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Collection of Tapes Donated by Pierre Joris & Nicole Peyrafitte

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Quick navigation: Kathy Acker | David Antin | Julian Barry | Ted Berrigan | Paul Blackburn | Basil Bunting | John Cage | Henri Chopin | Bob Cobbing | François DuFrêne | Robert Duncan | Clayton Eshleman | Henry Ferrini | Allen Fisher | Allen Ginsberg | Lee Harwood | Kenneth Irby | Hiromi Itō | Pierre Joris | Robert Kelly | Jackson Mac Low | Ron Mann | Steve McCaffrey | Yau Stein | Anne Tardos | Lew Welch

Kathy Acker

Ma vie, ma mort, de Pier Paolo Pasolini, Théâtre de la Bastille, Paris, February 5 to March 3, 1984

Translation by Kate Manheim and Noël Burch. Show designed by Richard Foreman.

"Acker on the art of recycling the waste of our cultures."

Side A (31:40): MP3

Side B (28:48): MP3

Location information taken from https://lesarchivesduspectacle.net.


David Antin

The Archaeology Of Home, performed at KPFK Los Angeles Studio, January 27, 1987

Complete Recording (39:52)MP3

Lemons, performed at the University of Texas, Austin, 1983

Complete Recording (41:46)MP3


Paul Blackburn

Reading at Blackburn's home with Howard Lindh, Summer 1971

"[Lindh Howard] reading his poems at Paul Blackburn's home (Summer 1971). Blackburn reads from the June Journal 1971. Also, Blackburn and his son Carlos T. attempting to talk."

Sound Warning: The sound levels in this recording vary greatly, especially in the first 4 minutes. Some parts may be inaudibly quiet, while others may be very loud. Consider keeping you device's volume as low as possible.

Complete Recording (25:30): MP3


Julian Barry

Lenny, directed by Bob Fosse, 1974


Ted Berrigan

Reading from "500 American Postcards", October 1982

Part of "The Poetry Project". Original tape labled "JF. Mark's".

Complete recording (43:01): MP3


Basil Bunting

Reading at the Ted Hughes Arvon Center, Lumb Bank, August 5, 1977

  • Side A (41:30): MP3
  • Side B (43:30): MP3

Reading at the Ted Hughes Arvon Center, Lumb Bank, August 4, 1977

  • Side A (XX:XX): MP3
  • Side B (XX:XX): MP3

John Cage

I Have Nothing To Say And I'm Saying It, directed by Allan Miller, September 17, 1990


Henri Chopin

Ohohohoh Audiopoems, date and location unknown

Side A (41:18): MP3

Side B (42:36): MP3


Bob Cobbing

Slowly Slowly The Tongue Unrolls / Computer Poem (Paris, 1968)

(Voices: Bob Cobbing and François DuFrêne)

  • Slowly Slowly The Tongue Unrolls (5:31): MP3
  • Computer Poem (3:36): MP3

François DuFrêne

Slowly Slowly The Tongue Unrolls / Computer Poem (Paris, 1968)

(Voices: Bob Cobbing and François DuFrêne)

  • Slowly Slowly The Tongue Unrolls (5:31): MP3
  • Computer Poem (3:36): MP3

Robert Duncan

Robert Duncan ii, Directed by Richard O. Moore, November 2, 1965


Clayton Eshleman

Poems from The Gull Wall, date and location unknown

Complete Recording (25:42): MP3


Henry Ferrini

Lowell Blues: The Words of Jack Kerouac, Directed by Henry Ferrini, October 6, 2000

Poem In Action: Portrait of Vincent Ferrini, Directed by Henry Ferrini, 1990


Allen Fisher

Readings from Place, date and location unknown

Complete Recording (12:10): MP3

The Art of Flight VI-IX: 4 voices simultaneously by Allen Fisher, date and location unknown

Complete Recording (4:37): MP3


Allen Ginsberg

Unknown Recording (labeled "Ginsberg #6"), date and location unknown

Side A (1:03:23): MP3

Side B (1:03:25): MP3


Lee Harwood

Lee Harwood at The Village Voice, March 29, 1985

Complete Recording (49:54): MP3

Poetry reading, date and location unknown

  • Side A: The Long Black Veil (from HMS Little Fox, 1975)(36:24): MP3
  • (audio quality deteriorates as tape continues, audio cuts out early)
  • Side B: Old Bosham Bird Watch, 1977 (26:00): MP3

Kenneth Irby

Reading of a series of poems written in Copenhagen, date and location unknown

Complete Recording (37:53): MP3


Hiromi Itō

UCSD New Writing Series Reading, January 28, 1998

Complete Recording (1:02:59): MP3


Pierre Joris

Untitled, 2001

Poems for the Millennium, Reading at *unkown venue*, 1998

Poems for the Millennium II, Reading at *unknown venue*, April 21, 1998

1 With Pierre's Words, Performance at Yulman Theatre, Union College, New York, May 3, 1997

Frozen Shadows, Performance at Yulman Theatre, Union College, New York, January 20, 1996

Reading at UC San Diego, November 29, 1989

Complete recording (52:10): MP3

Reading at Temple University, Philadelphia, March 3, 1988

Complete recording (47:54): MP3

Reading at Dr. Generosity's, April 1974

Complete Recording (34:29): MP3

Reading in French, date and location unknown

Complete recording (51:34): MP3


Robert Kelly

A Day of Poetry, Olin Hall, Bard College, November 10, 2001

Part 1a:

Part 1b:

Part 2a:

Parts 2b and 3a:


Jackson Mac Low

Songs and Simultaneities, Jackson Mac Low & Anne Tardos, c. 1985

  • Side 1 (32:31): MP3
  1. Vocabulary for Anne Tardos, 1980 - Tardos, voice; Mac Low, voice & recorder (8:14) (Mac Low)
  2. Syllables, 1985 - Tardos, 8 voices (3:28) (Tardos)
  3. Octet for a Sunset, 1985 - Tardos, 8 voices (6:04) (Tardos)
  4. Heterophony, 1985 - from "Hereford Bosons 1," 1981 - Mac Low, Tardos, voices (7:00) (Mac Low)
  5. Aum Gatha, 1982 - Mac Low, Tardos, voices (Mac Low)
  6. Real Sleeper, Real Dreamer, 1976 - tape played with Aum Gatha (6:45) (Tardos)
  • Side 2 (25:24): MP3
  1. Tara Gatha, 1975 - Tardos, voice; Mac Low, voice and recorder (Mac Low)
  2. Phonemicon from "Hereford Bosons 1," 1984 - Tardos, Mac Low, voices (10:52) (Mac Low)
  3. Figure and Escape, 1985 - Tardos, 8 voices (7:58) (Tardos)

Featuring Anne Tardos.

Reading of "Threnody for Sylvia Plath" and "Lucy Church Amiably", May 17, 1975

  1. Threnody for Sylvia Plath (34:57): MP3
  2. Lucy Church Amiably (20:05): MP3

Ronn Man

Poetry in Motion II, directed by Ron Mann, May 11, 1995

Find full web page here.


Steve McCaffrey

V Beyond the Ideo, Toronto, c. 1984


Yau Stein

Six Pack Reading II, date and location unknown

Complete Recording (33:35): MP3


Anne Tardos

Songs and Simultaneities, Jackson Mac Low & Anne Tardos, c. 1985

  • Side 1 (32:31): MP3
  1. Vocabulary for Anne Tardos, 1980 - Tardos, voice; Mac Low, voice & recorder (8:14) (Mac Low)
  2. Syllables, 1985 - Tardos, 8 voices (3:28) (Tardos)
  3. Octet for a Sunset, 1985 - Tardos, 8 voices (6:04) (Tardos)
  4. Heterophony, 1985 - from "Hereford Bosons 1," 1981 - Mac Low, Tardos, voices (7:00) (Mac Low)
  5. Aum Gatha, 1982 - Mac Low, Tardos, voices (Mac Low)
  6. Real Sleeper, Real Dreamer, 1976 - tape played with Aum Gatha (6:45) (Tardos)
  • Side 2 (25:24): MP3
  1. Tara Gatha, 1975 - Tardos, voice; Mac Low, voice and recorder (Mac Low)
  2. Phonemicon from "Hereford Bosons 1," 1984 - Tardos, Mac Low, voices (10:52) (Mac Low)
  3. Figure and Escape, 1985 - Tardos, 8 voices (7:58) (Tardos)

Featuring Jackson Mac Low.


Lew Welch

Reading at U.C. Berkeley, 1965

Complete Recording (47:44): MP3


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