Charles Bernstein

Cia Rinne on Close Listening

Cia Rinne was born in Sweden from a Finnish family and raised in Germany. She has studied in Frankfurt/Main, Athens and Helsinki. Rinne is the author of the books zaroum, and notes for soloists, as well as being a collaborator on numerous multimedia and performance works. The program was recorded on September 30, 2014.

Close Listening, with host Charles Bernstein

Twentieth anniversary celebration of the EPC: Audio recordings from PennSound

Willis, cheek, Kim, Retallack, Snelson, Vicuna, Glazier, Bernstein

Charles Bernstein, cris cheek, Tony Conrad, Loss Pequeño Glazier, Steve McCaffery, Myung Mi Kim,  Joan Retallack, Laura Shackelford, Danny Snelson,  Elizabeth Willis, & Wooden Cities with Ethan Hayden. 

Charles Olson reading in Berlin in 1966

Olson and his translator Klaus Reichert, Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Dec. 15, 1966. This recording has by far the best version of "Maximus, to Himself." While PennSound has another recording, the quality is poor. Thanks to Norbert Lange for making this recording available to us. 

The George Kuchar Reader, ed. Andrew Lampert

Primary Information has just published The George Kuchar Reader, a 336 page Kuchar extravaganza, chocked full of color and black and white images from letters, reviews, publications and including Kuchar's comics and visual art and much in Kuchar's own handwriting. It is a must have book for anyone interested in Kuchar and a great introduction for those new to his work.  The book ends with a set of emails written in Kuchar's last years that provide a glimpse into the personal life of this relatively private man, who made an essential contribution to the art of the movies. And while movies are  the center of Kuchar's work, this book makes clear what a great writer he was -- and what a madcap graphic artist. 

Thanks to the Primary Information, here is Andrew Lampert's introduction.  You can order the book here.