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Alan Bernheimer

introduction (5:42): MP3
opening remarks (0:33): Mp3
The Opposite of Proust (1:05): MP3
As You May Know (1:17): MP3
The Embedded Self (1:04): MP3
My Blue Hawaii (0:34): MP3
Piece of Cake (1:29): MP3
Sleepy City Squidgy (0:40): MP3
Prior Art Spray (1:37): MP3
Department 9 (1:04): MP3
Word of Art (0:53): MP3
Specimen of an Induction to a Poem (0:55): MP3
Florex Gardens (0:50): MP3
Kiosk (1:09): MP3
A Bottle in the Smoke (0:35): MP3
The Spoolight Institute (7:03): MP3
from Particle Arms (9:13): MP3

complete recording (37:05): MP3

cast: Steve Benson, Eileen Corder, Tinker Greene, Tom Mandel, Kit Robinson, Stephen Rodefer, and Melissa Riley

directed by Nick Robinson

Scene 1 (9:27): MP3
Scene 2 (8:44): MP3
Scene 3 (7:22): MP3
Scene 4 (5:38): MP3
Scene 5 (12:47): MP3

see Bernheimer's photo album from the play's production

reading "Spinal Guard" from Celestial Mechanics (0:55): MP3
reading "Ripolin" from Celestial Mechanics (0:32): MP3
reading "Carapace" from Celestial Mechanics (0:36): MP3
reading "Visible Means" from Celestial Mechanics (0:33): MP3
reading "Ventriloquy" fom Celestial Mechanics (0:41): MP3
reading "Amarillo" (5:16): MP3
discussion with Lyn Hejinian and Kit Robinson on the idea of language as a machine and Bernheimer as a mechanic (3:33): MP3
reading a description of Bernheimer's "dream of a marvelous mechanical box" (3:24): MP3
reading "Manifest Destiny" (1:59): MP3
discussing the different poetic directions of "Manifest Destiny," Celestial Mechanics and "Amarillo" (2:01): MP3
reading "Are There Birds?" (0:42): MP3