William J. Harris

PoemTalk #148, Discussing Erica Hunt's "Should You Find Me," feat. Tyrone Williams, William J. (Billy Joe) Harris, Aldon Nielsen

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PoemTalk #126, Discussing Amiri Baraka’s “Something in the Way of Things (In Town),” feat. Tyrone Williams, William J. Harris, and Aldon Nielsen

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PoemTalk #115, Discussing Lorenzo Thomas' "An Arc Still Open", feat. William J. Harris, Tyrone Williams, and Aldon Nielsen

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PoemTalk Episode #100, Discussing Significant PoemTalk Episodes

Full Episode (1:30:18): MP3

Featuring Maria Damon, William J. Harris, erica kaufman, Tracie Morris, Steve McLaughlin, Charles Bernstein.

PoemTalk #89, Discussing Nathaniel Mackey's "Day after Day of the Dead"

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PennSound #72: Al Young in conversation with Tyrone Williams, William J. Harris, and Al Filreis

Complete recording (1:14:03): MP3 [ info ]

PennSound Podcast #49

Complete recording (1:22:00): MP3

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50th Wedding Anniversary Toast Poem Reading, Brooklyn, NY, August 27, 2018

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Reading with Herman Beavers at the Kelly Writers House, October 17, 2017

Part One

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Part Two

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Complete audio recording (1:25:20): MP3

75th birthday celebration, Brooklyn, NY, March 11, 2017

Complete recording (1:15:12): MP3

Introduced by Rufus Hallmark
Reading by Harris, Cornelius Eady, Tracie Morris
Tributes by Ken McClane, Howard Rambsy and Kenton Rambsy (only in full audio recording)

• William J. Harris (18:01): MP3
• Cornelius Eady (18:13): MP3, Video
• Tracie Morris (18:26): MP3, Video

Reading in the Wexler Studio at Kelly Writers House, November 5, 2015

1. Introduction (4:40): MP3
2. Introduction to Practical Concerns (0:39): MP3
3. Practical Concerns (0:34): MP3
4. Introduction to Nature is Nature (1:48): MP3
5. Nature is Nature (0:24): MP3
6. Speed Demon (0:45): MP3
7. Introduction to Mother to Son (1:48): MP3
8. Mother to Son (0:19): MP3
9. Introduction to A Guy in a Black SUV (1:06): MP3
10. A Guy in a Black SUV (1:03): MP3
11. Haiku (1:53): MP3
12. Introduction to Alzheimers (1:37): MP3
13. Alzheimers (0:44): MP3
14. Introduction to Nobody Wants to Write an Elegy (1:27): MP3
15. Nobody Wants to Write an Elegy (1:10): MP3
16. Green World (2:27): MP3
17. Green (0:39): MP3
18. Introduction to My Girl Wants to Leave Ohio (1:15): MP3
19. My Girl Wants to Leave Ohio (0:33): MP3
20. In South Africa (0:47): MP3
21. Commentary on In South Africa (1:38): MP3
22. Alice Brown (1:53): MP3
23. Introduction to I Am Every Man (1:27): MP3
24. I Am Every Man (1:29): MP3
25. Introduction to My Cat Doesn't Like Free Jazz (1:45): MP3
26. My Cat Doesn't Like Free Jazz (0:33): MP3
27. Ornette Coleman Notes (1:36): MP3
28. Solitude (0:31): MP3
29. Scarlatt's Keyboard Sonatas (1:20): MP3
30. The Soldiers of Joy (0:51): MP3
31. Violet (1:10): MP3
32. Introduction to The Beauty of Barrenness (1:29): MP3
33. The Beauty of Barrenness (0:34): MP3
34. Introduction to The Black Card Players (0:48): MP3
35. The Black Card Players (1:17): MP3
36. Philosophy (0:36): MP3
37. The Western Philosopher (0:36): MP3
38. We Western People (1:10): MP3
39. Introduction to Ken Irby at the End (1:59): MP3
40. Ken Irby at the End (3:10): MP3
41. Introduction to A Walk in Brooklyn (0:47): MP3
42. A Walk in Brooklyn (3:28): MP3
43. Introduction to Modern Romance (1:46): MP3
44. Modern Romance (2:13): MP3

Complete recording (1:01:10): MP3

At Town Hall Downstairs, Seattle, Recording courtesy of A.L. Nielsen and the Heatstrings Blog

• Complete reading (3:09): MP3

Kenneth Irby at Oread Books in Lawrence, Kansas, February 4, 2010

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