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The World Record | Readings at the St. Mark's Poetry Project


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from GOING TO AND FRO AND WALKING UP AND DOWN ("The young fellow walks about...")

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  1. from GOING TO AND FRO AND WALKING UP AND DOWN ("The young fellow walks about...")
  2. from BY THE WELL OF LIVING AND SEEING ("You must not suppose...")
  3. LOVE STORY
  4. 4. TREE ODE, Ray Bremser, 1/13/71, 5:36.
  5. 5. LOSS, John Wieners, 1/6/71, 0:35.
  6. 6. ELIZABETH TAYLOR IS MY SISTER, John Wieners, 1/6/71, 3:15.
  7. 7. THE WRONG KIND OF INSURANCE, John Ashbery, 10/20/76, 3:11.
  8. 8. from DRY POINTS OF THE HASIDIM, F. T. Prince, 5/24/78, 4:27.
  9. 9. VAN GOGH, Joe Brainard, 3/31/71, 1:18.
  10. 10. LIVING UNDER SACRED HEART, Jamie Maclnnis 3/28/79, 0:59.
  11. 11. CLASSICAL GASS, Eileen Myles, 12/7/77, 0:45.
  12. 12. THE COLOR OF STEPPED ON GUM, Tom Clark, 4/26/78, 0:43.
  13. 13. GENTLE SUBSIDY, Steve Carey, 2/14/79, 1:32.
  14. 14. A MOMENT WITH THE IMAGINATION, Carl Rakosi, 4/19/78 1:07.
  15. 15. HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY, Maureen Owen, 5/28/80 1:18.
  16. 16. LITTLE HAND, Larry Fagin, 2/14/73, 0:29.
  17. 17. A WOMAN COMES INTO THE ROOM, Alice Notley, 2/21/79, 1:05.
  18. 18. ELEGY-THE STREETS, Edwin Denby, 2/9/72, 5:40.
  19. 19. THINGS TO DO IN NEW YORK CITY, Ted Berrigan, 3/28/73, 0:47.
  20. 20. LANDSCAPE WITH FIGURES (SOUTHAMPTON), Ted Berrigan, 3/28/73, 0:39.
  21. 21. FRANK O'HARA, Ted Berrigan, 3/28/73, 1:19.
  22. 22. from ORACLE NIGHT, Michael Brownstein, 12/15/76, 1:00.
  23. 23. POPEYE AND WILLIAM BLAKE FIGHT TO THE DEATH (part of a live improvisation), Kenneth Koch and Allen Ginsberg, 5/9/79, 7:52.
  24. 24. I IS THE GRANDSON, Robert Creeley, 10/22/75 1:38.
  25. 25. ANGER, Robert Creeley, 10/22/75, 4:53.
  26. 26. from THE EMPRESS HOTEL POEMS, Anselm Hollo, ca. 1969, 1:30.
  27. 27. '57 SERIES, Fielding Dawson, ca. 1970, 3:25.
  28. 28. from VISIT TO MAYALAND ("In the time of the ancients..."), Joanne Kyger, 3/22/78, 1:49.
  29. 29. RED CROSS STATIONS, Lorenzo Thomas, 11/20/79, 1:33.
  30. 30. ON INDUCTION OF THE HAND, Clark Coolidge, 3/19/80, 2:17.
  31. 31. from STUDYING HUNGER ("Blondie"), Bernadette Mayer, 12/22/71, 5:30.
  32. 32. THE ELEVATION OF TERRE HAUTE IS 50 FEET, Bobbie Louise Hawkins, 5/10/78, 4:14.
  33. 33. BEAUTY, Dale Herd, 2/28/79, 1:06.
  34. 34. THE EXPERIMENTAL WRITER, Victor Hernandez Cruz, 4/26/78, 2:39.
  35. 35. ZANESVILLE O, Gary Lenhart, 7/18/77* 0:33.
  36. 36. SOCIAL POEM, Tony Towle, 1/2/80 2:45.
  37. 37. BLUE IS THE HERO, Bill Berkson, 5/17/78 1:44.
  38. 38. MUSICAL GARDEN, Anne Waldman, 1/3/79, 3:32.
  39. 40. MY BLUE HEAVEN, Lewis Warsh, 10/2/74, 1:04.
  40. 41. PRESSURE TO GROW, Amiri Baraka, 11/12/75, 1:27.
  41. 42. I CARE NOT FOR THESE LADIES, by Thomas Campion, Sung by Rochelle Kraut, 1/1/79 **, 2:00.
  42. 43. DANCE OF THE BEES, Michael Palmer, 3/8/78, 0:39.
  43. 44. MODERN SCIENCE, Steve Levine, 11/28/79, 1:24.
  44. 45. NEW YORK, Harris Schiff, 4/19/80, *** , 0:11.
  45. 46. SPEAK OF THE WOE THAT IS IN MARRIAGE, Robert Lowell, 2/23/77, 1:34.
  46. 47. SAGA OF SKUNK'S MISERY, Kenward Elmslie, with harmonica music composed and performed by Kenneth Deifik, 4/19/80, ***, 2:15.
  47. 48. LULLABY (in Cree and English), Howard Norman, 10/24/79, 0:47.
  48. 49. THE MUSIC LESSON, Ron Padgett, 1/24/73, 7:36.
  49. 50. SHOW ME A ROSE, John Godfrey, 2/28/79, 0:49.
  50. 51. HOMEWARD BOUND, Jim Brodey, 4/4/79, 0:54.
  51. 52. VARIORUM EDITION, Ed Sanders, 10/22/75, 2:20.
  52. 53. YOU MUST PAY THE RENT, Jeff Wright, 11/7/79, 1:03.
  53. 54. WHIFF, Ted Greenwald, 2/28/79, 2:13.
  54. 55. KISSING GAME, Bob Rosenthal, 11/16/77, 1:33.

1. Charles Reznikoff | from GOING TO AND FRO AND WALKING UP AND DOWN ("The young fellow walks about...")


Date uncertain (11/4/70 or 12/6/72), 0:31.



2. Charles Reznikoff | from BY THE WELL OF LIVING AND SEEING ("You must not suppose...")


Date uncertain, as above, 0:11.



3. Charles Reznikoff | LOVE STORY


Date uncertain, as above, 3:49



4. TREE ODE, Ray Bremser, 1/13/71, 5:36.




5. LOSS, John Wieners, 1/6/71, 0:35.




6. ELIZABETH TAYLOR IS MY SISTER, John Wieners, 1/6/71, 3:15.




7. THE WRONG KIND OF INSURANCE, John Ashbery, 10/20/76, 3:11.




8. from DRY POINTS OF THE HASIDIM, F. T. Prince, 5/24/78, 4:27.




9. VAN GOGH, Joe Brainard, 3/31/71, 1:18.




10. LIVING UNDER SACRED HEART, Jamie Maclnnis 3/28/79, 0:59.




11. CLASSICAL GASS, Eileen Myles, 12/7/77, 0:45.




12. THE COLOR OF STEPPED ON GUM, Tom Clark, 4/26/78, 0:43.




13. GENTLE SUBSIDY, Steve Carey, 2/14/79, 1:32.




14. A MOMENT WITH THE IMAGINATION, Carl Rakosi, 4/19/78 1:07.




15. HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY, Maureen Owen, 5/28/80 1:18.




16. LITTLE HAND, Larry Fagin, 2/14/73, 0:29.




17. A WOMAN COMES INTO THE ROOM, Alice Notley, 2/21/79, 1:05.




18. ELEGY-THE STREETS, Edwin Denby, 2/9/72, 5:40.




19. THINGS TO DO IN NEW YORK CITY, Ted Berrigan, 3/28/73, 0:47.




20. LANDSCAPE WITH FIGURES (SOUTHAMPTON), Ted Berrigan, 3/28/73, 0:39.




21. FRANK O'HARA, Ted Berrigan, 3/28/73, 1:19.




22. from ORACLE NIGHT, Michael Brownstein, 12/15/76, 1:00.




23. POPEYE AND WILLIAM BLAKE FIGHT TO THE DEATH (part of a live improvisation), Kenneth Koch and Allen Ginsberg, 5/9/79, 7:52.




24. I IS THE GRANDSON, Robert Creeley, 10/22/75 1:38.




25. ANGER, Robert Creeley, 10/22/75, 4:53.




26. from THE EMPRESS HOTEL POEMS, Anselm Hollo, ca. 1969, 1:30.




27. '57 SERIES, Fielding Dawson, ca. 1970, 3:25.




28. from VISIT TO MAYALAND ("In the time of the ancients..."), Joanne Kyger, 3/22/78, 1:49.




29. RED CROSS STATIONS, Lorenzo Thomas, 11/20/79, 1:33.




30. ON INDUCTION OF THE HAND, Clark Coolidge, 3/19/80, 2:17.




31. from STUDYING HUNGER ("Blondie"), Bernadette Mayer, 12/22/71, 5:30.




32. THE ELEVATION OF TERRE HAUTE IS 50 FEET, Bobbie Louise Hawkins, 5/10/78, 4:14.




33. BEAUTY, Dale Herd, 2/28/79, 1:06.




34. THE EXPERIMENTAL WRITER, Victor Hernandez Cruz, 4/26/78, 2:39.




35. ZANESVILLE O, Gary Lenhart, 7/18/77* 0:33.




36. SOCIAL POEM, Tony Towle, 1/2/80 2:45.




37. BLUE IS THE HERO, Bill Berkson, 5/17/78 1:44.




38. MUSICAL GARDEN, Anne Waldman, 1/3/79, 3:32.




40. MY BLUE HEAVEN, Lewis Warsh, 10/2/74, 1:04.




41. PRESSURE TO GROW, Amiri Baraka, 11/12/75, 1:27.




42. I CARE NOT FOR THESE LADIES, by Thomas Campion, Sung by Rochelle Kraut, 1/1/79 **, 2:00.




43. DANCE OF THE BEES, Michael Palmer, 3/8/78, 0:39.




44. MODERN SCIENCE, Steve Levine, 11/28/79, 1:24.




45. NEW YORK, Harris Schiff, 4/19/80, *** , 0:11.




46. SPEAK OF THE WOE THAT IS IN MARRIAGE, Robert Lowell, 2/23/77, 1:34.




47. SAGA OF SKUNK'S MISERY, Kenward Elmslie, with harmonica music composed and performed by Kenneth Deifik, 4/19/80, ***, 2:15.




48. LULLABY (in Cree and English), Howard Norman, 10/24/79, 0:47.




49. THE MUSIC LESSON, Ron Padgett, 1/24/73, 7:36.




50. SHOW ME A ROSE, John Godfrey, 2/28/79, 0:49.




51. HOMEWARD BOUND, Jim Brodey, 4/4/79, 0:54.




52. VARIORUM EDITION, Ed Sanders, 10/22/75, 2:20.




53. YOU MUST PAY THE RENT, Jeff Wright, 11/7/79, 1:03.




54. WHIFF, Ted Greenwald, 2/28/79, 2:13.




55. KISSING GAME, Bob Rosenthal, 11/16/77, 1:33.




Readings at the St. Mark's Poetry Project
1969-1980

* Recorded at the Club 57 summer reading series, New York City.
** Recorded at Entermedia Theatre benefit, New York City.
*** Recorded at Town Hall benefit, New York City.
All other readings recorded in the sanctuary or parish hall of the St. Marks Church In-the-Bowery, New York City.


Record editors: Bill Berkson & Bob Rosenthal.
Tape archivists: Harvey Lillywhite & Kate Baum.
Administrators: Bob Holman, Gary Lenhart, Bernadette Mayer, Maureen Owen, & Ron Padgett.
Sound technicians: Kurt Munkacsi & Bob Rosenthal. Production: ERR.