Mei-mei Berssenbrugge

©2006 Charles Bernstein/PennSound

A Celebration of Thing of Beauty by Jackson Mac Low, CUE Arts Foundation, January 18, 2008

Featuring Anne Tardos, Charles Bernstein, Mei-mei Berssenbrugge, Joan Retallack, Drew Gardner, and others.

Close Listening -- readings and conversations at WPS1.org

Clocktower Studio, New York, April 28, 2006

WPS1 Reading

Berssenbrugge reads from I Love Artists: New and Selected Poems (University of California Press, 2006)

FULL PROGRAM (30:15): MP3

Singles:

1. from Fog (8:59): MP3
2. Health (5:38): MP3
3. I Love Artists (6:35): MP3
4. Concordance (7:05): MP3

Berssenbrugge in Conversation with Charles Bernstein

(28:23): MP3

• Close Listening produced by Charles Bernstein for WPS1
• ©2006 Mei-mei Berssenbrugge and Charles Bernstein
• Studio Engineer: Darrell McNeill

Segue Reading at the Bowery Poetry Club, NYC

February 18, 2006

Complete Recording (33:17): MP3

1. Introduction (2:06): MP3
2. Introduction by Mei-mei Berssenbrugge (1:51): MP3
3. The Swan (5:59): MP3
4. I Love Artists (7:09): MP3
5. Parallel Lines (6:49): MP3
6. Red Quiet (6:11): MP3

Reading as part of The Line Reading Series, November 30, 2004

1. Lytle Shaw's Introduction (1:27): MP3
2. Part 3 from "Kali" (2:49): MP3
3. "Daughter", part one 'The Dream' (4:06): MP3
4. "Daughter", part two 'Commentary' (3:21): MP3
5. "Daughter", part three (1:39): MP3
6. "Kisses from the Moon" (4:18): MP3
7. "I Love Artists" (7:28): MP3
8. "Concordance" (5:05): MP3

Complete Recording (30:13): MP3

Live at WKCR-FM (New York)

Recorded by Tom Kelly on May 17, 2002

• Ideal (12:51): MP3
• Nest (14:55): MP3
• Safety (2:37): MP3

Wednesdays at 4Plus, University of Buffalo, September 20, 2000

Complete Reading (46:17): MP3

Wednesdays at 4Plus, University of Buffalo, March 23, 1994

1. introduction (7:54): MP3
2. The Swan (7:21): MP3
3. Ideal (9:35): MP3
4. Serisity (5:56): MP3
5. Pollen (10:59): MP3
6. Daughter (8:51): MP3
7. collaboration with Kiki Smith (12:12): MP3

Complete Reading (1:03:53): MP3

Segue Series Reading at the Ear Inn

April 11, 1992

Complete Reading (38:20): MP3

Reading on "Composed on the Tongue," WRCR Radio, April 9, 1990

Complete Reading (42:09): MP3

Also of interest:

• At Reed College, 1991 (27:00): MP3
• RealAudio
• Segue Reading at the Bowery Poetry Club

Links

• UC Berkeley Lunch Poems: videos

These sound recordings are being made available for noncommercial and educational use only. All rights to this recorded material belong to the author. Used with permission of Mei-mei Berssenbrugge. ©2002-2006 Mei-mei Berssenbrugge. Distributed by PennSound.