Marie Levine

    Reading at the Kelly Writers House, February 10, 2004

    Recording (26:54): MP3


    Bing Li

    Reading two poems at Youth, Ink, December 3, 2005

    Reading (7:18): MP3


    Robert Lima

    "Tracking the Minotaur," September 6, 2011

    Recording (57:29): MP3


    Ted Lock

    Translation of "Coyote" and "Junco"

    Recording (6:53): RealAudio


    Jeffrey Loo

    Live at the Writers House

    Episode #2, March 22, 1997

  • "Crossing Walt Whitman Bridge" (1:49): MP3
  • "Out of the Machine" (2:03): MP3

    • Episode #5, October 11, 1997

  • "Lambs" (4:38): MP3

    • Jessica Lowenthal

    Live at the Writers House

    Episode #2, October 1, 2001

  • "Additions to the Chronology of Locust Ravages" (5:50): MP3

    • Jamie MacInnis

    Reading at the Ear Inn, New York, March 17, 1979

    Recording (16:35): MP3


    Mike Maguire

    Palindrome Workshop at the Kelly Writers House, February 12, 2005

    Recording (7:36): MP3


    Peter Manson

    Reading in Cambridge, March 11, 2009

    Recording (17:38): MP3


    Nicole Markotic

    Reading at the Kelly Writers House, November 24, 1998

    Recording (31:40): MP3


    Chris McCreary

    The Beat Poets: A Conversation with Philadelphia Writers at the Kelly Writers House, March 17, 2014

    Recording (1:01:15): MP3


    Steve McLaughlin

    The Hiding Place Reading Series, Philadelphia, April 16, 2014

    Recording (6:44): MP3


    Jonah Mixon-Webster

    Reading from Stereo(type) at the Fundred Opening Lab Reception - Washington DC, April 25, 2018

    Watch on Media.sas

    Audio Recording (25:45): MP3


    Andrew Mossin

    Celebration of Crayon Issue #3, May 9, 2001

    Recording (1:14:48): MP3


    Glenn Mott

    Reading at the Chax Press NYC Book Launch at the Bowery Poetry Club, NYC, January 14, 2007

    Recording (7:22): MP3


    Lori Nan-Engler

    Live at the Writers House

    Episode #28, March 19, 2001

  • Excerpt from "Identity Papers" by Jeffrey Loo (4:56): MP3

    • Sophia Naz

    Reading in the Wexler Studio at Kelly Writers House, April 3, 2019

    1. Hands (2:11): MP3
    2. Black Butterflies (1:03): MP3
    3. Eye of the Labyrinth (0:27): MP3
    4. Profession (1:20): MP3
    5. Arrival (2:04): MP3
    6. The Heart of the Matter (4:16): MP3
    7. The Dance (1:38): MP3
    8. Habeas Corpus (0:30): MP3
    9. If You Spoke, Firefly (1:35): MP3
    10. Odysseys of an Onion Moon (2:33): MP3
    11. Chappan Churi (1:03): MP3
    12. Ode to a Scar (1:34): MP3
    13. In the Margins (0:57): MP3
    14. Twenty-Six Soldiers of Lead (1:52): MP3
    15. Atomic Nocta (1:45): MP3
    16. The Department of Wronged Rights (2:10): MP3

    Complete Recording (28:56): MP3


    Uche Nduka

    Reading with Kit Robinson at Unnameable Books, Brooklyn, October 6, 2019

    from Living in Public (19:11): MP3


    Peter Neufeld

    Reading at Double Happiness, Ear Inn Series, New York, December 9, 2000

    Recording (23:15): MP3


    Dennis Nurkse

    Poetry Reading on Cat Radio Cafe (WBAI), New York, December 4, 2005

    Recording (5:12): MP3


    Geoffrey O'Brien

    Holloway Series at Berkeley, September 7, 2006

    Recording (12:14): MP3


    Joe Osterhaus

    American Poetry: The Next Generation, September 19, 2000

    Recording (1:13:38): MP3


    Aaren Perry

    Reading at the Kelly Writers House, September 19, 2001

    Recording (16:54): MP3


    D.A. Powell

    Reading at the Kelly Writers House, April 8, 2004

    Recording (22:52): MP3


    Norman Pritchard

    Reading Gyre's Galax, 1967

    Recording (1:51): MP3


    Jean-Michel Rabaté

    Diaphorisms: a roundtable discussion at the Kelly Writers House, April 3, 2006

    Recording (1:11:45): MP3


    India Radfar

    Tender Buttons Press Reading at the Kelly Writers House, October 21, 2003

    Recording (12:39): MP3


    Maria Raha

    The Beat Poets: A Conversation with Philadelphia Writers at the Kelly Writers House, March 17, 2014

    Recording (1:01:15): MP3


    Libbie Rifkin

    "Deixis, Midrash, Footnote: Experiencing Rachel Blau DuPlessis' Present" Talk at the Rachel Blau DuPlessis Conference, Temple University, October 21, 2011

    Recording (30:04): MP3


    Osvaldo Romberg

    Diaphorisms: a roundtable discussion at the Kelly Writers House, April 3, 2006

    Recording (1:11:45): MP3


    Raphael Rubinstein

    from "In Search of the Miraculous," October 20, 2005

    Recording (45:26): MP3


    Molly Russakoff

    Live at the Writers House

    Episode #31, November 5, 2001

  • "Abnormal Psychology" (1:15): MP3
  • "Amsterdam Florida Peru" (1:02): MP3
  • "Flowers" (1:23): MP3
  • The Old Hag Scratches at the Pavement with a (1:25): MP3

    • Ed Sanders

    Reading at the Writers Institute, Albany, May 1, 1997

    Recording (45:07): MP3

    Perf-Po: Ed Sanders at Harper College, 2003


    Watch on Vimeo: External Link

    Cindy Savett

    Reading at the Kelly Writers House, April 6, 2010

    Recording (23:50): MP3


    Elizabeth Scanlon

    Live at the Writers House

    Episode #33, January 14, 2002

  • "Infrared Radiation" (0:46): MP3
  • "St. Lucy's Day" (1:03): MP3
  • "The Heights" (1:48): MP3

    • Peter Schjeldahl

    Reading, November 28, 1973

    • Part 1 (12:03): MP3
    • Part 2 (15:18): MP3

    Maurice Scully

    Unnamable Books, New York, March 10, 2018

    Recording (33:24): MP3


    Andrea Selch

    Reading at the Kelly Writers House featuring poets from Carolina Wren Press, February 28, 2006

    Recording (1:17:31): MP3

    Lisa Sewell

    American Poetry: The Next Generation, September 19, 2000

    Recording (1:13:38): MP3


    John Shoptaw

    Holloway Series at Berkeley, September 7, 2006

    Recording (18:30): MP3


    Richard Sieburth

    Retirement Speech at NYU, February 9, 2019

    Recording (8:24): MP4


    Jennifer Snead

    Mind of Winter, Kelly Writers House, January 26, 2005

    "Why Stop at Salmon?" (2:55): MP3


    Danny Snelson

    The Hiding Place Reading Series, Philadelphia, April 16, 2014

    Recording (8:25): MP3


    Stephanie Strickland

    Reading at the Kelly Writers House, April 8, 2004

    Recording (3:32): MP3


    May Swenson

    "The DNA Molecule," May 27, 2013

    Recording (3:56): MP3


    Warren Tallman

    Treatise on Alcohol, May 27, 1979

    Recording (2:02:12): MP3

    September: A Necessary Politics for Stan Persky, November 30, 1999

    Recording (1:02:21): MP3


    Christophe Tarkos

    Reading at the Centre international de poésie Marseille, 1994

    1. Sinuo (May 1994) (5:29): MP3
    2. Ombre (October 1994) (10:05): MP3

    Elaine Terranova

    Reading at the Kelly Writers House, April 10, 2007

    Recording (22:36): MP3


    Heather Thomas

    Live at the Writers House

    Episode #25, December 11, 2000

  • News (0:54): MP3
  • Skin Memory (1:35): MP3

    • Episode #33, January 14, 2002

  • News Reports Bliss of Absence (1:21): MP3
  • The Delicate World (3:21): MP3

    • Reading at the Rachel Blau DuPlessis Conference, Temple University, October 21, 2011

    Recording (5:40): MP3


    John Thorpe

    Reading, Unknown Location, c. 1969-1970

    Recording (21:52): MP3


    Joseph Torra

    from Duck Tour, The Movie, December 1, 2010

    Recording (9:06): MP3

    from Time Being, December 1, 2010

    Recording (6:46): MP3


    Thomas Trudgeon

    The Hiding Place Reading Series, Philadelphia, April 16, 2014

    Recording (5:52): MP3


    Gael Turnbull

    Reading, Albuquerque, September 30, 1963

    Recording (44:08): MP3


    Jean Valentine

    Reading at the Kelly Writers House, April 6, 2010

    Recording (34:46): MP3


    William Van Wert

    "On Visiting Vietnam," January 14, 2002

    Recording (5:19): MP3


    Shawn Walker

    Live at the Writers House

    Episode #1, February 15, 1997

  • "The Bottomless Bottle" (2:22): MP3
  • "Push" (4:15): MP3

    • Episode #2, March 22, 1997

  • "Corner B" (1:41): MP3
  • "Sixty-Four Cent Sonnet" (0:42): MP3

    • February 8, 1999

  • "4834" (0:36): MP3
  • "Vivifier" (3:31): MP3

    • Reading and Live Webcast at the Kelly Writers House, September 18, 1999

    "If the Sound" (1:57): MP3


    Kevin Warrone

    Reading at the Rachel Blau DuPlessis Conference, Temple University, October 21, 2011

    Recording (4:43): MP3


    Thomas Weigel

    Reading at the Ear Inn, NYC, April 7, 1979

    Recording (21:34): MP3


    Mark Weiss

    Reading at the Chax Press NYC Book Launch at the Bowery Poetry Club, NYC, January 14, 2007

    Recording (3:06): MP3


    Larry Wendt

    Reading, 1983

    Recording (8:24): MP3


    Dennis Williams

    "Barbara's Song," 1984

    Recording (31:27): MP3

    Contra Puntal Poetry, 1981

    Recording (1:26:07): MP3


    Aaron Winslow

    The Hiding Place Reading Series, Philadelphia, April 16, 2014

    Recording (5:20): MP3


    Geoffrey Young

    Reading in Provincetown, August 3, 2015

    Recording (36:18): MP3


    Ellen Zweig

    Reading, 1983

    Recording (6:47): MP3