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Charles Bernstein: Portraits, Series 1 to 12


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Portraits: Series One
Régis's Palms
June 29, 2006
23 seconds













Portraits: Series One
George on the Fourth
July 4, 2006
1 minute












Portraits: Series One
Leslie Loses Her Breath
November 12, 2006
48 seconds












Portraits: Series One
Henry's Dilemma
July 26, 2006
30 seconds












Portraits: Series One
Mimi on the Beach
August 8, 2006
40 seconds












Portraits: Series One
Loss & Beans
June 26, 2006
1 minute












Portraits: Series One
Caroline's Norwegian Speakin'
November 12, 2006
32 seconds












Portraits: Series Two
Joris: Why the Maghreb Matters
October 22, 2006
38 seconds












Portraits: Series Two
Wystan at Penn
October 18, 2006
45 seconds












Portraits: Series Two
Leevi's Sampo
September 29, 2006
1 minute, 6 seconds












Portraits: Series Two
Grenier on the Subway
October 20, 2006
25 seconds












Portraits: Series Two
James at home
November 12, 2006
31 seconds












Portraits: Series Two
Johanna Printing
November 4, 2006
36 seconds












Portraits: Series Three
Ann's Goodbye
December 4, 2006
39 seconds












Portraits: Series Three
Karen and the 290 (West)
January 28, 2007
39 seconds












Portraits: Series Three
McCaffery Up Close
January 28, 2007
52 seconds












Portraits: Series Three
Mei-mei's Mesa
December 3, 2006
38 seconds












Portraits: Series Three
Nick@CCNY
December 11, 2006
43 seconds












Portraits: Series Three
Richard: Living Latin, Dying English
December 4, 2006
49 seconds












Portraits: Series Four
Rod's Postal Poetics
November 19, 2006
29 seconds












Portraits: Series Four
Nicole: Another Language
November 8, 2006
59 seconds












Portraits: Series Four
Douglas & the Big Apple (First Bite)
December 10, 2006
16 seconds












Portraits: Series Four
Peter Middleton
October 16, 2006
38 seconds












Portraits: Series Four
Norman the Baker
January 5, 2007
28 seconds












Portraits: Series Four
Tina's House
November 18, 2006
51 seconds












Portraits: Series Five
Myung & the heaviness of the snow
December 12, 2006
39 seconds












Portraits: Series Five
Charles Bound
January 15, 2007
33 seconds












Portraits: Series Five
Alan Davies Draws a Blank
January 5, 2007
29 seconds












Portraits: Series Five
P. Inman: Which Side Are You On?
November 18, 2006
42 seconds












Portraits: Series Five
Phong's New York
June 4, 2007
1 minute, 44 seconds












Portraits: Series Five
Bob's Theory of the (Aging) Avant-Garde
September 6, 2007
44 seconds












Portraits: Series Six
Kenny's Desire
June 5, 2007
19 seconds












Portraits: Series Six
The Language of Bears
May 30, 2007
40 seconds












Portraits: Series Six
Peter's Marigolds
June 4, 2007
30 seconds












Portraits: Series Six
Dubravka's Caravan
April 29, 2007
3 minutes, 29 seconds












Portraits: Series Six
Versions of Winter
June 4, 2007
32 seconds












Portraits: Series Six
Ambient Tan
August 1, 2007
50 seconds












Portraits: Series Seven
The Film of Your Life
September 16, 2007
14 seconds












Portraits: Series Seven
Rae: Making It New
September 20, 2007
59 seconds












Portraits: Series Seven
George Learns a Lesson (The Hard Way)
August 11, 2007
28 seconds












Portraits: Series Seven
Emma's Dilemma
August 29, 2007
29 seconds












Portraits: Series Seven
Sukey's Walks
October 16, 2007
30 seconds












Portraits: Series Seven
Sigi's Berlin
December 20, 2006
2 minutes, 16 seconds












Portraits: Series Eight
Maggie's Pen
October 5, 2007
46 seconds












Portraits: Series Eight
Christian & the Plains
January 1, 2008
1 minute, 2 seconds












Portraits: Series Eight
Darren's Hand
January 1, 2008
25 seconds












Portraits: Series Eight
Tonya's Lost New Orleans
January 8, 2008
37 seconds












Portraits: Series Eight
As If We Might Join Our Hearts to Sound
November 16, 2007
3 minutes, 7 seconds












Portraits: Series Eight
Rubinstein in Serial Motion
November 18, 2007
3 minutes, 34 seconds












Portraits: Series Nine
Antin in the Sky with Diamonds
February 18, 2008
28 seconds












Portraits: Series Nine
Ted's Sublime Echoes
October 22, 2007
1 minute, 3 seconds












Portraits: Series Nine
Jerome Rothenberg & the Burning Babe
February 24, 2008
1 minute, 36 seconds












Portraits: Series Nine
Diane Rothenberg: Marshall Parkway & Other Figments of the Imagination
February 24, 2008
2 minutes, 8 seconds












Portraits: Series Nine
Ron & George
March 5, 2008
29 seconds












Portraits: Series Nine
Joel's Niagra Tours
March 7, 2008
27 seconds












Portraits: Series Ten
Peter & the Analogue World
March 17, 2008
28 seconds












Portraits: Series Ten
Liz's Hair
March 17, 2008
28 seconds












Portraits: Series Ten
John's Trip
April 3, 2008
38 seconds












Portraits: Series Ten
Bruce's War
April 12, 2009
48 seconds












Portraits: Series Ten
Cecilia: Dancing the Lines
April 15, 2008
2 minutes, 8 seconds












Portraits: Series Ten
Tom: The Night the Lights Went On
May 14, 2008
24 seconds












Portraits: Series Eleven
Ben: "Maybe Not"
June 21, 2008
30 seconds












Portraits: Series Eleven
Hank Eats the Shell ("The Shrimp is a poem in itself")
September 20, 2008
24 seconds












Portraits: Series Eleven
Marjorie & Joe
September 20, 2008
50 seconds












Portraits: Series Eleven
Claude’s Prepositions
October 25, 2008
36 seconds












Portraits: Series Eleven
Alan's Print Performances
March 3, 2009
1 minute 6 seconds












Portraits: Series Eleven
Li: The Snow of Yesteryear
February 8, 2009
1 minute












Portraits: Series Twelve
Arkadii in Silence
November, 4, 2010
42 seconds






Thanks to Jeffrey Boruszak for design of this page. These recordings are being made available for noncommercial and educational use only. All rights to this recorded material belong to the author. © 2012 Charles Bernstein. Used with the permission of Charles Bernstein. Distributed by PennSound.