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Michael Lally

Appearing on Public Access Poetry with Steve Hamilton, August 11, 1977

Reading at the Ear Inn, NYC, November 10, 1977

(with Ray DiPalma and Bruce Andrews)

  1. Superrealism (1:52): MP3
  2. In the Mood (12:35): MP3
  3. Dry Spells (1:58): MP3
  4. So this is middle age (1:12): MP3
Complete reading (43:31): MP3

At the West End Bar, NYC, March 12, 1978

  1. In Harlem, in 1961... (1:20): MP3
  2. Queen Jane (0:34): MP3
  3. You (0:49): MP3
  4. File (1:39): MP3
  5. You Walk In (0:32): MP3
  6. I Love You, I Love You (0:22): MP3
  7. In America (0:18): MP3
  8. A Little Liszt For Olga (1:20): MP3
  9. Dark Night (0:57): MP3
  10. Living (1:23): MP3
  11. Can't (1:33): MP3
  12. Peaking (1:38): MP3
  13. No Other Love Have I (1:45): MP3
  14. She's Funny That Way (3:15): MP3
  15. Snow 2 (0:50): MP2
  16. Blessed are the... (1:14): MP3
  17. "Telepathy of Wires" (0:36): MP3
  18. I Don't Know Index (1:36): MP3
  19. That early sixties sound... (0:31): MP3
  20. Owed to Doug Lang (1:43): MP3
  21. Pro Phase (1:21): MP3
  22. o this is middle age... (1:23): MP3
  23. Song of My Own Feels (1:49): MP3
  24. Full show (32:57): MP3

Segue Series Reading at the Ear Inn with John Ashbery, September 16, 1978

John Ashbery and Michael Lally

Note: Ashbery and Lally alternated reading during the recording
  1. Ashbery, first set (16:46): MP3
  2. *
  3. Lally, "The softness of an ass" (3:33): MP3
  4. Lally, from South Orange Sonnets (16:42): MP3

      Segmented:

    • 4 (00:43): MP3
    • 6 (00:32): MP3
    • 7 (00:33): MP3
    • 9 (00:32): MP3
    • 14 (00:34): MP3
    • 15 (00:30): MP3
    • 16 (00:31): MP3
    • 19 (00:30): MP3
    • 20 (00:40): MP3
    • *
  5. Ashbery from Litany (20:01): MP3
    *
  6. Lally, second set full(24:36): MP3

      Segmented:

    • My Life (11:20): MP3
    • 1978 Almost Spring (01:14): MP3
    • Knowing (00:57): MP3
    • from Oomaloom (22:04): MP3
  7. *
Complete reading (1:23:44): MP3

Reading by Vincent Katz and Michael Lally, St. Mark’s Church, NY, November 14, 1990

Recorded on audiocassette. Recording hosted by the Library of Congress.

  1. Side A (47:45): link
  2. Side B (49:50): link

What You Find There

  1. Newark Poem (00:21): MP3
  2. Some South Orange Sonnets (11:28): MP3
  3. Going Home Again (15:05): MP3
  4. Not Anymore (00:57): MP3
  5. Turning 50 (02:29): MP3
  6. The Healing Poem (07:20): MP3
  7. Where Do We Belong (25:45): MP3

Engineered by Jim Latham, Theta Sound Studio, Burbank, California. Words and Voice: Michael Lally. All recorded material written and published by Michael Lally. Executive production by Harvey Robert Kubernik and David A. Barmack. for BarKubCo Music, Inc. P.O. Box 67930, Los Angeles, CA 90067

® 1994 New Alliance Records, P.O. Box 1389, Lawndale, CA 90260

Wednesday Night Series: Michael Lally and Maggie Dubris, St. Mark's Church, NY, December 13, 2000

Recorded on audiocassette. Recording hosted by the Library of Congress.

  1. Side A (47:23): link
  2. Side B (30:16): link

Reading for the Readings in Contemporary Poetry series at Dia Art Foundation, New York:Chelsea, April 24, 2011

with Brenda Iijima

  • complete reading (25:48): MP3

Launch for Another Way to Play, selected poems, at Howl, New York, NY April 26, 2018

Video by Charles Bernstein

These recordings are being made available for noncommercial and educational use only. All rights to this recorded material belong to the author. © 2018 Michael Lally. Used with permission of Michael Lally. Distributed by PennSound.