Commentaries

Managing language in the digital age, digitally

afilreis — Thu, 16 May 2013 10:31:56 +0000

Goldsmith’s book Uncreative Writing presented in its digital entirety simultaneously forwards and backwards, by Mab MacMoragh: [VIDEO]

Kimberly Lyons looks for Mina Loy

afilreis — Wed, 15 May 2013 11:01:33 +0000

Photo of Lyons by Tim Trace Peterson.

In May of 1992, Kimberly Lyons gave a Segue Series reading at the Ear Inn in New York. As of today (thanks to PennSound’s Anna Zalakostas) this reading by Lyons, and several others, have been segmented. Among the poems Lyons read at the Ear Inn in ’92: “Looking for Mina Loy” [MP3].

Robert Browning as performed by Aaron Kramer

afilreis — Tue, 07 May 2013 11:29:44 +0000

To help celebrate the 150th birthday of Robert Browning, poet Aaron Kramer went into the studios of WNYC in New York on May 3, 1962, and performed three of Browning’s poems — and offered commentary on each.

introduction (1:16): MP3
comment on “Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came” (1:32): MP3 [text]
“Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came” (16:24): MP3
comment on “Andrea del Sarto” (1:52): MP3 [text]
“Andrea del Sarto” (18:25): MP3
comment on “Abt Vogler” (1:30): MP3 [text]
“Abt Vogler” (10:50): MP3
closing remarks (1:15): MP3

Kramer got a copy of the program from WNYC and kept it; after his death, Laura Kramer, the poet’s daughter, found the tape and generously permitted PennSound to make it available, along with a great many other readings now featured on PennSound’s Kramer page.