Mei-mei Berssenbrugge

©2006 Charles Bernstein/PennSound

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



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Reading at Sue Scott Gallery, New York, December 18, 2010

• complete reading (27:57): MP3

Reading as part of the Mills College Contemporary Writers Series, Oakland, November 10, 2009

1. introduction by Stephen Ratcliffe (5:20): MP3
2. The New Boys (8:57): MP3
3. Green (9:38): MP3
4. Glitter (8:28): MP3
5. Slow Down Now (fragment) (3:26): MP3
6. Hello the Roses (fragment) (1:43): MP3
• complete reading (37:37): MP3

Reading at St. Andrew's Church, December 6, 2008 - on POG Sound

Complete Reading (34:25): MP3

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.

Reading from Concordance (Kelsey Street Press 2006)

Recorded by Ross Craig, Berkeley, October 26, 2006

1. Introduction (0:52): MP3
2. Concordance (6:47): MP3
3. Red Quiet (5:55): MP3

Appearing on Cross Cultural Poetics, Episode #109, "I Love Artists," with host Leonard Schwartz, July 11, 2006

Complete Recording (39:36): MP3

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, May 17, 2002

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

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

1. introduction by Lew Daly (5:19): MP3
2. Chinese Space (6:09): MP3
3. Health (6:17): MP3
4. Dressing Up Our Pets (8:56): MP3
5. Nest (9:11): MP3
6. Hearing (9:34): MP3

Complete Reading (46:17): MP3

Wednesdays at 4Plus, University at 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

Mei-Mei Berssenbrugge on PennSound Daily

• July 14, 2010: "POG Sound: Nine New Readings Added"

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.