Nick Piombino

Reading and Discussion at the University at Buffalo, 1990

December 5:

1. Happenstance (5:41) : MP3
2. Fantasy (4:12) : MP3
3. The Broken Angel (2:37) : MP3
4. Codex (1:43) : MP3
5. An Odd Reprisal (2:07) : MP3
6. Interior Demolition (2:19) : MP3
7. X (published in "Avec", ed. Cydney Chadwick, David Bromige and Jim McCrary, Vol 2, No 1, 1989) (6:34) : MP3
8. The Silence Spoke (0:53) : MP3
9. The Frozen Witness (1:28) : MP3
10. Manhattan (1:39) : MP3
11. "Any m meant they came to a destination" (1:47) : MP3
12. "The simple poetry of sleep" (3:13) : MP3
13. Aphorisms (written in 1987) (5:10) : MP3
14. Step (6:30) : MP3
Complete Reading (45:52)   

Poems from The Frozen Witness, Poems (Sun & Moon, 1988), and Light Street (Zasterle Press, 1996)

 December 6:
Seminar Part I (46:06)
Seminar Part II (46:00)          
Seminar Part III (46:05)

Reading at the Ear Inn, January 27, 1979

Reading at the Ear Inn, February 16, 1985

Reading at the Ear Inn, February 17, 1988

Reading at the Ear Inn, April 22, 1989

Reading at the Ear Inn, April 7, 1990

Reading at the Ear Inn, February 2, 1991

Reading at the University at Buffalo, September 28, 2000

1. Introduction (5:15) : MP3
2. Opening: Email Responses (2:11) : MP3

from Poems (Sun & Moon, 1988)
3. "Somewhere around St. Thomas" (3:04) : MP3

from Light Street (Zasterle Press, 1996)
4. The Broken Angel (2:54) : MP3

from Theoretical Objects (Green Integer, 1999)
5. 3rd Silent Manifesto (2:46) : MP3
6. Missing (2:40) : MP3
7. Solitaire (2:57) : MP3
8. Submission (3:30) : MP3
9. Cold Comfort (5:45) : MP3
10. Eurydice Pleading with Orpheus to Stay Home (4:03) : MP3

from Rhizome #4 (ed. Standard Schaefer and Evan Calbi, 2000)
11. The Wandering Poem (3:43) : MP3

from Kenning #10 (ed. Patrick Durgin, 2001)
12. With Open Arms (6:21) : MP3

Complete Reading (45:08) : MP3

Reading at WKCR-FM, New York, on March 29, 2002

1. 3rd Silent Manifesto (1:50)
2. Automatic Manifesto #7 (3:38)
3. Between the Voices (3:39)
4. Cold Comfort (4:35)
5. Dust (1:48)
6. Eurydice Pleading (3:33)
7. Imbroglio & Frozen Witness (4:56)
8. Impasse (2:55)
9. Interior Demolition (2:14)
10. Introduction & Allegro (1:40)
11. Missing (2:17)
12. Perhaps the Dream of Writing (2:27)
13. Solitaire (2:36)
14. Submission (3:16)
15. The Broken Angel (3:16)
16. The Sphynx (2:02)
17. The Wandering Poem (2:44)
18. Time Bomb (1:23)
19. Whoever Listens Lovingly (1:25)
20. With Open Arms (5:30)

WKCR reading produced by Charles Bernstein & Tom Kelly

KSDT, UCSD radio, broadcast Sunday, April 24, 2005

1. Cut Here (published on As/Is) and Drew's Atlantic Sky (After Black Atlantic Sky by Drew Gardner, published in Slope 17) (4:44)
2. Silenced (published on Fait Accompli 7/12/04) (4:22)
3. 7/31/97 (published on As/Is poetry blog 7/11/03) (0:30)
4. Sticky Dairyman (published on Stamen Pistel poetry blog 7/5/04) (1:00)
5. June Behead (published on Stamen Pistel 6/21/04) (0:58)
6. Sorry for the Delay (published on Stamen Pistel 6/18/04) (0:42)
7. Sotto Voce and Shelter Angel (published on Shampoo 17 poetry web site) (1:10)
8. Poems from Hegelian Honeymoon (published by Chax Press in 2004) (4:09)
9. Who Owns the Words: The Thought and The Poem (published on Fait Accompli) (3:09)
10. Career of the Poet (published on As/Is poetry blog) (2:54)
11. History's Echoic Flying Lessons (published on nemski.com) (2:28)

Reading at the Bowery Poetry Club/Segue Series, Nov. 11, 2006

1. Introduction (5:19) : MP3
2. Opening: Nick Piombino on the Contradicta series (1:49) : MP3
3. Contradicta (various) (6:50) : MP3
4. Opening: On literary time & Fait Accompli (NY: Heretical Texts, 2007) (2:41) : MP3

Selected Fait Accompli weblog entries:
5. March 11 (4:24) : MP3
6. April 26 (6:20) : MP3
7. May 4 (2:19) : MP3
8. May 6 (2:05) : MP3
9. May 8 (3:23) : MP3

Complete Reading (35:10): MP3

Also of interest on PennSound:

Piombino reading two poems (RealAudio files)
     Variations on a Theme of Steven's
     The Frozen Witness

• February 13, 2008: "Nick Piombino: Three Newly Segmented Readings"

These sound recordings are being made available for noncommercial and educational use only. All rights to this recorded material belong to the author.© Nick Piombino, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008. Used with permission of Nick Piombino. Distributed by PennSound.