Nick Piombino

Reading and Discussion at the University at Buffalo, 1990

December 5:

1. Happenstance (5:41) : MP3
2. Fantasy (4:12) : MP3
3. The Broken Angel (2:37) : MP3
4. Codex (1:43) : MP3
5. An Odd Reprisal (2:07) : MP3
6. Interior Demolition (2:19) : MP3
7. X (published in "Avec", ed. Cydney Chadwick, David Bromige and Jim McCrary, Vol 2, No 1, 1989) (6:34) : MP3
8. The Silence Spoke (0:53) : MP3
9. The Frozen Witness (1:28) : MP3
10. Manhattan (1:39) : MP3
11. "Any m meant they came to a destination" (1:47) : MP3
12. "The simple poetry of sleep" (3:13) : MP3
13. Aphorisms (written in 1987) (5:10) : MP3
14. Step (6:30) : MP3
Complete Reading (45:52)   

Poems from The Frozen Witness, Poems (Sun & Moon, 1988), and Light Street (Zasterle Press, 1996)

 December 6:
Seminar Part I (46:06)
Seminar Part II (46:00)          
Seminar Part III (46:05)

Reading at the Ear Inn, January 27, 1979

Reading at the Ear Inn, April 22, 1990

Reading at the University of Buffalo, September 28, 2000

1. Introduction (5:15) : MP3
2. Opening: Email Responses (2:11) : MP3

from Poems (Sun & Moon, 1988)
3. "Somewhere around St. Thomas" (3:04) : MP3

from Light Street (Zasterle Press, 1996)
4. The Broken Angel (2:54) : MP3

from Theoretical Objects (Green Integer, 1999)
5. 3rd Silent Manifesto (2:46) : MP3
6. Missing (2:40) : MP3
7. Solitaire (2:57) : MP3
8. Submission (3:30) : MP3
9. Cold Comfort (5:45) : MP3
10. Eurydice Pleading with Orpheus to Stay Home (4:03) : MP3

from Rhizome #4 (ed. Standard Schaefer and Evan Calbi, 2000)
11. The Wandering Poem (3:43) : MP3

from Kenning #10 (ed. Patrick Durgin, 2001)
12. With Open Arms (6:21) : MP3

Complete Reading (45:08) : MP3

Reading at WKCR-FM, New York, on March 29, 2002

1. 3rd Silent Manifesto (1:50)
2. Automatic Manifesto #7 (3:38)
3. Between the Voices (3:39)
4. Cold Comfort (4:35)
5. Dust (1:48)
6. Eurydice Pleading (3:33)
7. Imbroglio & Frozen Witness (4:56)
8. Impasse (2:55)
9. Interior Demolition (2:14)
10. Introduction & Allegro (1:40)
11. Missing (2:17)
12. Perhaps the Dream of Writing (2:27)
13. Solitaire (2:36)
14. Submission (3:16)
15. The Broken Angel (3:16)
16. The Sphynx (2:02)
17. The Wandering Poem (2:44)
18. Time Bomb (1:23)
19. Whoever Listens Lovingly (1:25)
20. With Open Arms (5:30)

WKCR reading produced by Charles Bernstein & Tom Kelly

KSDT, UCSD radio, broadcast Sunday, April 24, 2005

1. Cut Here (published on As/Is) and Drew's Atlantic Sky (After Black Atlantic Sky by Drew Gardner, published in Slope 17) (4:44)
2. Silenced (published on Fait Accompli 7/12/04) (4:22)
3. 7/31/97 (published on As/Is poetry blog 7/11/03) (0:30)
4. Sticky Dairyman (published on Stamen Pistel poetry blog 7/5/04) (1:00)
5. June Behead (published on Stamen Pistel 6/21/04) (0:58)
6. Sorry for the Delay (published on Stamen Pistel 6/18/04) (0:42)
7. Sotto Voce and Shelter Angel (published on Shampoo 17 poetry web site) (1:10)
8. Poems from Hegelian Honeymoon (published by Chax Press in 2004) (4:09)
9. Who Owns the Words: The Thought and The Poem (published on Fait Accompli) (3:09)
10. Career of the Poet (published on As/Is poetry blog) (2:54)
11. History's Echoic Flying Lessons (published on nemski.com) (2:28)

Reading at the Bowery Poetry Club/Segue Series, Nov. 11, 2006

1. Introduction (5:19) : MP3
2. Opening: Nick Piombino on the Contradicta series (1:49) : MP3
3. Contradicta (various) (6:50) : MP3
4. Opening: On literary time & Fait Accompli (NY: Heretical Texts, 2007) (2:41) : MP3

Selected Fait Accompli weblog entries:
5. March 11 (4:24) : MP3
6. April 26 (6:20) : MP3
7. May 4 (2:19) : MP3
8. May 6 (2:05) : MP3
9. May 8 (3:23) : MP3

Complete Reading (35:10): MP3

Also of interest on PennSound:

Piombino reading two poems (RealAudio files)
     Variations on a Theme of Steven's
     The Frozen Witness

These sound recordings are being made available for noncommercial and educational use only. All rights to this recorded material belong to the author.© Nick Piombino, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008. Used with permission of Nick Piombino. Distributed by PennSound.