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Thomas Devaney



from A Celebration of George Oppen's 100th Birthday at the Kelly Writers House, April 7, 2008
introduction (4:45): MP3
on Mary Oppen's Meaning A Life (14:48): MP3


book release party for A Series of Small Boxes at the Kelly Writers House, September 26, 2007
  • complete reading (23:56): MP3
  • video recording of "Poem" (.mov)


    reading at the Kelly Writers House, February 7, 2000
    Poems from The American Pragmatist Fell in Love (Banshee Press, 1999)
    1. "The American Pragmatist Fell in Love" (1:27)
    2. "Obi-Wan Kenobi" (1:53)
    3. "Sonnet" (0:53)
    2. "More than usual state of motion, with more than usual order" (2:09)
    3. "The Heartbeat of America Makes Its Own Gravy" (1:27)
    4. "Everyone I know" (1:27)
    5. "Sunday Big Movie Sonnet" (1:20)
    7. "Getting to Philadelphia" (3:55)
    9. "Kill-Spray" (3:45)


    At the "Finding the Words" post-9/11 program, November 7, 2001:
    "Fireman's Song" (1:04)



    The Line Reading Series January, 28, 2003

    Complete Reading (24:47): MP3



    The Philly Sound Weekend reading at the Kelly Writers House,
    University of Pennsylvania, August 9, 2003
    1. Trying to Live As If It Were Morning (2:59)
    2. A free for all ends at AC airport (2:30)
    3. The Stink of Nothing (3:52)
    4. Frog Song (1:33)


    Reading of The Rat and the Flowerpot (1:01) for Frequency Audio Journal (2004 Issue)


    Reading at the Kelly Writers House, April 4, 2007 with John Coletti
    mp3 with introduction by Julia Bloch (49:31)


    Also on PennSound

    Poetry and Empire: Post-Invasion Poetics [Presented at the ICA, University of Pennsylvania, 2003]:
        Saturday reading: "Origami Headphones" (4:28)

    American Poetry:
    The Next Generation

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