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PoemTalk #23, Discussing Cid Corman's "Enuresis," feat. Frank Sherlock, Fran Ryan, and Thomas Devaney

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On Cid Corman: A Panel Discussion, Kelly Writers House, September 16, 2014

Complete recording (1:06:11): MP3

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On Cid Corman: A Celebratory Reading, Kelly Writers House, September 16, 2014

  1. Introduction by Al Filreis (4:47): MP3
  2. Laynie Browne (8:12): MP3
  3. Thomas Devaney (6:06): MP3
  4. Gregory Dunne (8:16): MP3
  5. Jenn McCreary (6:20): MP3
  6. Joshua Moses (7:23): MP3
  7. Frank Sherlock (5:00): MP3
  8. Pattie McCarthy (5:17): MP3
  9. conclusion by Al Filreis (12:52): MP3 Complete recording (1:05:21): MP3 Watch on Media.sas

Cid Corman reads and briefly comments on poems by William Bronk:

  1. Introduction (1:05): MP3
  2. on Bronk's poem Partners (0:56): MP3
  3. on Bronk's poem Laura Gone (1:00): MP3
  4. on Bronk's The Act of Love (1:06): MP3

Corman reads from his own "No Telling":

  1. Selection 1 (0:53): MP3
  2. Selection 2 (1:04): MP3
  3. Selection 3 (1:07): MP3

A separate set features six more of Corman's poems:

  1. Preface/"I Picked a..." (2:03): MP3
  2. Assistant/ The Coming of Age /"It isn't for want..." (0:45): MP3
  3. Enuresis / "We aren't even lost..." (1:01): MP3

"Enuresis" is also featured on PoemTalk Episode 23.

More soon to come.

Live interactive audiocast discussion with Cid Corman, Philadelphia to Kyoto, November 19, 2001, Kelly Writers House

  1. Full recording (1:11:11): MP3
  2. Q&A Discussion (58:02): MP3
  3. About Cezanne (0:32):
  4. Adorno (0:23): MP3
  5. Assistant (0:21): MP3
  6. Cincinnatti (1:23): MP3
  7. Efficacies (0:29): MP3
  8. Enuresis (1:08): MP3
  9. Poem beginning "I don't belong..." (0:12): MP3
  10. Poem beginning "I picked a leaf up..." (1:20): MP3
  11. Poem beginning "It isn't for want..." (0:20): MP3
  12. Poem beginning "It isn't what you think..." (0:22): MP3
  13. Poem beginning "People like Rembrandt..."(1:07): MP3
  14. Poem beginning "Seeing Leonardo's face..." (0:42): MP3
  15. Poem beginning "Will we ever understand..." (0:19): MP3
  16. Self-Portrait (0:30): MP3
  17. The Baptism (1:03): MP3
  18. The Coming of Age (2:03): MP3
  19. The Fortune (0:23): MP3
  20. The Swept Pond (1:53): MP3

"Enuresis" is also featured on PoemTalk Episode 23.

Tapes Recorded by John Levy, 1974

Sound Engineering by Steel Wagstaff

  1. In Good Time & Words for Each Other [Tape 1] (1:28:50): MP3
  2. In Good Time & Words for Each Other [Tape 2] (34:39): MP3
  3. Oral Poetry & Emily Dickinson (1:33:26): MP3
  4. Louis Zukofsky [Tape 1] (1:16:06): MP3
  5. Louis Zukofsky [Tape 2] (1:27:47): MP3
  6. William Carlos Williams [Tape 1] (1:33:15): MP3
  7. William Carlos Williams [Tape 2] (1:33:29): MP3
  8. Wallace Stevens (1:33:20): MP3
  9. 0:1 & Little Books (1:25:42): MP3
  10. Marianne Moore (1:28:42): MP3
  11. Plight | & [infinity] (1:24:33): MP3
  12. Emily Dickinson (1🔞02): MP3
  13. 0:1 | Zukofsky (1:17:23): MP3

Reading in the Recording Laboratory at the Library of Congress, October 14, 1960

"Mr. Corman reads thirty-five selections from his collected volume, Sun rock man, which was unpublished at the time of reading. Mr. Corman prefaces his reading with a selection from a series of 'statements' by Louis Zukofsky--from 'A-1 to 12.'" - Library of Congress Catalog

Complete recording (53:28): MP3

  1. Introduction (8:40): MP3
  2. Essay (8:01): MP3
  3. This Other Brief Statement (2:36): MP3
  4. Sun Rock Man Preface (1:01): MP3
  5. The Incident (0:19): MP3
  6. At the End (1:56): MP3
  7. The Wedge (0:19): MP3
  8. The Sparrow (0:27): MP3
  9. The Transaction (0:21): MP3
  10. In the Garden (0:18): MP3
  11. Kite (0:43): MP3
  12. Ferragosto (0:29): MP3
  13. A Little Girl (0:27): MP3
  14. No Way (0:38): MP3
  15. The Shells (1:22): MP3
  16. The Stars at Piazza Pascoli (1:47): MP3
  17. Reading Vico (0:23): MP3
  18. Il Paradiso (0:48): MP3
  19. The Satisfactions (1:18): MP3
  20. The Labors (0:53): MP3
  21. The Geographer (0:18): MP3
  22. The Journeymen (1:00): MP3
  23. Casbah (0:50): MP3
  24. The Medicine Man (0:58): MP3
  25. The Bonfire (0:35): MP3
  26. The Spices (0:33): MP3
  27. The Dance (0:25): MP3
  28. The Business (0:34): MP3
  29. The Sidewalk (0:49): MP3
  30. The Artist's Life (0:53): MP3
  31. I Promessi Sposi (0:57): MP3
  32. The Benediction (0:22): MP3
  33. The Locusts (1:46): MP3
  34. The Small Parade (0:31): MP3
  35. La Bruna (1:20): MP3
  36. The Gifts (1:40): MP3
  37. I Contradini (2:31): MP3
  38. La Cantina (1:08): MP3

Recording courtesy of Library of Congress

Interviewed by Eric Warren and Claudia Samperi-Warren, New York City, November 1991

Complete recording (52:48): MP3

Complete video (53:04): MOV

Cid Corman on PennSound Daily

Readings from The Creeley Collection, c. 1960s

  1. For Bob Creeley (1:10): MP3
  2. Part 1 (6:19): MP3
  3. Part 2 (8:18): MP3

These sound recordings are being made available for noncommercial and educational use only. All rights to this recorded material belong to the author's estate. © 2014 Cid Corman. Used with permission of Bob Arnold for the Corman estate. Kimball recordings used by permission of Jack Kimball. Distributed by PennSound.