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.

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).

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.

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.

Nathaniel Mackey reads poems from from his forthcoming collection, Nod House and some newer works. Mackey is the author of Splay Anthem<, for which he won a National Book Award.

Arkadii Dragomoshchenko reads his poems, with Charles Bernstein reading translations by Genya Turovskaya and Thomas Epstein. Delicious.

The Swedish poet and critic The English translations were written collaboratively by the author and friends; on this program they are read by Michelle Taransky.