Gregory Djanikian

PoemTalk #57, Discussing Gregory Djanikian's "Armenian Pastoral, 1915"

Listen to the complete recording and read program notes for the episode at Jacket2.

PoemTalk #52, Discussing Cole Swensen's "If a Garden of Numbers"

Listen to the complete recording and read program notes for the episode at Jacket2.

PoemTalk #9, Discussing Ashbery's "Crossroads in the Past," August 13, 2008

Appearing at the 76th Alumni Award of Merit Gala, University of Pennsylvania, October 29, 2010

Appearance on Radio Times with Marty Moss-Coane (courtesy of WHYY)

Complete interview (51:40): MP3

Reading to celebrate the publication of So I Will Till the Ground (Carnegie Mellon, 2007), Kelly Writers House, University of Pennsylvania, February 20, 2007

1. Introduction by Al Filreis (5:10): MP3
2. Introduction by Sam Donsky (5:31): MP3
3. Introduction by Greg Djanikian (1:15): MP3
4. "The Aestheticians of Genocide" (3:01): MP3
5. "History Test" (3:14): MP3
6. "The Soldiers" (1:29): MP3
7. "The Deportation Song" (1:47): MP3
8. "Children's Lullaby" (1:44): MP3
9. "Armenian Pastoral, 1915" (1:23): MP3, text
10. "Covenant" (1:31): MP3
11. "How My Grandfather Escaped" (0:50): MP3
12. "In the City of Languages: Alexandria, 1955" (3:06): MP3
13. "When I Saw My Grandfather Taking a Bath" (2:02): MP3
14. "Suez War, Alexandria, 1956" (2:03): MP3
15. "Deportation Schedule" (2:05): MP3
16. "The Electrolux Salesman Visits Our Apartment" (1:59): MP3
17. "How We Practiced Being American" (2:01): MP3
18. "My Name Brings Me to a Notion of Splendor (2:25): MP3
19. "Brief History of Border Crossings" (2:58): MP3
20. "Immigrant Picnic" (2:26): MP3
21. "Buying a Rug" (2:18): MP3
22. "Armenian Primer" (1:55): MP3
23. "So I Will Till the Ground" (1:11): MP3

"Armenian Pastoral, 1915" is also featured on PoemTalk Episode 57.

You can also hear a recording of the entire program (55:10). This event was featured in a Kelly Writers House podcast - a 25-minute excerpt from the event, including responses from Djanikian's readers, colleagues, and friends.

Reading at the 10th anniversary of Kelly Writers House May 13, 2006

"Sonnet Commemorating the 10th Anniversary of KWH": MP3

Old English Live: Reading of Old English and Old English-inspired poems at the Kelly Writers House, November 4, 2003

With Herman Beavers, Bob Perelman, Kathy Lou Schultz, George Economou, Greg Djanikian, Emily Steiner, and Susan Stewart

Complete recording (1:22:23): MP3

Poetry and Empire: Post-Invasion Poetics, presented by the Kelly Writers House and the Institute of Contemporary Art, October 17-18, 2003

1. The Armenian Question & Covenant"
2. contribution to the Saturday evening reading

Reading at the Kelly Writers House, University of Pennsylvania, January 27, 2000

1. "Something Unusual" (1:59): MP3
2. "Lac de Nom Perdu" (0:56): MP3
3. "The Trip" (2:02): MP3
4. "Over Lunch" (2:04): MP3
5. "Artist's Return" (1:27): MP3
6. "Tulip Magnolia" (1:45): MP3
7. "Almost Enough" (2:06): MP3
8. "Seeing" (2:20): MP3
9. "Absences" (1:46): MP3
10. "Fable" (1:40): MP3
11. "A Gift" (1:16): MP3
12. "You Just Don't Get It" (2:36): MP3
13. "At Midnight or So" (2:05): MP3
14. "At the End of the Day" (1:29): MP3
15. "Years Later" (1:45): MP3
16. "In the Hospital Room" (2:31): MP3
17. "The Physics of Travelling Away" (2:03): MP3
18. "Driving Toward the Border" (2:30): MP3
19. "Phone Call from Arizona" (2:02): MP3
20. "Anniversary Poem for My Wife" (1:45) : MP3

Reading on March 29, 1989, Location Unknown

• Complete reading (33:36): MP3

Reading at Moonstone Arts Center, March 23, 1988

• Complete reading (32:48): MP3

Reading for Poetry Week at McGlinchey's, March 27, 1986

• Complete reading (31:57): MP3

Reading at Robin's Bookstore with Stephen Dunn, Date Unknown

• Complete reading (29:16): MP3

Also of Interest:

• Video: July 4, 2007 report that aired on The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer:

Gregory Djanikian on PennSound Daily

• January 24, 2011: "Wuhan Poets at the Kelly Writers House, 2010"

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