Tracie Morris

Close Listening -- Readings and Conversations at WPS1.Org Clocktower Studio, New York, May 22, 2005

• Tracie Morris in conversation with Charles Bernstein (28:10): MP3

1. introduction (1:06): MP3
2. on where the poem exists (1:58): MP3
3. on composing sound poems (5:17): MP3
4. on living performatively (4:30): MP3
5. on the connection between artistic and political acting (2:05): MP3
6. on the effectiveness of art in transforming society (3:01): MP3
7. on being from Brooklyn (2:28): MP3
8. on performing in slam (3:04): MP3
9. on influences, immediate company, and historical materials (4:38): MP3

WPS1 Reading/Performance

• Entire Reading/Performance (25:39): MP3

1. Discussion of first two poems (0:32): MP3
2. Premie: Baby Girl Morris 2 lbs. 0 oz. (1:08): MP3
3. Heroine (0:59) MP3
4. Discussion of next two poems (0:19): MP3
5. There's Traces (1:20): MP3
6. Physical Plane (1:09): MP3
7. Discussion of Vertical (0:32): MP3
8. Vertical (0:50): MP3
9. Discussion of Sound Poetry (1:07): MP3
10. My Great Grand Aunt Meets a Bush Supporter (2:01): MP3
11. Discussion of Petro (0:43): MP3
12. Petro (1:34): MP3
13. Discussion of narrative poetry (0:58): MP3
14. "What the sister brother ..." (1:12): MP3
15. Discussion of previous poem and Seeing an Ex-Lover in a Public Place (2:10): MP3
16. Seeing an Ex-Lover in a Public Place (0:37): MP3
17. Discussion of poems written for experimental theater (1:25): MP3
18. Afro-Futurism (1:50): MP3
19. Discussion of Afro-Futurism and Mother Earth (0:49): MP3
20. Mother Earth (0:44): MP3
21. Discussion of Project Princess (0:38): MP3
22. Project Princess (1:25): MP3
Close Listening produced by Charles Bernstein for WPS1
© 2005 Tracie Morris and Charles Bernstein
Studio Engineer: Darrell McNeill

PoemTalk Podcast #39, discussing Etheridge Knight's "The Sun Came" and Gwendolyn Brooks' "Truth," December 29, 2010

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

MLA Offsite Series Reading in Philadelphia, December 26, 2006

My Great Grandaunt (2:06): My Great Grandaunt

PoemTalk Podcast #6, discussing a Jaap Blonk sound poem, May 4, 2008

From the Poetry and Cultural Studies: A Reader Launch Reading at the Bowery Poetry Club, September 19, 2009

• Complete Reading (5:15): MP3

Reading at the University of Arizona Poetry Center, March 28, 2009 - POG Sound

Complete Reading (33:44): MP3

1. Introduction (3:07): MP3
2. Heroine (2:09): MP3
3. Hard Kore (1:55): MP3
4. The Mrs. Gets Her Ass Kicked (6:01): MP3
5. Africa(n) (6:17): MP3
6. My Great Grand Aunt Speaks to a Bush Supporter (2:26): MP3
7. Coda (1:18): MP3
8. Money (10:04): MP3
9. Getaway 1928 (4:25): MP3
10. Pretty Feet (6:25): MP3
11. Petro (4:28): MP3
12. A Dream Within A Dream (by Edgar Allan Poe) (4:13): MP3

Appearing on Ceptuetics Radio, September 17, 2008

• Get It, Got It (a collaboration with Elliott Sharp) (2:52): MP3
• from "Gallery" (1:15): MP3
• from "Truth Be Told" (1:48): MP3

Complete Recording (28:05): MP3

Tracie Morris reading Conceptual Poetry & Its Others at the Poetry Center
University of Arizona, May 29 - 31, 2008

Segmented Video of Morris's solo performance (separate page)

• "Truth Be Told," collaboration performend with Charles Bernstein (11:24): MP3,  text (from Brooklyn Rail)

People's Poetry Gathering 2006

• Chain Gang (2:07): MP3



Poetry and Empire: Post-Invasion Poetics, KWH and ICA, UPenn, October 17-18, 2003

Friday, October 17, Dystopic Unity (2:11): MP3
Saturday, October 18 (3:29): MP3

Whitney Museum 2002 Biennial Exhibit

• From Slave Sho to Video aka Black but Beautiful (3:40): MP3



Vision Festival with DD Jackson, New York, 1997

• Complete Recording (55:39): MP3



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Also on PennSound

Morris appears as a panelist on PoemTalk #6 on Jaap Blonk's "What the President Will Say and Do"




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Tracie Morris on PennSound Daily

• January 3, 2011: "PoemTalk 39: Etheridge Knight and Gwendolyn Brooks"
• July 29, 2008: "Morris, Bernstein Readings from "Conceptual Poetry and. Its Others" Conference"



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