Gregory Djanikian

Appearance on Radio Times with Marty Moss-Coane (courtesy of WHYY)

complete interview (51:40): MP3

Reading to celebrate the publication of So I Will Till the Ground (Carnegie Mellon, 2007), Kelly Writers House, University of Pennsylvania, February 20, 2007

1. Introduction by Al Filreis (5:10): MP3
2. Introduction by Sam Donsky (5:31): MP3
3. Introduction by Greg Djanikian (1:15): MP3
4. "The Aestheticians of Genocide" (3:01): MP3
5. "History Test" (3:14): MP3
6. "The Soldiers" (1:29): MP3
7. "The Deportation Song" (1:47): MP3
8. "Children's Lullaby" (1:44): MP3
9. "Armenian Pastoral" (1:23): MP3
10. "Covenant" (1:31): MP3
11. "How My Grandfather Escaped" (0:50): MP3
12. "In the City of Languages: Alexandria, 1955" (3:06): MP3
13. "When I Saw My Grandfather Taking a Bath" (2:02): MP3
14. "Suez War, Alexandria, 1956" (2:03): MP3
15. "Deportation Schedule" (2:05): MP3
16. "The Electrolux Salesman Visits Our Apartment" (1:59): MP3
17. "How We Practiced Being American" (2:01): MP3
18. "My Name Brings Me to a Notion of Splendor (2:25): MP3
19. "Brief History of Border Crossings" (2:58): MP3
20. "Immigrant Picnic" (2:26): MP3
21. "Buying a Rug" (2:18): MP3
22. "Armenian Primer" (1:55): MP3
23. "So I Will Till the Ground" (1:11): MP3

You can also hear a recording of the entire program (55:10). This event was featured in a Kelly Writers House podcast - a 25-minute excerpt from the event, including responses from Djanikian's readers, colleagues, and friends.

Reading at the 10th anniversary of Kelly Writers House May 13, 2006

"Sonnet Commemorating the 10th Anniversary of KWH": MP3

Reading at the Kelly Writers House, University of Pennsylvania, January 27, 2000

1. "Something Unusual" (1:59): MP3
2. "Lac de Nom Perdu" (0:56): MP3
3. "The Trip" (2:02): MP3
4. "Over Lunch" (2:04): MP3
5. "Artist's Return" (1:27): MP3
6. "Tulip Magnolia" (1:45): MP3
7. "Almost Enough" (2:06): MP3
8. "Seeing" (2:20): MP3
9. "Absences" (1:46): MP3
10. "Fable" (1:40): MP3
11. "A Gift" (1:16): MP3
12. "You Just Don't Get It" (2:36): MP3
13. "At Midnight or So" (2:05): MP3
14. "At the End of the Day" (1:29): MP3
15. "Years Later" (1:45): MP3
16. "In the Hospital Room" (2:31): MP3
17. "The Physics of Travelling Away" (2:03): MP3
18. "Driving Toward the Border" (2:30): MP3
19. "Phone Call from Arizona" (2:02): MP3
20. "Anniversary Poem for My Wife" (1:45) : MP3

Poetry and Empire: Post-Invasion Poetics [Presented at the Kelly Writers House the ICA, University of Pennsylvania, 2003]:

1. The Armenian Question & Covenant" read Friday, October 17th
2. contribution to the Saturday evening reading

Also of Interest:

• Video: July 4, 2007 report that aired on The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer:
• "Immigrant Picnic" (4:05): QuickTime
• Kharpert, Turkey 1915 (1:09): MP3