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Close Listening

Hosted by Charles Bernstein

Conversations and readings with poets and artists, produced in cooperation with PennSound and hosted by Charles Bernstein, the American poet, theorist, editor, and literary scholar.

RADIO // Close Listening Stanley Cavell Conversation Hosted by Charles Bernstein Radio show Stanley Cavell recorded at his home in 2012 in Brookline, Mass. The great American philosopher reads from the opening passages of "The Claim of Reason", his essay on King Lear, "The Avoidance of Love" and his new autobiography "Little Did I Know." Stanley Cavell in conversation with Charles Bernstein, recorded at Cavellí's home in Brookline, Mass. In this one-hour show, Cavell reads from the opening passages of The Claim of Reason, his essay on King Lear, The Avoidance of Love... Originally aired 3/18/13 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Close Listening Gerrit Lansing Conversation Hosted by Charles Bernstein Radio show Gerrit Lansing talks with Charles Bernstein, and guest Susan Howe at Lansing's house in Gloucester, Mass about the wild of Gloucester, the relation of the magic (and the magical) and the occult to poetic practice, Nerval, and queer politics. Gerrit Lansing talks with Charles Bernstein, and guest Susan Howe at Lansing's house in Gloucester, Mass. Lansing, a close friend of Charles Olson, discusses the wild of Gloucester, the relation of the magic (and the magical) and the occult to... Originally aired 2/11/13 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Close Listening Gerrit Lansing Reading Hosted by Charles Bernstein Radio show Gerrit Lansing reads selections from his collected poems, The Heavenly Tree/Northern Earth. His work fusing Modernist poetic experiment with occult and spiritual themes served as a precursor of and influence upon 1960s counterculture. Gerrit Lansing reads selections from his collected poems, The Heavenly Tree / Northern Earth (North Atlantic, 2009). Gerrit Lansing was born in Albany, New York, in 1928, and grew up in Northern Ohio. Educated at Harvard and Columbia... Originally aired 1/14/13 Listen Read More »
RADIO // Close Listening Matvei Yankelevich, Conversation Hosted by Charles Bernstein Radio show Yankelevich talks with Charles Bernstein about "Some Words for Dr. Vogt," his grandmother Yelenna Bonner and growing up in an American center of Soviet dissidence, samll press politics, design, modern era Russian poetry, translation, and much more. Matvei Yankelevich talks with Charles Bernstein about "Some Words for Dr. Vogt," his grandmother Yelenna Bonner and growing up in an American center of Soviet dissidence, the relation of Soviet samizdat and small press publishing in North America,... Originally aired 9/10/12 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Close Listening Matvei Yankelevich Reading Hosted by Charles Bernstein Radio show Matvei Yankelevich reads from Alpha Donut, his United Artists collection of poems, and from a new poem, "Some Words for Dr. Vogt". He is the author of a number of chapbooks and a novella and is a widely published translator of Russian poetry. Matvei Yankelevich reads from Alpha Donut, his 2012 United Artists collection of poems, and from a new poem, "Some Words for Dr. Vogt". Born in Moscow and currently based in Brooklyn, Yankelevich is the author of a number of chapbooks and a... Originally aired 6/18/12 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Close Listening Joel Kuszai Conversation Hosted by Charles Bernstein Radio show Joel Kuszai talks about his 2011 book Accidency, and its sampling of the author's earlier poems as well as Elizabethan poetry. Kuszai also discusses the relation of poetry to anarchist education theories. Joel Kuszai talks to Charles Bernstein about his new book Accidency and its sampling of the author's earlier poems as well as Elizabethan poetry. Kuszai discussed the importance of Jackson Mac Low and Paul Goodman and the relation of poetry... Originally aired 11/14/11 Listen Read More »
RADIO // Close Listening Joel Kuszai Reading Hosted by Charles Bernstein Radio show Poet Joel Kuszai reads selections from his 2011 book, Accidency, published by Roof Books. Kuszai is also the editor of Poetics@, a collection of email exchanges from the Buffalo Poetics List. He teaches at Queensborough Community College. Poet Joel Kuszai reads selections from his 2011 book, Accidency, published by Roof Books. Kuszai is also the editor of Poetics@, a collection of email exchanges from the Buffalo Poetics List. He teaches at Queensborough Community... Originally aired 10/24/11 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Close Listening Ted Greenwald Conversation Hosted by Charles Bernstein Radio show Ted Greenwald talks to host Charles Bernstein about being a young poet from Queens in the 1960s, how the mind takes orders from the brain, the relation of the art world to the poetry world, and about revisions, form, style, and vernacular practice. Ted Greenwald talks to Charles Bernstein about being a young poet from Queens in the 1960s, how the mind takes orders from the brain, the relation of the art world to the poetry world, and about revisions, form, style, and vernacular practice. Ted... Originally aired 10/3/11 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Close Listening Jerome McGann Conversation Hosted by Charles Bernstein Radio show Jerome McGann talks about the continuing importance of Blake and the Pre-Raphaelites, about poetry as a form of knowledge, about the disease of Romantic Ideology and about the textual condition in new and old media. Jerome McGann talks to Charles Bernstein about the continuing importance of Blake and the Pre-Raphaelites, about poetry as a form of knowledge, about the disease of Romantic Ideology with special reference to Byron and Wordsworth, and about the... Originally aired 8/1/11 Listen Read More »
RADIO // Close Listening Jerome McGann Reading Hosted by Charles Bernstein Radio show Jerome McGann reads from Are the Humanities Inconsequent? Interpreting Marx's Riddle of the Dog. McGann subjects current literary studies to a patacritical investigation (and it is Groucho, not Karl, and it's a pretty juicy riddle). Jerome McGann reads from Are the Humanities Inconsequent? Interpreting Marx's Riddle of the Dog. McGann subjects current literary studies to a patacritical investigation. The investigation centers in the interpretation of a riddle of Marx,... Originally aired 7/18/11 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Close Listening Johanna Drucker Conversation Hosted by Charles Bernstein Radio show Johanna Drucker in conversation with Charles Bernstein. The program starts with Bernstein's provocative question, "are you a poet, an artist, a fiction writer, a scholar, a designer or an aesthetician — or aren't you the kind that tells?" Johanna Drucker in conversation with Charles Bernstein. The program starts with Bernstein's provocative question, "are you a poet, an artist, a fiction writer, a scholar, a designer or an aesthetician — or aren't you the kind that tells?" and an... Originally aired 7/11/11 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Close Listening Johanna Drucker Reading Hosted by Charles Bernstein Radio show The printer, book artist, poet, and scholar (and founder of the online treasure Artists' Books Online) reads a diverse sampling of her writings spanning more than thirty years from 1971's Fragile to 2008's Combo Meals. Johanna Drucker reads a diverse sampling of her writings that spans more than thirty years, including Fragile (1971), From A to Z (1977), Tongues (1982), Damaged Spring (2003) and Combo Meals (2008). Johanna... Originally aired 5/16/11 Listen Read More »
RADIO // Close Listening Joan Retallack Conversation Hosted by Charles Bernstein Radio show A conversation with Joan Retallack, author of eight books of poetry including Memnoir, How To Do Things With Words, and Afterrimages. She is also the author of MUSICAGE, a volume of conversations she had with John Cage over a three-year period. Joan Retallack is the author of eight books of poetry, including Memnoir, How To Do Things With Words, and Afterrimages. She is also the author of MUSICAGE, a volume of conversations she had with John Cage over a three-... Originally aired 4/26/11 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Close Listening Joan Retallack Reading Hosted by Charles Bernstein Radio show Joan Retallack reads her poems from "The Woman in the Chinese Room" and (attention John Cage followers) she wrote a book after her conversations with the composer. Charles Bernstein hosts. Joan Retallack reads her poems: from "The Woman in the Chinese Room" (from How To Do Things With Words, Sun & Moon Classics, 1998), from The Bosch Bookshelf, 1-6, (published in Qui Parle [At the Intersections of Ecocriticism], Vol.19, No.2,... Originally aired 4/11/11 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Close Listening Nathaniel Mackey Conversation Hosted by Charles Bernstein Radio show Nathaniel Mackey sits down with host Charles Bernstein to discuss how ideas such as discrepancy, discontent, rhythmic disruption, and disjuncture play a part in shaping his poetry. Nathaniel Mackey in conversation with Charles Bernstein. Mackey discusses his key concepts "discrepant engagement" and "paracritical hinge," his engagement with Lorca's concept of "duende," the use of cultural references in his work, his mode of... Originally aired 2/28/11 Listen Read More »