John Ashbery

Performing Everyman at Christ Church Parish House, Cambridge, MA, February 26, 1951

Starring Connaught O'Connell as Columbine, David Bowen as Everyman and Jerry Kohn as Death

Provided by: The Poets' Theater and Woodberry Poetry Room, Harvard University Library

92nd Street Y (New York), reading from Some Trees , April 3, 1952

Reading at The Living Theatre, New York City, September 16, 1963

Complete reading (52:51): MP3

Introduction by Kenneth Koch (2:35): MP3 From Rivers and Mountains (1966) (except for those marked with *) Rivers and Mountains (3:57): MP3 The Ecclesiast (2:32): MP3 The Adirondacks* (3:26): MP3 These Lacustrine Cities (1:40): MP3 Balance of Payments (3:02): MP3 To a Waterfowl* (3:07): MP3 Into the Dusk-Charged Air (3:55): MP3 from Some Trees (1956) Two Scenes (1:07): MP3 Popular Songs (1:39): MP3 The Instruction Manual (5:28): MP3 Sonnet ("Each servant stamps the reader with a look") (0:44): MP3 The Young Son (1:26): MP3 And You Know (3:44): MP3 from The Tennis Court Oath (1962) "They Dream Only of America" (1:09): MP3 The Suspended Life (4:15): MP3 A Life Drama (3:02): MP3 Our Youth (1:58): MP3 Landscape (1:25): MP3 A Last World (cuts off abruptly) (0:56): MP3

Reading at the Washington Square Art Gallery, NYC, August 23, 1964

The Tennis Court Oath (2:08): MP3 They Dream Only of America (0:56): MP3 Thoughts of a Young Girl (0:33): MP3 Rain (3:50): MP3 The Suspended Life (3:16): MP3 The Skaters (47:53): MP3 [5-minute excerpt from part 1]

Note: Bill Berkson gave the introduction at this event. The gallery reading was organized by Ruth Kligman, and the reading of "The Skaters" was the first ever. It is Berkson's recollection that the standing-room-only audience included Edwin Denby, Frank O'Hara, and "many of the younger New York poets (Padgett, Berrigan, Towle, Shapiro) and also Andy Warhol."

Interview with Bruce Kawin on WKCR Radio, May 5, 1966 introduction (0:33): MP3 These Lacustrine Cities (2:19): MP3 offering one explanation or reading of the poem (13:00): MP3 These Lacustrine Cities (second reading) (1:29): MP3 Rivers and Mountains (3:55): MP3 Last Month (0:53): MP3 Civilization and its Discontents (2:11): MP3 The Ecclesiast (2:18): MP3 closing remarks (0:31): MP3 Complete Reading (27:38): MP3 Reading at the University at Buffalo, New York, November 18, 1966 Readings from The Tennis Court Oath, The Double Dream of Spring, Rivers and Mountains, and Some Trees; introduced by Oscar A. Silverman Complete reading (32:23): MP3 Reading at YM-YWHA, with an introduction by Richard Howard. Episode #23157: "The Poetry of John Ashbery," March 27, 1967 program introduction (0:23): MP3 introduction by Richard Howard (5:35): MP3 The Chateau Hardware (0:40): MP3 Song (0:43): MP3 Of the Patterned Bedspread (1:27): MP3 The Bungalows (4:20): MP3 Black Thorn (1:11): MP3 Decoy (1:52): MP3 Definition of Blue (1:50): MP3 French Poems (1:48): MP3 Complete Reading (20:22): MP3 Reading at St. Mark's Poetry Project, New York Complete recording (43:44): MP3

Another Reading at St. Mark's Poetry Project, New York Complete recording (5:27): MP3

Reading "My Erotic Double" at St. Mark's Poetry Project Complete recording (1:08): MP3 Reading at the New York Studio School, New York, April 3, 1970 Complete recording (1:14:12): MP3 Reading Collected in 'The Spoken Word: American Poets' by BBC-British Library, August 21, 1972 Farm Implements And Rutabagas In A Landscape (02:48): MP3 Variations, Calypso And Fugue On A Theme of Ella Wheeler Wilcox (08:36): MP3 Reading in the American Poetry Archive at San Fransisco State, Introduction by Kathleen Fraser, May 16, 1973 Complete recording (58:12) Interview with Brett Lauer, May 27, 1973, Published in fall 1974 issue of Confrontation Side 1 (30:07): MP3

Side 2 (30:07): MP3

Side 3 (11:16): MP3 Appearing at Poetry's 19th Annual Poetry Day, WFMT Chicago, November 17, 1973 Note: Ashbery read with John Hollander at this reading, as is alluded to in the introduction Complete recording (41:25): MP3 From Some Trees (1956) Introduction (3:03): MP3 Two Scenes (1:30): MP3 Popular Songs (1:40): MP3 The Grapevine (0:35): MP3 Glazunoviana (0:32): MP3 Sonnet ("Each servant stamps the reader with a look.") (0:45): MP3 And You Know (3:52): MP3 from The Tennis Court Oath (1962) They Dream Only of America (1:25): MP3 Thoughts of a Young Girl (0:39): MP3 Faust (2:28): MP3 From The Double Dream of Spring (1970) Soonest Mended (5:07): MP3 Variations, Calypso and Fugue on a Theme of Ella Wheeler Wilcox (9:28): MP3 from Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror (1975) Forties Flick (1:45): MP3 On Autumn Lake (2:04): MP3 Scheherazade (4:31): MP3 WBAI Broadcast, 1974 Complete recording (5:09): MP3

Kush dub complete recording (30:35): MP3

Reading and Discussion, Library of Congress, 1975 "Mr. Ashbery reads two poems from his collection entitled Some trees; two from Rivers and mountains; two from The double dream of spring; one from Self-portrait in a convex mirror; and three of his other poems. Stanley Kunitz introduces the poet and moderates the discussion." - Library of Congress Catalog Complete recording (1:02:21): MP3 Introduction (8:44): MP3 Two Scenes / Popular Songs (3:15): MP3 The Recent Past (1:25): MP3 A Blessing in Disguise (1:34): MP3 Soonest Mended (5:01): MP3 It Was Raining in the Capital (3:29): MP3 Worsening Situation (2:25): MP3 Street Musicians (1:27): MP3 Daffy Duck in Hollywood (8:56): MP3 And Ut Pictura Poesis Is Her Name (2:22): MP3

Recording courtesy of Library of Congress Reading at the Cambridge Poetry Festival, Cambridge, April 19, 1975 Introduction (0:45): MP3 Thoughts of a Young Girl (0:45): MP3 A Blessing in Disguise (1:51): MP3 The Task (1:25): MP3 Soonest Mended (4:12): MP3 Summer (1:33): MP3 It Was Raining in the Capital (2:34): MP3 Variations, Calypso and Fugue on a Theme of Ella Wheeler Wilcox (10:06): MP3 For John Clare (3:37): MP3 Farm Implements and Rutabagas in a Landscape (3:51): MP3 The Chateau Hardware (0:49): MP3 Valentine (6:27): MP3 On the Towpath (2:39): MP3 And Ut Pictura Poesis Is Her Name (1:52): MP3 Daffy Duck in Hollywood (3:31): MP3 Reading for WBAI-FM, Produced by Susan Howe, New York, May 14 and June 7, 1975 Complete reading, May 14 (32:41): MP3 Business Personals (5:09): MP3 Syringa (5:28): MP3 Worsening Situation (2:21): MP3 Forties Flick (1:33): MP3 As You Came from the Holy Land (2:05): MP3 Scheherazade (3:57): MP3 The Tomb of Stuart Merrill (2:56): MP3 The One Thing that Can Save America (2:20): MP3 As One Put Drunk into the Packet Boat (2:22): MP3 Oleum Misericordiae (2:19): MP3 Complete reading, June 7 (20:04): MP3 Daffy Duck in Hollywood (7:55): MP3 And Ut Pictura Poesis Is Her Name (1:53): MP3 Unctuous Platitudes (1:11): MP3 Explaination (2:09): MP3 On the Towpath (2:30): MP3 Mixed Feelings (2:05): MP3 Potpourri of Poetry Reading at the Naropa Institute, Summer 1975 John Ashbery's segment (reading "Wet Casements") (3:19): MP3 Reading in Buffalo, October 15, 1975 Complete reading (46:15): MP3 Farm Implements and Rutabagas in a Landscape (2:52): MP3 Summer (1:34): MP3 It Was Raining in the Capitol (2:40): MP3 Variations, Calypso and Fugue on a Theme of Ella Wheeler WIlcox (10:22): MP3 The Chateau Hardware (0:38): MP3 The Task (1:19): MP3 Parergon (2:31): MP3 Soonest Mended (4:47): MP3 The New Spirit (excerpt) (6:45): MP3 Worsening Situation (1:55): MP3 Scheherazade (4:20): MP3 Mixed Feelings (2:41): MP3 Reading at Sanders Theater, Harvard University, sponsored by the Woodberry Poetry Room, May 16, 1976 Complete reading (1:07:10): MP3

introduction (1:14): MP3 Street Musicians (1:36): MP3 Pyrography (6:19): MP3 Bird's Eye View of the Tool and Die Co. (1:10): MP3 Collective Dawns (2:40): MP3 The Couple in the Next Room (0:42): MP3 Variant (1:08): MP3 Daffy Duck in Hollywood (9:19): MP3 Melodic Trains (3:32): MP3 Wet Casements (1:44): MP3 The Wrong Kind of Insurance (2:45): MP3 Business Personals (4:35): MP3 Unctuous Platitudes (1:07): MP3 Friends (2:06): MP3 The Lament Upon the Waters (2:45): MP3 Worsening Situation (2:32): MP3 Poem in Three Parts: Love, Courage, I Love the Sea (3:22): MP3 Mixed Feelings (2:05): MP3 Oleum Misericordiae (3:01): MP3 Variations, Calypso and Fugue on a Theme of Ella Wheeler Wilcox (9:13): MP3 Farm Implements and Rutabagas in a Landscape (3:04): MP3 Courtesy of the Woodberry Poetry Room, Harvard University. Reading at Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, May 17, 1977 part one (42:25): MP3 introduction (4:20): MP3 passage from The New Spirit (20:52): MP3 Street Musicians (1:37): MP3 The Other Traditions (2:17): MP3 Collective Dawns (2:57): MP3 Wooden Buildings (1:13): MP3 Pyrogaphy (ends prematurely) (7:38): MP3 part two (16:36): MP3 Daffy Duck in Hollywood (beginning cut off) (7:09): MP3 Blue Sonata (8:46): MP3 Appearing with Barbara Guest on P.E.N. Portraits, hosted by Anne Fremantle, WNYC, May 22, 1977 introduction (3:42): MP3 responding to Emily Dickinson's statement that some words made her want to take off her hat to them (3:38): MP3 fondness of particular words (3:18): MP3 commenting on teaching poetry (1:19): MP3 John Ashbery reading "And Ut Pictura Poesis Is Her Name" (1:54): MP3 John Ashbery reading "What Is Poetry" (0:46): MP3 Barbara Guest reading "June" (1:04): MP3 Barbara Guest reading "Passage" (1:33): MP3 John Ashbery reading from "Three Poems" (1:22): MP3 breaking down the division between ideas and words (4:19): MP3 starting with a title and theme v. letting the poem develop as it comes along (4:30): MP3 closing comments (1:28): MP3 Complete program (28:52): MP3

Benefit, May 24, 1978

Complete recording (22:34): MP3

Complete recording (22:40): MP3

Segue Series Reading at the Ear Inn with Michael Lally, September 16, 1978

A Box and its Contents (1:42): MP3 The Heralding Shadows of a New Adventure (2:01): MP3 Haunted Landscape (3:28): MP3 Five Pedantic Pieces (1:02): MP3 The Cathedral Is (0:17): MP3 Silhouette (2:36): MP3 A Tone Poem (0:59): MP3 Metamorphosis (2:26): MP3 Sleeping in the Corners of Our Lives (1:21): MP3 from Litany (19:59): MP3

Reading at the Science Center, Harvard University, November 9, 1978

introduction (0:48): MP3 Worsening Situation (2:53): MP3 Oleum Misericordia (3:44): MP3 The Other Tradition (2:43): MP3 The Ice-Cream Wars (2:39): MP3 Blue Sonata (3:01): MP3 Fantasia on a Nut Brown Maid (7:29): MP3 The Sun (2:18): MP3 Five Pedantic Pieces (3:03): MP3 The Haunted Landscape (5:19): MP3 My Erotic Double (1:10): MP3 Seeing is Believing (0:36): MP3 Knocking Around (3:05): MP3 Train Rising Out of the Sea (3:27): MP3 The Cathedral Is (2:09): MP3 A Sparkler (2:13): MP3 The Wine (1:56): MP3 Sleeping in the Corners of Our Lives (1:28): MP3 The Other Cindy (2:24): MP3 Landscape People (1:25): MP3 The Plural of Jack-in-the-Box (0:55): MP3 Litany (16:24): MP3

Lecture on Giorgio de Chirico at the Poetry Project, NYC, March 22, 1979

part one (38:17): MP3

part two (30:28): MP3

The Songs We Know Best , 1973 and 1988

Complete reading (61:40): MP3

Side One

Two Scenes (1:08): MP3 The Instruction Manual (7:05): MP3 And You Know (4:26): MP3 Thoughts of a Young Girl (0:46): MP3 It was Raining in the Capital (3:21): MP3 Far Implements and Rutabagas in a Landscape (4:07): MP3 And Ut Pictura Poesis Is Her Name (3:15): MP3 Landscape (After Baudelaire) (2:06): MP3 The Songs We Know Best (4:09):MP3

All selections on side one were recordered at the Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington D.C., on Febrauary 29, 1988. Special thanks to Gigi Bradford.

Side Two

Sonnet (" Each servant stamps the reader... ") (0:46): MP3 "How Much Longer Will I Be Able to Inhabit the Divine Sepulcher..." (4:29): MP3 Rivers and Mountains (3:47): MP3 The Task (1:23): MP3 Song (1:27): MP3 The New Spirit (excerpt) (17:59): MP3

All selections on side two were recorded at the Library of Congress Recording Lab, Washington D.C., January 16, 1973.

STAFF:

Producer: Anne Becker

Recording Engineer: Alan D. Austin (Side One)

Post Production Engineer: Anne Becker

Cover Design:Lynn Springer

Production of this tape was made possible in part by a grant from the Literature Program of the National Endowment for the Arts

"Litany," recorded with Ann Lauterbach, 1980

"Litany" originally appeared in As We Know (1979). A brief excerpt of this session previously appeared on the Giorno Poetry Systems album, Sugar, Alcohol and Meat in 1980.

"Litany" part 1 (15:49): MP3

"Litany" part 2 (54:40): MP3

"Litany" part 3 (14:08): MP3

Reading at the University of Arizona, November 4, 1980

introduction (0:59): MP3 Thoughts of a Young Girl (1:13): MP3 from The Skaters, Part II [excerpt] (9:51): MP3 Soonest Mended (5:39): MP3 It was raining in the Capital (3:18): MP3 Farm Implements and Rutabagas in a Landscape (4:55): MP3 from The System [excerpt] (6:45): MP3 from Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror [excerpt] (2:26): MP3 Street Musicians (1:32): MP3 The Other Tradition (2:17): MP3 The Couple in the Next Room (0:50): MP3 An Ut Pictura Poesis Is Her Name (2:51): MP3 The Ice-Cream Wars (2:09): MP3 (tape break at 0:41) from Litany [excerpt] (6:40): MP3

Appearing with Robert Creeley in "Attitudes Towards the Flame," part of "The Territory of Art" radio series, produced and (c) by Museum of Comtemporary Art, Los Angeles, 1983

written by Julia Brown, produced by Ara Guzelimian

program introduction (1:19): MP3 introduction to John Ashbery (2:13): MP3 writing about a subject versus impressions, and preoccupations with time in Ashbery's poetry (0:46): MP3 on Three Poems (1:28): MP3 from "The System" (2:49): MP3 the expectation of literal, sequential understanding (1:08): MP3 on "Syringa" and Elliott Carter's music (1:21): MP3 Syringa (5:11): MP3 writing with an audience in mind (0:51): MP3

Complete program (28:40): MP3 Appearing on NPR's Morning Edition for the Academy of American Poets' 50th Anniversary, September 22, 1983 Complete recording (4:41): MP3 Reading at the San Francisco Art Institute (organized with the American Poetry Archive at San Fransisco State), December 5, 1984 Complete video recording (57:04)

Complete audio recording (55:36): MP3

Reading at Harvard University as part of the Morris Gray Lecture Series, October 16, 1985 Provided by: The Poets' Theater and Woodberry Poetry Room, Harvard Univeristy Library introductionn (4:08): MP3 The Task (5:05): MP3 Variations, Calypso and Fugue on a Theme of Ella Wheeler Wilcox (12:07): MP3 For John Clare (4:26): MP3 The Chateau Hardware (0:49): MP3 The Other Tradition (2:45): MP3 The Couple in the Next Room (0:55): MP3 And Ut Pictura Poesis is Her Name (0:49): MP3 At North Farm (1:59): MP3 The Songs We Know Best (4:24): MP3 Landscape (After Baudelaire) (1:57): MP3 A Wave (excerpt): (5:59): MP3 A Mood of Quiet Beauty (1:13): MP3 October at the Window (2:41): MP3 Disguised Zenith (1:49): MP3 Forgotten Song (2:28): MP3 Vetiver (2:36): MP3 Vaucanson (3:05): MP3 Someone You Have Seen Before (5:45): MP3 Reading at the Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe, NM, November 20, 1985 Complete recording (1:17:41): MP3 Introduction (1:27): MP3 Two Scenes (2:33): MP3 Popular Letters (2:16): MP3 Thoughts of a Young Girl (1:21): MP3 The New Realism (2:13): MP3 Plainness and Diversity (1:56): MP3 Variations, Calypso and Feud (11:55): MP3 Chateau Hardware (0:46): MP3 Worsening Situation (2:48): MP3 The Other Tradition (2:33): MP3 The Gazing Grain (1:26): MP3 And Ut Pictura Poesis Is Her Name (3:26): MP3 At North Farm (2:26): MP3 The Songs We Know Best (4:18): MP3 Tableaux Parisiens (2:07): MP3 More Pleasant Adventures (1:30): MP3 A Wave (6:41): MP3 Finished Rapsody (7:19): MP3 Vettiver (2:11): MP3 A Mood of Quiet (1:03): MP3 October at the Window (2:53): MP3 Forgotten Song (2:56): MP3 Someone You Have Seen Before (4:49): MP3 WQXR Radio Program, New York, April 1986 Academy of American Poets Discussion with John Ashbery, Ned Rorem and June LeBell April 6 Part One (31:56): MP3 setting poetry to music (4:46): MP3

appropriate poems and appropriate music (6:05): MP3

the singer's experience (2:05): MP3

on phrasing "Thoughts of a Young Girl" (3:15): MP3

reading and discussing "Fear of Death;" on composers in poetry (5:19): MP3

on having poetry set to music by Elliot Carter (7:12): MP3

on poets reading their own poetry, and the human voice (3:11): MP3

Part Two (7:25): MP3

on the history and mission of the Academy of American Poets

April 30

Complete recording (52:53): MP3

John Ashbery appears on "France Culture" on Radio France, February 12, 2003

Complete recording (52:31): MP3

John Ashbery, Yale Collection of American Literature Reading Series, Beinecke Library, September 20, 2006

introduction by Langdon Hammer (3:14): MP3 Ignorance of the Law Is No Excuse (2:24): MP3 Days of Reckoning (2:22): MP3 Coma Berenices (11:22): MP3 The New Higher (1:32): MP3 Interesting People of Newfoundland (2:57): MP3 Heavy Home (2:16): MP3 The Love Interest (1:05): MP3 The Black Prince (0:41): MP3 Lacrimae Rerun (1:36): MP3 A Kind of Chill (0:56): MP3 Filigrane (1:57): MP3 Opposition to a Memorial (2:07): MP3 Pavane pour Helen Twelvetrees (2:51): MP3 Phantoum (4:07): MP3 Thrill of a Romance (1:48): MP3 A Wordly Country (2:38): MP3

Recording courtesy Beinecke, thanks to Nancy Kuhl Staged Reading of John Ashbery's play "The Compromise" Theatre Metropole, Paris, France, March 5, 2007 Introduction (0:54): MP3 Act One (32:08): MP3 Act Two (27:24): MP3 Act Three (36:13): MP3 Mo Pitkin's, New York June 6, 2007 Reading with Charles Bernstein Sponsored by Poetry magazine & McSweeney's "Chain" issue Note: Lynn Emmanuel read first at this event but her reading was not on the CD provided to PennSound. John Ashbery Introduction (1:13): MP3

Full Reading by John Ashbery: (22:44): MP3 Ashbery reads from A Worldly Country A Worldly Country (3:26): MP3 To Be Affronted (1:58): MP3 Opposition to a Memorial (2:17): MP3 For Now (1:36): MP3 Image Problem (1:34): MP3 A Kind of Chill (0:48): MP3 Well-Scrubbed Interior (1:15): MP3 Thrill of a Romance (1:37): MP3 Phantoum (4:08): MP3 So Long, Santa (1:53): MP3 From Charles Bernstein's Portraits Series: The Film of Your Life, September 16, 2007 John Ashbery

After John's retrospective reading at the Bard 80th birthday celebration, we gathered at Finberg House. Pierre Jorris narrates with Joan Retallack close by.

(mp4, 14 seconds, 10.5 mb)

Reading Pierre Martory at "Poets in the Sheep Meadow Fold," AWP, New York, February 2, 2008 John Ashbery's portion of the program (16:37): MP3

Complete program (1:10:07): MP3

Reading at Haverford College, February 19, 2008

Complete reading (37:00): MP3

Introduction (0:50): MP3 Discussing Hotel Lautréamont (2:10) MP3 Hotel Lautréamont (2:10) MP3 This Room (0:40) MP3 If You Said You Would Come With Me (2:48) MP3 A Linnet (1:24): MP3 The Bobinski Brothers (1:24): MP3 Merrily We Live (2:46): MP3 The History of My Life (0:45): MP3 Redeemed Area (2:26): MP3 Stanzas Before Time (0:31): MP3 Crossroads in the Past (1:48): MP3 A Nice Presentation (2:24): MP3 Disagreeable Glimpses (5:42): MP3 Sonnet: More of Same (1:00): MP3 A Worldly Country (2:34): MP3

Please note: the quality of this recording, which was taken from a videotape of the event, is less than optimal; however we felt that its significance merited our posting it, and have done our best to make the audio as clear as possible

"Crossroads in the Past" is also featured on PoemTalk Episode 9.

Reading and Forum at The New School, April 15, 2008

Introduction by David Lehman (4:16): MP3 A Mood of Quiet Beauty (1:24): MP3 Alone in the Lumber Business (2:47): MP3 Notes from the Air (2:50): MP3 Still Life With Stranger (1:18): MP3 Hotel Lautreamont (6:31): MP3 This Room (0:41): MP3 If You Said You Would Come With Me (2:35): MP3 Merrily We Live (2:48): MP3 The History of My Life (0:48): MP3 Memories of Imperialism (2:13): MP3 He Who Loves and Runs Away (1:36): MP3 Translation of Pierre Reverdy, "Haunted House" (4:48): MP3 Questions and Discussion (parts of recording missing) (23:18): MP3

New York Review of Books Podcast, 2009

John Ashbery reads his selections from among the poems he has published in the New York Review of Books, recorded on February 21, 2009 at the offices of the New York Review of Books. Introduced by Jana Prikryl. Originally broadcast on April 1, 2009, as part of the Review's podcast series.

introduction (0:39): MP3 from Planisphere Structures in Sand (0:56): MP3 Working Overtime (0:47): MP3 Episode (1:29): MP3 Summer Reading (1:12): MP3 from A Worldly Country introduction to "Pavane pour Helen Twelvetrees" (2:20): MP3 Pavane por Helen Twelvetrees (2:22): MP3 Image Problem (1:26): MP3 discussion of "Strayed Reveler" (0:26): MP3 from Where Shall I Wander Days of Reckoning (1:55): MP3 Ignorance of the Law Is No Excuse (1:34): MP3 from Chinese Whispers Mordred (2:19): MP3 Random Jottings of an Old Man (1:51): MP3 from Your Name Here Crossroads in the Past (1:43): MP3 This Room (0:36): MP3 "Crossroads in the Past" is also featured on PoemTalk Episode 9. from Can You Hear, Bird? By Guess and by Gosh (1:50): MP3 from Hotel Lautreamont On the Empress's Mind (1:39): MP3 From Estuaries, from Casinos (3:53): MP3 from Shadow Train Qualm (1:13): MP3 closing remarks (0:27): MP3

Complete recording (31:25): MP3

Reading at The Poetry Project at St. Mark's Church, New York, May 14, 2009

introduction by Charles North (7:19): MP3 A Worldly Country (2:25): MP3

Complete reading (13:58): MP3 (note: recording cuts off prematurely)

Reading for the Serpentine Gallery Poetry Marathon, October 17, 2009

Reading at the Princeton Poetry Festival, 2009

Day 1 Intro (2:48): MP3 Reading (14:31): MP3 Day 1 Evening Intro (8:45): MP3 Day 1 Evening Reading (38:12): MP3

Reading for the Lannan Series, Georgetown, February 2, 2010

Complete Video Recording

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Introduction (3:56): MP3 Alcove (1:57): MP3 Chair Rental (1:08): MP3 Deep Surprise (2:19): MP3 Default Mode (1:53): MP3 Episode (1:41): MP3 Giraffe Headquarters (0:41): MP3 He Who Loves and Runs Away (1:53): MP3 Idea of Steve (1:03): MP3 Leave the Hand In (1:20): MP3 The Logistics (1:23): MP3 Lost Sonnet (0:47): MP3 More of What Happened (1:53): MP3 Partial Clearing (1:19): MP3 Pernilla (2:38): MP3 Planosphere (2:55): MP3 The Seventh Chihuahua (0:49): MP3 The Stumming (1:27): MP3 They Knew What They Wanted (1:34): MP3 The Tower of London (2:02): MP3 Sons of the Desert (1:29): MP3 The Winemakers (4:26): MP3

Complete reading (42:19): MP3

Interview with Sarah Montague of WNYC for Brooklyn Book Festival, September 8, 2010

Complete recording (12:09): MP3

At the Tibor de Nagy Gallery 60th Anniversary Program at The New School, New York, January 31, 2011

introduction (2:25): MP3 Freilicher recalling how she and Ashbery met (2:19): MP3 on Mounting Tensions and Rudy Burckhardt (2:42): MP3 on their first memories of the Tibor De Nagy Gallery (1:32): MP3 Ashbery on working as an art critic and the influence of Freilicher's work on his poetry (5:07): MP3

Complete Program Part One (1:19:57): MP3

Complete Program Part Two (28:47): MP3