Steve McCaffery

Interviewed by Charles Bernstein on LINEbreak (1995)

1. Part 1 (29:05): MP3
2. Part 2 (29:00): MP3

Segue Series Reading with Dick Higgins at the Ear Inn, February 7, 1979

1. "Four Statements for Charles Bernstein" (1:45): MP3
2. "Sonnet" (0:40): MP3
3. Poem beginning "You can say anything you want to..." (0:46): MP3
4. "Reproduction of the Image of an Adult Walking" (1:03): MP3
5. "The" (1:46): MP3
6. Engineering Koans (various) (6:14): MP3
7. "The Parables" (3:43): MP3
8. Short Pieces beginning with "Deep Vinegar" (various) (4:08): MP3
with Paul Dutton and Rafael Barreto-Rivera (also members of The Four Horsemen)
9. "Mushy Pea: Six London Texts" (6:03): MP3
10. "The Precepts" (3:35): MP3
11. "This piece starts about 4 Inches down from the top and about 3 and half inches in..." (2:20): MP3
12. A Selection of untitled 'Transforms' (6:01): MP3

Complete Reading (37:39): MP3
See also, the Six Fillious Reading, featuring McCaffery, which took place immediately prior to his reading.

Segue Series Reading at the Ear Inn, New York,January 11, 1985

• Complete Reading (37:52): MP3

Segue Series Reading at the Ear Inn, New York, May 21, 1990

• Complete Reading (45:29): MP3

CARNIVAL

• From Carnival, Panel 1 (21:33): Real Audio (Buffalo, 1997) (plus: Carnival Text at Coach House)
• From Carnival, Panel 2 (5:36): MP3 (Carnivocal, 1999) (plus: CarnivalTextat Coach House)
• Video from 2009 Glasgow on YouTube

Reading at SUNY-Buffalo, November 6, 1997

1. Introduction (1:48): MP3
2. The Printer to the Reader (5:33): MP3 (from Theory of Sediment, 1991)
3. Little Hans (3:03): MP3
4. To Never Leave the Feeding Hand Unbitten (2:09): MP3
5. Sin Having Settled (2:03): MP3 (from Proper Names)
6. The Baker Transformation (5:39): MP3
7. What As Poetic (4:58): MP3 (a gift to Charles Bernstein)
8. Namings (14:00): MP3
9. A Picture (4:50): MP3 (from Panopticon)
       Read with Karen Mac Cormack
10. The Curve To Its Answer (4:01): MP3 (from Theory of Sediment)
11. The Word (4:00): MP3 (from Panopticon)

Reading at the Kelly Writers House with Jed Rasula, April 4, 2000

1. Introduction by Bob Perelman (2:49): MP3
2. Introductory remarks (12:38): MP3
3. Steve McCaffery and Jed Rasula read their work (49:42): MP3
4. Q & A on Imagining Language (32:03): MP3

From POG Sound:

• Steve McCaffery reading with Karen Mac Cormack for a A Chax Press book launch held at and cosponsored by The Poetry Center at the University of Arizona, March 15, 2008. (27:55): MP3

Segue Series Reading at the Bowery Poetry Club, November 15, 2008

• Complete Reading (34:05): MP3

On Cross-Cultural Poetics with Leonard Schwartz, February 28, 2009:

• Complete Reading and Discussion from Slightly Left of Thinking (28:20): MP3

On Cross-Cultural Poetics with Leonard Schwartz:

• Complete Reading (17:00):MP3

On "What's the Word" Program #163 - Contemporary Language Poetry

• Complete Reading (29:11): MP3
• Modern Language Association, 2003, produced by Sally Placksin

McCaffery singles

1. Coleridge in Calgary (3:25): MP3
2. Some Versions of Pastoral (4:21): MP3
3. Sin Having Settled (2:03): MP3
4. Suggestion But No Insult (1:22): MP3
5. The Baker Transformation (6:40): MP3
6. What As Poetic (4:48): MP3
7. The Kommunist Manifesto or Wot We Wukkers Want (5:54): MP3 TEXT
8. Cappucino (2:10): (RealAudio)

Also of Interest:

• From The Curve To Its Answer, Jan. 11, 1985 (5:10): MP3 (Live at the Ear)
• PhillyTalks Episode #17 with Lisa Robertson - October 3, 2000
• Four Horsemen: tracks from Canadada & Live From the West

Steve McCaffery on PennSound Daily

• January 18, 2008: "Steve McCaffery at the Ear Inn"

These sound recordings are being made available for noncommercial and educational use only. All rights to this recorded material belong to the author. © 2004-2009 Steve McCaffery. Used with permission of Steve McCaffery. Distributed by PennSound.