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Faculty Reading 7/9/2011

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Title	Faculty Reading 7/9/2011
Performer(s)	Hawkins, Bobbie Louise; Randall, Margaret; Willner, Hall; Myles, Eileen
Subject 1	Poetry—Recitation.
Abstract	In this faculty reading, Margaret Randall reads several poems, including “Carrying Dead Mothers at Our Breast,” “Art Wins, but Barely,” and “Americana.” Bobbie Louise Hawkins reads several pieces including “Stuff Galore.” Hal Willner reads several letters written by Lenny Bruce and Terry Southern as well as William S. Burroughs’ “Quick” and Allen Ginsberg’s “Wichita Vortex Sutra.” Eileen Myles reads several poems and also from prose pieces including “Snowflake” and “The Importance of Being Iceland.”
Content	00:00 Slate. Anne Waldman opens event, announcements. 02:00 Lisa Birman introduces Margaret Randall. 05:25 Margaret Randall reads “Carrying Dead Mothers at Our Breast” and “Something’s Wrong with the Cornfields.” 12:30 Randall reads “Art Wins, but Barely” and “Unpleasant Litter” and “Mother Triptych.” 21:35 Randall reads “Americana” and “Question” and “Whoever We Are.” 30:40 Junior Burke introduces Bobbie Louise Hawkins. 34:00 Bobbie Louise Hawkins reads “The next train is always due to arrive…” 38:10 Hawkins reads “Stuff Galore.” 47:50 Bobbie Louise Hawkins recites “Let’s Do It, Let’s Fall in Love” and reads “we talk about love like people used to talk about the edge of the flat world…” and “And when it ends, of course we hold the other accountable…” 55:00 Junior Burke introduces Hal Willner. 56:56 Hal Willner says that the background music is Steve Lacy, talks about Lacy. Willner reads letters, first one written by Lenny Bruce to his mother Sally, “Dear Ma, I wish I could be with you this Thanksgiving…” 1:02:40 Willner talks about Terry Southern and then reads his letter: “My dear old Don, Many thanks for your kind letter…” 1:07:30 Willner reads the last chapter of William S. Burroughs’ “Naked Lunch” titled “Quick:” “White flash, mangled insect screams…” 1:12:15 Willner reads part of Allen Ginsberg’s “Wichita Vortex Sutra:” “I’m an old man now…” 1:19:10 Willner sings a song by Don Van Vliet: “A thick cloud called the piper cub’s tail…” 1:25:00 Lisa Birman introduces Eileen Myles. 1:28:05 Eileen Myles reads “Snowflake.” 1:31:45 Myles reads “Number 8: Car Camera” and “The Importance of Being Iceland” and “Perfect Night.” 1:38:00 Myles reads “The Box” and “Glowing Stick” and from “Inferno.” 1:44:30 Myles introduces the prose she’s about to read, about reading at St. Mark’s Church. 1:54:10 Myles reading “He was a great poet of love…” 2:01:46 Recording ends.
Type of Event	reading
Date Recorded	2011-07-09
File Format	.mp3
Performance Length	2:01:46
Rights Information	Copyright release given to Naropa University for the purposes of preservation, marketing and educational use. All other rights reserved to individual performers.
Department	writing
Summer Writing Program Week	Week Four
Original Format	CD/Protools
Tape Order	1 of 2
Publisher	Allen Ginsberg Library and Naropa University Archives
Type	Sound
Language	eng
File Name	CD-11-060.mp3

Faculty Reading 7/9/2011

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