Rae Armantrout

Photo credit: Charles Bernstein/PennSound ©2007

Close Listening — Armantrout in conversation with Charles Bernstein, May 10, 2006

• Complete conversation (28:18): MP3
• Armantrout discusses the poem "The Way" (4:10) MP3
• text-audio alignment of "The Way": link

WPS1 reading

Full program (27:08): MP3

Individual poems:

1. from True (Atelos Press) (6:05): MP3

From Veil: New and Selected Poems (Wesleyan, 2001)

2. Generation & View (0:36): MP3
3. Xenophobia (1:49): MP3
4. Double (0:25): MP3
5. The Creation (0:31): MP3
6. The Way (0:27): MP3 [ discussion of this poem from interview ] [text-audio alignment]
7. Piecemeal (0:30): MP3
8. Manufacturing (0:50): MP3
• "The Way" is also featured on PoemTalk Episode 8.

From Up to Speed (Wesleyan, 2003)

9. Form (0:59): MP3
10. Once (0:47): MP3
11. Another Sense (0:38): MP3

From Next Life (forthcoming in Jan. 2007 from Wesleyan)

12. Tease (0:47): MP3
13. Two, Three (0:44): MP3
14. The Subject (0:34): MP3
15. The Ether (0:28): MP3
16. Yonder (0:28): MP3
17. Parse (0:31): MP3
18. Make It New (0:43): MP3
19. Shine On (0:35): MP3
20. Again (0:56): MP3
21. Twizzle (0:41): MP3
22. Next Life (0:39): MP3

From Versed (ms. in progress)

23. Results (0:45): MP3
24. Fetch (0:35): MP3
25. Outer (0:58): MP3
26. Name Calling (0:25): MP3
27. Locality (0:40): MP3
28. Amplification (0:39): MP3
29. Scumble (0:29): MP3
30. Translation (0:25): MP3

• Close Listening produced by Charles Bernstein for WPS1
• ©2006 Rae Armantrout and Charles Bernstein
• Studio Engineer: Darrell McNeill

PoemTalk #81, Discussing Fanny Howe's “The Descent” and "The Source," feat. Laynie Browne, Rae Armantrout, and Kerry Sherin Wright on October 2, 2014

For complete recording and program notes go to Jacket2

PoemTalk #67, discussing Catherine Wagner's "This Is A Fucking Poem," May 20, 2013

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

PoemTalk #29, discussing Kit Robinson's "Return on Word," March 3, 2010

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

PoemTalk #8, discussing Armantrout's "The Way," July 7, 2008

Grand Piano Reading: Episode 3, September 22, 2022

Watch on media.SAS

Rae Armantrout: I read some new material I wrote in asynchronous conversation with Bob’s #5. We were both trying to situate ourselves in past and present time. Then I read my #10 essay and finished with a new poem called “Finally."

Reading and Discussion with Bob Perelman, Zoom, The San Diego Union-Tribune Festival of Books, August 28, 2020

Segue Reading at the Zinc Bar, NYC, October 20, 2018

Complete Recording (21:38): MP3

Poetry Reading by Rae Armantrout, Kelly Writers House, October 17, 2018

Complete Recording (37:27): MP3

Segue Reading at the Zinc Bar, NYC, March 12, 2016

Video excerpt provided by James Sherry

Complete audio recording (38:05): MP3

Conversation at Kelly Writers House, Fellows Program, April 29, 2014

1. on the sources of Armantrout's interest in disjunction, juxtaposition, and semi-non-narrativity (4:55): MP3
2. reading Generation (0:10): MP3
3. discussing Generation and the stories of her childhood (5:55): MP3
4. reading Remaining (1:07): MP3
5. discussing Remaining (5:17): MP3
6. reading Missing Persons (0:30): MP3
7. discussing Missing Persons (2:54): MP3
8. comparing Traveling Through the Dark (Stafford) with Traveling Through the Yard (Armantrout) (8:57): MP3
9. on the sentimentality and overwriting of the Stafford poem (3:25): MP3
10. on her use of quotation marks (5:15): MP3
11. feminism in relation to her poetry and uncertainty as sexy (3:05): MP3
12. reading Scumble (0:33): MP3
13. on indirection, desire, and an erotics of language (3:31): MP3
14. on the ephemeral in Armantrout's poetry (1:39): MP3
15. on her aphorisms (4:17): MP3
16. on disjunction and the relationship of San Diego to Tijuana (2:36): MP3
17. reading Overhearing (0:45): MP3
18. discussing Overhearing (5:41): MP3
19. reading Mother's Day (0:35): MP3
20. discussing Mother's Day (8:24): MP3

Complete recording (1:06:30): MP3

• Video mirror: Media.SAS server

Reading at Kelly Writers House, Fellows Program, April 28, 2014

1. opening remarks by Al Filreis (3:26): MP3
2. introduction (6:01): MP3
3. presentation of broadside (1:30): MP3
4. Dusk (1:41): MP3
5. Necromance (1:25): MP3
6. Context (0:43): MP3
7. The Creation (0:44): MP3
8. A Pulse (0:57): MP3
9. Confidential (1:06): MP3
10. Greeting (0:39): MP3
11. Manufacturing (1:05): MP3
12. Result (0:57): MP3
13. Versed (0:35): MP3
14. A Resemblance (0:40): MP3
15. Scumble (0:42): MP3
16. Around (0:56): MP3
17. Unbidden (0:36): MP3
18. Integer (0:49): MP3
19. Spin (1:48): MP3
20. Answer (1:19): MP3
21. Autobiography: Urn Burial (1:25): MP3
22. Soft Money (0:46): MP3
23. Exact (0:45): MP3
24. Scripture (1:25): MP3
25. Instead (0:37): MP3
26. Dress Up (1:23): MP3
27. Accounts (1:31): MP3
28. Arrivals (1:03): MP3
29. Transactions (0:51): MP3
30. Scale (1:07): MP3
31. Meant (0:37): MP3
32. Chirality (1:23): MP3
33. A Conceit (0:38): MP3
34. Itself (0:33): MP3
35. Flow (1:09): MP3
36. Sponsor (0:32): MP3
37. Believing (0:42): MP3
38. Control (0:57): MP3
39. Rituals (0:40): MP3
40. Expression (0:40): MP3
41. Legacy (1:29): MP3
42. Exchange (1:16): MP3
43. The Difficulty (0:32): MP3
44. The Ether (0:43): MP3
45. Word Problems (0:34): MP3
46. Particular (0:42): MP3
47. Lie (0:50): MP3
48. Making (0:45): MP3
49. Torn (0:40): MP3
50. Transport (0:40): MP3
51. Before (0:54): MP3
52. Followers (0:37): MP3

Appearing on Bookworm with host Michael Silverblatt, KCRW, May 30, 2013

Complete recording (28:33): MP3

1. Introduction by Marit MacArthur (1:56): MP3
2. Scripture (2:29): MP3
3. Dress Up (1:16): MP3
4. Account, for Brian Keating (1:33): MP3
5. Haunts (0:54): MP3
6. The Look (0:39): MP3
7. My Apocolypse (0:58): MP3
8. Arrivals (0:52): MP3
9. The Thinning (0:48): MP3
10. Scale (1:06): MP3
11. Treatment (0:42): MP3
12. Experts (0:55): MP3
13. Progress (0:50): MP3
14. New Intelligence (0:51): MP3
15. Sonnet 3 [from The Sonnets: Translating and Rewriting Shakespeare] (2:18): MP3
16. Itself (0:35): MP3
17. Chirality (0:57): MP3
18. Flow (1:01): MP3
19. Occurrence (0:52): MP3
20. Believing (0:42): MP3
21. Will (0:56): MP3
22. Difficulty (0:41): MP3
23. Self (0:56): MP3
24. Our World (1:01): MP3
25. The New Zombie (0:54): MP3
26. Home (0:52): MP3
27. Q&A Discussion (14:05): MP3

• Complete Reading (43:39): MP3

1. Sonnet 3 (1:23): MP3
2. Itself (0:37): MP3
3. Chirality (0:32): MP3
4. Expression (0:35): MP3

• Complete Reading (3:08): MP3

1. Scumble (1:16): MP3
2. Prayers (1:18): MP3
3. Working Models (0:57): MP3
4. Fuel (0:42): MP3
5. The Gift (0:42): MP3
6. Enter (0:57): MP3
7. Autobiography: Urn Burial (2:03): MP3
8. Soft Money (0:55): MP3
9. Advent (0:31): MP3
10. This Is (0:48): MP3
11. Money Talks (0:27): MP3
12. Bubble Wrap (1:43): MP3
13. Win (0:31): MP3
14. Scripture (1:29): MP3
15. Dress Up (0:59): MP3
16. Account (1:21): MP3
17. The Look (0:49): MP3
18. Arrival (0:17): MP3
19. Action Poem (0:49): MP3
20. Scale (1:05): MP3
21. And (0:55): MP3
22. Treatment (0:47): MP3
23. Bargos (0:57): MP3
24. Sonnet 3 (2:00): MP3
25. Conclusion (1:18): MP3
26. Itself (0:32): MP3
27. Chirality (0:49): MP3
28. Material (0:45): MP3
29. Flo (1:10): MP3
30. Sponsor (0:40): MP3
31. Occurrent (1:00): MP3
32. End User (0:46): MP3
33. Believing (0:40): MP3
34. Head (0:30): MP3
35. Will (0:42): MP3
36. The Future (0:28): MP3

• Complete reading (35:51): MP3


• (recording courtesy of Aaron Beasley)

Reading at Foster Auditorium, Penn State University, September 11, 2012

1. Introduction by A.L. Nielsen (4:29): MP3

From Money Shot (Wesleyan, 2011)

2. Prayers (2:15): MP3
3. Working Models (0:51): MP3
4. Fuel (0:46): MP3
5. The Gift (0:42): MP3
6. Bubble Wrap (1:41): MP3
7. Answer (0:40): MP3
8. Autobiography: Urn Burial (2:05): MP3
9. Soft Money (1:00): MP3
10. Advent (0:43): MP3
11. With (0:42): MP3
12. Exact (0:46): MP3
13. Money Talks (0:42): MP3
14. Long Green (0:49): MP3

From Just Saying (Wesleyan, 2013)

15. Scripture (1:35): MP3
16. Dress Up (0:52): MP3
17. Account, for Brian Keating (1:36): MP3
18. The Look (0:51): MP3
19. My Apocalypse (1:07): MP3
20. Arrivals (0:58): MP3
21. Action Poem (0:57): MP3
22. Scale (1:12): MP3
23. And (1:03): MP3
24. Treatment (0:46): MP3
25. Experts (0:59): MP3
26. Bargos (1:00): MP3

From The Matter (in progress)

27. Sonnet 3 (2:46): MP3
28. Conclusion (1:24): MP3
29. Itself (0:38): MP3
30. Chirality (1:18): MP3
31. Material (0:49): MP3
32. Flo (1:08): MP3
33. Sponsor (0:50): MP3
34. Personhood (0:45): MP3
35. End User (1:00): MP3
36. Believing (0:47): MP3
37. Head (0:34): MP3
38. Well (0:44): MP3
39. Control (0:54): MP3
40. The Future (0:45): MP3
41. The New Zombie (2:04): MP3

• Complete Reading (48:49): MP3

Reading for the Readings in Contemporary Poetry series at Dia Art Foundation, New York:Chelsea, October 27, 2011

with Lisa Jarnot

1. Staging (0:59): MP3
2. Colony (0:52): MP3
3. Fuel (0:53): MP3
4. The Gift (0:44): MP3
5. Bubble Wrap (1:18): MP3
6. Answer (0:44): MP3
7. Ground (0:46): MP3
8. Soft Money (1:01): MP3
9. Outage (0:45): MP3
10. Money Talks (0:34): MP3
11. Long Green (0:46): MP3
12. Win (0:27): MP3
13. Dress-Up (1:24): MP3
14. Accounts (1:39): MP3
15. At Least (0:59): MP3
16. My Apocalypse (0:48): MP3
17. Arrivals (0:55): MP3
18. The Thinning (1:04): Mp3
19. Scale (1:13): MP3
20. And (1:05): MP3
21. Treatment (0:47): MP3
22. Experts (1:01): Pp3
23. Progress (0:56): MP3
24. Bardos (1:05): MP3
25. Still and All (0:48): MP3
26. Stop and Go (0:24): MP3
27. Eden (1:39): MP3
28. A Conceit (0:46): MP3
29. Sonnet 3 (2:15): MP3

• Complete reading (28:55): MP3

MLA Offsite Reading at ArtShare, LA, January 8, 2011

Complete reading (2:45): MP3

AWP Offsite Reading, sponsored by Bridge Street Books, Four Seasons Hotel, Washington DC, February 3, 2011

1. Colony (1:03): MP3
2. The Agent (0:35): MP3
3. Working Models (0:45): MP3
4. The Gift (0:34): MP3
5. Bubble Wrap (0:55): MP3
6. Ground (0:44): MP3
7. Soft Money (0:49): MP3
8. Outage (0:37): MP3
9. Exact (0:40): MP3
10. Money Talks (0:30): MP3
11. Win (0:22): MP3
12. Scripture (1:04): MP3
13. Accounts (1:09): MP3
14. Spent (0:40): MP3
15. At (0:35): MP3
16. Bardos (1:01): MP3
17. Mother's Day (0:37): MP3

On A Voice Box, Studio One, May 7, 2010

1. A Resemblance (1:19): MP3
2. Outer (1:23): MP3
3. Name Calling (0:50): MP3
4. Scumble (0:44): MP3
5. Worth While (0:56): MP3
6. On Your Way (1:15): MP3
7. Around (0:56): MP3
8. Dark Matter (0:32): MP3
9. Simple (1:03): MP3
10. Missing Persons (0:33): MP3
11. Integer (0:42): MP3
12. Remaining (0:58): MP3
13. Anchor (0:32): MP3
14. Colony (0:55): MP3
15. Money Shot (0:37): MP3
16. Across (0:33): MP3
17. Working Models (0:54): MP3
18. Fuel (0:36): MP3
19. The Gift (0:46): MP3
20. Bubble Wrap (0:48): MP3
21. Answer (0:40): MP3
22. Ground (0:40): MP3
23. Warble (0:38): MP3
24. Soft Money (0:53): MP3
25. Outage (0:35): MP3
26. Errands (0:32): MP3
27. Paragraph (0:36): MP3
28. Sway (0:24): MP3
29. This Is (0:37): MP3
30. Money Talks (0:43): MP3
31. Scripture (1:14): MP3
32. Old School (0:42): MP3
33. Inflection (0:45): MP3
34. Scale (1:10): MP3
35. Entry (0:45): MP3
36. Stop and Go (0:22): MP3

Reading at the Kelly Writers House, University of Pennsylvania, October 22, 2009

1. introduction (5:28): MP3
2. A Resemblance (1:55): MP3
3. Outer (1:28): MP3
4. Operations (0:33): MP3
5. Pleasure (0:50): MP3
6. Worth While (0:59): MP3
7. Inscription (1:26): MP3
8. Together (0:58): MP3
9. Dark Matter (0:42): MP3
10. Solution (0:42): MP3
11. Like (0:43): MP3
12. Previews: America (0:32): MP3
13. Previews: Happening (0:27): MP3
14. Integer (0:47): MP3
15. Report (1:02): MP3
16. Fade (0:37): MP3
17. Apartment (0:43): MP3
18. Hoop (0:49): MP3
19. Fact (0:30): MP3
20. Staging (0:51): MP3
21. Colony (0:44): MP3
22. Money Shot (0:37): MP3
23. Across (0:35): MP3
24. Sustained (0:37): MP3
25. Working Models (0:44): MP3
26. Deviled (0:38): MP3
27. Fuel (0:37): MP3
28. The Gift (0:38): MP3
29. Spin (0:34): MP3
30. Bubble Wrap (0:49): MP3
31. Answer (0:39): MP3
32. Eyes, After John Milton (0:43): MP3
33. Ground (0:38): MP3
34. Autobiography: Urn Burial (1:42): MP3
35. Second Person (0:33): MP3
36. Spooks (0:33): MP3
37. With (0:34): MP3
38. The Vessicle (0:48): MP3
39. Exact (0:40): MP3
40. Sway (0:24): MP3
41. This Is (0:40): MP3
42. Money Talks (0:30): MP3
43. Long Green (0:47): MP3
44. Win (0:29): MP3

• Complete reading (39:09): MP3

On A Voice Box, Artifact, July 26, 2008

• Complete Reading (27:37): MP3

From Charles Bernstein's Portraits Series: Rae: Making It New, September 20, 2007

Rae Armantrout
Rae had come to read at the Kelly Writer's House. Along the way she read "Make It New," from Next Life.
(mp4, 59 seconds, 43.5 mb)

Reading & Discussion, Kelly Writers House - September 20, 2007

1. opening comments by Jessica Lowenthal (1:44): MP3
2. introduction by Bob Perelman (6:47): MP3

From Next Life (2007)

3. Tease (1:20): MP3
4. Reserved (0:54): MP3
5. Two, Three (1:01): MP3
6. Thing (0:58): MP3
7. Empty (0:49): MP3
8. The Subject (0:45): MP3
9. Yonder (0:46): MP3
10. Framing (for Robert Creeley) (0:42):MP3
11. Make it New (0:57): MP3
12. Yoohoo (0:48): MP3
13. Next Life (0:53): MP3

from Versed (forthcoming, 2009)

14. Versed (0:52): MP3
15. Address (0:39): MP3
16. Name Calling (0:38): MP3
17. Bonding (0:53): MP3
18. Scumble (0:47): MP3
19. Worth While (0:59): MP3
20. Presto (0:41): MP3
21. New (0:41): MP3
22. Links (0:50): MP3
23. Own (1:53): MP3
24. Later (1:03): MP3
25. Birth Order (0:47): MP3
26. Translation (0:44): MP3

from Dark Matter (unpublished)

27. Around (0:58): MP3
28. Dark Matter (0:32): MP3
29. Unbidden (0:36): MP3
30. Had (0:43): MP3
31. Simple (0:47): MP3
32. In Place (0:38): MP3
33. Whatever (0:50): MP3
34. Resounding (0:37): MP3
35. The Racket (0:38): MP3
36. Provenance (0:34): MP3
37. Hey (0:20): MP3
38. Concentrate (0:35): MP3
39. Anchor (0:28): MP3
40. Pass (0:55): MP3
41. Passage (0:49): MP3
42. Fact (0:34): MP3
43. Q&A session (11:52): MP3

Complete reading (56:17): MP3

At the Kootenay School of Writing, Vancouver, August 10, 2007

Full Reading (27:31): MP3

Segue Series Reading at the Bowery Poetry Club, May 26, 2007

1. Introduction (2:16): MP3
2. Two Three (0:57): MP3
3. Empty (0:49): MP3
4. The Subject (0:45): MP3
5. A Distance (0:53): MP3
6. Reversible (0:47): MP3
7. Headline Song (0:16): MP3
8. Remote (0:33): MP3
9. Make it New (0:53): MP3
10. Shine On (0:46): MP3
11. Ins and Outs (0:34): MP3
12. Yoohoo (0:42): MP3
13. Next Life (0:47): MP3
14. Versed (0:34): MP3
15. Fetch (0:40): MP3
16. Operations (0:30): MP3
17. Name Calling (0:30): MP3
18. Locality (0:48): MP3
19. Bonding (0:47): MP3
20. Scumble (0:38): MP3
21. Worthwhile (0:55): MP3
22. Equals (0:18): MP3
23. New Genres (0:43): MP3
24. New (0:39): MP3
25. What We Mean (0:51): MP3
26. Own (1:50): MP3
27. Birth Order (0:46): MP3
28. On Your Way (0:42): MP3
29. Dark Matter (0:33): MP3
30. Perfect (0:32): MP3
31. Whatever (0:43): MP3
32. Resounding (0:36): MP3
33. The Racket (0:41): MP3
34. Fact (0:48): MP3
    
    

Complete reading (29:54): MP3

Reading for the Belladonna Series, NYC, May 9, 2006

• Introduction (2:40): MP3
• Complete Reading (29:07): MP3

Reading at Kelly Writers House, University of Pennsylvania, November 18, 2004

1. Introduction (0:54): MP3
2. The Creation (0:36): MP3
3. Writing (0:59): MP3
4. Sets (0:52): MP3
5. The Way (0:38): MP3 discussion of this poem recorded in 2006]
6. Manufacturing (1:03): MP3
7. Up to Speed (1:06): MP3
8. Form (1:01): MP3
9. Middlemen (0:37): MP3
10. Solid (0:59): MP3
11. Seconds (0:43): MP3
12. Next Generations (0:57): MP3
13. Upper World (1:03): MP3
14. Once (0:53): MP3
15. Back (0:40): MP3
16. Tease (0:46): MP3
17. Two Three (0:50): MP3
18. Close (0:38): MP3
19. Thing (0:23): MP3
20. Empty (0:44): MP3
21. The Subject (0:40): MP3
22. A Distance (0:46): MP3
23. Away (0:41): MP3
24. Headline Song (0:27): MP3
25. Clear (0:34): MP3
26. Yonder (0:38): MP3
27. Visits (0:42): MP3
28. Short Story (0:37): MP3
29. Promise (0:43): MP3
30. In Part (0:45): MP3
31. Pronouncements (0:42): MP3
32. As One (1:20): MP3
33. Ins and Outs (0:30): MP3
34. Propensity (0:39): MP3
35. Twizzle (0:49): MP3

• "The Way" is also featured on PoemTalk Episode 8.

At the Kootenay School of Writing, Vancouver, August 16th, 2003

Full Reading (33:10): MP3

Reading at SUNY-Buffalo, September 25, 2002

1. Introduction (5:31): MP3

From Veil: New and Selected Poems:

2. Birthmark, the Pretext (3:06): MP3
3. Writing (0:54): MP3
4. Stream Of (0:45): MP3
5. Performers (0:43): MP3
6. Sets (0:51): MP3
7. Greeting (0:25): MP3
8. The Plot (1:15): MP3
9. Size (0:26): MP3

   From The Pretext

10. Manufacturing (0:49): MP3
11. The Plan (0:37): MP3
12. Inside Out (0:45): MP3

From Up to Speed (Wesleyan, 2004)

13. Up to Speed (1:25): MP3
14. Form (0:55): MP3
15. Currency (0:34): MP3
16. Sake (0:33): MP3
17. The Fit (0:26): MP3
18. Middlemen (0:33): MP3
19. Solid (0:49): MP3
20. End Times (1:02): MP3
21. The Cell Phone at Your Ear May Not Exist (1:23): MP3
22. Next Generations (0:56): MP3
23. Upper World (0:51): MP3
24. Once (0:46): MP3
25. Another Sense (0:35): MP3
26. Transaction (0:57): MP3
27. As One (1:01): MP3
28. In Route (0:35): MP3
29. Imaginary Places (0:43): MP3
30. Speaking (0:45): MP3
31. Gorgons (0:30): MP3
32. Back (0:36): MP3
33. Phrasing (1:06): MP3
34. Now This (0:28): MP3
35. The Creation (0:42): MP3 (from Veil)

Wednesday Night Series: Rae Armantrout, Marjorie Welish, St. Mark's Church, NY, December 5, 2001

Library of Congress recording (1:04:31): link

Reading at the University of Pennsylvania, October 14, 2000

Rae Armantrout on Emily Dickinson/ "Reading through Modernism" (Kelly Writers House)

Reading in San Diego, 1998

Reading (22:16): RealAudio

Segue Series Reading at Double Happiness, November 14, 1998

1. introduction (2:21): MP3
2. Birthmark: The Pretext (3:06): MP3
3. Writing (1:00): MP3
4. Police Business (0:59): MP3
5. Stream Of (0:54): MP3
6. Performance (0:47): MP3
7. Her References (1:16): MP3
8. The Past (0:41): MP3
9. Articulation (0:56): MP3
10. Carriage (0:44): MP3
11. Our Question (0:44): MP3
12. Collapse (1:07): MP3
13. Thinking (0:47): MP3
14. My Associates (0:41): MP3
15. About (0:43): MP3
16. Heart Of It (0:59): MP3
17. Set (1:03): MP3
18. Greeting (0:34): MP3
19. The Plot (1:37): MP3
20. Here (0:58): MP3
21. Over (0:15): MP3
22. Size (0:30): MP3
23. Light (0:46): MP3
24. Statement (0:31): MP3
25. Now (0:43): MP3
26. True (4:06): MP3
27. Falling, One (0:34): MP3
28. Falling, Two (0:47): MP3
29. Theories (0:45): MP3
30. As We're Told (0:37): MP3
31. Systemic (0:45): MP3
32. Overhearing (0:49): MP3
33. Ongoing (0:48): MP3
34. Rehearsal (0:32): MP3
35. Manufacturing, One (0:30): MP3
36. Manufacturing, Two (0:29): MP3
37. Inside-Out (0:55): MP3
38. Purpose (0:31): MP3

• Complete reading (36:58): MP3

Reading at the Kelly Writers House, University of Pennsylvania, November 12, 1998

Poems from Pretext (Green Integer, 2001)

1. Birthmark: The Pretext (2:25): MP3
2. Writing (0:57): MP3
3. Police Business (1:10): MP3
4. Stream Of (0:50): MP3
5. Performers (0:45): MP3
6. Her References (1:06): MP3
7. The Past (0:40): MP3
8. Articulation (0:53): MP3
9. Near Rhyme (0:48): MP3
10. Collapse (1:03): MP3
11. Qualia (0:36): MP3
12. Thinking (0:41): MP3
13. My Associates (0:38): MP3
14. About (0:39): MP3
15. Part of It (0:53): MP3
16. Sets (0:57): MP3
17. Greeting (0:29): MP3
18. The Plot (1:25): MP3
19. Here (0:52): MP3
20. Over (0:10): MP3
21. Size (0:28): MP3
22. Light (0:45): MP3
23. Statement (0:29): MP3
24. Now (0:43): MP3

Poems from the new section of Veil: New and Selected Poems(Wesleyan, 2001)

25. Falling (1:35): MP3
26. Theories (0:42): MP3
27. As We're Told (0:34): MP3
28. Systemic (0:42): MP3
29. Overhearing (0:39): MP3
30. Ongoing (0:44): MP3
31. Rehearsal (0:34): MP3
32. Manufacturing (1:02): MP3
33. Inside Out (0:48): MP3
34. Purpose (0:28): MP3

At the Kootenay School of Writing, Vancouver, February 22, 1997

Full Reading (39:54): MP3

Wednesdays at 4Plus, University at Buffalo, February 15, 1995

• Introduction by Charles Bernstein (2:05): MP3
• Complete Reading (31:03): MP3

Reading at SUNY-Albany, February 14, 1995.

From the archives of Chris Funkhouser

Complete Recording (28:36): MP3

Segue Series Reading at The Ear Inn, New York October 24, 1992

1. Introduction (0:29): MP3
2. Made to Seem (0:47): MP3
3. Retraction (0:46): MP3
4. One Remove (0:23): MP3
5. Covers (1:25): MP3
6. The Creation (0:41): MP3
7. Building (0:35): MP3
8. The Signs (0:35): MP3
9. Incident (0:44): MP3
10. A Pulse (0:55): MP3
11. Relations (0:48): MP3
12. Set (0:57): MP3
13. Spans (0:35): MP3
14. Native (0:50): MP3
15. Making it Up (0:59): MP3
16. Crossing (2:05): MP3
17. The Known (0:56): MP3
18. Taking Steps (0:34): MP3
19. A Story (0:57): MP3
20. The Daffodills (0:50): MP3
21. Visibility (1:01): MP3
    
22. States (0:54): MP3
23. Turn of Events (1:28): MP3
24. The Work (0:57): MP3
25. Normal Heights (1:23): MP3
26. Confidential (1:05): MP3
27. Mapping (0:58): MP3
28. Leaving (1:22): MP3

Complete Reading (27:27): MP3

Presenting with A.L. Nielsen and Charles Altieri at the American Literature Association, San Diego, May 1992

1. Rae Armantrout (23:06): MP3
2. A.L. Nielsen (22:45): MP3
3. Charles Altieri (28:13): MP3
4. Q&A (16:57): MP3

Complete reading (1:32:13): MP3

Segue Series reading at The Ear Inn, New York, October 22, 1988

Poems from Necromance (Sun & Moon, 1991)

1. Necromance (take one) (2:12): MP3
2. Necromance (take two) (1:35): MP3
3. Range (0:43): MP3
4. Context (0:30): MP3
5. The Garden (0:24): MP3 [TEXT]
6. The Panoply of (0:38): MP3
7. The Picture (0:48): MP3
8. Family Resemblances (0:22): MP3
9. Location (0:40): MP3
10. Mechanism (0:43): MP3
11. The Mix-up (1:07): MP3
12. First Person (0:51): MP3
13. Character Development (1:25): MP3
14. Basis (2:21): MP3
15. Labors (1:23): MP3
16. Sense (0:55): MP3
17. October (0:51): MP3
18. Locks (0:40): MP3
    
19. Late Returns (Three Parts) (1:14): MP3
20. Begin (0:46): MP3
21. Privilege (0:44): MP3
22. The Unit (0:31): MP3
23. Wake Up (0:54): MP3
24. Attention (0:41): MP3
25. Language of Love (1:28): MP3
26. Getting Warm (0:44): MP3
27. Pairs (0:24): MP3
28. Realism (1:19): MP3
29. Disown (1:35): MP3

Complete reading (28:25): MP3

Segue Series Reading at The Ear Inn, New York, April 7, 1984

1. Double (1:19): MP3
2. Postcards (0:23): MP3
3. Single Most (1:20): MP3
4. Shut (2:34): MP3
5. Traveling Through the Yard (0:51): MP3
6. Admission (0:39): MP3
7. Vice (2:02): MP3
8. Dusk (0:18): MP3
9. Compound I (0:24): MP3
10. Compound II (0:18): MP3
11. Through Walls (1:41): MP3
12. Fiction (1:39): MP3
13. Untitled (fiction piece) (1:06): MP3
14. Entries Look (1:54): MP3
15. Precedence (0:26): MP3
16. Quotation (0:26): MP3
17. Another Tongue (1:57) MP3
18. Sigh (0:23): MP3
19. Blocks (0:22): MP3
20. Secretly (1:27): MP3
21. Round (0:18): MP3
22. Home Federal (0:24): MP3
23. Atmospheric (0:33): MP3
24. The Music (0:50): MP3

Complete Reading (25:01): MP3

Reading on January 16, 1983

Complete Reading (31:42): MP3

Talk on Silence, January 16, 1983

• Part One (16:45): MP3
• Part Two (43:11): MP3

Reading on January 16, 1983

1. Travels (1:23): MP3
2. Processional (0:30): MP3
3. Anti-Short Story (0:09): MP3
4. Sunday (0:19): MP3
5. Special Theory of Relativity (0:15): MP3
6. Trying (0:15): MP3
7. Home (0:13): MP3
8. Dark (0:20): MP3
9. Fiction (4:34): MP3
10. Dusk (0:11): MP3
11. Double (1:03): MP3
12. Postcards (0:16): MP3
13. Single Most (1:23): MP3
14. Shut (3:13): MP3
15. Admission (0:33): MP3
16. Compound (1:11): MP3
17. Entries: Look (1:50): MP3
18. Precedence (0:23): MP3
19. Secretly (1:30): MP3
20. Round (0:32): MP3
21. Atmospheric (0:33): MP3
22. The Music (0:55): MP3
23. Knowing You (1:15): MP3
24. Traveling Through the Yard (0:54): MP3
25. Organ tones pass (0:51): MP3
26. Universe (0:53): MP3
27. Paradise (0:15): MP3
28. View (0:08): MP3
29. Vice (1:38): MP3
30. Tone (1:43): MP3

Complete Reading (31:42): MP3

Segue Series Reading at The Ear Inn, New York, April 14, 1979

1. Natural History (3:02): MP3
2. The Dark (0:21): MP3
3. You Float (1:35): MP3
4. Journal Entries: Fiction (4:05): MP3
5. Relief (0:33): MP3
6. Dusk (0:12): MP3
7. Tone (0:46): MP3
8. Signs (0:17): MP3
9. Grace (0:18): MP3
10. Universe (0:32): MP3
11. Generation (0:12): MP3
12. Journal Entries: Youth (0:56): MP3
13. The Air (0:43): MP3
14. Footnote to the Television Notes (0:36): MP3
15. The Prince (0:20): MP3
16. Her Inspirations (0:20): MP3
17. Textron (0:27): MP3
18. Paradise (0:14): MP3
19. Sunset (0:24): MP3
20. View (0:24): MP3
21. Vice (1:53): MP3
22. Winter (0:41): MP3
23. Zen Koan and the Stubborn Man (0:34): MP3
24. One (0:30): MP3
25. Travels (0:33): MP3
26. Processional (0:30): MP3
27. Xenophobia (2:13): MP3
28. Anti-Short Story (0:10): MP3
29. Sunday (0:18): MP3
30. Special Theory of Relativity (0:14): MP3
31. Show (0:12): MP3
32. Trying (0:12): MP3
33. Home (0:10): MP3
• Part One (10:27): MP3
• Part Two (14:00): MP3
  

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