Jerome Rothenberg - October 27, 2015

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Jerome Rothenberg

Jerome Rothenberg performs a retrospective survey of his prolific body of work, beginning with poems written in the 1960s and continuing in chronological order. Most of the poems read here are collected in Eye of Witness: A Jerome Rothenberg Reader (2013). 

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Welcome
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by Tyler Meier

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Introduction
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by Wendy Burk

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"A Little Boy Lost"
Description

From White Sun Black Sun. 

Citation

Rothenberg, Jerome. Eye of Witness: A Jerome Rothenberg Reader. Boston: Black Widow Press, 2013. 

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"The First Hell: of Measures"
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From The Seven Hells of the Jigoku Zoshi. Differs slightly from published version.

Citation

Rothenberg, Jerome. Eye of Witness: A Jerome Rothenberg Reader. Boston: Black Widow Press, 2013. 

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"The Wedding"
Description

From Poland/1931. The poem's opening lines are read first in Yiddish, then in English. Differs slightly from published version. 

Citation

Rothenberg, Jerome. Eye of Witness: A Jerome Rothenberg Reader. Boston: Black Widow Press, 2013. 

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"That Dada Strain"
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From That Dada Strain. 

Citation

Rothenberg, Jerome. Eye of Witness: A Jerome Rothenberg Reader. Boston: Black Widow Press, 2013. 

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Opening paragraph of "A Glass Tube Ecstasy, For Hugo Ball"
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From That Dada Strain. 

Citation

Rothenberg, Jerome. Eye of Witness: A Jerome Rothenberg Reader. Boston: Black Widow Press, 2013. 

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Sound Poem
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By Hugo Ball; performed by Jerome Rothenberg.

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"A Glass Tube Ecstasy, For Hugo Ball" (Continued)
Description

From That Dada Strain. Performed with a shaker.

Citation

Rothenberg, Jerome. Eye of Witness: A Jerome Rothenberg Reader. Boston: Black Widow Press, 2013. 

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"Seneca Journal 7: The Dreamers"
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From A Seneca Journal. 

Citation

Rothenberg, Jerome. Eye of Witness: A Jerome Rothenberg Reader. Boston: Black Widow Press, 2013. 

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"In the Dark Word, Khurbn" and "Dos Oysleydikn (The Emptying)"
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From Khurbn.

Citation

Rothenberg, Jerome. Eye of Witness: A Jerome Rothenberg Reader. Boston: Black Widow Press, 2013. 

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"A Cruel Nirvana"
Description

From A Book of Witness. 

Citation

Rothenberg, Jerome. Eye of Witness: A Jerome Rothenberg Reader. Boston: Black Widow Press, 2013. 

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"A Real Man"
Description

From A Book of Witness. 

Citation

Rothenberg, Jerome. Eye of Witness: A Jerome Rothenberg Reader. Boston: Black Widow Press, 2013. 

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"The Times Are Never Right"
Description

From A Book of Concealments. 

Citation

Rothenberg, Jerome. Eye of Witness: A Jerome Rothenberg Reader. Boston: Black Widow Press, 2013. 

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"Variations on the Hell of Measures"
Description

From The Jigoku Zoshi Hells: A Book of Autovariations. 

Citation

Rothenberg, Jerome. Eye of Witness: A Jerome Rothenberg Reader. Boston: Black Widow Press, 2013. 

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"A Poem of Miracles"
Description

Differs slightly from published version. 

Citation

Rothenberg, Jerome. Eye of Witness: A Jerome Rothenberg Reader. Boston: Black Widow Press, 2013. 

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"The Thirteenth Horse Song of Frank Mitchell (White)"
Description

Shortened from published version. 

Citation

Rothenberg, Jerome. Eye of Witness: A Jerome Rothenberg Reader. Boston: Black Widow Press, 2013. 

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Question and Answer Session
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"Women's Dance Song"
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A Seneca song/sound poem without words by Richard Johnny John. Performed with a shaker.

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Jerome Rothenberg
Photographer
Cybele Knowles
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