Alan Bernheimer

Particle Arms, performed November 21, 1982 at Studio Eremos, San Francisco

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

Appearing on In the American Tree, November 10, 1978

1. reading "Spinal Guard" from Celestial Mechanics (0:55): MP3
2. reading "Ripolin" from Celestial Mechanics (0:32): MP3
3. reading "Carapace" from Celestial Mechanics (0:36): MP3
4. reading "Visible Means" from Celestial Mechanics (0:33): MP3
5. reading "Ventriloquy" fom Celestial Mechanics (0:41): MP3
6. reading "Amarillo" (5:16): MP3
7. discussion with Lyn Hejinian and Kit Robinson on the idea of language as a machine and Bernheimer as a mechanic (3:33): MP3
8. reading a description of Bernheimer's "dream of a marvelous mechanical box" (3:24): MP3
9. reading "Manifest Destiny" (1:59): MP3
10. discussing the different poetic directions of "Manifest Destiny," Celestial Mechanics and "Amarillo" (2:01): MP3
11. reading "Are There Birds?" (0:42): MP3
12. reading and discussing "Cafe Isotope" (2:58): MP3
13. reading "Or Something" (0:36): MP3
14. reading a journal entry about trains and mechanical things (3:30): MP3
15. reading "Lullabye," a collaboration with Kit Robinson (1:26): MP3

• Complete Program (29:51): MP3
• Listen also to episodes hosted by Bernheimer during the 1979-1980 season

Alan Bernheimer on PennSound Daily

• October 3, 2008: "Alan Bernheimer: New Author Page, Plus Particle Arms"

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