Bruce Andrews

Photo credit: ©2006 Charles Bernstein/PennSound

Bruce Andrews on LINEbreak, 1995

In this program Andrews discusses: "language writing," the pitfalls of having "poetry" as an institutional designation and co-editing L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E magazine in the '70s. He also reads from his book I Don't Have Any Paper so Shut Up!

Reading and Interview on Ceptuetics Radio, hosted by Kareem Estefan, March 12, 2008

Segue Series Reading at the Bowery Poetry Club, March 1, 2008

Reading for Mills College Contemporary Writers Series January 31, 2006

1. Introduction (2:12): MP3
2. from Primum Mobile 10 (The conclusion to Lip Service; Coach House Books, 2001) (2:38): MP3
3. Dizzyistics 2 (1:53): MP3
4. Dizzyistics 11 (1:49): MP3
5. Dizzyistics 3 (2:43): MP3
6. Dizzyistics 4 (1:32): MP3
7. Dizzyistics 8 1:48(): MP3
8. Dizzyistics 7 (2:06): MP3
9. Pink Hints (from The Whisper Text) (2:47): MP3

Dang Me (for Kevin Davies)

10. Dang Me 1 (3:08): MP3
11. Dang Me 2 (2:46): MP3
12. Dang Me 3 (3:28): MP3
13. Dang Me 4 (3:40): MP3
14. Dang Me 5 (4;41): MP3

Complete reading (37:08): MP3

Reading at SUNY Buffalo - November 28, 2001

1. Baby (7:14) - Parts A & B of a 3 part poem, from Fall 2001.
2. Live Choreography (7:59) - composed/edited live, Spring 2001, at Sally Silvers concert, Construction Company, NYC, in 17 sections.
3. Dang Me (16:47) - 5 prose poems, 2000, several in Shiny & in Best American Poetry 2004; dedicated to Kevin Davies.
4. Snow Pony (4:58) - performance text for a duo with Sally Silvers imporvised movement; published in Sulfur 45-46 (Spring 2000).
5. Feature (3:32) - prose poem
6. Dear Easy To Be With (from the Millenium Project) (3:58) - the entire project published online on Craig Dworkin's Eclipse site; these 2 (of a thousand parts) published in Aerial, the Bruce Andrews issue.
7. Primum Mobile 10 (4:17) - end parts of the 100th section of Lip Service (Coach House Press, Toronto), from 'And real time is dead' to the end ['let's start all over stars'].

Complete reading (51:21)

Segue/Double Happiness - April 7, 2001

1. introduction (3:35): MP3
2. Earth (0:42): MP3
3. Moon (2:21): MP3
4. Mercury (1:23): MP3
5. Venus (3:28): MP3
6. Sun (5:29): MP3
7. Mars (5:00): MP3
8. Jupiter (0:30): MP3
9. Saturn (6:02): MP3
10. Fixed Stars (5:39): MP3
11. Primum Mobile (4:50): MP3

(37:34): MP3, RealAudio

Reading at the Ear Inn, March 26, 1994

1. introduction (1:55): MP3
2. 50 T (1:13): MP3
3. "This is the 20th Century..." (2:00): MP3 [Note: This piece was written as a jacket blurb for the publication of Johanna Drucker's Dark Decade but did not appear with the book and remains unpublished.]
4. In the House of (1:33): MP3
   
5. Moon 8 from Dante's Paradise (2:36): MP3

Reading at SUNY Buffalo - April 15, 1992

1. First pages of "I Guess Work The Time Up" (7:09): pp.7-10 in Enough Rope (Sun & Moon Press, 1987).
2. You Made This World, We Didn't (5:10) - Last of the 100 sections of I Don't Have Any Paper So Shut Up (or, Social Romanticism) (Sun & Moon Press 1992).
3. Index (4:37) - the Table of Contents of I Don't Have Any Paper So Shut Up (or, Social Romanticism) (Sun & Moon Press 1992).
4. Did You Really? (10:43) - from the journal Big Allis #2, reprinted in Designated Heartbeat, pp.34-36.
5. Time Expansion (3:12) - text to musical score for Sally Silvers and Dancers choreographic concert, 1992; reprinted in Designated Heartbeat, pp.34-36.
6. Devo Habit (2:42) - reprinted in Designated Heartbeat, pp.38-40.
7. Valentines (3:14) - Designated Heartbeat, pp.60-61.
8. "Primum Mobile 9" (10:38) & "Primum Mobile 10" (9:41) - the 99th and 100th of 100 sections of Lip Service (Coach House Press, 2001), pp.373-380.

Complete reading (58:45)
(slight drop-out at 46:38 when cassette was flipped)

Reading at the Ear Inn, March 27, 1993

1. introduction (0:58): MP3
2. Improvisation (5:17): MP3
3. Tizzy Boost (1:25): MP3
4. selection from Divestature (1:37): MP3
5. Tizzy Boost 43 (1:04): MP3
6. selection from a collaboration with Maggie O'Sullivan (3:38): MP3
7. selection from Divestature (3:00): MP3
8. Lasting Kiss Removal (7:00): MP3
9. Taought (2:12): MP3
10. Daisy (3:50): MP3
11. Danger Risk Hazard Jeopardy Peril (7:26): MP3

Segue Series Reading at the Ear Inn, January 13, 1990

1. introduction (1:08): MP3
2. Lives in Bed in Hallway (2:39): MP3
3. Somewhere Here (2:00): MP3
4. Secret Refracted (2:36): MP3
5. Did You Really? (11:00): MP3
6. Sun 5 from Lip Service (9:00): MP3
7. Sun 8 from Lip Service (6:49): MP3

Reading at the Ear Inn - February 29, 1992

• Complete Reading (41:30): MP3

Segue Series Reading at the Ear Inn, April 22, 1989

Complete Reading (35:52): MP3

Segue Series Reading at the Ear Inn, March 12, 1988

Complete Reading (41:30): MP3

Segue Series Reading with Charles Bernstein at the Ear Inn, January 9, 1988

Segue Series Reading at the Ear Inn, October 15, 1983

1. introduction (0:51): MP3
2. If a Peppermint Pattie Could Sing (5:40): MP3
3. Gestalt Me Out (4:22): MP3
4. Am I Alive? (5:40): MP3
5. Those Nasty Emotions Take Over (5:00): MP3
6. Tuck in Your Chains (5:30): MP3
7. Paternalism Causes Cancer (5:20): MP3
8. Is There a Hyphen in Hard On? (4:36): MP3
9. My Roots, No Thanks (5:04): MP3

Reading at the Language Noise Festival - January 11, 1982

From "Confidence Trick", published in Give Em Enough Rope (Sun & Moon Press, 1987); announced as sections 5,6 & 7; as published, most of pp.154-155, 172-173, 158-159 (10:47): MP3

LEGEND, read by Andrews, Bernstein, DiPalma and Silliman in NYC, March 10, 1981

Bruce Andrews, Charles Bernstein and Ron Silliman - March 6, 1981

Segue Series Reading at The Ear Inn, November 7, 1981

Bruce Andrews and Charles Bernstein - March 14, 1979

Reading their work and in conversation with Susan Howe, full program one hour: MP3

• Andrews reads from R+B(2:30): MP3
• Andrews reads "How" (5:36): MP3

Reading with Charles North

At the Ear Inn, NY - December 27, 1978

MP3 (full reading of both)

Reading with Ray DiPalma and Michael Lally

At Ear Inn, New York - November 10, 1977

1. Are the First (4:04) - later published in Wobbling (Roof Books, 1980), pp.46-48.
2. N E (Northeast) (1:19) - from Moebius (published as a chapbook, Generator Press) [for text, see below]
3. j j j (1:42) - from Moebius
4. m m m (1:57) - from Moebius
5. Untitled (on John Wieners) (5:36) - published in the first issue of L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E as "Proof: John Wieners, Behind the State Capitol"; reprinted in The L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E Book
6. Letters (3:39) - published in Wobbling
7. n n n (1:10) - from Moebius
8. q q q (2:09) - from Moebius
9. r r r (1:22) - from Moebius
10. S E (Southeast) (1:10) - from Moebius [for text, see below]
11. S W (Southwest) (1:03) - from Moebius [for text, see below]
12. N W (Northeast) (1:06) - from Moebius [for text, see below]
13. Center (1:14) - from Moebius [for text, see below]
[] Several pages from Bruce Andrews, Moebius (Mentor, OH: Generator Press, 1993) [PDF]

Also of interest

• PhillyTalks Episode #8 with Rod Smith - December 10, 1998
• Chax Press NYC Book Launch

Bruce Andrews on PennSound Daily

• April 15, 2009: "Bruce Andrews: Reading and Interview on 'Destination Out,' hosted by Tom Orange, 2008"