PennSound Podcasts
66 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 4 years ago - ★★★★ - 12 ratingsPennSound Podcasts are hosted by PennSound's co-director, Al
Filreis. PennSound was created in 2003 in order to produce new audio
recordings and to preserving existing audio archives of poets reading their
own work and discussing poetry and poetics - and to make these available to
everyone through free downloadable sound files. PennSound is a project of
the Center for Programs in Contemporary Writing at the University of
Pennsylvania
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Episodes
Episode 67 - Sarah Rose Etter interviewed by Julia Bloch
August 01, 2020 14:00 - 24 minutes - 33.4 KBSarah Rose Etter interviewed by Julia Bloch about her new book The Book of X
Episode 68 – Not-me-ness: Eileen Myles and Davy Knittle
February 11, 2020 14:00 - 46 minutes - 63.5 KBEileen Myles in conversation with Davy Knittle
Episode 66 - Dani Zelko with Jennifer Ponce de León
August 01, 2019 14:00 - 1 hour - 94.3 KBDani Zelko with Jennifer Ponce de León discussing Zelko's Reunion project
Episode 65 - Wendy Trevino with Levi Bentley and Ted Rees
August 01, 2019 14:00 - 1 hour - 220 KBWendy Trevino with Levi Bentley and Ted Rees
Episode 64 - William Corbett and Davy Knittle on James Schuyler
July 09, 2019 14:00 - 44 minutes - 61.5 KBWilliam Corbett and Davy Knittle on James Schuyler
Episode 63 - New writing through the Anthropocene
June 17, 2019 14:00 - 56 minutes - 77.8 KBA discussion between Allison Cobb and Brian Teare with Julia Bloch, Knar Gavin, and Aylin Malcolm
Episode 62 - Jared Stanley interviews Brian Teare
May 17, 2019 14:00 - 53 minutes - 74.2 KBJared Stanley interviews Brian Teare
Episode 61 - Samantha Giles interviews Jenn McCreary
April 23, 2019 14:00 - 43 minutes - 60.4 KBSamantha Giles interviews Jenn McCreary on her new book, Total Recall
Episode 60 - Ted Rees interviews Ariel Resnikoff
October 24, 2018 14:00 - 1 hour - 99.7 KBTed Rees interviews Ariel Resnikoff on his new book, In Brazen Fontanelle Aflame.
Episode 59 - Christie Davids interviews Sue Landers
June 14, 2018 14:00 - 1 hour - 82.7 MBChristie Davids interviews Sue Landers on her 2016 book, Franklinstein.
Episode 59 - Christy Davids interviews Sue Landers
June 14, 2018 14:00 - 1 hour - 82.7 MBChristy Davids interviews Sue Landers on her 2016 book, Franklinstein.
Episode 58 - Davy Knittle interviews Rachel Levitsky
November 07, 2017 14:00 - 53 minutes - 72.9 MBDavy Knittle interviews Rachel Levitsky
Episode 57 - Christy Davids interviews Trish Salah
April 06, 2017 14:00 - 25 minutes - 34.6 MBChristy Davids interviews Trish Salah
Episode 56 - Christy Davids interviews erica lewis
December 21, 2016 15:00 - 57 minutes - 79.4 MBChristy Davids interviews erica lewis
Episode 54 - Mike Hennessey's top 5 PennSound picks
December 16, 2016 15:00 - 57 minutes - 78.3 MBMichael Hennessey, one of the founding participants of the PennSound archive, joins Al Filreis in the Wexler Studio to discuss Mike's top 5 PennSound picks.
Episode 55 - CAConrad reading and conversation with Julia Bloch
March 17, 2016 15:00 - 1 hour - 83.9 MBCAConrad reading and conversation with Julia Bloch
Episode 53 - Jaime Shearn Coan interviews Brian Teare
December 20, 2015 15:00 - 1 hour - 88.3 MBJaime Shearn Coan interviews Brian Teare.
Episode 52 - Jerome Rothenberg and Ariel Resnikoff
November 16, 2015 15:00 - 1 hour - 91.9 MBJerome Rothenberg and Ariel Resnikoff join Al Filreis in discussion.
Episode 51 - Brian Teare interviews Brent Armendinger
September 22, 2015 14:00 - 54 minutes - 74.8 MBBrian Teare interviews Brent Armendinger.
Episode 50 - Gabriel Ojeda Sague interviews Emji Spero
June 09, 2015 14:00 - 54 minutes - 49.7 MBGabriel Ojeda Sague interviews Emji Spero.
Episode 49 - Al Filreis interviews William J. Harris
June 08, 2015 14:00 - 1 hour - 75.1 MBAl Filreis interviews William J. Harris in Brooklyn, NY.
Episode 47 - Ariel Resnikoff interviews Yosuke Tanaka
March 27, 2015 15:00 - 26 minutes - 24 MBAriel Resnikoff interviews visiting Japanese poet, Yosuke Tanaka.
Episode 48 - Brian Teare interviews Rachel Zolf
March 27, 2015 15:00 - 1 hour - 55.1 MBBrian Teare interviews Rachel Zolf.
Episode 43 - I'll Drown My Book
March 09, 2015 15:00 - 19 minutes - 17.9 MBAmaris Cuchanski introduces a 20-minute excerpt from an October 2012 event at the Kelly Writers House featuring conceptualist writing by women, celebrating the publication of I'll Drown My Book.
Episode 41 - Erin Moure at 'Hot Texts' in 2012
March 03, 2015 14:00 - 23 minutes - 21.1 MBErin Moure reads at a Belladonna* event, part of the "HOT TEXTS" project, in February 2012.
Episode 46 - The modern long poem with Eric Weinstein
January 21, 2015 14:00 - 37 minutes - 34.2 MBEric Weinstein and Al Filreis discuss the modern long poem, with special reference to The Waste Land.
Episode 45 - Alan Golding, Orchid Tierney, Bob Perelman, and Ron Silliman
November 19, 2014 14:00 - 58 minutes - 53.4 MBAlan Golding, Orchid Tierney, Bob Perelman, and Ron Silliman join Al Filreis to discuss canons, anthologies, Language writing, academia and the long poem.
Episode 40 - Poet/bookseller David Abel in conversation
April 03, 2014 14:00 - 1 hour - 115 MBAl Filreis interviews David Abel at the Kelly Writers House in March 2014.
Episode 39 - Ann Lauterbach
March 07, 2014 15:00 - 10 minutes - 9.41 MBA 9-minute excerpt from a November 2013 reading by Ann Lauterbach at the Kelly Writers House.
Episode 38 - Robert Duncan on Walt Whitman
February 06, 2014 15:00 - 16 minutes - 15.2 MBEmily Harnett introduces a 15-minute excerpt from Duncan's 3-day lecture on Walt Whitman in 1981.
Episode 37 - On Poetry and Architecture
January 26, 2014 15:00 - 17 minutes - 16.2 MBRobert Kocik, Benjamin Aranda, and Vito Acconci talk about poetry and architecture in a 15-minute excerpt from a 2009 event.
Episode 35 - Four Introductions to John Ashbery
January 06, 2014 15:00 - 12 minutes - 11.1 MBKenneth Koch, Richard Howard, David Lehman, and Susan Schultz introduce John Ashbery in readings spanning five decades.
Episode 34 - Introduction to Oulipo
December 23, 2013 15:00 - 16 minutes - 15.1 MBHarry Mathews on Oulipo at MIT in 1999.
Episode 33 - PennSound celebrates its 10th
November 18, 2013 15:00 - 11 minutes - 10.7 MBMichael Hennessey's retrospective on creating the PennSound archive.
Episode 32 - An Alcheringa sound anthology
April 29, 2013 15:00 - 21 minutes - 19.4 MBNick DeFina and Amaris Cuchanski collaborated to present an anthology of seven recordings from among those produced in association with Alcheringa magazine by Dennis Tedlock and Jerome Rothenberg.
Episode 31 - John Tranter in Philadelphia
April 22, 2013 15:00 - 48 minutes - 44.6 MBJohn Tranter visited Philadelphia in spring 2013 and was interviewed by Al Filreis about Jacket magazine and related topics.
Episode 30 - Anselm Hollo, in memoriam
April 15, 2013 15:00 - 17 minutes - 15.8 MBFinnish translator and poet Anselm Hollo died in January 2013. PennSound podcasts celebrates his life and work with this retrospective anthology of recordings.
Episode 29 - Hart Crane Celebration
April 08, 2013 15:00 - 20 minutes - 19 MBIn 2007, at the time Library of America published a new volume of Hart Crane's poems, Charles Bernstein, Samuel Delany, and Brian Reed gathered at the Kelly Writers House to celebrate Crane's life and work.
Episode 28 - A Belladonna* anthology
April 01, 2013 15:00 - 17 minutes - 16.3 MBFrom the vast Belladonna* reading series page at PennSound, seven performances by Belladonna*-affiliated poets are presented in this podcast hosted by Amaris Cuchanski.
Episode 27 - 8 introductions to Robert Creeley
March 25, 2013 15:00 - 13 minutes - 12.6 MBAn anthology of 8 introductions to readings by Robert Creeley from 1961 to 1996, from PennSound's Creeley author page.
Episode 26 - Sherwood and Glazier on digital poetics in 1995
March 18, 2013 15:00 - 10 minutes - 9.19 MBCharles Bernstein interviews Ken Sherwood and Loss Pequeno Glazier for the LINEbreak series in 1995 at SUNY Buffalo.
Episode 25 - Celebrating the 40th anniversary of Burning Deck Press
February 18, 2013 15:00 - 22 minutes - 21 MBSelections from the five-volume set of recordings made at Brown University at the May 2001 celebration of (then) forty years of Burning Deck Press publishing of books, chapbooks and pamphlets, by, of course, Rosmarie and Keith Waldrop.
Episode 24 - Jerome Rothenberg on the book
February 18, 2013 15:00 - 1 hour - 130 MBJerome Rothenberg on May 7, 2010, presenting at the Threads Talk Series (curated by Steve Clay and Kyle Schlesinger), mapped branches of book culture that are typically kept apart.
Episode 23 - Charles Bernstein, Susan Howe, and Bruce Andrews in 1979
February 12, 2013 15:00 - 17 minutes - 15.8 MBOn March 14, 1979, Bruce Andrews and Charles Bernstein visited the studios of WBAI in New York and were interviewed by Susan Howe, host then of the Pacifica Radio Poetry Show. This installment in the PennSound podcast series, introduced again by Amaris Cuchanski and based on editing done by Nick DeFina, features an excerpt from that interview focusing on a discussion of opaque as distinct from transparent language and of language’s materiality.
Episode 22 - P. Inman and Dan Farrell, PhillyTalks
February 05, 2013 16:00 - 21 minutes - 20.1 MBFeaturing P. Inman and Dan Farrell in conversation, this is an excerpt of a longer discussion. Hosted by Amaris Cuchanski.
Episode 21 - Joanne Kyger, Robert Creeley, and Greg Hewlett in coversation
February 04, 2013 15:00 - 17 minutes - 16.4 MBFeaturing Kyger, Creeley, and Hewlett in casual conversation, this is an excerpt of a longer discussion. Hosted by Amaris Cuchanski.
Episode 20 - Charles Alexander and letterpress publishing
February 01, 2011 15:00 - 28 minutes - 25.7 MBCharles Alexander discusses 27 years of Chax Press and predecessors in 20th-century letterpress publishing.