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The Shape of Disclosure: George Oppen Centennial Symposium
Organized by Poets House at the Tribeca Performing Arts Center, April 8, 2008


Panel 1: The Biographical-Historical Continuum

1. Stephen Motika's introduction (3:32): MP3
2. Michael Heller introduces the panelists (11:31): MP3
3. Eric Hoffman — "All Embarkations Foundered: The Political Identity of George Oppen" (16:20): MP3
4. Kristin Prevallet — "One Among Rubble" (18:06): MP3
5. Stephen Cope discusses Oppen's Daybooks (19:41): MP3
6. Norman Finkelstein — "Unteachable: Ideology and Identity in Oppen's Late Poems" (22:58): MP3



Panel 2: The Literary-Philosophical Spectrum

1. Stephen Motika's introduction (1:31): MP3
2. Thom Donovan introduces the panelists (9:36): MP3
3. Romana Huck — "'Earth to Oppen' or 'Timor Mortis Conturbat Me': Limit, Situations, Feminine Perfusion and Gifts of Death" (24:00): MP3
4. Burt Kimmelman — "'That they are there': Aletheia, Thingliness and the Question of Poetry in Heidegger and Oppen" (21:56): MP3
5. Peter O'Leary — "It Looks Quite Curious: Oppen's Whitman" (18:00): MP3
6. John Taggart — "On Singing and Thinking" (27:54): MP3
7. Q&A session with the panelists (25:56): MP3



Reading

1. Lee Briccetti introduction on behalf of Poets House (3:51): MP3
2. Michael Heller introduction (3:17): MP3
3. Stephen Motika provides more information about the event (1:51): MP3

from Discrete Series (1934)
4. E. Tracy Grinnell reads from Discrete Series (4:58): MP3

from The Materials (1962)
5. Kristin Prevallet reads "Image of the Engine" (3:06): MP3
6. Kristin Prevallet reads "Sara in Her Father's Arms" (1:04): MP3
7. Norman Finkelstein reads "From Disaster" (0:36): MP3
8. Anthony Rudolph reads "Time of the Missile" (4:59): MP3
9. Harvey Shapiro reads "Survival: Infantry" (2:54): MP3
10. Peter Gizzi reads "Leviathan" (1:10): MP3
11. Burt Kimmelman reads "Population" (0:42): MP3

from This in Which (1965)
12. Burt Kimmelman reads "Boy's Room" (0:35): MP3
13. Geoffrey O'Brien reads "The Little Hole" (0:52): MP3
14. Stacy Szymaszek reads "A Language of New York" (5:19): MP3
15. Peter Gizzi reads "World, World" (1:10): MP3

from Of Being Numerous (1968)
16. Peter Gizzi reads "Power, Enchanted World" (2:15): MP3
17. Peter O'Leary reads "Of Being Numerous," Section 1 (0:41): MP3
18. Peter O'Leary reads "Of Being Numerous," Section 2 (0:24): MP3
19. Peter O'Leary reads "Of Being Numerous," Section 3 (0:20): MP3
20. Peter O'Leary reads "Of Being Numerous," Section 4 (0:19): MP3
21. Peter O'Leary reads "Of Being Numerous," Section 5 (0:17): MP3
22. Peter O'Leary reads "Of Being Numerous," Section 6 (0:19): MP3
23. Peter O'Leary reads "Of Being Numerous," Section 7 (0:08): MP3
24. Peter O'Leary reads "Of Being Numerous," Section 8 (0:23): MP3
25. Peter O'Leary reads "Of Being Numerous," Section 9 (0:34): MP3
26. Peter O'Leary reads "Of Being Numerous," Section 10 (0:38): MP3
27. Norman Finkelstein reads "Of Being Numerous," Section 14 (1:04): MP3
28. Geoffrey O'Brien reads "Of Being Numerous," Section 26 (2:43): MP3
29. Stephen Motika introduces recordings of Oppen reading (0:08): MP3
30. George Oppen reads "Of Being Numerous," Section 27 (1:14)): MP3
31. George Oppen reads "Of Being Numerous," Section 28 (0:14): MP3
32. George Oppen reads "Of Being Numerous," Section 32 (0:59): MP3
33. Hugh Seidman introduces his reading (0:42): MP3
34. Hugh Seidman reads "Route," Section 1 MP3
35. Hugh Seidman reads "Route," Section 4 MP3
36. Hugh Seidman reads "Route," Section 6 MP3
37. Hugh Seidman reads "Route," Section 8 MP3
38. Hugh Seidman reads "Route," Section 14 MP3
39. Thom Donovan reads "Route," Section 9 (1:01): MP3
40. Thom Donovan reads "Route," Section 10 (0:26): MP3
41. Thom Donovan reads "Route," Section 11 (0:44): MP3
42. Thom Donovan reads "Route," Section 12 (0:50): MP3
43. Thom Donovan reads "Route," Section 13 (1:03): MP3

from Seascape: Needle's Eye (1971)
44. John Taggart reads "Song, the Winds of Downhill" (1:16): MP3
45. Stephen Motika introduces video footage of Oppen (0:11): MP3
46. George Oppen reads "Anniversary Poem" (1:24): MP3
47. George Oppen reads "The Translucent Mechanics" (0:54): MP3
48. Lee Spinks reads "Of Hours" (3:06): MP3

from Myth of the Blaze (1975)
49 Lee Spinks reads "Speech at Soli" (2:11): MP3
50. Thom Donovan reads "Semite" (1:54): MP3

from Oppen's Daybooks
51. Stephen Cope reads "Non-resistance, etc. or Of the Guiltless" (3:24): MP3
52. Stephen Cope reads "26 Fragments" (5:32): MP3

from Primitive (1978)
53. John Taggart reads "The Poem" (1:48): MP3
54. Michael Heller reads "Neighbors" (2:11): MP3



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