Douglas Kearney - May 20, 2012

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UA Poetry Center

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UA Poetry Center
Douglas Kearney

At the 2012 Poetry Off the Page Symposium, Douglas Kearney discusses and performs poems from several collections that engage typography, image, sampling, and physical power.

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Introduction
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by Wendy Burk

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"The Miscarriage" Poems
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"The Miscarriage: A Magic Trick" - "The Miscarriage: A Radio Play" - "The Miscarriage: A Silent Film" - "The Miscarriage: An Approved List of Ten Euphemisms for Use in Onstage Banter" - "The Miscarriage: A Minstrel Show" - "The Miscarriage: A Bar Joke"

Citation

Kearney, Douglas. Patter. Los Angeles: Red Hen Press, 2014.

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"Is, Ain't"
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This track features a recorded performance available at http://vimeo.com/36015226.

Citation

Kearney, Douglas. "Is, Ain't." SkinMag. N.p.: Deadly Chaps, 2012.

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On Gestures, Dynamics, and the Management of Contradictions: Shuffle, Stagger, and Shimmy
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"Big Thicket: Pastoral"
Citation

Kearney, Douglas. "Big Thicket: Pastoral." The Ringing Ear: Black Poets Lean South. Ed. Nikky Finney. Athens, GA: The University of Georgia Press, 2007.

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"No Homo"
Citation

Kearney, Douglas. "No Homo." SkinMag. N.p.: Deadly Chaps, 2012.

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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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"The Black Automaton in de despair ub existence #3: How can I be down?"
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As sequenced by Danielle Vogel and Renee Gladman.

Citation

Kearney, Douglas. The Black Automaton. Albany, NY: Fence Books, 2009.

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"The Black Automaton in what it is #3: Work it out"
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As sequenced by Danielle Vogel and Renee Gladman.

Citation

Kearney, Douglas. The Black Automaton. Albany, NY: Fence Books, 2009.

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"Well Hung"
Citation

Kearney, Douglas. "Well Hung." SkinMag. N.p.: Deadly Chaps, 2012.

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Question and Answer Session
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Some questions are inaudible.

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Douglas Kearney
Photographer
Ben Bessick
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Douglas Kearney
Photographer
Ben Bessick
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