Multimedia Readings

Performances of poetry that escape the page, exploring other media. 

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Audience Poem Selection and "Not"
Description

Essay portion differs slightly from published version.

Citation

Rekdal, Paisley. West: A Translation. Port Townsend, WA: Copper Canyon Press, 2023.

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"The Rituals Must Be Recorded"
Citation

Maldonado, Sheila. "The Rituals Must Be Recorded." BOMB Magazine, 20 January 2023. Web. Accessed 14 March 2024.

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From "Bibliographic Sound Track"
Description

This Poem/PowerPoint premiered on March 31, 2012, at Ludlow38/Mini Goethe Institute. Produced for Artists Space.

Reader
Citation

Lin, Tan. "Bibliographic Sound Track." Jacket2. Kelly Writers House, 9 July 2012. Web. 7 February 2014.

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This is where we are (or take arms against a sea of troubles), an excerpt
Description

Performance begins in darkness and stage gradually lightens (0:00-1:25).

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Speech Talks Back
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"A Neoapocalyptices in the Deep Adaptation" and "A Neoapocalyptices"
Reader
Citation

Uncollected.

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"Queer Check-Ins"
Citation

Taitano, Lehua. "Queer Check-Ins." Vimeo, uploaded by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center, 6 Nov. 2018. Accessed 8 Oct. 2019.

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"Drop It Like It's Hottentot Venus"
Citation

Kearney, Douglas. "Drop It Like It's Hottentot Venus." SkinMag. N.p.: Deadly Chaps, 2012.

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Pecha Kucha Tucson
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"Lightning at Night"
Description

Poem read by David Baker; musical setting performed by the River Song Quintet. Musical setting is unpublished. 

Reader
Citation

Baker, David. The Truth about Small Towns. Fayetteville: The University of Arkansas Press, 1998. 

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"Mini-Sonnet,", "Postulate," and "Love Note, Late Night Ghazal"
Description

Choreography: Elizabeth GeorgeDancer: Katherine Larson

Citation

Wing, Catherine. Enter Invisible. Louisville, KY: Sarabande Books, 2005.

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"Betty's Ball Blues"
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Description
Includes a recorded musical version of the poem performed by Taj Mahal.
Citation
Reed, Ishmael. Conjure. Amherst, MA: University of Massachusetts Press, 1972.
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Collaborative Performance of "Anabatic Jukebox"
Description

Poem by Nathaniel Mackey with music by Marilyn Crispell.

Citation

Mackey, Nathaniel. Callaloo 35.1 (2012): 10-16. Print.Original composition by Marilyn Crispell.

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Paisley Rekdal
Photographer
Paola Valenzuela
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Sheila Maldonado
Photographer
Paola Valenzuela
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Black Took Collective: Dawn Lundy Martin, Ronaldo V. Wilson, and Duriel E. Harris (L-R)
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Ben Bessick
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Tan Lin
Photographer
Cybele Knowles
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K. J. Holmes and Julie Carr (L-R)
Photographer
Ben Bessick
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Christine Hume
Photographer
Ben Bessick
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Catherine Wing
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Christine Krikliwy
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Ishmael Reed with saguaro cactus
Photographer
Lois Shelton
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Giancarlo Huapaya
Photographer
Becka Ranta
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Cecilia Vicuña
Photographer
Ben Bessick
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Lehua M. Taitano
Photographer
Patri Hadad
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Douglas Kearney
Photographer
Ben Bessick
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Dan Waber, Amaranth Borsuk, and Jennifer Hill (L-R)
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Ben Bessick
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Anthony Cody
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Paola Valenzuela
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David Baker
Photographer
Hannah Ensor
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Marilyn Crispell and Nathaniel Mackey
Photographer
Samuel Ace
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