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Playlist for Compact Disc See pages 291–93 for a list of sources and permissions. 1. Denise Levertov, “O Taste and See” (0:47) St. Mark’s Church, New York City, March 20, 1967 2. Paul Blackburn, “Clickety-Clack” (3:00) Brooklyn Civic Center, Brooklyn, New York, May 22, 1964 3. Jackson Mac Low and Anne Tardos, excerpt from “Phoneme Dance in Memoriam John Cage” (4:00) From the compact disc Open Secrets (XI 110), Experimental Intermedia Foundation, 1993 4. David Antin, “Who Are My Friends” (3:07) Café Le Metro, New York City, September 1, 1965 5. Jerome Rothenberg, “A Valentine, No, a Valedictory for Gertrude Stein” (0:23) Café Le Metro, New York City, September 1, 1965 6. Armand Schwerner, selection from “The Tablets” (5:06) St. Mark’s Church, New York City, April 6, 1966 7. Clayton Eshleman, “Notebook Entry 1968” (3:03) St. Mark’s Church, New York City, March 4, 1968 8. Robert Creeley, “The Charm,” “A STEP,” and “KATE’S” (1:30) St. Mark’s Church, New York City, May 17, 1967 9. Robert Kelly, Troubadour text, translated by Robert Kelly (0:42) Café Cino, New York City, 1960 10. John Wieners, “Poem for Cocksuckers” (1:08) Café Le Metro, New York City, 1963 11. Allen Ginsberg, “A Supermarket in California” (2:44) Pacifica Studios, Berkeley, California, October 25, 1956. From the compact disc Holy Soul Jelly Roll, Rhino Records, 1994 12. Amiri Baraka, “A Poem Some People Will Have to Understand” (1:10) Poetry Society of America, New York City, December 26, 1963 13. John Ashbery, “They Dream Only of America” (1:07) Washington Square Gallery, New York City, August 23, 1964 14. John Ashbery, “Thoughts of a Young Girl” (0:40) Washington Square Gallery, New York City, August 23, 1964 15. Frank O’Hara, “Naphtha” (1:45) State University of New York, Buffalo, 1964 16. Frank O’Hara, “Poem (Lana Turner Has Collapsed!)” (0:44) State University of New York, Buffalo, 1964 17. Kenneth Koch, “To My Audience” (2:24) St. Mark’s Church, New York City, January 10, 1968 18. Bill Berkson, “I Feel Free” (1:14) St. Mark’s Church, New York City, May 29, 1969 19. Bill Berkson, “Poem” (0:41) Read over phone, November 2000 20. Ron Padgett, “Detach Invading” (1:05) Originally taped on “Susan Howe with Poetry” radio show, WBAI, New York City, June 17, 1975 21. Ron Padgett, “Joe Brainard’s Painting ‘Bingo’” (1:05) Originally taped on “Susan Howe with Poetry” radio show, WBAI, New York City, June 17, 1975 22. Ron Padgett, “Nothing in That Drawer” (0:29) Originally taped on “Susan Howe with Poetry” radio show, WBAI, New York City, June 17, 1975 23. Joe Brainard, selection from I Remember (1:13) Venue and date unknown 24. Dick Gallup, “Where I Hang My Hat” (0:33) St. Mark’s Church, New York City, September 27, 1967 25. Lorenzo Thomas, “Five Leaf Clover” (1:07) St. Mark’s Church, New York City, May 16, 2001 26. Anne Waldman, “Poem in New York” (1:04) St. Mark’s Church, New York City, November 8, 1967 27. Ted Berrigan and Anne Waldman, selection from “Memorial Day” (4:55) St. Mark’s Church, New York City, Memorial Day, 1974 28. Ted Berrigan, “Sonnet I,” “Sonnet II,” “Sonnet III,” and “A Final Sonnet” (3:37) St. Mark’s Church, New York City, 1968 29. Clark Coolidge, “Machinations Calcite” (2:06) Franconia College, Franconia, New Hampshire, circa 1971 30. Alice Notley, “How to Really Get an Apartment” (0:48) University of California, San Diego, April 25, 1989 31. Joe Ceravolo, “A Song of Autumn” (0:54) Recorded at Ceravolo’s home, Bloomfield, New Jersey, Spring 1968 32. Joe Ceravolo, “Drunken Winter” (0:23) Recorded at Ceravolo’s home, Bloomfield, New Jersey, Spring 1968 33. Bernadette Mayer, “Sonnet—You Jerk, You Didn’t Call Me Up” and “Warren Finney ” (2:02) University of California, San Diego, November 15, 1989 34. Bernadette Mayer, “Sonnet—Other Than What’s Gone On in Stupid Art” (0:52) University of California, San Diego, November 15, 1989 ...

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