Mei-mei Berssenbrugge in April 2019
Mei-Mei Berssenbrugge at the Writers House, April 2019
We at PennSound have now segmented presentations made by Mei-mei Berssenbrugge during her visit as a Kelly Writers House Fellow in April 2019. The Kelly Writers House calendar entry can be found HERE. The video recording of her reading can be watched HERE. A one-hour interview/conversation with Berssenbrugge, moderated by Al Filreis, can be found HERE; an audio-only recording of the conversation is HERE. And now, thanks to Weston Matthews of the PennSound staff, we offer segmented audio of both programs.
Here is the reading:
- Introduction (7:28): MP3
- Student Introduction (5:14): MP3
- Irises (4:42): MP3
- Concordance (7:51): MP3
- Hello, The Roses (7:10): MP3
- Star Beings (6:55): MP3
- Lux (7:40): MP3
- Chaco and Olivia (9:42): MP3
Here is the interview/conversation:
- on writing "DJ Frogs" (3:17): MP3
- on the importance of darkness (1:26): MP3
- on intersubjectivity and science (10:02): MP3
- on stars in literature (2:27): MP3
- on writing "Four Year-Old Girl" (9:07): MP3
- reading of "Four Year-Old Girl" (1:56): MP3
- on aphorisms (3:35): MP3
- on syntax and line structure (3:00): MP3
- on poetic influences (2:01): MP3
- on classical literature (3:18): MP3
- on photography (1:36): MP3
- on the definition of time (2:56): MP3
- on research and pattern (5:44): MP3
- reading of "Slow Down Now" (4:01): MP3