James Sherry

PoemTalk Episode #134, Discussing Mei-mei Berssenbrugge's "Hello, the Roses," feat. Evelyn Reilly, Joshua Schuster, and James Sherry

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I See Words: The Life and Work of Hannah Weiner, June 18, 2022, Artists Space, New York

Curated by Jennifer Bartlett and sponsored by Zoeglossia.
Introduction by Jennifer Bartlett
A screening of Hannah Weiner: A Film by Phill Niblock, 1974, with new captions
Reading of Clairvoyant Journal by Darcie Dennigan, Farnoosh Fathi, and James Sherry
Panel discussion with Susan Bee, Judith Goldman, Declan Gould, and Phill Niblock, moderated by Lee Ann Brown
Closing remarks by Charles Bernstein

Reading on October 23, 2017

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• Complete recording (40:07): MP3

  Segue Reading at Bowery Poetry Club, March 29, 2009

  Environmental Poetics
  As the environmental model of the planet begins to take hold in the culture, a new set of social classes emerges based on the individual’s view of nature. (Source: Michael Thompson)

  Social Being	View of Nature
  The Ineffectual	Lottery Controlled Cornucopia
  The Hierarchist	Isomorphic Nature
  The Hermit	Freely Available Cornucopia
  The Entrepreneur	Skill-Controlled Cornucopia
  The Sectist	Accountable Nature

  
  
  1. Beautiful Poems for My Friends
  2. Against Symbolism Alone
  3. Four Parallel Poems: Environmental Parallel Poem, EPP2, Parallel Anthem, Nature Red in Parallel or the Politics of Fear
  4.. Scenes from Fallen Arches: A Mystery Play in Eden
  5. Mote Removal: Clean Speak

  Incomplete recording (14:17): MP3

  From Charles Bernstein's Portraits Series: James at Home, November 12, 2006

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  James Sherry
  James moved to his loft on the Bowery (at Houston) about 30 years ago. At the time, it was still skid row. Roof books and Segue Distributing were run out  of the space and from time to time we had readings there too. And our first local talk series, "New York Talks," which I curated in 1984. (mp4, 31 seconds, 5.1 mb)

  Post-Invasion Poetics Reading, Kelly Writers House and Institute for Contemporary Art, October 17-18, 2003

  The Environmental View of Humanity in Nature, The Structural View of the Human Environment (3:33): MP3
  Reading at the Institute for Contemporary Art (5:29): MP3

  Reading for the L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E Poets Series at the Ceres Gallery, New York, October 28, 1998

  1. Introduction (5:39): MP3
  2. Old and New Ben (3:22): MP3
  3. Wet Behind (the Ears) (2:52): MP3
  4. Self Hatred or the PC Section (6:24): MP3
  5. How a Poem is Composed (5:00): MP3
  6. Free Readicals (4:37): MP3
  7. excerpt from Nuke Man (3:06): MP3
  • Complete reading (31:00): MP3

  Wednesdays @ 4 Plus Series, SUNY-Buffalo, February 19, 1992

  1. Opening Poem (2:40): MP3
  2. A Drawing on Strauss (2:52): MP3
  3. When She Comes (1:08): MP3
  4. From In Case (1:43): MP3
  5. More From In Case (0:53): MP3
  6. A Comment on Michael Lally (2:49): MP3
  7. Epistle Apology (4:31): MP3
  8. The Edge of Possession (2:15): MP3
  9. Plain and Fencing Rhetoric (2:58): MP3
  10. Free Radicals (3:59): MP3
  11. Accidentals (3:40): MP3
  12. Live Action Language (6:01): MP3
  13. Empire of Rats I (3:08): MP3
  14. Empire of Rats II (5:49): MP3
  Complete reading (37:37): MP3

  Reading at Reed College, 1991

  Complete reading (25:38): MP3

  Reading at the Ear Inn, New York, November 16, 1991

  Complete reading (26:25): MP3
  

  Reading at the Ear Inn, New York, February 17, 1988

  Complete reading (35:03): MP3

  Reading at the Ear Inn, New York, February 6, 1988

  Complete reading (35:14): MP3

  Reading at the Ear Inn, New York, December 13, 1986

  Complete reading (29:38): MP3

  Reading at the Ear Inn, New York, November 10, 1984

  1. Introduction (0:52): MP3
  2. Our Nuclear Heritage (0:52): MP3
  3. How History Is Read (1:13): MP3
  4. Don't Give Up the Ship Is the Ship (4:47): MP3
  5. Go Ahead, Press It (1:58): MP3
  6. Pleonexia (3:26): MP3
  7. Osteoid Osteoma (3:20): MP3
  8. Analytic and Synthetic Apparatus (3:01): MP3
  9. Art and Science and Politics (6:08): MP3
  10. A Short Poem (1:20): MP3
  11. On the Skin of Burnt Children (0:20): MP3
  12. The Marginal Arts (0:25): MP3

  Clairvoyant Journal, 1981

  Performed by Charles Bernstein, James Sherry, and Hannah Weiner (20:22): MP3

  Recorded 1981, New York City, and previously unissued.

  Reading at the Ear Inn, New York, Spring 1980

  Complete reading with Hannah Weiner and Charles Bernstein (20:06): MP3

  Reading at the Ear Inn, New York, November 18, 1978

  1. About (2:49): MP3
  2. Do You Know What (2:20): MP3
  3. Aubade (0:42): MP3
  4. Transparencies (3:32): MP3
  5. untitled (2:33): MP3
  6. The Sentences Got Out of Their Box (7:26): MP3
  7. Scripture (1:31): MP3

  Complete reading (23:41): MP3

  Appearing on Public Access Poetry with Yuki Hartman, October 20, 1977

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  Also of Interest:

  James Sherry on PennSound Daily

  • February 9, 2009: "James Sherry: Two New Readings"

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