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Mei-mei Berssenbrugge
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- ©2006 Charles Bernstein/PennSound
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PoemTalk #134, Discussing Mei-mei Berssenbrugge's "Hello, the Roses," feat. Evelyn Reilly, Joshua Schuster, and James Sherry
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Program One: Reading
Berssenbrugge reads from I Love Artists: New and Selected Poems (University of California Press, 2006)
- from Fog (8:59): MP3
- Health (5:38): MP3
- I Love Artists (6:35): MP3
- Concordance (7:05): MP3
- Complete program (30:15): MP3
Program Two: Conversation
- on early encounters with poetry and language (5:17): MP3
- on the significance of place and environment (5:25): MP3
- on the boundary between the physical and energetic (3:40): MP3
- on form and line length (3:19): MP3
- on writing "I Love Artists” (10:49): MP3
- Complete conversation (28:23): MP3
Conversation and reading with Runa Bandyopadhyay, February 13, 2022
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Pog reading, Tucson, Arizona, October 10, 2020
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Complete Recording (25:35): MP3
Kelly Writers House Fellows Program, March 25–26, 2019
Fellows Program Reading, March 25, 2019
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- Introduction (7:28): MP3
- Student Introduction (5:14): MP3
- Irises (4:42): MP3
- Concordance (7:51): MP3
- Hello, The Roses (7:10): MP3
- Star Beings (6:55): MP3
- Lux (7:40): MP3
- Chaco and Olivia (9:42): MP3
- Complete recording (59:14): MP3
- Video excerpt [filmed by Charles Bernstein] (14:50): MP4
Fellows Program Brunch Conversation, March 26, 2019
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- on writing "DJ Frogs" (3:17): MP3
- on the importance of darkness (1:26): MP3
- on intersubjectivity and science (10:02): MP3
- on stars in literature (2:27): MP3
- on writing "Four Year-Old Girl" (9:07): MP3
- reading of "Four Year-Old Girl" (1:56): MP3
- on aphorisms (3:35): MP3
- on syntax and line structure (3:00): MP3
- on poetic influences (2:01): MP3
- on classical literature (3:18): MP3
- on photography (1:36): MP3
- on the definition of time (2:56): MP3
- on research and pattern (5:44): MP3
- reading of "Slow Down Now" (4:01): MP3
Complete recording (1:01:55): MP3
Reading at Peter Freeman Gallery with Richard Tuttle, New York, February 14, 2019
Video by Nathlie Provosty
Complete video (25:09): MP4
Reading for Readings In Contemporary Poetry at the Dia Art Foundation, New York, September 20, 2016
- Opening Remarks (0:42): MP3
- DJ Frogs (6:19): MP3
- Excerpt from Glitter “Thoughts are sent out by one rock….” (2:38): MP3
- Excerpt from Slow Down, Now “I’ve been sitting looking at a plant…“ (3:13): MP3
- Excerpt from Hello, the Roses “The rose communicates instantly with a woman by sight…“ (1:39): MP3
- Star, Being (8:51): MP3
Complete Reading, introduction by Sylvia Gorelick (32:31): MP3
- Introducion by Sylvia Gorelick (4:11): MP3
- Pure eminence (10:03): MP3
- Hello the Rose (7:27): MP3
- "In late afternoon stars are not visible..." (10:40): MP3
Reading for Thinking Its Presence, The Poetry Project, New York, March 25, 2015
Video by Charles Bernstein
Complete Video (8:00): MP4
Reading at 'T' Space, Rhinebeck, New York, September 5, 2015
- Opening Remarks (2:16): MP3>
- Glitter from Hello, the Roses (6:43): MP3>
- Slow Down, Now from Hello, the Roses (6:59): MP3>
Segue Series Reading at the Zinc Bar, NYC, March 5, 2014
- Complete Reading (:): MP3
- Introduction (2:19): MP3
- DJ Frogs (6:41): MP3
- Verdant Heart (6:36): MP3
- Karmic Trace (2:44): MP3
- Landscape Angel (11:24): MP3
Kelsey Street Press 40th Anniversary Reading, Seattle, WA, February 27, 2014
- Complete Reading (11:58): MP3
- Opening Remarks (0:49): MP3
- Parachutes, My Love, Could Carry Us Higher (1:41): MP3
- Hello, the Roses (7:25): MP3
- Immortals Having a Party (2:01): MP3
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- Introduction by Charles Bernstein (2:36): MP3
- from Empathy (5:42): MP3
- DJ Frogs (6:14): MP3
- Hello, The Roses (7:13): MP3
- Immortals Having a Party (10:48): MP3
- from Fairies (2:42): MP3
- Q&A (9:40): MP3
Complete recording (45:50): MP3
Recorded Poem on Harry's House Vol. I CD (with music by Ambrose Bye)
Reading with Jonathan Skinner, Acequia Booksellers,
Albuquerque, NM, January 23, 2011
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Published in the VOX Audio collection.
- Green (9:02) : MP3
- Hello the Roses (3:43) : MP3
- Pure Immanence (7:18) : MP3
- DJ Frogs (5:38): MP3
- Greeting (10:24): MP3
- Pure Eminence (8:16): MP3
- Poem for Leslie Scalapino (9:02): MP3
Complete reading (27:57): MP3
- Introduction by Stephen Ratcliffe (5:20): MP3
- The New Boys (8:57): MP3
- Green (9:38): MP3
- Glitter (8:28): MP3
- Slow Down Now (fragment) (3:26): MP3
- Hello the Roses (fragment) (1:43): MP3
Complete reading (37:37): MP3
Reading at St. Andrew's Church, December 6, 2008 - on POG Sound
Complete Reading (34:25): MP3
- The Mouse (8:38): MP3
- Animal Communication (7:21): MP3
- A Placebo (9:07): MP3
- The New Boys (8:59): MP3
Featuring Anne Tardos,
Charles Bernstein,
Mei-mei Berssenbrugge,
Joan Retallack,
Drew Gardner,
and others.
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Mei-mei Berssenbrugge
I met Mei-mei about 30 years ago and we have been talking
ever since.
(mp4, 38 seconds, 7.5 mb)
Recorded by Ross Craig, Berkeley, October 26, 2006
- Introduction (0:52): MP3
- Concordance (6:47): MP3
- Red Quiet (5:55): MP3
- on recently published book, I Love Artists (1:54): MP3
- reading and discussing "I Love Artists" (8:17): MP3
- reading and discussing "Concordance" (8:08): MP3
- reading and discussing "Parallel Lines" (6:48): MP3
- on process and introspection (1:25): MP3
- reading and discussing "Red Quiet" (7:04): MP3
- on continuity, fragmentation, and energy (2:52): MP3
- on upcoming works (2:04): MP3
Complete Recording (39:36): MP3
Reading for the Lunch Poems series at UC Berkeley, April 6, 2006
Complete Reading (42:48) MP3
- Introduction by Robert Hass (3:47): MP3
- Introduction by Kristen Sbrogna (1:54) MP3
- Opening Remarks (0:49) MP3
- Chinese Space (7:34) MP3
- The Swan (7:18) MP3
- Nest (9:33) MP3
- I Love Artists (7:35) MP3
- from Concordance (4:05) MP3
Segue Reading at the Bowery Poetry Club, NYC, February 18, 2006
- Introduction (2:06): MP3
- Introduction by Mei-mei Berssenbrugge (1:51): MP3
- The Swan (5:59): MP3
- I Love Artists (7:09): MP3
- Parallel Lines (6:49): MP3
- Red Quiet (6:11): MP3
Complete Recording (33:17): MP3
- Lytle Shaw's Introduction (1:27): MP3
- Part 3 from "Kali" (2:49): MP3
- "Daughter", part one 'The Dream' (4:06): MP3
- "Daughter", part two 'Commentary' (3:21): MP3
- "Daughter", part three (1:39): MP3
- "Kisses from the Moon" (4:18): MP3
- "I Love Artists" (7:28): MP3
- "Concordance" (5:05): MP3
Complete Recording (30:13): MP3
Live at WKCR-FM (New York), Recorded by Tom Kelly, May 17, 2002
- Ideal (12:51): MP3
- Nest (14:55): MP3
- Safety (2:37): MP3
- Introduction (2:59): MP3
- Dressing Up Our Pets (7:46): MP3
- Nest (7:54): MP3
- The Lost Ring (5:19): MP3
- People Believe at the Theater (7:59): MP3
- Complete recording (31:56): MP3
Wednesday Night Series: Mei-Mei Bersenbrugge, Heather Ramsdell, St. Mark's Church, NY, January 31, 2001
Library of Congress recording (1:10:46): link
Wednesdays at 4Plus, University at Buffalo, September 20, 2000
- Introduction by Lew Daly (5:19): MP3
- Chinese Space (6:09): MP3
- Health (6:17): MP3
- Dressing Up Our Pets (8:56): MP3
- Nest (9:11): MP3
- Hearing (9:34): MP3
Complete Reading (46:17): MP3
Complete recording (31:04): MP3
- Introduction (2:19): MP3
- Help (6:13): MP3
- Endocrinology poem (7:42): MP3
- Susie Kiki Annie (6:55): MP3
- "Four old women..." (5:53): MP3
Wednesdays at 4Plus, University at Buffalo, March 23, 1994
- Introduction (7:54): MP3
- The Swan (7:21): MP3
- Ideal (9:35): MP3
- Serisity (5:56): MP3
- Pollen (10:59): MP3
- Daughter (8:51): MP3
- collaboration with Kiki Smith (12:12): MP3
Complete Reading (1:03:53): MP3
- Introduction (01:15): MP3
- Daughter (03:27): MP3
- Ideal (07:52): MP3
- Sphericity (04:49): MP3
- Experience (07:25): MP3
- Pollen (10:25): MP3
- Complete Reading (38:20): MP3
Reading on "Composed on the Tongue," WRCR Radio, April 9, 1990
Complete Reading (42:09): MP3
- Introduction (1:04): MP3
- Fog (12:44): MP3
- Irises (10:41): MP3
- The Ghost Poem (8:30): MP3
- Ideal (8:08): MP3
Also of interest:
From Exact Change Yearbook,reading at the Naropa Institute, July 10, 1986
Texas (3:02): MP3
Links
- UC Berkeley Lunch Poems: videos
These sound recordings are being made available for noncommercial and educational use only.
All rights to this recorded material belong to the author.
Used with permission of Mei-mei Berssenbrugge. ©2002-2016 Mei-mei Berssenbrugge.
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