For our 50th episode, Charles Bernstein, Michael Hennessey, and Marjorie Perloff gathered at the Kelly Writers House to talk about Tom Raworth’s poem, “Errory.” The poem was published in Clean & Well Lit in 1996, and has been reprinted in the Carcanet PressCollected Poems (2003). Our recording of “Errory” comes from audio material produced in 2004 by the Contemporary Poetics Research Center (CPRC) at Birkbeck College of the University of London, and we thank Colin Still for making these recordings available to PennSound.
Here is the CPRC/PennSound recording of Raworth performing “Errory,” at somewhat more than his usual breakneck speed. Listen to “Out of a Sudden,” for instance — from the same recording session — and you'll notice a more deliberate pace.
PennSound has replaced the low-res version of these tapes, so now possible to see in full-screen. The program took place at the Whitney’s Philip Morris space, across from Grand Central terminal in New York.
Pied bot Charles Bernstein éditions joca seria collection américaine translated by Martin Richet afterword by Jean-Marie Gleize photos by Susan Bee poésie 160 pages 15 x 20 cm 16 € ISBN 978-2-84809-187-7 March 2012 Shade, The Occurrence of Tune, and the preface to Content's Dream with altered photographs by Susan Bee (from the original edition of Occurrence of Tune) More information, and slide show of photos, at web site for éditions joca seria.
Jane Malcolm: How would you characterize your involvement with Occupy Wall Street (OWS) and the Occupy movement? I've seen the footage you've taken as part of the crowd, and I imagine that as a New Yorker you must have especially strong feelings about it.
In this episode of Close Listening, Rachel Blau DuPlessis discusses her long poem Drafts, the relation between poetry and politics, and the contemporary state of gender issues in writing with host Charles Bernstein, and reads a selection from Drafts.
Stefan Mönke, "Charles Bernstein’s Response to the Postmodern Condition"
M.A. dissertation, Univeristy of Coimbra (Portugal), May 2011
pdf of dissertation