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Poetry and Revolution at Birbeck

Charles Bernstein

Birkbeck Poster — Friday 25 May 2012 - Sunday 27 May 2012

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May 21, 2012

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Jeff Boruszak

Will Alexander: absentia like a pre-atomic sigil

"Compound Hibernation"

Al Filreis

photo of Will Alexander courtesy of Skylight Press

In March 17, 2007, reading in the Segue Series at the Bowery Poetry Club in New York, Will Alexander read four poems: “Exercise is Particle Neutrino,” “Coping Prana,” “Compound Hibernation,” and “Above the Human Nerve Domain.” An audio recording of the complete reading (17:59) is available on Will Alexander’s PennSound author page, as are segmented audio for each poem. Here I’m pleased to feature “Compound Hibernation” [MP3; 2:22]. The text of the poem was published in Zen Monster.

May 23, 2013

Tom Leonard does the revolt of Islam in different voices, 1978

Al Filreis

In 1978, Tom Leonard recorded “Three Texts for Tape” at his home in Glasgow using his Teac A-3340S tape recorder. One of these three “texts for tape” was a performance piece, a chanting of another poet’s verses — a multiple reading of a half canto of Percy Shelley’s “The Revolt of Islam” in many voices. Here is that recording (with thanks to the Archive of the Now): MP3 (4:37).

May 22, 2013