Cid Corman

PoemTalk #23, Discussing Cid Corman's "Enuresis," feat. Frank Sherlock, Fran Ryan, and Thomas Devaney

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

Complete recording (1:06:11): MP3

1. Introduction by Al Filreis (4:47): MP3
2. Laynie Browne (8:12): MP3
3. Thomas Devaney (6:06): MP3
4. Gregory Dunne (8:16): MP3
5. Jenn McCreary (6:20): MP3
6. Joshua Moses (7:23): MP3
7. Frank Sherlock (5:00): MP3
8. Pattie McCarthy (5:17): MP3
9. conclusion by Al Filreis (12:52): MP3

Recordings in Kyoto, Japan, made by Jack Kimball and originally featured on Kimball's East Village web site:

Cid Corman reads and briefly comments on poems by William Bronk:

1. Introduction (1:05): MP3
2. on Bronk's poem Partners (0:56): MP3
3. on Bronk's poem Laura Gone (1:00): MP3
4. on Bronk's The Act of Love (1:06): MP3

Corman reads from his own "No Telling":

1. Selection 1 (0:53): MP3
2. Selection 2 (1:04): MP3
3. Selection 3 (1:07): MP3

A separate set features six more of Corman's poems:

1. Preface/"I Picked a..." (2:03): MP3
2. Assistant/ The Coming of Age /"It isn't for want..." (0:45): MP3
3. Enuresis / "We aren't even lost..." (1:01): MP3

"Enuresis" is also featured on PoemTalk Episode 23.

Live interactive audiocast discussion with Cid Corman, Philadelphia to Kyoto, November 19, 2001, Kelly Writers House

1. Full recording (1:11:11): MP3
2. Q&A Discussion (58:02): MP3
3. About Cezanne (0:32):
4. Adorno (0:23): MP3
5. Assistant (0:21): MP3
6. Cincinnatti (1:23): MP3
7. Efficacies (0:29): MP3
8. Enuresis (1:08): MP3
9. Poem beginning "I don't belong..." (0:12): MP3
10. Poem beginning "I picked a leaf up..." (1:20): MP3
11. Poem beginning "It isn't for want..." (0:20): MP3
12. Poem beginning "It isn't what you think..." (0:22): MP3
13. Poem beginning "People like Rembrandt..."(1:07): MP3
14. Poem beginning "Seeing Leonardo's face..." (0:42): MP3
15. Poem beginning "Will we ever understand..." (0:19): MP3
16. Self-Portrait (0:30): MP3
17. The Baptism (1:03): MP3
18. The Coming of Age (2:03): MP3
19. The Fortune (0:23): MP3
20. The Swept Pond (1:53): MP3

"Enuresis" is also featured on PoemTalk Episode 23.

1. In Good Time & Words for Each Other [Tape 1] (1:28:50): MP3
2. In Good Time & Words for Each Other [Tape 2] (34:39): MP3
3. Oral Poetry & Emily Dickinson (1:33:26): MP3
4. Louis Zukofsky [Tape 1] (1:16:06): MP3
5. Louis Zukofsky [Tape 2] (1:27:47): MP3
6. William Carlos Williams [Tape 1] (1:33:15): MP3
7. William Carlos Williams [Tape 2] (1:33:29): MP3
8. Wallace Stevens (1:33:20): MP3
9. 0:1 & Little Books (1:25:42): MP3
10. Marianne Moore (1:28:42): MP3
11. Plight | & [infinity] (1:24:33): MP3
12. Emily Dickinson (1:18:02): MP3
13. 0:1 | Zukofsky (1:17:23): MP3

Reading in the Recording Laboratory at the Library of Congress, October 14, 1960

"Mr. Corman reads thirty-five selections from his collected volume, Sun rock man, which was unpublished at the time of reading. Mr. Corman prefaces his reading with a selection from a series of 'statements' by Louis Zukofsky--from 'A-1 to 12.'" - Library of Congress Catalog

Complete recording (53:28): MP3

1. Introduction (8:40): MP3
2. Essay (8:01): MP3
3. This Other Brief Statement (2:36): MP3
4. Sun Rock Man Preface (1:01): MP3
5. The Incident (0:19): MP3
6. At the End (1:56): MP3
7. The Wedge (0:19): MP3
8. The Sparrow (0:27): MP3
9. The Transaction (0:21): MP3
10. In the Garden (0:18): MP3
11. Kite (0:43): MP3
12. Ferragosto (0:29): MP3
13. A Little Girl (0:27): MP3
14. No Way (0:38): MP3
15. The Shells (1:22): MP3
16. The Stars at Piazza Pascoli (1:47): MP3
17. Reading Vico (0:23): MP3
18. Il Paradiso (0:48): MP3
19. The Satisfactions (1:18): MP3
20. The Labors (0:53): MP3
21. The Geographer (0:18): MP3
22. The Journeymen (1:00): MP3
23. Casbah (0:50): MP3
24. The Medicine Man (0:58): MP3
25. The Bonfire (0:35): MP3
26. The Spices (0:33): MP3
27. The Dance (0:25): MP3
28. The Business (0:34): MP3
29. The Sidewalk (0:49): MP3
30. The Artist's Life (0:53): MP3
31. I Promessi Sposi (0:57): MP3
32. The Benediction (0:22): MP3
33. The Locusts (1:46): MP3
34. The Small Parade (0:31): MP3
35. La Bruna (1:20): MP3
36. The Gifts (1:40): MP3
37. I Contradini (2:31): MP3
38. La Cantina (1:08): MP3

Recording courtesy of Library of Congress

Complete video (53:04): MOV

Cid Corman on PennSound Daily

• October 9, 2009: "PoemTalk 23: Cid Corman's "Enuresis"

Readings from The Creeley Collection, c. 1960s

1. For Bob Creeley (1:10): MP3
2. Part 1 (6:19): MP3
3. Part 2 (8:18): MP3

These sound recordings are being made available for noncommercial and educational use only. All rights to this recorded material belong to the author's estate. © 2014 Cid Corman. Used with permission of Bob Arnold for the Corman estate. Kimball recordings used by permission of Jack Kimball. Distributed by PennSound.