C.S. Giscombe

Reading at the African American Literature and Culture Society, San Francisco, May 28, 2010

• complete reading (32:35): MP3


• (courtesy of A.L. Nielsen / Heatstrings)

Reading at the Elliston Poetry Room, University of Cincinnati, November 20, 2009

• introduction by Don Bogen (7:06): MP3
• Giscombe's opening comments (3:47): MP3


• from Practical Geography (an unpublished early manuscript)
• Five Dreams (4:00): MP3
• 1980 (1:27): MP3
• Christmas 1981 (1:38): MP3


• from Here (Dalkey Archive Press, 1994)
• discussing Here and the series, "Blue Hole, Flood Waters, Little Miami River" (2:53): MP3
• Dayton, OH 50s/60s (4:08): MP3
• from "To James Wright" (3:17): MP3
• Look Ahead — Look South: (1978 Itself) (1:21): MP3
• Look Ahead — Look South: (1962 At the End of Town) (1:16): MP3


• from Giscombe Road (Dalkey Archive Press, 1998)
• discussing Giscombe Road (2:21): MP3
• intraductory quotes and a note on the cover (2:05): MP3
• Sound Carries (6:20): MP3


• from Prairie Style (Dalkey Archive Press, 2008)
• Downstate (2:00): MP3
• Vernacular Examples (0:45): MP3
• I-70 Between Dayton and East Saint Louis, Westbound Lanes (0:58): MP3
• Cry Me a River (0:32): MP3
• Palaver (0:57): MP3
• A Train at Night (2:03): MP3
• Prairie Style (1:43): MP3
• Nature Boy (1:04): MP3
• Light, Bright, Etc. (1:23): MP3
• A Cornet at Night (1:09): MP3


• complete reading (56:45): MP3

On A Voice Box, SPD Open House, Berkeley, December 1, 2007

from Cross-Cultural Poetics, episode #152, "Iphigenia and Other Dramas," November 11, 2007

• "Republican National Convention" (1:10): MP3

Reading as part of the Line Reading Series, September 24, 2002

complete reading (30:31): MP3

Reading on PhillyTalks, Episode 18, February 2, 2001

1. Rejected by the New Yorker (3:28): MP3
2. Section One of Giscombe Road (1:51): MP3
3. Sound Carries (5:50): MP3
4. Untitled (7:55): MP3
5. Prairie Style (1:43): MP3
6. Train at Night (1:46): MP3
7. complete program (also featuring Barry McKinnon) (1:01:45): MP3

Segue Series Reading at Double Happiness, December 16, 2000

complete reading (35:18): MP3

Appearing on Cross-Cultural Poetics, Episode #41, "How We Move"

complete program (1:00:23): MP3

• Complete Recording (10:12): MP3

New Coast Reading, Buffalo, April 1, 1993, recorded by Chris Funkhouser

Complete Recording (18:45): MP3

Also on PennSound:

MLA Offsite Readings, 2004 & 2007

C.S. Giscombe on PennSound Daily

• June 4, 2010: "C.S. Giscombe: Two New Recordings"
• November 10, 2008: "Spahr and Giscombe at Double Happiness, 2000"

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