Rae Armantrout

Photo credit: Charles Bernstein/PennSound ©2007

Close Listening — readings and conversations at WPS1.org

Clocktower Studio, New York, May 10, 2006

Armantrout in conversation with Charles Bernstein

• Complete conversation (28:18): MP3
• Armantrout discusses the poem "The Way" (4:10) MP3
• text-audio alignment of "The Way": link

WPS1 reading

Full program (27:08): MP3

Individual poems:

1. from True (Atelos Press) (6:05): MP3

From Veil: New and Selected Poems (Wesleyan, 2001)

2. Generation & View (0:36): MP3
3. Xenophobia (1:49): MP3
4. Double (0:25): MP3
5. The Creation (0:31): MP3
6. The Way (0:27): MP3 [ discussion of this poem from interview ] [text-audio alignment]
7. Piecemeal (0:30): MP3
8. Manufacturing (0:50): MP3

From Up to Speed (Wesleyan, 2003)

9. Form (0:59): MP3
10. Once (0:47): MP3
11. Another Sense (0:38): MP3

From Next Life (forthcoming in Jan. 2007 from Wesleyan)

12. Tease (0:47): MP3
13. Two, Three (0:44): MP3
14. The Subject (0:34): MP3
15. The Ether (0:28): MP3
16. Yonder (0:28): MP3
17. Parse (0:31): MP3
18. Make It New (0:43): MP3
19. Shine On (0:35): MP3
20. Again (0:56): MP3
21. Twizzle (0:41): MP3
22. Next Life (0:39): MP3

From Versed (ms. in progress)

23. Results (0:45): MP3
24. Fetch (0:35): MP3
25. Outer (0:58): MP3
26. Name Calling (0:25): MP3
27. Locality (0:40): MP3
28. Amplification (0:39): MP3
29. Scumble (0:29): MP3
30. Translation (0:25): MP3

• Close Listening produced by Charles Bernstein for WPS1
• ©2006 Rae Armantrout and Charles Bernstein
• Studio Engineer: Darrell McNeill

1. Sonnet 3 (1:23): MP3
2. Itself (0:37): MP3
3. Chirality (0:32): MP3
4. Expression (0:35): MP3

• Complete Reading (3:08): MP3

1. Scumble (1:16): MP3
2. Prayers (1:18): MP3
3. Working Models (0:57): MP3
4. Fuel (0:42): MP3
5. The Gift (0:42): MP3
6. Enter (0:57): MP3
7. Autobiography: Urn Burial (2:03): MP3
8. Soft Money (0:55): MP3
9. Advent (0:31): MP3
10. This Is (0:48): MP3
11. Money Talks (0:27): MP3
12. Bubble Wrap (1:43): MP3
13. Win (0:31): MP3
14. Scripture (1:29): MP3
15. Dress Up (0:59): MP3
16. Account (1:21): MP3
17. The Look (0:49): MP3
18. Arrival (0:17): MP3
19. Action Poem (0:49): MP3
20. Scale (1:05): MP3
21. And (0:55): MP3
22. Treatment (0:47): MP3
23. Bargos (0:57): MP3
24. Sonnet 3 (2:00): MP3
25. Conclusion (1:18): MP3
26. Itself (0:32): MP3
27. Chirality (0:49): MP3
28. Material (0:45): MP3
29. Flo (1:10): MP3
30. Sponsor (0:40): MP3
31. Occurrent (1:00): MP3
32. End User (0:46): MP3
33. Believing (0:40): MP3
34. Head (0:30): MP3
35. Will (0:42): MP3
36. The Future (0:28): MP3

• complete reading (35:51): MP3


• (recording courtesy of Aaron Beasley)

Reading at Foster Auditorium, Penn State University, September 11, 2012

1. Introduction by A.L. Nielsen (4:29): MP3

From Money Shot (Wesleyan, 2011)

2. Prayers (2:15): MP3
3. Working Models (0:51): MP3
4. Fuel (0:46): MP3
5. The Gift (0:42): MP3
6. Bubble Wrap (1:41): MP3
7. Answer (0:40): MP3
8. Autobiography: Urn Burial (2:05): MP3
9. Soft Money (1:00): MP3
10. Advent (0:43): MP3
11. With (0:42): MP3
12. Exact (0:46): MP3
13. Money Talks (0:42): MP3
14. Long Green (0:49): MP3

From Just Saying (Wesleyan, 2013)

15. Scripture (1:35): MP3
16. Dress Up (0:52): MP3
17. Account, for Brian Keating (1:36): MP3
18. The Look (0:51): MP3
19. My Apocalypse (1:07): MP3
20. Arrivals (0:58): MP3
21. Action Poem (0:57): MP3
22. Scale (1:12): MP3
23. And (1:03): MP3
24. Treatment (0:46): MP3
25. Experts (0:59): MP3
26. Bargos (1:00): MP3

From The Matter (in progress)

27. Sonnet 3 (2:46): MP3
28. Conclusion (1:24): MP3
29. Itself (0:38): MP3
30. Chirality (1:18): MP3
31. Material (0:49): MP3
32. Flo (1:08): MP3
33. Sponsor (0:50): MP3
34. Personhood (0:45): MP3
35. End User (1:00): MP3
36. Believing (0:47): MP3
37. Head (0:34): MP3
38. Well (0:44): MP3
39. Control (0:54): MP3
40. The Future (0:45): MP3
41. The New Zombie (2:04): MP3

• Complete Reading (48:49): MP3

MLA Offsite Reading at ArtShare, LA, January 8, 2011

complete reading (2:45): MP3

AWP Offsite Reading, sponsored by Bridge Street Books, Four Seasons Hotel, Washington DC, February 3, 2011

1. Colony (1:03): MP3
2. The Agent (0:35): MP3
3. Working Models (0:45): MP3
4. The Gift (0:34): MP3
5. Bubble Wrap (0:55): MP3
6. Ground (0:44): MP3
7. Soft Money (0:49): MP3
8. Outage (0:37): MP3
9. Exact (0:40): MP3
10. Money Talks (0:30): MP3
11. Win (0:22): MP3
12. Scripture (1:04): MP3
13. Accounts (1:09): MP3
14. Spent (0:40): MP3
15. At (0:35): MP3
16. Bardos (1:01): MP3
17. Mother's Day (0:37): MP3

On A Voice Box, Studio One, May 7, 2010

1. A Resemblance (1:19): MP3
2. Outer (1:23): MP3
3. Name Calling (0:50): MP3
4. Scumble (0:44): MP3
5. Worth While (0:56): MP3
6. On Your Way (1:15): MP3
7. Around (0:56): MP3
8. Dark Matter (0:32): MP3
9. Simple (1:03): MP3
10. Missing Persons (0:33): MP3
11. Integer (0:42): MP3
12. Remaining (0:58): MP3
13. Anchor (0:32): MP3
14. Colony (0:55): MP3
15. Money Shot (0:37): MP3
16. Across (0:33): MP3
17. Working Models (0:54): MP3
18. Fuel (0:36): MP3
19. The Gift (0:46): MP3
20. Bubble Wrap (0:48): MP3
21. Answer (0:40): MP3
22. Ground (0:40): MP3
23. Warble (0:38): MP3
24. Soft Money (0:53): MP3
25. Outage (0:35): MP3
26. Errands (0:32): MP3
27. Paragraph (0:36): MP3
28. Sway (0:24): MP3
29. This Is (0:37): MP3
30. Money Talks (0:43): MP3
31. Scripture (1:14): MP3
32. Old School (0:42): MP3
33. Inflection (0:45): MP3
34. Scale (1:10): MP3
35. Entry (0:45): MP3
36. Stop and Go (0:22): MP3

PoemTalk Podcast #29, discussing Kit Robinson's "Return on Word," March 3, 2010

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

Reading at the Kelly Writers House, University of Pennsylvania, October 22, 2009

1. introduction (5:28): MP3
2. A Resemblance (1:55): MP3
3. Outer (1:28): MP3
4. Operations (0:33): MP3
5. Pleasure (0:50): MP3
6. Worthwhile (0:59): MP3
7. Inscription (1:26): MP3
8. Together (0:58): MP3
9. Dark Matter (0:42): MP3
10. Solution (0:42): MP3
11. Like (0:43): MP3
12. Previews: America (0:32): MP3
13. Previews: Happening (0:27): MP3
14. Integer (0:47): MP3
15. Report (1:02): MP3
16. Fade (0:37): MP3
17. Apartment (0:43): MP3
18. Hoop (0:49): MP3
19. Fact (0:30): MP3
20. Staging (0:51): MP3
21. Colony (0:44): MP3
22. Money Shot (0:37): MP3
23. Across (0:35): MP3
24. Sustained (0:37): MP3
25. Working Models (0:44): MP3
26. Deviled (0:38): MP3
27. Fuel (0:37): MP3
28. The Gift (0:38): MP3
29. Spin (0:34): MP3
30. Bubble Wrap (0:49): MP3
31. Answer (0:39): MP3
32. Eyes, After John Milton (0:43): MP3
33. Ground (0:38): MP3
34. Autobiography: Urn Burial (1:42): MP3
35. Second Person (0:33): MP3
36. Spooks (0:33): MP3
37. With (0:34): MP3
38. The Vessicle (0:48): MP3
39. Exact (0:40): MP3
40. Sway (0:24): MP3
41. This Is (0:40): MP3
42. Money Talks (0:30): MP3
43. Long Green (0:47): MP3
44. Win (0:29): MP3

• complete reading (39:09): MP3

On A Voice Box, Artifact, July 26, 2008

• Complete Reading (27:37): MP3

PoemTalk Podcast #8, discussing Armantrout's "The Way," July 7, 2008

View the Kelly Writers House calendar entry here.

Complete reading (56:17): MP3

1. opening comments by Jessica Lowenthal (1:44): MP3
2. introduction by Bob Perelman (6:47): MP3

From Next Life (2007)

3. Tease (1:20): MP3
4. Reserved (0:54): MP3
5. Two, Three (1:01): MP3
6. Thing (0:58): MP3
7. Empty (0:49): MP3
8. The Subject (0:45): MP3
9. Yonder (0:46): MP3
10. Framing (for Robert Creeley) (0:42): MP3
11. Make it New (0:57): MP3
12. Yoohoo (0:48): MP3
13. Next Life (0:53): MP3

from Versed (forthcoming, 2009)

14. Versed (0:52): MP3
15. Addressed (0:39): MP3
16. Name Calling (0:38): MP3
17. Bonding (0:53): MP3
18. Scumble (0:47): MP3
19. Worthwhile (0:59): MP3
20. Presto (0:41): MP3
21. New (0:41): MP3
22. Links (0:50): MP3
23. Own (1:53): MP3
24. Later (1:03): MP3
25. Birth Order (0:47): MP3
26. Translation (0:44): MP3

from Dark Matter (unpublished)

27. Around (0:58): MP3
28. Dark Matter (0:32): MP3
29. Unbidden (0:36): MP3
30. Head (0:43): MP3
31. Simple (0:47): MP3
32. In Place (0:38): MP3
33. Whatever (0:50): MP3
34. Resounding (0:37): MP3
35. The Racket (0:38): MP3
36. Provenance (0:34): MP3
37. Hey (0:20): MP3
38. Concentrate (0:35): MP3
39. Anchor (0:28): MP3
40. Pass (0:55): MP3
41. Passage (0:49): MP3
42. Fact (0:34): MP3
43. Q&A session (11:52): MP3

Segue Series Reading at the Bowery Poetry Club, May 26, 2007

1. Introduction (2:16): MP3
2. Two Three (0:57): MP3
3. Empty (0:49): MP3
4. The Subject (0:45): MP3
5. A Distance (0:53): MP3
6. Reversible (0:47): MP3
7. Headline Song (0:16): MP3
8. Remote (0:33): MP3
9. Make it New (0:53): MP3
10. Shine On (0:46): MP3
11. Ins and Outs (0:34): MP3
12. Yoohoo (0:42): MP3
13. Next Life (0:47): MP3
14. Versed (0:34): MP3
15. Fetch (0:40): MP3
16. Operations (0:30): MP3
17. Name Calling (0:30): MP3
18. Locality (0:48): MP3
19. Bonding (0:47): MP3
20. Scumble (0:38): MP3
21. Worthwhile (0:55): MP3
22. Equals (0:18): MP3
23. New Genres (0:43): MP3
24. New (0:39): MP3
25. What We Mean (0:51): MP3
26. Own (1:50): MP3
27. Birth Order (0:46): MP3
28. On Your Way (0:42): MP3
29. Dark Matter (0:33): MP3
30. Perfect (0:32): MP3
31. Whatever (0:43): MP3
32. Resounding (0:36): MP3
33. The Racket (0:41): MP3
34. Fact (0:48): MP3
    
    

Complete reading (29:54): MP3

Reading for the Belladonna Series, NYC, May 9, 2006

• Introduction (2:40): MP3
• Complete Reading (29:07): MP3

Reading at Kelly Writers House, University of Pennsylvania, November 18, 2004

1. Introduction (0:54): MP3
2. The Creation (0:36): MP3
3. Writing (0:59): MP3
4. Sets (0:52): MP3
5. The Way (0:38): MP3 [discussion of this poem recorded in 2006]
6. Manufacturing (1:03): MP3
7. Up to Speed (1:06): MP3
8. Form (1:01): MP3
9. Middlemen (0:37): MP3
10. Solid (0:59): MP3
11. Seconds (0:43): MP3
12. Next Generations (0:57): MP3
13. Upper World (1:03): MP3
14. Once (0:53): MP3
15. Back (0:40): MP3
16. Tease (0:46): MP3
17. Two Three (0:50): MP3
18. Close (0:38): MP3
19. Thing (0:23): MP3
20. Empty (0:44): MP3
21. The Subject (0:40): MP3
22. A Distance (0:46): MP3
23. Away (0:41): MP3
24. Headline Song (0:27): MP3
25. Clear (0:34): MP3
26. Yonder (0:38): MP3
27. Visits (0:42): MP3
28. Short Story (0:37): MP3
29. Promise (0:43): MP3
30. In Part (0:45): MP3
31. Pronouncements (0:42): MP3
32. As One (1:20): MP3
33. Ins and Outs (0:30): MP3
34. Propensity (0:39): MP3
35. Twizzle (0:49): MP3

Reading at SUNY-Buffalo, September 25, 2002

1. Introduction (5:31): MP3

From Veil: New and Selected Poems:

2. Birthmark, the Pretext (3:06): MP3
3. Writing (0:54): MP3
4. Stream Of (0:45): MP3
5. Performers (0:43): MP3
6. Sets (0:51): MP3
7. Greeting (0:25): MP3
8. The Plot (1:15): MP3
9. Size (0:26): MP3

   From The Pretext

10. Manufacturing (0:49): MP3
11. The Plan (0:37): MP3
12. Inside Out (0:45): MP3

From Up to Speed (Wesleyan, 2004)

13. Up to Speed (1:25): MP3
14. Form (0:55): MP3
15. Currency (0:34): MP3
16. Sake (0:33): MP3
17. The Fit (0:26): MP3
18. Middlemen (0:33): MP3
19. Solid (0:49): MP3
20. End Times (1:02): MP3
21. The Cell Phone at Your Ear May Not Exist (1:23): MP3
22. Next Generations (0:56): MP3
23. Upper World (0:51): MP3
24. Once (0:46): MP3
25. Another Sense (0:35): MP3
26. Transaction (0:57): MP3
27. As One (1:01): MP3
28. In Route (0:35): MP3
29. Imaginary Places (0:43): MP3
30. Speaking (0:45): MP3
31. Gorgons (0:30): MP3
32. Back (0:36): MP3
33. Phrasing (1:06): MP3
34. Now This (0:28): MP3
35. The Creation (0:42): MP3 (from Veil)

Reading at the University of Pennsylvania, October 14, 2000

Rae Armantrout on Emily Dickinson/ "Reading through Modernism" (Kelly Writers House)

Reading in San Diego, 1998

Reading (22:16): RealAudio

Segue Series Reading at Double Happiness, November 14, 1998

1. introduction (2:21): MP3
2. Birthmark: The Pretext (3:06): MP3
3. Writing (1:00): MP3
4. Police Business (0:59): MP3
5. Stream Of (0:54): MP3
6. Performance (0:47): MP3
7. Her References (1:16): MP3
8. The Past (0:41): MP3
9. Articulation (0:56): MP3
10. Carriage (0:44): MP3
11. Our Question (0:44): MP3
12. Collapse (1:07): MP3
13. Thinking (0:47): MP3
14. My Associates (0:41): MP3
15. About (0:43): MP3
16. Heart Of It (0:59): MP3
17. Set (1:03): MP3
18. Greeting (0:34): MP3
19. The Plot (1:37): MP3
20. Here (0:58): MP3
21. Over (0:15): MP3
22. Size (0:30): MP3
23. Light (0:46): MP3
24. Statement (0:31): MP3
25. Now (0:43): MP3
26. True (4:06): MP3
27. Falling, One (0:34): MP3
28. Falling, Two (0:47): MP3
29. Theories (0:45): MP3
30. As We're Told (0:37): MP3
31. Systemic (0:45): MP3
32. Overhearing (0:49): MP3
33. Ongoing (0:48): MP3
34. Rehearsal (0:32): MP3
35. Manufacturing, One (0:30): MP3
36. Manufacturing, Two (0:29): MP3
37. Inside-Out (0:55): MP3
38. Purpose (0:31): MP3

• complete reading (36:58): MP3

Reading at the Kelly Writers House, University of Pennsylvania, November 12, 1998

Poems from Pretext (Green Integer, 2001)

1. Birthmark: The Pretext (2:25): MP3
2. Writing (0:57): MP3
3. Police Business (1:10): MP3
4. Stream Of (0:50): MP3
5. Performers (0:45): MP3
6. Her References (1:06): MP3
7. The Past (0:40): MP3
8. Articulation (0:53): MP3
9. Near Rhyme (0:48): MP3
10. Collapse (1:03): MP3
11. Qualia (0:36): MP3
12. Thinking (0:41): MP3
13. My Associates (0:38): MP3
14. About (0:39): MP3
15. Part of It (0:53): MP3
16. Sets (0:57): MP3
17. Greeting (0:29): MP3
18. The Plot (1:25): MP3
19. Here (0:52): MP3
20. Over (0:10): MP3
21. Size (0:28): MP3
22. Light (0:45): MP3
23. Statement (0:29): MP3
24. Now (0:43): MP3

Poems from the new section of Veil: New and Selected Poems(Wesleyan, 2001)

25. Falling (1:35): MP3
26. Theories (0:42): MP3
27. As We're Told (0:34): MP3
28. Systemic (0:42): MP3
29. Overhearing (0:39): MP3
30. Ongoing (0:44): MP3
31. Rehearsal (0:34): MP3
32. Manufacturing (1:02): MP3
33. Inside Out (0:48): MP3
34. Purpose (0:28): MP3

Wednesdays at 4Plus, University at Buffalo, February 15, 1995

• introduction (2:05): MP3
• Complete Reading (31:03): MP3

Segue Series Reading at The Ear Inn, New York October 24, 1992

1. Introduction (0:29): MP3
2. Made to Seem (0:47): MP3
3. Retraction (0:46): MP3
4. One Remove (0:23): MP3
5. Covers (1:25): MP3
6. The Creation (0:41): MP3
7. Building (0:35): MP3
8. The Signs (0:35): MP3
9. Incident (0:44): MP3
10. A Pulse (0:55): MP3
11. Relations (0:48): MP3
12. Set (0:57): MP3
13. Spans (0:35): MP3
14. Native (0:50): MP3
15. Making it Up (0:59): MP3
16. Crossing (2:05): MP3
17. The Known (0:56): MP3
18. Taking Steps (0:34): MP3
19. A Story (0:57): MP3
20. The Daffodills (0:50): MP3
21. Visibility (1:01): MP3
    
22. States (0:54): MP3
23. Turn of Events (1:28): MP3
24. The Work (0:57): MP3
25. Normal Heights (1:23): MP3
26. Confidential (1:05): MP3
27. Mapping (0:58): MP3
28. Leaving (1:22): MP3

Complete Reading (27:27): MP3

Presenting with A.L. Nielsen and Charles Altieri at the American Literature Association, San Diego, May 1992

1. Rae Armantrout (23:06): MP3
2. A.L. Nielsen (22:45): MP3
3. Charles Altieri (28:13): MP3
4. Q&A (16:57): MP3

Complete reading (1:32:13): MP3

Segue Series reading at The Ear Inn, New York, October 22, 1988

Poems from Necromance (Sun & Moon, 1991)

1. Necromance (take one) (2:12): MP3
2. Necromance (take two) (1:35): MP3
3. Range (0:43): MP3
4. Context (0:30): MP3
5. The Garden (0:24): MP3
6. The Panoply of (0:38): MP3
7. The Picture (0:48): MP3
8. Family Resemblances (0:22): MP3
9. Location (0:40): MP3
10. Mechanism (0:43): MP3
11. The Mix-up (1:07): MP3
12. First Person (0:51): MP3
13. Character Development (1:25): MP3
14. Basis (2:21): MP3
15. Labors (1:23): MP3
16. Sense (0:55): MP3
17. October (0:51): MP3
18. Locks (0:40): MP3
    
19. Late Returns (Three Parts) (1:14): MP3
20. Begin (0:46): MP3
21. Privilege (0:44): MP3
22. The Unit (0:31): MP3
23. Wake Up (0:54): MP3
24. Attention (0:41): MP3
25. Language of Love (1:28): MP3
26. Getting Warm (0:44): MP3
27. Pairs (0:24): MP3
28. Realism (1:19): MP3
29. Disown (1:35): MP3

Complete reading (28:25): MP3

Segue Series Reading at The Ear Inn, New York, April 7, 1984

1. Double (1:19): MP3
2. Postcards (0:23): MP3
3. Single Most (1:20): MP3
4. Shut (2:34): MP3
5. Traveling Through the Yard (0:51): MP3
6. Admission (0:39): MP3
7. Vice (2:02): MP3
8. Dusk (0:18): MP3
9. Compound I (0:24): MP3
10. Compound II (0:18): MP3
11. Through Walls (1:41): MP3
12. Fiction (1:39): MP3
13. Untitled (fiction piece) (1:06): MP3
14. Entries Look (1:54): MP3
15. Precedence (0:26): MP3
16. Quotation (0:26): MP3
17. Another Tongue (1:57) MP3
18. Sigh (0:23): MP3
19. Blocks (0:22): MP3
20. Secretly (1:27): MP3
21. Round (0:18): MP3
22. Home Federal (0:24): MP3
23. Atmospheric (0:33): MP3
24. The Music (0:50): MP3

Complete Reading (25:01): MP3

Reading on January 16, 1983

Complete Reading (31:42): MP3

Talk on Silence, January 16, 1983

• Part One (16:45): MP3
• Part Two (43:11): MP3

Reading on January 16, 1983

Complete Reading (31:42): MP3

Segue Series Reading at The Ear Inn, New York, April 14, 1979

• Part One (10:27): MP3
• Part Two (14:00): MP3
  

Also of Interest:

• Rae Armantrout interviewed by PBS, January 27, 2012

Rae Armantrout on PennSound Daily

• April 12, 2010: "PennSound Congratulates Pulitzer Prize Winner Rae Armantrout"
• March 12, 2010: "PennSound Congratulates NBCC Winner Rae Armantrout"
• November 13, 2009: "Rae Armantrout at the Kelly Writers House, 2009"
• October 27, 2008: "Four Late 1970s Recordings from the Ear Inn"
• July 9, 2008: "PoemTalk #8: Rae Armantrout's 'The Way'"
• January 23, 2008: "Segue Series: Rae Armantrout and Elaine Equi"
• January 17, 2007: "Rae Armantrout at the Ear Inn, 1988"
• October 18, 2007: "Rae Armantrout KWH Reading"

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