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WHAT I SAY Panel on innovative African American Poetry at the American Literature Association, San Francisco, CA, May 27, 2016
Featuring Tyrone Williams, C.S. Giscombe, Fred Moten, giovanni singleton
Complete panel discussion (1:10:30): MP3
- Introduction (0:36): Reading by C.S. Giscombe
- Where I Lost It (0:36): MP3
- From the Northnermost Road (0:54): MP3
- Three Dues (1:02): MP3
- Excerpts from "Camp Town" (3:14): MP3
- Complete Giscombe reading (6:27): MP3
- Complete reading by all authors (1:54:16): MP3
Reading for Heatstrings, at Alan Golding's Home, Louisville, KY, February 20, 2016
- From his poem "Camp Town" (3:48): MP3
- Giscombe's Introduction (0:53): MP3
- Introductory Note from "Border Towns" (3:38): MP3
- Introductory Note from the "What I Say Anthology" (2:46): MP3
- Duncanson's View of Cincinatti, Ohio from Covington, Kentucky (0:55): MP3
- 1981 (1:04): MP3
- Afro Prairy (0:39): MP3
- Three Dreams (1:01): MP3
- A Cornet at Night (1:12): MP3
- Complete Giscombe reading (13:56): Complete Reading
- Complete recording of the roundtable (1:11:10): MP3
CFUR Fireside Chats, hosted by Geoff Dickieson, University of Northern British Columbia, October 16, 2012
Cecil Giscombe discusses his views on art, poetry, culture and society as well as reading from his book Prairie Style. The musical intro and outro are Nat King Cole's version of the classic folk song "Nature Boy" which is mentioned by Cecil in the interview. Interview begins at 2:00 and ends at 45:00.
- Complete program (47:26): MP3
Reading at the African American Literature and Culture Society, San Francisco, May 28, 2010
- Introduction (9:37): MP3
- Introduction (Giscombe) (5:18): MP3
- 1962 (2:24): MP3
- Very Recent Past (0:46): MP3
- 3 Ideas About the Future (2:21): MP3
- 1962 At The Edge Of Town (1:23): MP3
- Introduction to "Prairie Style" (2:26): MP3
- Downstate (0:39): MP3
- Vernacular Examples (0:48): MP3
- I-70 Between Dayton and East St. Louis, Westbound Lanes (1:11): MP3
- Cry Me A River (0:28): MP3
- Light, Bright, Etc. (1:05): MP3
- A Cornet At Night (1:25): MP3
Reading at the Elliston Poetry Room, University of Cincinnati, November 20, 2009
- Introduction by Don Bogen (7:06): MP3
- Giscombe's opening comments (3:47): MP3
- from Practical Geography (an unpublished early manuscript)
- Five Dreams (4:00): MP3
- 1980 (1:27): MP3
- Christmas 1981 (1:38): MP3
- from Here (Dalkey Archive Press, 1994)
- discussing Here and the series, "Blue Hole, Flood Waters, Little Miami River" (2:53): MP3
- Dayton, OH 50s/60s (4:08): MP3
- from "To James Wright" (3:17): MP3
- Look Ahead — Look South: (1978 Itself) (1:21): MP3
- Look Ahead — Look South: (1962 At the End of Town) (1:16): MP3
- from Giscombe Road (Dalkey Archive Press, 1998)
- Discussing Giscombe Road (2:21): MP3
- Intraductory quotes and a note on the cover (2:05): MP3
- Sound Carries (6:20): MP3
- from Prairie Style (Dalkey Archive Press, 2008)
- Downstate (2:00): MP3
- Vernacular Examples (0:45): MP3
- I-70 Between Dayton and East Saint Louis, Westbound Lanes (0:58): MP3
- Cry Me a River (0:32): MP3
- Palaver (0:57): MP3
- A Train at Night (2:03): MP3
- Prairie Style (1:43): MP3
- Nature Boy (1:04): MP3
- Light, Bright, Etc. (1:23): MP3
- A Cornet at Night (1:09): MP3
- Complete reading (56:45): MP3
Complete reading (11:37): MP3
From Cross-Cultural Poetics, Episode #152, "Iphigenia and Other Dramas," November 11, 2007
- "Republican National Convention" (1:10): MP3
Reading as part of the Line Reading Series, September 24, 2002
- Introduction (1:29): MP3
- Favorite Haunt (1:57): MP3
- Fever (2:14): MP3
- A Train At Night (2:00): MP3
- Prairie Style (1:47): MP3
- Nature Boy (1:43): MP3
- Ballad Values (0:34): MP3
- Indianapolis, Indiana (8:38): MP3
- The Negro in Indiana (0:52): MP3
- Wild Cards (0:49): MP3
- The Traveling Public (5:17): MP3
Complete reading (30:31): MP3
- Rejected by the New Yorker (3:28): MP3
- Section One of Giscombe Road (1:51): MP3
- Sound Carries (5:50): MP3
- Untitled (7:55): MP3
- Prairie Style (1:43): MP3
- Train at Night (1:46): MP3
- Complete program (also featuring Barry McKinnon) (1:01:45): MP3
Segue Series Reading at Double Happiness, December 16, 2000
- Introduction (2:24): MP3
- Introduciton to "Giscombe Road" (2:57): MP3
- Sound Carries (5:43): MP3
- Over the Edge (2:30): MP3
- Introduction to "Into and Out of Dislocation" (3:07): MP3
- From "Into and Out of Dislocation (5:54): MP3
- Far Inland (2:20): MP3
- Favorite Haunt (1:31): MP3
- Two Directions (1:35): MP3
- Fever (1:50): MP3
- Voodoo-Dick (1:20): MP3
- Afro-Prairie (0:54): MP3
- A Train at Night (1:48): MP3
Complete reading (35:18): MP3
- Panel 1 (2:14:40): MP3
- Panel 2 (1:36:39): MP3
- Panel 3 (1:54:33): MP3
Recordings courtesy of David Buuck, who has dedicated an issue of his journal Tripwire to the conference.
Complete program (1:00:23): MP3
C. S. Giscombe and Joan Retallack reading, St. Mark’s Church, NY, May 13, 1998
Recorded on audiocassette. Recording hosted by the Library of Congress.
- Side A (47:46): link
- Side B (48:05): link
C.S. Giscombe Interview on CBC-FM with Jo Merversky, June 1995
- Complete recording (10:12): MP3
New Coast Reading, Buffalo, April 1, 1993
- Introduction (2:12): MP3
- Source (& Mouth) (1:54): MP3
- Three Gentlemen (1:34): MP3
- Northern Roads (0:48): MP3
- The History of the Northern Interior of British Columbia, Formerly New Caledonia (0:58): MP3
- Northern Road Version Two (4:17): MP3
- Giscombe, B.C. (1:39): MP3
- Notes for Barry McKinnon (1:53): MP3
- The Skeena (0:50): MP3
- Northern Roads (Alternate Version) (1:00): MP3
- Nearing Town (1:19): MP3
Recorded by Chris Funkhouser
Also on PennSound:
MLA Offsite Readings, 2004 & 2007
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