The following are audio files from readings I have either participated in as a reader/performer, or as an audience member, since 2008.These audio files are rooted in events literary in nature, though some of the recordings may be of other disciplines, including music, talks, and so on. The files are in .MP3 format, but in some cases, .WAV is also available–simply e-mail me and I will let you know what is possible.
The creative work of the artists and thinkers falls under copyright/license determined by them; however, this archive (with descriptions) is licensed under Creative Commons (see bottom of page).
2020
01-31-2020 – Sherwin Bitsui with Elee Kraljii Gardiner
01-17-2020 – A Scribe Called Quess? with Nikkita Oliver
01-12-2020 – The 2020 MLA Offsite Reading
2018
10-14-18 – Leonard Schwartz and Zhang Er at Elliott Bay Book Company. 1
03-04-18 – Tyehimba Jess at Nesholm Family Lecture Hall via Seattle Arts and Lectures. Features an intro by Isaac Castillo. 1, 2
2017
12-03-17 – Seattle’s Cold Moon at Pritchard Island Beach (Rainier Beach, Seattle) featuring Justine Chan, Jason Kirk, Eric Westerlind, Matt Trease, L Swartz, Rachel Nelson, Abi Pollokoff, and Paul Nelson. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
07-20-17 – Margin Shift at Common Area Maintenance (Seattle) featuring Afrose Fatima and Abi Pollokoff. 1, 2
01-28-17 – Pageboy Art Party (Seattle). Part 1, 2
2016
11-12-16 – Footsteps Reading at Vermillion and Cal Anderson Park (Seattle). Introduction by Doug Johnson and Rex Hohlbein, and emceed by Paul Nelson. Readings by Andy Anderson, Paul Nelson. T Clear, Larry Matsuda, Denise Calvetti Michaels, Jason Kirk, Doug Johnson, Greg Bem, Michael Daley, Kristine Iredale, and Tess Gallagher. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
10-02-16 – UW Bothell Fall Poetics Convergence Conference (recording 5) offsite reading at Open Books (Seattle). Introduction by Jeanne Heuving, with readings by John Beer, Allison Cobb, Robert Mittenthal, Tracie Morris, and Aaron Shurin. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
10-01-16 – 10-01-16 – UW Bothell Fall Poetics Convergence Conference (recording 4) featuring a performance by Tracie Morris. 1
10-01-16 – UW Bothell Fall Poetics Convergence Conference (recording 4) on “What is Poetry?” featuring readings and conversation by Lisa Fishman, John Beer, and Matthew Zapruder. 1, 2, 3
10-01-16 – UW Bothell Fall Poetics Convergence Conference (recording 3) on “What is a Novel?” featuring readings and conversation by Laynie Brown, Richard Chiem, and Brian Evenson. 1, 2, 3, 4
10-01-16 – UW Bothell Fall Poetics Convergence Conference (recording 2) featuring a reading and conversation by Anselm Berrigan and Joshua Beckman. 1, 2
10-01-16 – UW Bothell Fall Poetics Convergence Conference (recording 1) featuring a reading by Brian Evenson and a conversation with Rebecca Brown. 1
09-30-16 – A Night with Wave Books, co-presented with Hugo House at Fred Wildlife Refuge (Seattle) featuring Don Mee Choi, Tyehimba Jess, Lisa Fishman, Joshua Beckman, and Anselm Berrigan. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
09-18-16 – Margin Shift at Gallery 1412 (Seattle) featuring Maged Zaher and Mickey O’Connor, Stephen Collis, Norman Fischer, and Susan M. Schultz. 1, 2, 3, 4
09-16-16 – Rae Armantrout at Elliott Bay Book Company (Seattle) featuring a poetry reading and Q&A. 1
09-12-16 – Greg Bem, Kripi Grey, Priyal Mog, and Scherezade Siobhan at People Tree (6 Assagao) in Goa, India. 1, 2, 3, 4
09-09-16 – Jalsa Poetry Reading and Celebration at Poetry and Cheesecake (Mumbai). 1
06-27-16 – Curved at City University of Hong Kong featuring Scherezade Siobhan and Greg Bem. 1, 2, 3
05-21-16 – Sarah Mangold and Amaranth Borsuk at Open Books (Seattle). 1, 2
05-01-16 – Ogopogo at Pocket Theater (Seattle). Featuring Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore, Greg Bem, Ilsa Olsen, and Amaranth Borsuk. Hosted by Kris Hall. 1, 2, 3, 4
04-06-16 – Near and Far at Hugo House (Seattle). Featuring Hailey Higdon, Maged Zaher, Ryan Eckes, and Scherezade Siobhan. 1, 2, 3, 4
03-23-16 – SmokeSongs at In Other Words (Portland, Oregon). Featuring Misha Brandon Speck, Lucille Falco, Jeff Alessandrelli, Sara June Woods, Greg Bem, and Scherezade Siobhan. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
03-05-16 – Rainier Valley Lit Crawl #3 at Spinnaker Bay Brewing, Big Chickie, the Hillman City Collaboratory, and Union Bar (Seattle). Featuring Thomas Schabarum, Jed Myers, Mary Crane, Philip Randolph, Justine Chan, Erika Michael, Faiza Sultan, Becca Hall, Claire Yazza, Paul E. LaPier, Kathryn Burgomaster, and EJ Koh. Hosted by Raanan David, Jeanne Morel, and Greg Bem. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16
03-02-16 – Jamie Townsend and Caleb Beckwith at LoFi (Seattle). 1, 2
02-03-16 – Live from the Angeline in Columbia City (Seattle). Featuring Chris Phillips aka Salt Mouth, Paul Nelson, Nadine Maestas, Raanan David, Sonya Vatomsky, Aaron Kokorowski, Faiza Sultan, and Scherezade Siobhan and Greg Bem. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
2011
12-27-11 – A General Idea at Moonstone Arts Center (Philadelphia). Featuring Greg Bem and Gregory Laynor. Parts 1, 2
12-11-11 – Mixtape Vol. 4 Release Party (Seattle). Featuring Sarah Galvin, Nate Quiroga, Shannon Perry, Gregory Laynor, and Willie Fitzgerald. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
11-10-11 – Claustrophobia 3 at the Station Cafe (Seattle). Featuring Jake Tucker, David Lowdey, and Elyse Brownell. 1, 2
09-01-11 – Silence & Communication at Sole Repair Shop (Seattle). Featuring Joe Milutis, Matthew Simmons, M Thompson, Lisa Wells, Crystal Curry, Nico Vassilakis, Cristin Miller, Paul Nelson, Alex Bleecker, Jarret Middleton, Jeremy Springsteed, Laura Wachs, Robert Mittenthal, Greg Bem, Jason Conger, Willie Fitzgerald, Graham Isaac, Summer Robinson, Jesse Minkert, Ian Ettinger, Gregory Laynor, and Melanie Noel. 1, 2
08-21-11 – War of Reading at SPLAB (Seattle). Featuring Louis Cabri, Donato Mancini, and Robert Mitthenthal. 1, 2, 3
06-24-11 – Apostrophe Series at Gallery 1412. Featuring Cristin Miller and Matthew Klane. 1, 2, 3
05-22-11 – Seattle Poetics Lab reading at Columbia City Living Room (Seattle). Featuring featuring Jesse Morse, Erik Anderson, and Richard Froude. 1, 2, 3
05-03-11 – Donato Mancini and Robert Mittenthal at Gallery 1412 (Seattle). 1, 2
04-30-11 – CAConrad and Jeremy Halinen at Open Books (Seattle). 1, 2
03-18-11 – Bookworm Exchange Monthly Reading (Seattle). Recording readers include Elyse Brownell, Greg Bem, and Larry Crist. 1, 2, 3
03-11-11 – Cheap Wine and Poetry at Richard Hugo House (Seattle). Featuring Graham Isaac, Sierra Nelson, Rebecca Hoogs, and Emmett Montgomery. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
02-13-11 – Hoarse Magazine Issue 2 release party at Arabica Lounge (Seattle). 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
02-11-11 – David Wolach at the Hedreen Gallery at Seattle University. Hosted by Will Owen. 1, 2, 3, 4
2010
02-18-10 – CAConrad and Vladimir Zykov at Temple University (Philadelphia). 1, 2, 3
01-30-10 – Chapter and Verse featuring Pattie McCarthy and Rachel Blau DuPlessis. 1, 2, 3, 4
01-26-10 – New Philadelphia Poets performing Reckoning the Decade at the Bowery (New York). 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
01-19-10 – Joe Roarty at Moonstone (Philadelphia). 1, 2
01-16-10 – Molly’s Books Grand Re-Opening Open Reading featuring Debrah Morkun, Molly, Greg Bem, Jamie Townsend, Carlos Soto Roman, and Jacob Russell (Philadelphia). 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ,6
01-07-10 – Ryan Eckes and Brandon Holmquest at Molly’s Books (Philadelphia). 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
01-07-10 – Blend Performance Series at the Blue Banana featuring Ryan Eckes, John Todd, and Dan Schall (Philadelphia). 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
2009
12-15-09 – Moles Not Molar featuring Jen Tynes, Jen Scappetone, and Adamu/Spearhawk/Masri/Carbonara (Philadelphia). 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
12-08-09 – NPP Presents Josh Carrigan and Cuddle Magic also featuring Greg Bem, Patrick Lucy, Sarah Heady, Debrah Morkun, Matt Landis, Carlos Soto Roman, and Jamie Townsend (Philadelphia). 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18
12-05-09 – NPP Reading featuring Marion Bell, Laura Sims, and Joseph Massey, Presented by New Philadelphia Poets at Fergie’s Pub (Philadelphia). 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
12-03-09 – Blend featuring Stephanie Durrann Seymore and Sueyeun Juliette Lee (Philadelphia). 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
11-21-09 – Chapter and Verse featuring Paul Siegell, Tara Betts, and Adam Meora at Chapterhouse Cafe (Philadelphia). 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
11-15-09 – NPP and Dmitry Golynko at GERM Books (Philadelphia) also featuring: Sarah Heady, Marion Bell, Jamie Townsend, Debrah Morkun, Carlos Soto Roman, and Greg Bem. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18
11-08-09 – Poetic Arts Performance Project (PAPP) Symposium 2: Identity, Community, Race, Ethnicity, Sex, Sexuality and Philly Poetry at University City Arts League (Philadelphia). Moderated by Debrah Morkun and featuring: Alyesha Wise/Aka Ms. Wise, Frank Walsh, Ashraf Osman, Frank Sherlock. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
11-07-09 – Chapter and Verse Series featuring Hailey Higdon, Jenn McCreary, and Ethan Fugate at Chapterhouse Cafe (Philadelphia). 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
11-05-09 – Blend featuring Peter Baroth and Mark Toxiclife at Blue Banana (Philadelphia). 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14
10-31-09 – Suppose an Eyes Halloween Reading featuring Debrah Morkun and Greg Bem (Philadelphia). 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
10-24-09 – Chapter and Verse Series featuring Jena Osman, Craig Watson, and Michael Gizzi at Chapterhouse Cafe (Philadelphia). 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
10-11-09 – Poetic Arts Performance Project (PAPP) Symposium: What is Philadelphia Poetry? at UCAL (Philadelphia). Featuring Debrah Morkun, Michelle Myers, CAConrad, and Tamara Oakman. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16
07-25-09 – New Philadelphia Poets at the Wooden Shoe (Philadelphia). Featuring Angel Hogan, Debrah Morkun, Carlos Soto Roman, Patrick Lucy, Jamie Townsend, Sarah Heady, and Greg Bem. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
04-21-09 – Ray Garman Cindy Savett at Green Line Cafe (Philadelphia). 1, 2, 3, 4
04-18-09 – Amiri Baraka at the Philly Free Library Fest (Philadelphia). 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
03-29-09 – Reading at University City Arts League (Philadelphia). Featuring Carlos Soto-Roman, Patrick Lucy, Ish Klein, and Hezekiah Jones. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17
03-24-09 – Moonstone Poetry Series (Philadelphia). Featuring Adam Meora, Elliott Levin, and St. Skribbly LaCroix. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12
01-20-09 – Meredith Avakian and Debrah Morkun at Green Line Cafe (Philadelphia). 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
This page “Audio Archive” is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. All works within the individual recordings are by their original creators, who should be contacted concerning any intellectual property issues or requests.