Hannah Weiner

LINEbreak interview with Charles Bernstein, 1995

1. Introduction (0:19): MP3
2. On how she began writing poetry and creating performance work (4:45): MP3
3. On the Clairvoyant Journal (1:28): MP3
4. Reading from the Clairvoyant Journal ["4/29 la for the book"] (3:16): MP3
5. On embarrassment, the diaristic tradition, and literary experiment (2:33): MP3
6. On writing prose poetry (0:46): MP3
7. On judging a good poem from a bad poem (0:58): MP3
8. Reading from "paw" (7:13): MP3
9. On seeing words (0:53): MP3
10. On the performative aspect of "paw," paw actually existing in HW's forehead, and the word as healing (4:21): MP3
11. On her studies at Radcliffe (1:34): MP3

Complete program (29:44): mp3

Full transcript of this interview: pdf

PoemTalk Episode #143, Discussing Hannah Weiner's "Clairvoyant Journal," feat. Kate Colby, Davy Knittle, and Charles Bernstein

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

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
PennSound media server file

Celebration of Hannah Weiner's Open House, November 11, 2007

For video and audio recordings, click here.

The Radio Reading Project, interviewed by Ernesto Grosman, 1998

Complete recording and more info here.

Reading at the Ear Inn, May 3, 1997

• Complete reading (46:54): MP3

Complete recording (25:18): MP3
"Astral Vision" excerpt from end of reading (Felix, Charles, Godzilla) (5:45): MP3

Segue Series Reading at the Ear Inn, November 20, 1993

1. Introduction by Laynie Brown (3:57): MP3
2. Astral [Felix] (1:31): MP3
3. From "Silent Teachers" (1:40): MP3
4. In the Entrotico (1:24): MP3
5. Felix (1:06): MP3
6. Introduction, "Silent Teachers" (7:05): MP3
7. Silent Teachers (15:14): MP3
8. Page Number O (6:11): MP3
9. The Calm (8:03): MP3

Complete reading (46:33): MP3

Reading at the Poetry Project, October 28, 1992

• Part 1 (18:17): MP3
• Part 2 (14:11): MP3
• Part 3 (17:46): MP3

Weeks, 1990

• Part 1 (46:00): MP3, RealAudio
• Part 2 (33:52): MP3, RealAudio
• Part 3 (11:44): MP3, RealAudio

Published by Xexoxial (Madison, 1990), along with an audio cassette. Recorded by Bruce Andrews in New York, 1989. Text remains available from publisher.

Reading by Kathleen Fraser and Hannah Weiner, St. Mark’s Church, NY, October 18, 1989

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

1. Side A (44:34): link
2. Side B (38:21): link

Segue Series Reading at the Ear Inn, June 15, 1985

1. The Zero One (27:23): MP3
2. Returning to the Edge (4:34): MP3

Reading from Spoke, Ear Inn, New York, October 10, 1983

Complete reading (38:01): MP3

1. Introduction (1:03): MP3
2. Opening Remarks (0:57): MP3
3. AUG 1 from Spoke (3:26): MP3
4. AUG 3 from Spoke (6:12): MP3
5. SEPT 4 from Spoke (8:38): MP3
6. SEPT 6 from Spoke (12:22): MP3
7. SEPT survive 11 from Spoke (3:55): MP3

Additional excerpt (5:40): MP3

Clairvoyant Journal, 1981

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

Recorded 1981, New York City, and previously unissued.

Segue Series Reading at the Ear Inn, Spring 1980

Complete reading with Charles Bernstein and James Sherry (20:06): MP3

Reading with Mel Freilicher, December 1978

1. Virgin from Little Book (11:22): MP3
2. Darrel's Book (3:12): MP3
3. ChicThree (1:42): MP3
4. Jimmy's Book (3:49): MP3
5. Russell's Book (4:06): MP3

"May" from the Clairvoyant Journal

• "May" excerpt, from Kenning #12 - WAY (6:12): MP3
• "May" full version (19:55): MP3

Performed by Rochelle Kraut, Sharon Mattlin, and Hannah Weiner. Recorded by Charlie Morrow live at St. Mark's Poetry Project circa 1978.

Clairvoyant Journal, 1978

• "March" (26:48): MP3, Real Audio
• "April" (28:09): MP3, Real Audio

Performed by Regina Beck, Sharon Mattlin, Peggy De Coursey, and Hannah Weiner. Originally issued as an audio cassette by New Wilderness Audiographics, 1978. An excerpt is also anthologized in E. no 3, 2020.

Appearing on Public Access Poetry, December 29, 1977

Reading Clairvoyant Journal with Sharon Mattlion and Peggy DeCoursey; ends with Charles Bernstein reading "So Not Really Visit a remember to Strange"
Media sas file of Bernstein/Weiner: mov


Hannah Weiner: A Film by Phill Niblock and students at CUNY - Staten Island (1974)

Watch on Media.sas Captioned version: mp4



Audio versions:

1. Page One, Apple Pie (1:27): MP3
2. Reach Somebody (0:30): MP3
3. Save Your Breath (2:41): MP3
4. Go to Avenue A (1:11): MP3
5. Go to Countdown (2:42): MP3
6. What Happened? (0:25): MP3
7. Get Tired (1:18): MP3
• Complete recording (10:29): MP3

3 Poems from Tape Poems, ed. Eduardo Costa and John Perreault, 1969

• Poem 2: The Problem (0:29): MP3
• Poem 3: Helium and Krypton (1:06): MP3
• Poem 4, Part 1: The Sound of an Object in One-Dimensional Motion Along a Line from A to B (0:41): MP3
• Poem 4, Part 2: The Sound of an Object in One-Dimensional Motion Along a Line from B to C (0:42): MP3
• Poem 4, Part 3: The Sound of an Object in One-Dimensional Motion Along a Line from C to D (0:39): MP3
• Poem 4, Part 5: Speed Racer (1:00): MP3

Courtesy of Patrick Durgin, whose research on Hannah Weiner led PennSound and Jacket2 to these recordings.

Poetry Reading, St. Mark's Church-In-the-Bowery, March 2, 1967

Complete recording (27:53): MP3

Hannah Weiner on PennSound Daily

• March 30, 2009: "Hannah Weiner: Segue Series Reading at the Ear Inn, 1993"
• November 24, 2008: "A Celebration of Hannah Weiner's Open House"
• August 8, 2008: "Patrick F. Durgin on Mad River Anthology"

These sound recordings are being made available for noncommercial and educational use only. All rights to this recorded material belong to the author's trust. ©2010 Charles Bernstein for Hannah Weiner in trust. Used with permission. Distributed by PennSound.