Thomas Devaney

from A Celebration of George Oppen's 100th Birthday at the Kelly Writers House, April 7, 2008
introduction (4:45): MP3
on Mary Oppen's Meaning A Life (14:48): MP3

reading at the Kelly Writers House, February 7, 2000
Poems from The American Pragmatist Fell in Love (Banshee Press, 1999)
1. "The American Pragmatist Fell in Love" (1:27)
2. "Obi-Wan Kenobi" (1:53)
3. "Sonnet" (0:53)
2. "More than usual state of motion, with more than usual order" (2:09)
3. "The Heartbeat of America Makes Its Own Gravy" (1:27)
4. "Everyone I know" (1:27)
5. "Sunday Big Movie Sonnet" (1:20)
7. "Getting to Philadelphia" (3:55)
9. "Kill-Spray" (3:45)

At the "Finding the Words" post-9/11 program, November 7, 2001:
"Fireman's Song" (1:04)

The Line Reading Series January, 28, 2003
Complete Reading (24:47): MP3

The Philly Sound Weekend reading at the Kelly Writers House,
University of Pennsylvania, August 9, 2003
1. Trying to Live As If It Were Morning (2:59)
2. A free for all ends at AC airport (2:30)
3. The Stink of Nothing (3:52)
4. Frog Song (1:33)

Reading of The Rat and the Flowerpot (1:01) for Frequency Audio Journal (2004 Issue)

Reading at the Kelly Writers House, April 4, 2007 with John Coletti
mp3 with introduction by Julia Bloch (49:31)

Also on PennSound

Poetry and Empire: Post-Invasion Poetics [Presented at the ICA, University of Pennsylvania, 2003]:
    Saturday reading: "Origami Headphones" (4:28)

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