Charles Bernstein and John Ashbery

Mo Pitkin's, New York
June 6, 2007

Sponsored by Poetry magazine & McSweeney's "Chain" issue
Note: Lynn Emmanuel read first at this event but her reading was not on the CD provided to PennSound.

John Ashbery Introduction (1:13) MP3
Full Reading by John Ashbery: (22:44) MP3

Ashbery reads from A Worldly Country
1. A Worldly Country (3:26): MP3
2. To Be Affronted (1:58): MP3
3. Opposition to a Memorial (2:17): MP3
4. For Now (1:36): MP3
5. Image Problem (1:34): MP3
6. A Kind of Chill (0:48): MP3
7. Well-Scrubbed Interior (1:15): MP3
8. Thrill of a Romance (1:37): MP3
9. Phantoum (4:08): MP3
10. So Long, Santa (1:53): MP3


Full Reading by Charles Bernstein: (26:23) MP3

1. Opening comments on Ashbery (4:04): MP3
2. Design (1:12): MP3
3. Sad Boy's Sad Boy (1:38): MP3
4. "Dew and Die" from Shadowtime (4:47): MP3
5. "One and a Half Truths" from Shadowtime (2:30): MP3
6. " Madame Moiselle ...." from Shadowtime (0:48): MP3
7. "every lake ..." from Girly Man (1:39): MP3
8. A Theory's Evolution (1:57): MP3
9. The Honor of Virtue (0:24): MP3
10. Loneliness in Linden (1:28): MP3
11. Kiss Me Tommy (Brush Up Your Chaucer) (4:48): MP3
12. Wherever Angels Go (from Girly Man) (0:46): MP3 (cut off in middle)

These recordings are being made available for noncommercial and educational use only. All rights to this recorded material belong to the author. (C) 2007 John Ashbery and (C) 2007 Charles Bernstein, respectively. Used with permission of the authors. Distributed by PennSound.