Fred Wah

Close Listening with Charles Bernstein, February 21, 2010

Art International Radio, operating at ARTonAIR.org. Recorded at The Banff Center as part of "IN(TER)VENTIONS: Literary Practice At The Edge," with thanks to Steven Smith and engineer Piper Payne.

• Program One: reading from Is a door (28:37): MP3
• Program Two: conversation with Charles Bernstein (29:23): MP3

Segmented Reading:

1. Introduction (0:46): MP3
2. Music at the Heart of Thinking, 108 (1:09): MP3
3. To the Dogs (0:44): MP3
4. Is a Door Blue (0:56): MP3
5. Sheet Music (1:25): MP3
6. The Marlin Seafood Grill (3:25): MP3
7. Double Dutch (0:54): MP3
8. Hey Man (0:38): MP3
9. I Need to Apply (1:00): MP3
10. Is a Door (0:33): MP3
11. Mr. In-between (0:37): MP3
12. from the "Discount Me In" series: "Race, to go" (1:12): MP3 [text]
13. Count (1:15): MP3
14. Me (0:49): MP3
15. In (0:42): MP3
16. Writing (1:12): MP3
17. Public (1:24): MP3
18. Betweeen you and Me there Is and I (0:47): MP3
19. Reverence (0:32): MP3
20. Selves (0:50): MP3
21. Naturalized Citizen Peeled (0:24): MP3
22. Rubble (0:16): MP3
23. Abdijection (1:32): MP3
24. Aporia (0:40): MP3
25. Class (0:40): MP3
26. Defend the Zero (0:27): MP3
27. Head Smashed in (0:55): MP3
28. Household (0:49): MP3
29. Loki Sniffs the Floods (0:26): MP3

PoemTalk Podcast #44, discussing Fred Wah's "Race, to go," August 11, 2011

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

Appearing at North of Invention: A Canadian Poetry Festival, Kelly Writers House, January 20-21, 2011

• complete reading (26:40): MP3

• complete presentation (59:42): MP3

Appearing on Phillytalks Episode 7, with Brian Kim Stephens, November 2, 1998

1. Untitled Narrative (2:44): MP3
2. excerpt from "Grass the Sparrows Tail" (3:32): MP3
3. excerpt from "Music of the Heart of Thinking Series" (1:04): MP3
4. excerpt from "Music of the Heart of Thinking 94" (0:39): MP3
5. Response to Roy Kiyooka (4:20): MP3
6. Art Knot 81 (0:36): MP3
7. Art Knot 58 (0:28): MP3
8. Art Knot 56 (0:38): MP3
9. Warp Body (0:25): MP3
10. Nosehill One (0:49): MP3
11. Untitled (0:19): MP3
12. excerpt from "Music of the Heart of Thinking 127" (0:54): MP3

• complete discussion (49:54): MP3
• complete recording (1:28:55): MP3


• Text of this program is available here.

Fred Wah on PennSound Daily

• February 16, 2011: "North of Invention: A Canadian Poetry Festival"
• March 5, 2010: "New Close Listening Programs Featuring Fred Wah, Erin Moure"

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