Ed Dorn

PoemTalk Podcast #101, discussing Ed Dorn's Poem "The Sundering U.P. Tracks"

Listen to the complete recording and read program notes for the episode at Jacket2

• Side A (29:11): MP3
• Side B (30:17): MP3

Courtesy of Simon Pettet

1. Introduction (3:51): MP3
2. Dorn discusses "Haut Cheyenne Milk Plain" (7:15): MP3
3. Haut Cheyenne Milk Plain (2:18): MP3
4. Aboard The Tan Am With Odin, a Dog of Judgement (12:47): MP3
5. Dorn discusses "A Defense of Heresy and Heretics" (8:08): MP3
6. Jerusalem (2:24): MP3
7. Excerpt from "A Defense of Heresy and Heretics" (10:34): MP3
8. Leaving Rawlins (3:30): MP3
9. Untitled ("a thought for the road") (1:35): MP3
10. From Paris (1932) (2:32): MP3
11. Excerpt from "Wait By The Door Awhile Death, There Are Others" (3:45): MP3

Complete Reading (1:02:47): MP3

Reading at SUNY Buffalo, October 13, 1993

1. Introduction (6:20): MP3
2. Dorn discusses "High Plain" (2:08): MP3
3. Faton's daughter (2:21): MP3
4. Preface to Rolling Stock editoral (5:55): MP3
5. Rolling Stock editorial: "True North" (8:08): MP3
6. The Testicle Festival (11:19): MP3
7. Th' Settling (6:49): MP3
8. Aboard the Tan Am with Odin, a Dog of Judgement (12:57): MP3

• Complete Reading (56:13): MP3

Reading at Compendium Bookshop, London, June 4, 1993

1. Part 1 (42:59): MP3
2. Part 2 (57:52): MP3

With Robert Creeley

• Complete recording (25:48): MP3

Reading at the Woodland Pattern Bookstore, Milwaukee, November 17, 1984

Courtesy of Cento Magazine and Brian Rosenblum

from Captain Jack's Chaps

1. Introduction (on Milwaukee) (0:57): MP3
2. Essential Introductory Matter (6:02): MP3
3. Houston: Deplaning and Getting Learnt (1:56): MP3
4. A Piece of Advice (0:52): MP3
5. At the Cowboy Panel (2:06): MP3
6. God Create's Man (0:38): MP3
7. Sunday Morning in the Murdered Territories (1:00): MP3
8. Maximum Ostentation (3:45): MP3
9. More Ostentation (1:54): MP3
10. Triumph of the Hominids (0:46): MP3
11. Hotel Hartley (3:10): MP3

from Abhorrences

1. Introduction / Here I Go Again (4:51): MP3
2. There's Only One Natural Death and Even That's Bedcide (2:59): MP3
3. Hard Boudoir (0:51): MP3
4. Kansas City Collapse (0:32): MP3
5. Where's the Pork (0:38): MP3
6. It Could be Anyone (0:22): MP3
7. Tuesday was a Fait Accompli, not a Raison d'Etre (0:53): MP3
8. Flatland (0:24): MP3
9. Smoke & Cinders: Some Thoughts on the Truckers (0:56): MP3
10. World View Solipsized (0:27): MP3
11. Not So Hard Wired but Something to Do (0:29): MP3
12. Untitled (July 24th 1984) (0:39): MP3
13. For the Protection of This Whole World and its Contents (0:24): MP3
14. In Humble Admiration (1:02): MP3
15. Revenge as an Insufficient Inducement (0:31): MP3
16. Paralyzing Affability: an Analysis of the Reagan Voice (0:28): MP3
17. A Critique of Recent Developments in Mezo-America (0:18): MP3
18. The Tyranny of Food (0:35): MP3
19. On Rejuvenating the Hotline (0:48): MP3
20. Of Decadent Californian Tories (0:59): MP3
21. Wait Till the Christians Hear About This (1:05): MP3
22. Self-Criticism (2:30): MP3

• Lecture 1, Complete Recording, March 19, 1981 (58:04): MP3
• Lecture 2, Complete Recording, March 24, 1981 (51:52): MP3
• Lecture 2, Complete Recording (47:13): MP3

Reading with Amiri Baraka at the Just Buffalo Literary Center, Buffalo, NY, December 8, 1978

1. Letter from Simon Shocket (7:57): MP3
2. First Lines (2:58): MP3
3. Victorio (1:09): MP3
4. Nana and Victoro (0:47): MP3
5. Dress for War (0:46): MP3
6. The Provoking Figure of the Horse Woman (1:05): MP3
7. Geronimo (0:33): MP3
8. Geronimo (0:33): MP3
9. Nanay (0:46): MP3
10. Creation (2:53): MP3
11. Complete reading (38:43): MP3

(recording courtesy of Robert Creeley)

• Complete Recording (1:51:05): MP3

Ed Dorn reads the complete Gunslinger for an S Press recording, 1975

• "Gunslinger" part 1 (56:13): MP3
• "Gunslinger" part 2 (45:23): MP3

• Recording History:
• Gunslinger. Part 1, books I & II, the cycle
• Publisher: Dusseldorf, S Press Tonbandverlag, 1975
• Description: 1 cassette (ca. 60 min.) 2-track, mono
• Series: S Press tape; Nr. 43-44
• Recorded by Michael Kohler in Munich, on February 20, 1975

1. Introduction (1:11): MP3
2. on Gunslinger (3:54): MP3
3. from Gunslinger (23:31): MP3
4. on Recollections of Gran Apacheria (2:59): MP3
5. First Lines (3:39): MP3
6. Victorio (1:00): MP3
7. Nana & Victorio (0:47): MP3
8. Dress for War (0:42): MP3
9. Bounty Time (0:47): MP3
10. The Provoking Figure of the Horsewoman (0:58): MP3
11. General Miles Imagined (0:11): MP3
12. Geronimo (0:28): MP3
13. Juh & Geronimo (0:40): MP3
14. Nanay (0:46): MP3
15. (When Geronimo was in Washington for the Inauguration) (0:34): MP3
16. Fifteen Hundred Pounds of Hay @ 1 ¢ per Pound (0:21): MP3
17. The Moving, Invisible Spectre of the Phratry on the Traitor Peaches (1:00): MP3
18. (And when, above Janos) (0:36): MP3
19. A Period Portrait of Sympathy (0:35): MP3
20. (When the Boundary Commission) (0:36): MP3
21. Assorted Compliments (0:52): MP3
22. Reservations (3:12): MP3
23. Creation (2:03): MP3
24. The Whole European Distinction (0:48): MP3
25. Personum (0:43): MP3
26. (The original monuments of perception) (0:08): MP3
27. (Out of the sunset movement) (0:13): MP3
28. (So, the infant is bound) (2:11): MP3
29. The Slipping of the Wheel (0:27): MP3
30. Immured in Florida (0:12): MP3
31. La Maquina a Houston (2:22): MP3

Reading at SUNY Buffalo, April 19, 1974

1. Introduction (0:41): MP3
2. The Poet Lets His Tongue Hang Down (from Gunslinger, book IV) (4:11): MP3
3. Dorn discusses Recollections of Gran Apacheria (1:51): MP3
4. First Lines (3:05): MP3
5. Victorio (0:58): MP3
6. Nana and Victorio (0:56): MP3
7. Dress for War (0:45): MP3
8. Bounty Time (0:43): MP3
9. The Provoking Figure of the Horse Woman (1:00): MP3
10. Geronimo (0:33): MP3
11. Juh and Geronimo (0:40): MP3
12. General Miles Imagined (0:11): MP3
13. Nanay (0:53): MP3
14. (When Geronimo Was in Washington for the Inauguration) (1:12): MP3
15. Fifteen-Hundred Tons of Hay at 1 ¢ per Pound (0:22): MP3
16. The Moving, Invisible Spectre of the Phraytry on the Traitor Peaches (1:20): MP3
17. (And When, Above Janos) (0:39): MP3
18. A Period Portrait of Sympathy (0:39): MP3
19. (When the Boundary Commission) (0:34): MP3
20. Assorted Compliments (0:50): MP3
21. Reservations (3:31): MP3
22. Creation (2:40): MP3
23. The Whole European Distinction (0:52): MP3
24. Personum (0:50): MP3
25. (The Original Monuments of Perception) (0:11): MP3
26. (Out of the Sunset Movement) (0:08): MP3
27. (So the Infant is Bound) (1:16): MP3
28. The Slipping of the Wheel (0:25): MP3
29. Immured in Florida (0:16): MP3
30. La Maquina a Houston (3:59): MP3
31. Complete reading (38:43): MP3

Reading at the A Space Gallery, Toronto, February 2, 1973

• Rart 1 (24:42): MP3
• Part 2 (33:15): MP3
(Recording provided by Robert Creeley. Please note: tape cuts off at the end of part 2.)

Reading at National Poetry Festival, June 14-24, 1973

• Part 1 (24:00): MP3
• Part 2 (38:23): MP3

• Complete recording (53:52): MP3

Reading at Berkeley, 1965

Complete recording (47:15): MP3

1. Vaquero (0:50): MP3
2. Wagon Wheels (0:40): MP3
3. The Sea Corner, of the Eye (1:05): MP3
4. Trail Creek, Aug. 11, the Reason of Higher Powers (2:05): MP3
5. Home on the Range, February 1963 (2:05): MP3
6. On the Debt My Mother Owed to Sears Roebuck (2:45): MP3

1. Vaquero (0:43): MP3
2. The Deer's Eye, The Hunter's Nose (1:20): MP3
3. Trail Creek, August 11, The Reason of Higher Powers (1:50): MP3
4. Home on the Range, February 1962 (1:58): MP3
5. Comparison (0:39): MP3
6. Are They Dancing? (0:49): MP3
7. Hawthorne, End of March, 1962 (0:55): MP3
8. An Inauguration Poem (1:46): MP3
9. The Encounter (0:41): MP3
10. The Air of June Sings (2:30): MP3
11. Hemlock (1:11): MP3
12. Time Blond (0:49): MP3
13. Daffodil song (0:50): MP3
14. A Psalm (0:44): MP3
15. Love Song (0:32): MP3
16. Love Song (0:26): MP3
17. This March Afternoon (0:35): MP3
18. Morning Letter, March 29, 1963 (0:42): MP3
19. A Walk of Spring (1:07): MP3
20. The Territories (0:57): MP3
21. A Poem About Waiting (0:37): MP3
22. Dark Ceiling (0:49): MP3
23. The Smug Never-Silent Guns of the Enemy (1:12): MP3
24. Fort Hall Obituary, a note (1:07): MP3
25. For Ginny Workman, the Bandit (1:01): MP3
26. An Attempt at Self-Sorrow (7:35): MP3

• Complete reading (36:51): MP3

Recording courtesy of the Slought Foundation

1. Introduction by Robert Creeley (1:00): MP3
2. Idaho Out (18:45): MP3
3. From Gloucester Out (5:10): MP3
4. The Tepee at Tomah (4:45): MP3
5. Death While Journeying (2:35): MP3
6. West of Moab (2:20): MP3
7. An Old Love (0:55): MP3
8. The Mountains (1:40): MP3
9. So Long Cuba (4:20): MP3
10. Nature, Their Passing Bell: An Atonement (0:45): MP3

1. Song (1:37): MP3
2. The Sundering U.P. Tracks (3:17): MP3
3. Oxford (13:49): MP3

Complete Recording (29:42): MP3

"The Sundering U.P. Tracks" is also featured on PoemTalk Episode 101.

Ed Dorn Memorial Tribute, San Francisco, Cloud House Poetry Archives, February 17, 2000

Readings by Steve Dickison, Gordon Brotherston, Bob Callahan, Tom Clark, Stephen Emerson, Joanne Kyger, Duncan McNaughton, and Tom Raworth

Satirical Verses. Alternative Radio, Boulder; recoreded April 11, 2000.

Recordings courtesy of David Levi Strauss

• Complete recording (58:41): MP3

Alan Golding reading Ed Dorn at Alan Golding's Home for the 40th University of Louisville Conference on Literature and Culture After 1900, February 25, 2012

1. A for Ism (1:09): MP3
2. An Opinion on a Matter of Public Safety (0:44): MP3
3. The Russian Quote (0:32): MP3
4. Correct usages of some words widely misused or abused in modern conversation & poetry (4:44): MP3

Complete reading (7:15): MP3

Ed Dorn on PennSound Daily

• January 21, 2011: "Ed Dorn: Two New Readings, 1963-1963"
• October 5, 2009: "Ed Dorn: Four New Recordings, 1969 - 1981"
• May 21, 2008: "Newly Segmented Buffalo Recordings from Ed Dorn, Amiri Baraka"
• December 14, 2007: "Ed Dorn at the A Space Gallery, 1973"

Reading at St. Mark's Poetry Project

• Complete recording (8:05): MP3

Reading at St. Mark's Poetry Project, New York

• Complete recording (8:01): MP3

Reading "Half in the Vast Distance" at St. Mark's Poetry Project

• Complete recording (3:27): MP3

Reading, undated

Complete recording (20:45): MP3

These sound recordings are being made available for noncommercial and educational use only. All rights to this recorded material belong to Jennifer Dorn for the Estate of Ed Dorn. © 2004-2007 Jennifer Dorn. Used with permission of Jennifer Dorn. Distributed by PennSound.