Readings at the Ear Inn, NYC

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

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

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 Carol Koroniowic
Complete Recording, Part OneMP3
Complete Recording, Part TwoMP3

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

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

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

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

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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

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

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

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

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

March 3, 1984
David Bromige: Segmented recording

May 5, 1984
Ken Irby (2:00:47): 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

February 16, 1985
Nick Piombino (40:54): MP3

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

October 5, 1985
David Bromige: Segmented Recording

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

October 15, 1988
Lee Ann Brown: Segmented Recording

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

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

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

April 22, 1990
Nick Piombino (39:08): complete MP3, Segmented Recording

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

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

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

December 5, 1992
Lee Ann Brown: Segmented Recording

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

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