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Kit Robinson

Reading at Xavier University with Dana Ward, Cincinnati, OH, October 27, 2009

  1. Introduction by Tyrone Williams (3:15): MP3
  2. I Remember You (1:53): MP3
  3. In the American Tree (2:02): MP3
  4. Counter Meditation (5:18): MP3
  5. The Wall (1:00): MP3
  6. Cloud Water (0:24): MP3
  7. The 4th of July (0:38): MP3
  8. Line 56 (0:43): MP3
  9. Walnuts (1:25): MP3
  10. Train I Ride (10:27): MP3
  11. Notes Toward a Phenomenology of Time (from The Grand Piano #9) (16:15): MP3

complete reading (43:43): MP3

Segue Series Reading at the Bowery Poetry Club, November 22, 2008

Complete Reading (36:28): MP3

Down City Poetry Series, sponsored by Brown University and the Rhode Island School of Design, Tazza Caffe. Providence, RI, April 13, 2005

Reading List:

  • Line 56
  • Walnuts
  • Ode to Ed
  • The Outcome
  • Le Meridien
  • The Lit

    • Excerpts from "Not Even:"

  • I Remember You
  • Looks Like Up
  • Let’s Call This
  • Working Girl Blues

    • Complete reading (35:59): MP3

    Reading at the Kelly Writers House, University of Pennsylvania, November 11, 1999

    1. Introduction (02:34): MP3
    2. King E (2:20): MP3
    3. Balance Sheet (6:20): MP3
    4. Piece of Prose (3:10): MP3
    5. Return on Word (1:13): MP3
    6. The Wall (2:19): MP3
    7. The Sieve (0:35): MP3
    8. Excerpt from "Cloud Eight" (7:29)MP3
    9. Reading (6:50): MP3
    10. On Memory and Writing (4:32): MP3
    11. 315 (5:31): MP3
    12. Distribution (0:37): MP3
    13. Progression (0:53): MP3
    14. In-Betweenness (1:05): MP3
    15. Equinimity (1:47): MP3
    16. The Person (3:22): MP3

    17. Full Reading (49:51): MP3

    Reading at SUNY-Buffalo, November 10, 1999

    1. Introduction (4:12): MP3
    2. Introduction to King E (2:03): MP3
    3. King E (1:13): MP3
    4. In a Hawaiian Garden (2:56): MP3
    5. The Term (2:56): MP3

      6. From The Crave (Berkeley: Atelos, 2002)

    6. Return on Word (1:01): MP3
    7. The Touch (0:17): MP3
    8. The Big Nowhere (0:38): MP3
    9. The Wall (0:49): MP3
    10. Cloud Water (0:24): MP3
    11. The Sieve (0:24): MP3

      12. From Cloud Eight, with Alan Bernheimer, Lowestoft: Sound & Language, 1999

    12. A/K/A (8:04): MP3
      13. Note: This piece was written in 1977, not 1997 as the author erroneously states in his introductory remarks.
    13. Notes Toward a Phenomenology of Memory (3:26): MP3

      14. From 9:45 (Sausalito: The Post-Apollo Press, 2003)

    14. 3:15 (0:27): MP3
    15. 29 (0:13): MP3
    16. 3VBH351 (0:15): MP3
    17. 30 (0:16): MP3
    18. 7' 10" x 10' 10" (0:20): MP3
    19. 528-5030 (0:16): MP3
    20. 150,000 Sq. Ft. (0:15): MP3
    21. 1 (0:16): MP3
    22. 2 (0:12): MP3
    23. 88.5 (0:12): MP3
    24. 760 (0:13): MP3
    25. 50 (0:13): MP3
    26. 200 (0:17): MP3
    27. 27 (0:17): MP3
    28. 212 (0:07): MP3
    29. 10/30/99 (0:18): MP3

      30. From Democracy Boulevard, (New York: Roof Books, 1998)

    30. The Person (3:32): MP3

    Segue Series Reading at the Ear Inn, May 23, 1993

    • Complete reading (50:53): MP3
    • Counter-mediation (9:35): MP3
    • Balance Sheet (34:43): MP3
    • Ice Cubes II (6:35): MP3

    Segue Series Reading at the Ear Inn, December 13, 1983

    Complete Reading (39:34): MP3

    Segue Series Reading at the Ear Inn, July 1982

    Complete Reading (45:57): MP3

    Reading at Amsterdam Avenue, July 1982

    • Complete Reading, Part One (30:29): MP3
    • Complete Reading, Part Two (6:32): MP3

    appearing on In the American Tree, hosted by Alan Bernheimer, July 1, 1979

    Complete Recording (33:17): MP3

    Segue Series Reading at the Ear Inn, December 1978

    Complete Reading (24:45): MP3

    Also on PennSound:

    • Alan Berheimer's Particle Arms (1982), which featured Robinson as a performer.

      • These sound recordings are being made available for noncommercial and educational use only. All rights to this recorded material belong to the author. © 2008 Kit Robinson. Used with permission of Kit Robinson. Distributed by PennSound.