Charles Bernstein is the author of All the Whiskey in Heaven: Selected Poems (Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 2010), Girly Man (University of Chicago Press, 2007) and Shadowtime (Green Integer, 2005). He is Regan Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of Pennsylvania. His program, Close Listening, is produced in cooperation with PennSound, and engages poets and artists in conversations, readings and more.
Tyrone Williams speaks about his upbringing an experiences growing up working class in Detroit. Hosted by Charles Bernstein.
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Ko Ko Thett is a poet, editor and translator from Burma/Myanmar. He writes in English and his first book The Burden of Being Burmese was published in 2015 by Zephyr Press. It was hailed by John Ashbery as “brilliantly off-kilter.” With James Byrne, he is the editor of Bones Will Crow, an anthology of contemporary Burmese poetry and he is a translator of the speeches of Aung San Suu Kyi. A student activist during the military dictatorship in Burma, ko ko thett spent many years living in exile in Finland, Austria, and the U.S.. He has recently returned to Yangon.
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This episode is a feature on Colin Browne, the author of Abraham, published by Brick Books, 1987; Ground Water, published by Talonbooks, 2002; and The Shovel, published by Talonbooks, 2007.
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On of two Close Listening programs on Harold Schimmel, this episode features a live reading of poetry in Hebrew and English. Schimmel reads a few early American (English) poems and then reads some of his Hebrew poems, offering line-by-line spontaneous translations.
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In Close Listening program two on Harold Schimmel, he talks about his decision to write in Hebrew -- a language he hardly knew.
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Zeyar Lynn, Conversation, host
Zeyar Lynn Reading, host
Wystan Curnow Interview, host
Will Alexander, The Politics of Poetry , host
Tracie Morris Reading, host
Tracie Morris Interview, host
Tonya Foster Reading, host
Tonya Foster Conversation, host
Thomas McEvilley Reading, host
Thomas McEvilley Interview, host
Ted Greenwald Conversation, host
Ted Greenwald, host
Tan Lin Reading, host
Tan Lin Interview, host
Stanley Cavell Conversation, host
Sergei Gandlevsky Interview, host
Samuel R. Delany Conversation, host
Rosmarie Waldrop Reading, host
Rosmarie Waldrop Conversation, host
Robert Grenier Interview, Pt. 2, host
Robert Grenier Interview, Pt. 1, host
Richard Tuttle Reading, host
Richard Tuttle Interview, host
Richard Foreman Reading Prose, host
Richard Foreman Reading Plays, host
Richard Foreman Interview, host
Reina María Rodríguez Interview, host
Régis Bonvicino Reading, host
Régis Bonvicino Interview, host
Redell Olsen Reading, host
Redell Olsen Interview, host
Rae Armantrout Reading, host
Rae Armantrout Interview, host
Pierre Joris Reading, host
Pierre Joris Interview, host
Peter Gizzi Reading, host
Peter Gizzi Interview, host
Patricia Spears Jones, Femme Du Monde, host
Oh! Sandy! A Remembrance, producer
Norman Fischer Reading, host
Norman Fischer Interview, host
Nick Piombino Interview, host
Nathaniel Mackey Reading, host
Nathaniel Mackey Conversation, host
Naomi Replansky Conversation, host
Mónica de la Torre Reading, host
Mónica de la Torre Interview, host
Mira Schor Reading, host
Mira Schor Interview, host
Mimi Gross Interview, host
Miles Champion Reading, host
Miles Champion Conversation , host
Michael Davidson Reading, host
Michael Davidson Interview, host
Mei-mei Berssennbrugge Reading, host
Mei-mei Berssennbrugge Interview, host
Matvei Yankelevich, Conversation, host
Matvei Yankelevich Reading, host
Marjorie Perloff Reading, host
Marjorie Perloff Conversation, Part 2, host
Marjorie Perloff Conversation, Part 1, host
Lisa Robertson, Cinema of the Present, host
Lee Ann Brown Interview, host
Lawrence Joseph Reading, host
Lawrence Joseph Interview, host
Khin Aung Aye & James Byrne, Conversation, host
Kevin Dumouchelle, host
Ken Jacobs Reading, Pt. 2, host
Ken Jacobs Reading, Pt. 1, host
Ken Jacobs Interview, host
Keith Waldrop Reading, host
Keith Waldrop Conversation, host
Julie Patton: I'm Not Black, I'm Blue, host
Julie Patton Reading, host
Jorgen Gassilewski Reading, host
Jorgen Gassilewski Conversation, host
John Yau Reading, host
John Yau Interview, host
John Tranter Reading, host
John Ashbery Conversation, host
Johanna Drucker Reading, host
Johanna Drucker Conversation, host
Joel Kuszai Reading, host
Joel Kuszai Conversation, host
Joan Retallack Reading, host
Joan Retallack Conversation, host
Jerome McGann Reading, host
Jerome McGann Conversation, host
Jay Sanders, Part 2, host
Jay Sanders, Part 1, host
Hank Lazer Reading, host
Hank Lazer Interview, host
Gerrit Lansing Reading, host
Gerrit Lansing Conversation, host
George Kuchar Reading, Part 2, host
George Kuchar Reading, Part 1, host
George Kuchar Interview, host
Fred Wah Reading, host
Fred Wah Conversation, host
Erín Moure Reading, host
Erín Moure Conversation, host
Erica Hunt Reading, host
Erica Hunt Interview, host
Elizabeth Willis Reading, host
Elizabeth Willis Interview, host
Edition #72: Jean-Michel Rabate, host
Edition #71: Eileen Myles Interview, host
Edition #70: Eileen Myles Reading, host
Edition #69: Dominique Fourcade Interview, host
Edition #47: Maggie O'Sullivan Interview, host
Edition #41: Myung Mi Kim Interview, host
Drew Milne Reading, host
Drew Milne Interview, host
Douglas Messerli, Interview, Pt. 1, host
Douglas Messerli Reading, host
Douglas Messerli Interview, Pt. 2, host
Dominique Fourcade Reading, host
Dmitry Golynko Reading, host
Dmitry Golynko Conversation, host
Daphne Marlatt , host
Close Listening, host
Cia Rinne Reading , host
Cia Rinne Conversation, host
Bruce Pearson Interview, host
Bill Berkson in Conversation, host
Arkadii Dragomoshchenko Reading, host
Arkadii Dragomoshchenko Conversation, host
Anna Hallberg Reading, host
Anna Hallberg Conversation, host
Ann Lauterbach Reading, host
Ann Lauterbach Interview, host
Alexander Skidan Reading, host
Alexander Skidan Conversation, host
Alan Loney Reading, host
Alan Loney Interview, host
Alan Davies Reading, host
Alan Davies Interview, host
Al Filreis, host
Abigail Child Reading, host
Abigail Child Interview, host
A.L. Nielsen Reading, host
A.L. Nielsen Interview, host
