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Leonard Schwartz

PoemTalk #119, Discussing Fatemeh Shams's "When They Broke Down the Door", feat. Firoozeh Kashani-Sabet, Leonard Schwartz, and Mahyar Entezari

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

PoemTalk #80, Discussing Tom Leonard's “Three Texts for Tape: The Revolt of Islam,” feat. Jenn McCreary, Joe Milutis, and Leonard Schwartz

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

PoemTalk #51, Discussing Linh Dinh's "Eating Fried Chicken", feat. Thomas Devaney, Susan Schultz, and Leonard Schwartz

Listen to the complete recording here.

PoemTalk #40, Discussing Susan Schultz's Dementia Blog, feat. Jamie-Lee Josselyn, Michelle Taransky, and Leonard Schwartz

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


Reading and discussion with Simon Carr for the launch of Horse on Paper, Bowery Gallery, NYC, March 16, 2024

On the occasion of Simon Carr's show Play Ground. Courtesy of the Bowery Gallery.

Media.SAS direct link: MP4

MLA Offsite Reading, Philadelphia, January 6, 2017

Complete reading (6:09): MP3

Reading at Galerie éof, Paris, September 19, 2014 as part of the Double Change series

with translations by Chadian poet Nimrod


Ugly Duckling Presse Cellar Series Reading, Brooklyn, NY, April 19, 2013

from The Library of Seven Readings (Ugly Duckling Presse, 2008): parts 2, 5, 6, and 7