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Keith Abbott: March 6, 1975
27 minutes, VHS, $25.00
Keith Abbott reads his poems "Slow Dip," "For reading...," "Three Visitors," "Susan," "Alexis," "Bruce," "Posterity," "Parkland Sacraments," "My Girl," "Death of Uncle Dewey," "Erased Words," "To My Wife's Shoes," "Betty, Mt. Vernon, 1963," "L. Abbott Jr., My Brother," "Why Else?" "Exactly the Wrong Two," "Haiku Rumba," "Little Study," "There are women who..." "A Two-line Erotic Poem," "Ease and Peace," "Michele," "Uncle John," "Uncle John Again," "Paid Attention," "Tonic," "September Summer," "Pointless Wars of the Heart," "Blue," "French Desire," and "Black White and Gray." Kathleen Fraser introduces Abbott, Ted Berrigan, and Kenward Elmslie, at SFSU.

Elizabeth Abel: April 13, 1985
80 minutes, VHS, $25.00
As part of a panel at The Poetry Center-sponsored conference, "Women Working in Literature: New Issues," scholar Elizabeth Abel talks about key issues around the topic of "Writing and Sexual Difference." Abel is joined in discussion by Thulani Davis and Marjorie Perloff. Kathleen Fraser is the moderator, at SFSU.

Elmaz Abinader: November 4, 1993
21 minutes, VHS, $25.00
Lebanese American poet and writer Elmaz Abinader reads "Hôtel Splendide," a chapter from her book Children of the Roojme: A Family's Journey, which tells the story of her family's migration from Lebanon to the United States in the early Nineteen-twenties. Rosemary Catacalos introduces Abinader, at SFSU.

Kathy Acker: February 9, 1977
57 minutes, VHS, $25.00
In the first Poetry Center event of 1997, performance artist, poet, and author Kathy Acker reads "Janis and Drugs" and the last chapter of her novel, Kathy Goes to Haiti. Lewis MacAdams introduces Acker and Jim Gustafson, in the Barbary Coast Room, SFSU.

Kathy Acker: October 23, 1986
46 minutes, VHS, $25.00
Kathy Acker reads from her novel, Empire of the Senseless. Frances Phillips introduces Acker, San Francisco Art Commission Gallery.

Juvenal Acosta: April 14, 1994
(see Group Readings, "Light From a Nearby Window: Contemporary Mexican Poetry" reading)

Juvenal Acosta: November 9, 2000
35 minutes, VHS, $25.00
Mexican American poet and novelist Juvenal Acosta, who directs the Writers' Center at the New College of California in San Francisco, reads the poems "Trovador" in Spanish, "Ithaca Oggi," "Parole," and excerpts from the novel, The Tattoo Hunter. Steve Dickison introduces Juvenal Acosta, along with Mexican novelist Mauricio Figueras Montiel, at The Unitarian Center.

Helen Adam & Jess [Collins]: April 7, 1957
33 minutes, Audiocassette, $15.00
Original Poetry Center Archives recording.

Helen Adam: November 2, 1977
30 minutes, VHS, $25.00
Scottish-born poet Helen Adam reads "A Tale Best Forgotten," "A Walk in the Wind," "Third Eye Shining," "Turn Again To Me," "In and Out of the Horn-Beam Maze," "The Winds of Spring," "Song For A Sea-Tower," "Sea Shanty," "Mother Bronson's Babies," "The Well-Kept Man," "Loving Lilly Babe," "Jericho Bar," "Pounding Bone Blues," and "Cheerless Junkie's Song." Robert Duncan introduces Adam and James Broughton, at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

Ralph Adamo: February 18, 1982
30 minutes, VHS, $25.00
Poet Ralph Adamo reads "The Way to Crow's Bridge," "This Was It," "Sadness at the Private University," "Injunction," "The Poet Enters Your Kitchen One Night," "The Story About the Tiger that Spoke French," "Love Poem," "Most Welling Rose," "Triptych of the Unattainable Sorrow," and from Hydrophobia, "It'll Never Be Warm Again" and "Dream Court." Frances Mayes introduces Adamo and Judith Minty, at SFSU.

Kim Addonizio: November 30, 1995
26 minutes, VHS, $25.00
As part of the occasional California Writers Series, The Poetry Center presents poets Kim Addonizio and Ralph Angel reading and in conversation. Addonizio reads "Here," in memory of its author, Paul Monette, "The Weight," "Garbage," "Physics," "Intimacy," "Near Heron Lake," "Phantom Anniversary," "Tell Me," "Ha," "Aliens," "Flood," and "Things That Don't Happen." Melissa Black introduces Addonizio and Angel, at The Poetry Center.

Opal Palmer Adisa: November 17, 1983
30 minutes, VHS, $25.00
Poet Opal Palmer Adisa reads "Madness Disguises Sanity," "No Woman Don't Cry," "She Is," "Eve Left the Garden," "Initiation," "Water On My Cheeks," "Travel Notes," "Forbiddance," "Arriving Home," "Omalare (Children are the Heritage of the Earth)," "Democratic Process," "Attack at Dawn," "Fathers of Father," and "In Celebration of All My Womanhood." Poets Devorah Major and Mona Lisa Saloy are co-readers, at SFSU.

Opal Palmer Adisa: October 22, 1998
60 minutes, VHS, $25.00
Jamaican born poet, writer, teacher, and critic Opal Palmer Adisa reads "A Story," "A Cultural Trip," "No Woman, No Cry," "My Work Speaks to Those Other Women," "Come Jazz Me," "Let Them Laugh," and other pieces in a forum focusing on the writing of place. Jewelle Gomez introduces Opal Palmer Adisa and Jeff Tagami, at The Poetry Center.

Etel Adnan: March 10, 1988
24 minutes, VHS, $25.00
Lebanese American poet and painter Etel Adnan reads "Five Senses for One Death," "Spreading Clouds," and "An Alley of Linden Trees and Lightning." Frances Phillips introduces Adnan and William Witherup.

Etel Adnan, A Tribute: March 30, 2000
48 minutes, VHS, $25.00
In a 75th birthday tribute to acclaimed Lebanese American poet and painter Etel Adnan-known for her internationally-renowned novel of the Lebanese civil war, Sitt Marie Rose, among many books-Steve Dickison and Simone Fattal read from her work. Dickison reads from her memoir, Growing Up to Be a Woman Writer in Lebanon, and Simone Fattal, Adnan's publisher from Post-Apollo Press, reads from The Indian Never Had a Horse. The readings are followed by a sound recording of "The Adnan Songbook," eight of Etel Adnan's poems set to music by British composer Gavin Bryars. Steve Dickison moderates the event, and introduces the evening's co-reader, Lebanese American novelist Rabih Alameddine, at The Unitarian Center.

Marjorie Agosín: February 29, 1996
30 minutes, VHS, $25.00
Latina poet Marjorie Agosín reads the sections "Family Alliances," "My Uncle Mordechai," "Eva," "Images of my Youth," "The Sea," "Spirituals," "Baptism," "My Grandmother Helena," "Moses Saved From the Waters," "Epilogue," and "Anne Frank" from her novel A Cross and A Star. Rosemary Catacalos introduces Agosín and Victor Perera, at The Poetry Center.

Ai: November 14, 1974
36 minutes, VHS, $25.00
Poet Ai reads "Twenty-Year Marriage," "The Abortion," "The Tenant Farmer," "I Have Got To Stop Loving You," "Young Farm Woman Alone," "Decisions," "The Hitchhiker," "Cuba, 1962," "Childbearer," "Woman," "Before You Leave," "New Crops for a Free Man," "The Mortician's Twelve-Year-Old Son," "Jericho," "Christ Bracero," "Bless Me Father," and "He Kept On Burning." Kathleen Fraser introduces Ai and Faye Kicknosway, at SFSU.

Ellery Akers: April 13, 1989
50 minutes, VHS, $25.00
From her debut collection, poet Ellery Akers reads "Letters to Anna: 1846-54, A Pioneer Woman's Journal," "Night: Volcano, California," "Missing My Grandmother," "Texas Nursing Home: A Visit From Her Son and Seven Daughters," "The Tree's Advice To Its Seedling: About Light, About Birds," and "Advice From An Angel." Robert Glück introduces Akers, at SFSU.

Rabih Alameddine: March 30, 2000
42 minutes, VHS, $25.00
Rabih Alameddine, a novelist and painter born and raised in Beirut, Lebanon, and now living in San Francisco, reads excerpts from his debut novel KOOLAIDS: The Art of War. He then reads a provocative untitled manuscript (subsequently published as I, the Divine) about a woman who, unable to write her memoirs, revises the first chapter over and over again. Mr. Alameddine's presentation is part of an event dedicated to the Lebanese poet Etel Adnan. Steve Dickison introduces Rabih Alameddine.

George Albon: April 6, 1995
22 minutes, VHS, $25.00
The Poetry Center and Sun & Moon Press present recipients of The Gertrude Stein Awards in Innovative Writing-poets George Albon, Michael Davidson, and Cole Swenson. Albon reads from from "Parachute Series," "The Evening Call," "Alphabet Life," and his book, Thousands Count Out Loud. He also reads the poems "Bees, Sheep, Water, and Trees/ Ink, Hills, Numbers/ Land and Factory," "D. Boon Sweeps the Studio After Hours," and "A Passion Reading." Aaron Shurin introduces Albon, Davidson, and Swenson, at Delancey Street Foundation.

Ammiel Alcalay: March 1, 2001
46 minutes, VHS, $25.00
In addition to his poetry-his collections include the cairo notebooks and A Masque in the Form of a Cento-and his critical writings, Ammiel Alcalay is a prolific translator from Serbo-Croatian, Hebrew, Arabic, and Spanish. Here he is joined by Bosnian poet Semezdin Mehmedinovic-whose poetry collection Sarajevo Blues he translated for a City Lights Books publication-in a reading co-sponsored by Ivri-NASAWI. He reads "no place not rome" and "migration/Hejira" from his book-length poem from the warring factions. Steve Dickison introduces Alcalay and Semezdin Mehmedinovic, at The Unitarian Center.

Francisco X. Alarcón: March 28, 1985
39 minutes, VHS, $25.00
Poet Francisco Alarcón reads "Apolitical Intellectuals." From Tattoos, he reads "Raices/Roots," "Tattoos," "Tan real/So Real," "Flags," "Dreams of a Californian Poet in Prison," "Profugo/Fugitive," "Un Beso Is Not a Kiss," "I Used to Be Much Much Darker," "Patron," and "Resume." From Acuma, he reads "Language," "Eyes," "Concentrated Memory," "Folks," "Jungle," "Nocturno Marino," "Centroamerica en el corazon/Central America in the Heart," "A Steady Mountain Rain," "A Shadow's Fate," "Absurd," and "Prayer." Jim Hartz introduces Alarcón and Karen Brodine, at SFSU.

Francisco X. Alarcón: February 7, 1989
(see Group Readings, SFSU President Robert A. Corrigan reading)

Fernando Alegría: March 10, 1972
(see Group Readings, La Raza Reading)

Fernando Alegría: December 11, 1981
30 minutes, VHS, $25.00
Poet Fernando Alegría was born in 1918 in Santiago and is one of Chile's foremost poets and novelists. He reads "To play or not to play at a certain age..." "A specter is haunting Europe...," "Hazards of the Sea," "Self-portrait," "Museum in Coyoacan," "Frida and Diego's House," and "The Disappeared Will Inherit the Earth." Tom Mandel introduces Alegría and Victor Hernandez Cruz, at Knuth Hall, SFSU.

Will Alexander: December 1, 1994
30 minutes, VHS, $25.00
Will Alexander is the author of Arcane Lavender Morals, Asia and Haiti, and The Stratospheric Canticles. He reads "Hungarian Corpuscle Magic," "Albania and the Death of Enver Hoxha" "Between History and Omniscience," and "Lion Country." Aaron Shurin introduces Alexander and Cydney Chadwick, at The Poetry Center.

Sherman Alexie: November 6, 1997
39 minutes, VHS, $25.00
From The Business of Fancydancing, Native American poet Sherman Alexie reads "Distances," "Giving Blood," "Grandmother," and "No Drugs or Alcohol Allowed." From The Summer of Black Widows, he reads "Bob's Coney Island," "Fire as Verb and Noun," "Grandmother Porcupine Traffic," and "Fatherand Farther." Jewelle Gomez introduces Alexie and Robert Hershon, at First Unitarian Church.

Luis Alfaro: September 23, 1990
40 minutes, VHS, $25.00
The Poetry Center, in collaboration with Theatrix's One Step Down Series, presents the performance group Theory Girls, Orson Titus Maquelani, and Luis Alfaro. Latino writer Luis Alfaro performs "Downtown," an edgy piece about racism, alcoholism, sexual and political diversity, and AIDS awareness. Margaret Crane and Kevin Radley curate the event, at Footwork Gallery.

Paula Gunn Allen: March 21, 1985
28 minutes, VHS, $25.00
Native American poet and writer Paula Gunn Allen reads "Los Angeles, 1980," "American Apocalypse," "Recuerdo," "Suiciding(ed) Indian Women," and "The Garden" from her collection, Shadow Country. From Skins And Bones, she reads "Dear World" and "Taku Skanskan." From A Cannon Between My Knees, she reads "the beautiful woman who sings." Robert Glück introduces Paula Gunn Allen and Frances Jaffer, at SFSU.

Paula Gunn Allen: February 26, 1987
67 minutes, VHS, $25.00
Native American poet and writer Paula Gunn Allen reads "Never Cry Uncle," "Weed," "Dear World," and a series of short poems, "Runes." Mark Linenthal interviews Paula Gunn Allen after the reading. Frances Phillips makes the introductions, at SFSU.

Isabelle Allende: February 25, 1993
45 minutes, VHS, $25.00
Peruvian-born Chilean novelist Isabel Allende was a journalist for many years and began to write fiction in 1981. Here she reads from her most recent novel, El Plan Infinito. Rosemary Catacalos introduces Allende, at Dolores Street Community Center.

Isabel Allende: February 4, 1999
12 minutes, VHS, $25.00
As part of the Writing and Community Series, Isabel Allende reads her introduction to James Tipton's Letters from a Stranger, a collection of poetry that she translated into Spanish. Jewelle Gomez introduces Allende, at Modern Times Bookstore.

Dorothy Allison: April 18, 1991
31 minutes, VHS, $25.00
Dorothy Allison reads from her books Steal Away, Trash, Bastard Out of Carolina, and The Women Who Hate Me, "A Cedar Chest of Lace and Linen," "Mattie Lee Gibson," "All Those Imaginary Ladies," "She Plays it Tight," "The woman I love. . . .," "Dumpling Child," "We Make Love," and "The Other Side of the Wall." Robert Glück introduces Allison and Barbara Anderson, in The Blakeslee Room, SFSU.

Dorothy Allison: September 18, 1997
43 minutes, VHS, $25.00
Novelist and essayist Dorothy Allison reads from the manuscript of her novel, Cavedweller. A Q&A session follows the reading. Jewelle Gomez introduces Allison, Humanities Auditorium, SFSU.

Alta: October 10, 1976
36 minutes, VHS, $25.00
Poet Alta reads "Nevada," "Why Do You," "How Heavy the Days Are," "Fighting my dependency...," "You turn over and cough...," and "Highway 40." She then reads Mitsuye Yamada's "The Watchtower" and excerpts from the works of Ntozake Shange and Susan Griffin. Lewis MacAdams introduces Alta, at SFSU.

D-L Alvarez: April 7, 1994
25 minutes, VHS, $25.00
The Michael Rubin Memorial Reading was also a benefit reading for the SFSU Cindy Kolb AIDS fund. Writer D-L Alvarez reads his short story "Grappling Pines." Aaron Shurin introduces Alvarez and Janice Sukaitis. The reading was followed by a screening [not on the tape] of David Weissman's film, Song From an Angel, at the Frank V. de Bellis Collection, J. Paul Leonard Library, SFSU.

Yehuda Amichai: November 22, 1977
45 minutes, VHS, $25.00
In a program titled "Readings: Contemporary Mood of Israel As Seen By Its Writers," Israeli poet Yehuda Amichai reads "When My Head Got Banged on the Door," "A Song of Peace," "God Has Pity on Kindergarten Children," "A Pity. We Were Such a Good Invention," "Quick and Bitter," "Instructions for a Waitress," "In a Foreign Country," "In the Sand We Were Two-headed Cerberus," "What's It Like to Be a Woman," "Tender Spring in the Courtyard," "Love Song," "Letter of Recommendation," "Dennis Was Very Sick," "Harlem, A Dead Story," "A Dog After Love," "Once a Great Love," "Mr. Beringer," "The Town I Was Born in was Destroyed by Shells," "Jerusalem is a Place Where All Remember," "Oh, Who Has the Quietest Face Here?" "Let the Memorial Hill Remember," "Every Night God Takes His Glittering Merchandise Out of His Showcase," "I and Jerusalem, Like Blind Man and Cripple," and "Jerusalem, Port City on the Shores of Eternity." At SFSU.

Yehuda Amichai: March 15, 1989
Lannan Literary Video Series
60 minutes, VHS, $19.95
Yehuda Amichai was born in Germany and grew up in Palestine. Mr. Amichai, who writes in Hebrew, is one of the most distinguished Israeli poets of the twentieth century. He read from Selected Poetry of Yehuda Amichai. An interview by critic Esther Robbins follows, at Georgetown University Washington, DC.

Charles Amirkhanian: June 22, 1973
30 minutes, VHS, $25.00
Avant-garde composer, poet, and percussionist Charles Amirkhanian is one of the leading practitioners of text-sound composition in the United States. Today he performs "Just" and "Heavy Aspirations." Stan Rice is the co-reader, at The Poetry Center.

Charles Amirkhanian: March 7, 1974
40 minutes, VHS, $25.00
Charles Amirkhanian performs his text-sound compositions "Dzarin Bess Ga Khorin (I Think Like the Tree )," "Just," "Heavy Aspirations: Portrait of Nicolas Slonimsky," "Pastor," "Muchrooms for John Cage," and "Mugic." Jim Rosenberg is the co-reader, at The Poetry Center.

Mike Amnasan: October 27, 1988
30 minutes, VHS, $25.00
San Francisco novelist and playwright Mike Amnasan reads from 5 Fremont. Robert Glück introduces Amnasan and Fanny Howe, at The San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery.

Mike Amnasan: October 12, 2000
45 minutes, VHS, $25.00
Mike Amnasan, affiliated with San Francisco's "new narrative" writers, reads an excerpt from his novel Beyond the Safety of Dreams, as well as selections from a work-in-progress, The Universes. Steve Dickison introduces Amnasan and novelist Chris Kraus, at The Poetry Center.

Shirley Ancheta: September 27, 2001
28 minutes, VHS, $25.00
Poet and teacher Shirley Ancheta co-edited the poetry anthology Without Names, one of the first such collections by Filipino American poets. Here she reads a generous selection from her poetic output, including the poems "Strike, Salinas 1933," "Not Eurydice," "A Woman is Taken," "Locating the World," and "Caribou." Steve Dickison introduces Ancheta and Alan Chong Lau, at The Poetry Center.

Barbara Anderson: April 18, 1991
52 minutes, VHS, $25.00
From Junk City, a National Poetry Series selection, Barbara Anderson reads "The Coat," "Junk City," "Significant Others," "Meat Never Cooks In The House Of The Murderer," and "Over Easy." From 1-800-911, she reads "Melinda: Dawn," "Charlie: 1:31 a.m.," and "Deuce: 10:56 p.m." Robert Glück introduces Anderson and Dorothy Allison, in The Blakeslee Room, SFSU.

Jon Anderson: May 2, 1974
39 minutes, VHS, $25.00
From Death & Friends and In Sepia, poet Jon Anderson reads "Though I Long To Be No One," "John Clare," "The Secret of Poetry," "Rosebud," "In Autumn," "Each Day Does That," "In Sepia," and "Years." Kathleen Fraser introduces Anderson and Jack Marshall, at SFSU.

Bruce Andrews: March 14, 1979
60 minutes, VHS, $25.00
Poet Bruce Andrews reads "Prepositions," "How," "Jeopardy," "Moebius," and a section from R+B. Tom Mandel introduces Andrews and John Thorpe, at SFSU.

Bruce Andrews: May 19, 1985
40 minutes, VHS, $25.00
Poet Bruce Andrews "Eagles Ate My Estrogen," "My Eggs Want Some Conversation," and six sections from I Don't Have Any Paper So Shut Up (or, Social Romanticism), at SFSU.

Ralph Angel: April 9, 1987
38 minutes, VHS, $25.00
From his book Anxious Latitudes, poet Ralph Angel reads "Recurring Motel," "By Degrees," "You Are the Place You Cannot Move," "Man in a Window," "Breaking the Rock Down," "Arm and Arm," "Not to Reach Great Heights But to Stay Out of Great Valleys," and "Back Down." From a manuscript-in-progress, he reads "The River Has No Hair to Hold Onto," "Leaving One," "Among Fields of Shocked Corn," "Shadow Play," and "At the Seams." Frances Phillips introduces Angel and Anne Winters, at SFSU.

Ralph Angel: November 30, 1995
29 minutes, VHS, $25.00
In a California Writers Series event, poet Ralph Angel reads "Months Later," "Untitled," "The Nothing That Is," "Twice Removed," "In Every Direction," "Breaking and Entering," "It Could Have Been More," "Breaking Rhythm," "The Blessed," and "Shadow Play." Melissa Black introduces Angel and Kim Addonizio, at SFSU.

Maya Angelou: October 14, 1971
56 minutes, Audiocassette, $15.00
Original Poetry Center Archives recording.

Tamim Ansary: November 5, 2001
(see Group Readings, "What is Afghanistan?")

David Antin & Jerome Rothenberg: April 26, 1973
105 minutes, Audiocassette, $15.00
Original Poetry Center Archives recording.

David Antin: May 26, 1973
55 minutes, VHS, $25.00
Note: original tape quality is poor David Antin is the author of a dozen volumes of poetry and talk pieces, including What it Means to Be Avant-Garde. Here in an early reading in San Francisco, on a shared bill with Jerome Rothenberg.

Brother Antoninus: July, 1955
(see below, under William Everson)

Gloria Anzaldua: September 15, 1988
40 minutes, VHS, $25.00
In a benefit for the Latino AIDS Project to translate essential treatment information into Spanish, poet and writer Gloria Anzaldua reads "She Ate Horses," "Sleepwalkers," and "En lugar de las animas" from Entreguerras Entremundos; "Letting Go" from Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza; and "Dear Friend" from Nightvoice. Robert Glück introduces Anzaldua and Judy Grahn, The Women's Building.

Naim Araidi: September 29, 1994
20 minutes, VHS, $25.00
In a Writing and Community Series event entitled "Israel: Arab and Jew," Israeli poet Naim Araidi reads "My Dream Number 32" and "And Many Nations" in both Hebrew and English. Michael Palmer introduces Araidi and the co-presenters, Milton Viorst and Mira Meir, at Presidio Branch Library.

Mark Arax: April 2, 1998
50 minutes, VHS, $25.00
As part of the California Writers Series, five-time Pulitzer Prize nominee Mark Arax reads from his recent book, In My Father's Name: A Family, a Town, a Murder, his depiction of his own investigation into the murder of his father. Melissa Black introduces Arax and the co-reader Victor Davis Hanson, both of whom write extensively about California's San Joaquin Valley, at the Presidio Branch Library.

Jorge Argueta: April 11, 1991
(see Group Readings, "Voces del Mundo")

Manlio Argueta: November 13, 1986
67 minutes, VHS, $25.00
In an event co-sponsored by The Poetry Center, La Raza Studies, and La Raza Organization, Salvadoran poet and novelist Manlio Argueta reads "Mama," "The 1960s Poem," and "The Authorities" in Spanish. Carlos Peron translates. A Q&A session follows the reading, at SFSU.

Arturo Arias: March 8, 1993
32 minutes, VHS, $25.00
Latino novelist and scriptwriter Arturo Arias reads excerpts from his novel Los Caminos de Paxil. Rosemary Catacalos introduces Arias and Michelle Carter, at the Frank V. de Bellis Collection, J. Paul Leonard Library, SFSU.

Rae Armantrout: October 11, 1978
53 minutes, VHS, $25.00
Poet Rae Armantrout reads from her recent collection, Extremities. From The Invention of Hunger, she reads "Natural History." Robert Grenier is the co-reader, at the Barbary Coast Room, SFSU.

Rae Armantrout: May 2, 1985
60 minutes, VHS, $25.00
From the manuscript Precedence, poet Rae Armantrout reads "Double," "Postcards," "Singlemost," "Shut," "Travelling Through the Yard," "Latter Day," "Admission," "Compound," "Compound 2," "Through Walls," "Fiction," "Development Is History," "Entries: look," "Precedence," "Quotation," "Sigh," "Blocks," "Another Tongue," "Secretly," "Round," "Home Federal," "Atmospheric," and "The Music." From the manuscript Necromance, she reads "Range," "Context," "Necromance," "Begin," and "Disown." P. Inman is the co-reader, at Barbary Coast Room, SFSU.

Rae Armantrout: October 8, 1992
28 minutes, VHS, $25.00
The Poetry Center presents Rae Armantrout and Kit Robinson reading and in conversation. Armantrout reads poems from Necromance and Made to Seem. Aaron Shurin introduces Armantrout and Robinson, at the J. Paul Leonard Library, SFSU.

Carol Arnett: September 29, 1983
25 minutes, VHS, $25.00
Native American poet Carol Arnett reads "The Story of My Life," "Tlanuwa (Spirit Hawk)," "The Old Man Said," "Anadarko John," "Pow-Wow," "At White Earth," "Hayward," "Dog Soldier," "Song of the Breed," "Ulinawi," "One Afternoon," "Bio-Poetic Statement," "Warrior Song" in both Cherokee and English, "Death Song" in both Cherokee and English, "Look Back," and "Travel Notes." Jim Hartz introduces Arnett, Wilfredo Castano, and Carolee Sanchez, at SFSU.

Flora Arnstein: June 18, 1973
30 minutes, VHS, $25.00
Note: original tape quality is poor In reading from and talking about her best-selling book Children Write Poetry, poet Flora Arnstein addresses the issue of "Teaching Poetry Writing to Children." At SFSU.

Flora Arnstein: April 4, 1974
30 minutes, VHS, $25.00
Poet Flora Arnstein reads "Garden Incident," "Of Shapes," "Autre temps...," "Mirage of Rivers," "The day the moon left...," "On Being Told," "Doppelgänger," "Drowning," "As if to escape...," "Visiting Time is Up," "The Bear," "Tiger Caged," "Fishes," "Sea Horses," "The Giraffe," and "The Mouse." Kathleen Fraser introduces Arnstein and the co-readers, Beverly Dahlen and Holly Prado, at SFSU.

Alfred Arteaga: November 18, 1993
25 minutes, VHS, $25.00
Chicano poet, teacher, and editor Alfred Arteaga reads "Canto Primero," "For My Lady Going to War," "Letters of Color," "Celtic Practile," "NW 6," "A Small Seed of Europe," "Various Replies," and "Canto Pacifico" from his collection, Cantos. Aaron Shurin introduces Arteaga and Kimiko Hahn, at the J. Paul Leonard Library, SFSU.

Nzinga Asele: Febuary 18, 1984
33 minutes, VHS, $25.00
Nzinga Asele has been active in the California Poets in the Schools Program, and her lively performance poetry has been presented in many contexts, including "Black Culture Day", the California State Fair, and "Women's History Week." Here she reads "Sound Wave," "My Little Black People," "Family Tree," "Hello Africa," "Night Ghetto," and "I Hear the Drumbeat." Conyus is the co-reader, at SFSU.

John Ashbery: March 4, 1966
The NET Outtake Series
46 minutes, VHS, $50.00
Composed of outtakes from the series USA: Poetry, produced in 1965-66 for National Educational Television. Poet John Ashbery reads "Rivers and Mountains," "If the Birds Knew," "A Blessing in Disguise," "They Dream Only of America," "Some Trees," and sections of "The Skaters." He discusses painting and its relation to poetry with artist Jane Freilicher. He also talks about other aspects of his craft such as timelessness, the avoidance of autobiography, and influences on his book Rivers and Mountains.

John Ashbery: May 16, 1973
86 minutes, Audiocassette, $15.00
Original Poetry Center Archives recording.

John Ashbery: May 16, 1973
86 minutes, VHS, $25.00
Note: original tape quality is poor
Poet John Ashbery reads "Forties Flick," "Voyage in the Blue," "Moon Song," "A Man of Words," "Fear of Death," "Lithuanian Dance Band," "To Some Extent," "As You Came From the Holy Land," "Grand Galop," "The Chateau Hardware," "Parergon," "Farm Implements and Rutabagas in a Landscape," and "Variations, Calypso and Fugue on a Theme of Ella Wheeler Wilcox." Kathleen Fraser introduces Ashbery, at SFSU.

John Ashbery: December 5, 1984
56 minutes, VHS, $25.00
John Ashbery reads "Mixed Feelings," "Hop o' My Thumb," and "Scheherazade" from Self-portrait in a Convex Mirror. From Houseboat Days, he reads "Street Musicians," "The Gazing Grain," "Wet Casements," "Daffy Duck in Hollywood," "Friends," and "Blue Sonata." From A Wave, he reads "The Ongoing Story," "More Pleasant Adventures," and "The Path to the White Moon." He concludes the reading with a selection of unpublished poems, including "A Mood of Quiet Beauty," "What God Does Not See, The Immortal's Will," "Becalmed on Strange Waters," "October at the Window," and "Forgotten Song." At SFSU.

John Ashbery: September 13, 1990
45 minutes, VHS, $25.00
Ashbery reads "Of Linnets and Dull Time," "A Driftwood Altar," "And now I cannot remember...," "Hotel Lautremont," "Still Life With Stranger," "From Palookaville," "Korean Soap Opera," and a selection from Flow Chart, in the Blakeslee Room, SFSU.

John Ashbery: September 13, 1990
45 minutes, VHS, $25.00
Writer-in-residence John Ashbery in conversation with writer Kevin Killian. This is the second of two tapes made from this event. Here, Kevin Killian moderates a Q&A session following Ashbery's reading, in the Blakeslee Room, SFSU.

Margaret Atwood: May 3, 1978
60 minutes, VHS, $25.00
Poet and novelist Margaret Atwood makes her first San Francisco appearance. She reads "Burned Space," "A Paper Bag," "Two Miles Away," "The Woman Who Could Not Live with Her Faulty Heart," "Marrying the Hangman," "From An Italian Postcard Factory," "The Woman Makes Peace with Her Faulty Heart," "The Puppet of the Wolf," "Night Poem," "All Bread," and "You Begin." A Q&A session follows the reading, in the Barbary Coast Room, SFSU.

Paul Auster: March 16, 1989
60 minutes, VHS, $25.00
Paul Auster reads from his novel, Moon Palaces. Auster is introduced by Robert Glück and interviewed by literary critic Geoffrey Green, at SFSU.

Paul Auster: October 18, 2001
80 minutes, VHS, $25.00
Paul Auster, visiting from his home in Brooklyn, New York, addresses the lyric work of Objectivist poet Charles Reznikoff for The Poetry Center's 17th annual George Oppen Memorial Lecture in Twentieth Century Poetics. He begins by reading "It Reminds Me of Something that Once Happened to My Mother," an essay recounting his earliest encounter with Reznikoff, and concludes by reading "The Decisive Moment," an exhaustive exploration of Reznikoff's poetics. Steve Dickison introduces Auster, at the ODC Theater.

Thomas Avena: April 20, 1995
32 minutes, VHS, $25.00
In a benefit for the SFSU Cindy Kolb AIDS Fund, Thomas Avena reads "Alan Turing," "The Saber," sections from "The Apartment," and "and who will excavate rooms for the dead" from his book, Dream of Order. From Life Sentences: Writers, Artists, and AIDS, he reads "The Diva." Aaron Shurin and Ann Albin introduce Avena and Stephen Beachy, at SFSU.

Thomas Avena: March 26, 1998
31 minutes, VHS, $25.00
In a benefit for the SFSU Cindy Kolb AIDS Fund, poet and writer Thomas Avena reads "At Ten, Sleep," "The Daisy" and, from Dream of Order, "Connections and Right After," "Åsa and Thomas," "Three Men Walking," "Pursuit," and "Two and a Half Dreams for Max Jacob." Jewelle Gomez introduces Avena and Rebecca Brown, at the ODC Theater.



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