Charles Bernstein
at the Place Center, New York City
December 18, 1977

This reading was organized by Phil Smith (Demise); Bernstein read with Kathy Acker.

Full reading (44:41): MP3

1. As If the Trees By Their Very Roots Had a Hold of Us (from Senses of Responsibility) (3:33)
2. Loose Shoes (from Sense of Responsibility) (3:06)
3. "Likening then..." (from Poetic Justice) (0:46)
4. St. McC. (from Shade) (1:16)
5. from "Faculty Politics" (from Poetic Justice) (2:19)
6. Soul Under (from Shade) (2:12)
7. Long Trails of Cars Return From the Beach (from Shade) (3:31)
8. Lapidary Entropy (from Islets/Irritations) (8:23)
9. from The Occurrence of Tune (19:08)

Senses of Responsibility, Poetic Justice, and Shade are collected in Republics of Reality: 1975-1995. Islets/Irritations is available from Roof Books.

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