Convergence on Poetics

Held at the University of Washington Bothell, North Creek Events Center, September 27–30, 2012

writer / artist performances on September 25th

• announcer: Maged Zaher


• introduction (1:00): MP3
• Lissa Wolsak (5:40): MP3
• Tyrone Williams (14:03): MP3
• Barrett Watten (11:36): MP3
• Ron Silliman (9:07): MP3
• Evie Shockley (6:09): MP3
• Leonard Schwartz (8:46): MP3
• Peter O'Leary (5:00): MP3
• A.L. Nielsen (5:55): MP3
• Joe Milutis (9:36): MP3
• Clark Lunberry (9:48): MP3
• Cynthia Hogue & Sylvain Gallais (9:29): MP3
• Ted Hiebert (7:44): MP3
• Lyn Hejinian reading from The Book of a Thousand Eyes (8:40): MP3


• Complete recording (1:55:03): MP3

Writer / Artist performances on September 28th

• announcer: Maged Zaher


• Elisabeth Frost (8:07): MP3
• Carla Harryman (9:52): MP3
• Rachel Blau DuPlessis (8:28): MP3
• Sarah Dowling (6:23): MP3
• Michael Davidson (10:55): MP3
• Rebecca Cummins (12:36): MP3
• Tisa Bryant (13:34): MP3
• Rebecca Brown (7:02): MP3
• Lee Ann Brown (13:07): MP3
• Amaranth Borsuk (7:52): MP3
• Charles Bernstein (10:21): MP3
• Marie Annharte (9:16): MP3


• Complete recording (2:02:51): MP3

Recorded by A.L. Nielsen, courtesy of Heatstrings

• WELCOME: Jeanne Heuving (4:13): MP3


• WHAT IS LIVENESS?: Rebecca Brown + Sarah Dowling (21:02): MP3


• Reading / Performance + Conversation: Gail Scott w / interlocutor Carla Harryman:
• Jeanne Heuving and Carla Harryman Introductions (10:39): MP3
• Gail Scott Reading (34:30): MP3
• Carla Harryman and Gail Scott in Conversation (30:08): MP3

September 26th at Discovery Hall

• THINKING LIVENESS PANEL I: John Boucher, Bob Glück, Tiare Mathison, Fred Wah
• Jeanne Heuving and Ted Hiebert, Introductions (3:52): MP3
• John Boucher (21:44): MP3
• Bob Glück (21:07): MP3
• Tiare Mathison (15:13): MP3
• Fred Wah (18:13): MP3
• Q&A With Panelists (16:08): MP3


• THINKING LIVENESS PANEL II: Ronaldo Wilson, Stephen Collis, Joe Milutis
• Jeanne Heuving and Gregory Laynor, Introductions (2:05): MP3
• Stephen Collis (18:13): MP3
• Ronaldo Wilson (22:18): MP3
• Joe Milutis (20:51): MP3
• Q&A With Panelists (21:38): MP3


• READING / PERFORMANCE + CONVERSATION: Cia Rinne with interlocutors Alejandra Salinas and Aeron Bergman
• Aeron Bergman and Alejandra Salinas, Introduction (4:20): MP3
• Cia Rinne Performance (18:40): MP3
• Cia Rinne, Alejandra Salinas, and Aeron Bergman in Conversation (42:19): MP3

September 27th at North Creek Event Center

• READING / PERFORMANCE + CONVERSATION: Ann Hamilton with interlocutors Carrie Bodle and Axel Roesler (1:10:09): MP3


• INTERVAL: LANGUAGE + PRESENCE PANEL: Aeron Bergman, Alejandra Salinas, Lisa Radon, Cia Rinne
• Rebecca Brown, Introduction (3:35): MP3
• Aeron Bergman and Alejandra Salinas (4:15): MP3
• Lisa Radon (7:06): MP3
• Cia Rinne (5:17): MP3
• Q&A With Panelists (44:48): MP3


• THINKING LIVENESS PANEL III: John Sparrow, Alejandro Crawford, Ted Hiebert
• Sarah Dowling, Introduction (1:38): MP3
• John Sparrow (17:27): MP3
• Alejandro Crawford (17:46): MP3
• Ted Hiebert (16:48): MP3
• Q&A With Panelists (23:26): MP3


• READING / PERFORMANCE + CONVERSATION: Ronaldo Wilson with interlocutor Amaranth Borsuk
• Jeanne Heuving and Amaranth Borsuk, Introductions (6:50): MP3
• Ronaldo Wilson Performance (54:04): MP3
• Amaranth Borsuk and Ronaldo Wilson in Conversation (36:58): MP3

Recorded by Amaranth Borsuk with contributions from Joe Milutis. Mastered by John Boucher.

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