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Chaim Gross, Untitled, 1950. Ink on paper, 12 x 9 in.
The Renee & Chaim Gross Foundation, NY.
Chaim Gross © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Art, Fantasy, and Experience

A poetry reading moderated by Carla Billitteri at The Renee and Chaim Gross Center for the Arts, New York, December 12, 2010

Introduction by Carla Billitteri

  • complete recording (9:51): MP3

Reading by Elaine Equi

  1. Manifesto (from Click and Clone/ Coffee House Press) (1:06): MP3
  2. Everybody Has Dreams (Click and Clone) (1:33): MP3
  3. New Cult in Town (Click and Clone) (1:03): MP3
  4. The Ones You Meet on the Way Up (new) (0:50): MP3
  5. Click and Clone (Click and Clone) (1:13): MP3
  6. One Clone Is Too Many and a Hundred Aren't Enough (Click and Clone) (0:52): MP3
  7. Every Clone Needs a Backup (Click and Clone) (1:56): MP3
  8. Envoi (Click and Clone) (0:52): MP3
  9. A Story Begins (new) (1:12): MP3
  10. Distant Relatives (new) (1:21): MP3
  11. Spontaneous Generation (new) (1:20): MP3
  12. Cut to the Chase (new) (1:24): MP3
  • complete reading (14:44): MP3

Reading by Nada Gordon

  1. Wherever You Found Our Stain Behind the Moon (1:12): MP3
  2. How Do I Tickle (0:49): MP3
  3. Please Usufruct to Me (1:04): MP3
  4. Foreign Body Sensation Remix (after Charles Bernstein) (1:17): MP3
  5. Frozen Doe (1:23): MP3
  6. Today's Ensemble (0:58): MP3
  7. The Story About Cartoon Sight and Floozy Winds (2:51): MP3
  8. I Need My Frolicking Angst Like a Sweet Elbow (2:27): MP3
  • complete reading (12:12): MP3

Reading by Rod Smith

  • complete reading (13:27): MP3

Reading by Charles Bernstein

  • complete reading (14:25): MP3

Discussion with Carla Billitteri, Charles Bernstein, Elaine Equi, Nada Gordon, and Rod Smith



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