December 4, 2001:
Full
Moon (text)
Them
(text)
What
the Dead Fear (text)
Bookworm
on KCRW, September 28, 2000 (site)
The
Purse-Seiner Atlantis (text)
The
Purse-Seiner Atlantis (mp3) (text)
The Academic
Cowards of Deception (RA download) (site)
The Academic
Cowards of Deception (mp3) (site)
Morning
Edition (NPR) November 12, 2001 (site)
1-100,
1969, [3:00] (mp3) (site)
Class,
1976, [10:30] (mp3) (site)
Goodnight,
1976, [1:00] (mp3) (site)
(with Susan Laufer)
My/My/My,
1976, [5:00] (mp3) (site)
Piffle
(Breathing)" 1976, [7:00] (mp3) (site)
(with Susan Laufer and Greg Ball)
The
Fish (site)
The
Fish (mp3) (site)
In
the Waiting Room (site)
In
the Waiting Room (mp3) (site)
The
Moose (site)
The
Moose (mp3) (site)
Early Morning
Lake (RA download) (site)
Holes in
Our Speech (RA download) (site)
On the Oregon
Coast, for William Stafford (RA download) (site)
Thoughts
in the Cabin (RA download) (site)
from A Literary Friendship (RA download) (site)
excerpts from a discussion with William Stafford
- Early
Roots
- Golden
Threads
- Coincidence
- Simplicity
and MTV
- Writing
Poetry
- William
Stafford's Work
Limits
(text)
Mystery
of the Sphinx (text)
Dirty
Old Bastard (RA download) [4:28] (site)
Just
For Old Times Sake (RA download) [4:07] (site)
The
Light of Jesus (RA download) [1:06] (site)
When
All the Animals Lie Down (RA download) (site)
Black
Camellia (text)
Japan
(text)
correction
This
Much I Do Remember (site)
All
Things Considered (NPR) September 4, 2001 (site)
The Diane
Rehm Show (NPR) (site)
reads from his latest poetry collection and to talks about
his plans for his tenure as poet laureate
Fresh
Air (NPR) September 26, 2001 (site)
Photography
(wmp) (text)
Long
Pond, Fall (text)
Small
Disgruntled Meditation (text)
Stevedore
(wmp) (text)
Closing
Time at the Second Avenue Deli (site)
All
Things Considered (NPR) November 15, 2001 (site)
Ego
(text)
Arizona
State University Reading (site)
Face
(aiff) (text)
The
Fine-Structure Constant (aiff) (text)
from The
Hugeness of That Which is Missing (text)
Time
and the Hour (aiff) (text)
In
a Parish (site)
Fresh Air September 21, 2001 with minimal commentary at beginning
Bookworm
(KCRW) September 27, 2001 (site)
Dark
City (.au) (text)
part 1
Dark
City (.au) (text)
part 2
Flashback
(.au) (text)
The
World Trade Center (.au) (text)
Living
in Music (text)
Talk
of the Nation (NPR) September 25, 2001 (site)
[41:14]
- To the Words [42:31]
- To Ashes [44:36]
- The Refusal to Mourn the Death by Fire of a Child in London
by Dylan Thomas [47:29]
Rough
Beast (text)
Annie
Oakley Blows Kisses To Her Audience (text)
His
Odyssey (wmp low quality) (text)
His
Odyssey (wmp high quality) (text)
His
Odyssey (mp3) (text)
Let's
Do It This Year (text)
Scar
(text)
Shine
(text)
To
My Readers (text)
God's
Acrostic (wwp) (text)
John
6:17 (text)
The
Fostering (wmp) (text)
Choosing
a Dog (RA download) (site)
(off-site
text)
Explaining
the Big One (RA download) (site)
First Grade
(RA download) (site)
(off-site
text)
Lit. Instructor
(RA download) (site)
(off-site
text)
Over the
Mountain (RA download) (site)
(off-site text)
with Robert Bly reading The Foghorn and discussion
A Ritual
to Read to Each Other (RA download) (site)
(off-site
text)
Roll Call
(RA download) (site)
(off-site
text)
Security
(RA download) (site) (off-site
text)
With Kit,
Age Seven, at the Beach (RA download) (site)
(off-site
text)
from A Literary Friendship (RA download) (site)
excerpts from a discussion with Robert Bly
- Early
Roots
- Golden
Threads
- Coincidence
- Simplicity
and MTV
- Writing
Poetry
- William
Stafford's Work
The
Dog (mp3) (text)
Cleveland
Public Radio (site)
discussing James Baldwin and Miles Davis
The
Other World (text)
Winter
Bale (text)
September 4, 2001:
Stanley Kunitz
The
Connection (NPR) September 3, 2001 (site)
August 30, 2001:
Carnal
Knowledge (aiff download) (text)
commentary
Case
History (aiff download) (text)
commentary
The
Origin of Music (aiff download) (text)
commentary
Pathology
of Colours (aiff download) (text)
commentary
The
Stethoscope (aiff download) (text)
commentary
My
Erotic Double (RA download) (site)
PBS
Online Newshour, August 9, 2001, Interview
two new books, Healing Earthquakes and A Place to
Stand
(RA in HTML)
Job
Disatisfaction (site)
Job
Disatisfaction (RA download) (site)
Seasons
(site)
Seasons
(RA download) (site)
Shit
Piece (site)
Shit
Piece (RA download) (site)
Venedian
Beseechers (performed by Zazil) May 8, 2001 (site)
Poetry
Reading, Buffalo, 1999 (site)
Poetry
Reading, Buffalo, 1997 (site)
The
Dead Man's Late Nights (wmp) [download] (site)
Fireflies
(wmp) [download] (site)
More
Of The Dead Man's Late Nights (wmp) [download] (site)
One
of the Animals (wmp) [download] (site)
Live
From Prairie Lights Reading (site)
Nightworks: Poems 1962-2000
Iowa
Talks November 9, 2000 (site)
interview including the poems
- To Dorothy [7:35] (off-site text)
- My Hate [16:08]
- Today Tibet [21:45]
- Tomorrow Tibet [22:51]
- One of the Animals [25:53]
- About the Dead Man [32:09]
- More About the Dead Man [33:14]
- To No One in Particular [47:46]
Poetry
Reading (Boulder, 1991) (site)
Live
From Prairie Lights Reading (site)
poems from Jayber Crow
Poetry
Reading (Reed College, 1991) (site)
Charles Olson Lectures (Buffalo, 1987) (site)
- Part One
- Part Two
- Part Threbe
- Part Four
- Part Five
- Part Six
Live
From Prairie Lights Reading (site)
poems from Loose Ends
The
Distant Moon (aiff download) (text)
commentary
The Other Man Was Me: A Voyage to the New World
(aiff download) (text)
commentary
Technology
and Medicine (aiff download) (text)
commentary
Towards
Curing AIDS (aiff download) (text)
commentary
What the Body Told (aiff download) (text)
commentary
Alabama
(aiff download) (text)
commentary
Anatomy
Lesson (aiff download) (text)
commentary
Appetite
(aiff download) (text)
commentary
Complications
(aiff download) (text)
commentary
The
Dust of the West (aiff download) (text)
commentary
The
Dynamizer and the Oscilloclast: in memory of Albert Abrams,
an American quack (aiff download) (text)
commentary
Finches
(aiff download) (text)
commentary
Irene
(aiff download) (text)
commentary
Jerusalem
(aiff download) (text)
commentary
The
Man with Stars Inside Him (aiff download) (text)
commentary
Medicine
Stone (aiff download) (text)
commentary
My
Uganda (aiff download) (text)
commentary
The
Power of Inclination (aiff download) (text)
commentary
The
Resurrection Trade (aiff download) (text)
commentary
Shall
Inherit (aiff download) (text)
commentary
The
Six Hundred Pound Man (aiff download) (text)
commentary
Sunsets
(aiff download) (text)
commentary
Tumbleweed
(aiff download) (text)
commentary
The
Worm: Elderside Clinic, Jamaica (aiff download) (text)
commentary
Becoming
the Patient (QT download) (text)
commentary
Blood
Clot (QT download) (text)
commentary
The
Body Flute (QT download) (text)
commentary
Duet
(QT download) (text)
commentary
Four
Masks (QT download) (text)
commentary
How
I am Able to Love (QT download) (text)
commentary
How
I Imagine It (QT download) (text)
commentary
I
Hear the Cries of Women (QT download) (text)
commentary
On
the Wards (QT download) (text)
commentary
The
Smoke We Make Pictures Of (QT download) (text)
commentary
What
the Nurse Likes (QT download) (text)
commentary
Morning
Edition (NPR) August 17, 2001 (site)
talking about his new collection of poems titled Skirts
and Slacks
I
Will Not Know You Until I Have Watched You Sleep (m3u)
(site)
I
Will Not Know You Until I Have Watched You Sleep (mp3)
(site)
I
Will Not Know You Until I Have Watched You Sleep (m3u)
(site)
I
Will Not Know You Until I Have Watched You Sleep (mp3)
(site)
In
the Year I Loved Your Mother (m3u) (site)
In
the Year I Loved Your Mother (mp3) (site)
In
the Year I Loved Your Mother (m3u) (site)
In
the Year I Loved Your Mother (mp3) (site)
Mississippi
66 (m3u) (site)
Mississippi
66 (mp3) (site)
Mississippi
66 (m3u) (site)
Mississippi
66 (mp3) (site)
Rosita
Mae (m3u) (site)
Rosita
Mae (mp3) (site)
Rosita
Mae (m3u) (site)
Rosita
Mae (mp3) (site)
The
Moon (m3u) (site)
The
Moon (mp3) (site)
The
Moon (m3u) (site)
The
Moon (mp3) (site)
Unclothed
(m3u) (site)
Unclothed
(mp3) (site)
Unclothed
(m3u) (site)
Unclothed
(mp3) (site)
Warehouse
(m3u) (site)
Warehouse
(mp3) (site)
Warehouse
(m3u) (site)
Warehouse
(mp3) (site)
PoetryPoetry
reading (m3u) (site)
- Introduction
(m3u) (site)
- Introduction
(mp3) (site)
- Unclothed
(m3u) (site)
- Unclothed
(mp3) (site)
- Mississippi
66 (m3u) (site)
- Mississippi
66 (mp3) (site)
- In
the Year I Loved Your Mother (m3u) (site)
- In
the Year I Loved Your Mother (mp3) (site)
- Warehouse
(m3u) (site)
- Warehouse
(mp3) (site)
- The Moon
(m3u) (site)
- The Moon
(mp3) (site)
- I
Will Not Know You Until I Have Watched You Sleep (m3u)
(site)
- I
Will Not Know You Until I Have Watched You Sleep (mp3)
(site)
- Rosita Mae
(m3u) (site)
- Rosita Mae
(mp3) (site)
- Unclothed
(m3u) (site)
- Unclothed
(mp3) (site)
- Mississippi
66 (m3u) (site)
- Mississippi
66 (mp3) (site)
- In
the Year I Loved Your Mother (m3u) (site)
- In
the Year I Loved Your Mother (mp3) (site)
- Warehouse
(m3u) (site)
- Warehouse
(mp3) (site)
- The Moon
(m3u) (site)
- The Moon
(mp3) (site)
- I
Will Not Know You Until I Have Watched You Sleep (m3u)
(site)
- I
Will Not Know You Until I Have Watched You Sleep (mp3)
(site)
- Rosita Mae
(m3u) (site)
- Rosita Mae
(mp3) (site)
To Juan at
the Summer Solstice (site)
Harper
Audio (site)
- The Hills of May
- Angry Samson (off-site
text)
- In Procession
- Warning to Children (off-site text)
- The Cool Web (off-site
text)
- Song of Contrariety (off-site
text)
- The Presence
Harper
Audio (.au) (site)
- The Hills of May
- Angry Samson (off-site text)
- In Procession
- Warning to Children (off-site text)
- The Cool Web (off-site
text)
- Song of Contrariety (off-site
text)
- The Presence
Harper
Audio 2 (site)
- Flying Crooked (off-site
text)
- Any Honest Housewife
- A Jealous Man
- The Cloak
- Time
- Ogres and Pygmies
- To Bring the Dead to Life (off-site
text)
- Like Snow (off-site
text)
Harper
Audio 2 (.au) (site)
- Flying Crooked (off-site
text)
- Any Honest Housewife
- A Jealous Man
- The Cloak
- Time
- Ogres and Pygmies
- To Bring the Dead to Life (off-site
text)
- Like Snow (off-site
text)
Harper
Audio 3 (site)
- To Juan at the Winter Solstice (off-site
text)
- The Death Room
- My Name and I (off-site
text)
- The Survivor
- The Foreboding (off-site
text)
- Cat-Goddesses
- The Blue Fly (off-site text)
- Sirocco at Deya
- Leaving the Rest Unsaid (off-site
text)
Harper
Audio 3 (.au) (site)
- To Juan at the Winter Solstice (off-site
text)
- The Death Room
- My Name and I (off-site
text)
- The Survivor
- The Foreboding (off-site
text)
- Cat-Goddesses
- The Blue Fly (off-site text)
- Sirocco at Deya
- Leaving the Rest Unsaid (off-site
text)
UC
of Berkeley, April 5, 2001 Reading [excerpts] (site)
Live
From Prairie Lights Reading (site)
poems from Hard Evidence
Live
From Prairie Lights Reading (site)
poems from Brilliant Water [start 28:00]
All
Things Considered February 20, 2000 (site)
Discussing his new book Only the Nails Remain on how
poets and writers have responded to the war in the Balkans
Live
From Prairie Lights Reading (site)
poems from Now That My Father Lies Down Beside Me
Coping
with Awe (text)
News
from the Edge of the World (text)
These
Winter Evenings (text)
There
Has Been a Town Surged Under (text)
Picking
Them (text)
Back
from Aqueduct (text)
Silver
Trumpet, Satin Cap (text)
July 8, 2001:
Books
and Writers Interview 1971 (BBC) [2:56] (site)
Auden talks about the influence of Marx and Freud on his poetry,
the didactic nature of his work, the aim of the arts, the
importance of fun
Wired
for Books Reading 2001 (site)
reading at the 2001 Ohio University Spring Literary Festival
West
Coast Live June 23, 2001 (NPR) (site)
Public
Interest Interview (NPR) May 10, 2001 (site)
the new Maryland Poet Laureate
The
Beat Interview (NPR) March 23, 2001 (site)
Wired
for Books Reading 2001 [47:51] (site)
reading at the 2001 Ohio University Spring Literary Festival
No.
12 [A Far Rockaway of the Heart] (wmp) [audio download]
(site)
No.
14 [A Far Rockaway of the Heart] (wmp) [audio download]
(site)
No.
37 [A Far Rockaway of the Heart] (wmp) [video download]
(site)
(off-site
text)
No.
37 [A Far Rockaway of the Heart] (wmp) [audio download]
(site)
(off-site
text)
Constantly
Risking Absurdity and Death (wmp) [audio download] (site)
(off-site
text)
Driving
a Cardboard Automobile Without a License (wmp) [audio
download] (site)
(off-site
text)
Oh
Heart (wmp) [audio download] (site)
The
Pennycandystore Beyond the El (wmp) [audio download] (site)
(off-site
text)
The
World is a Beautiful Place to be Born into... (wmp) [audio
download] (site)
(off-site
text)
Counter
Balance Poetry Reading (wmp) [audio download] (site)
The
Beat Interview (NPR) April 11, 2001 (site)
Four
Poems (site)
- Arachne (off-site
text)
- Persephone (off-site
text)
- The Prisoner of the Golden Cage (off-site
text)
- Des Esseintes' Last Book (off-site
text)
Four
Poems (mp3) (site)
- Arachne (off-site
text)
- Persephone (off-site
text)
- The Prisoner of the Golden Cage (off-site
text)
- Des Esseintes' Last Book (off-site
text)
My
Institutionals (site)
(off-site
text)
My
Institutionals (mp3) (site)
(off-site
text)
Wired
for Book Interview 1986 (site)
The
Beat Interview (NPR) April 10, 2001 (site)
The Beat
Interview (NPR) January 4, 2000 (site)
Nightwaves on Radio 4 Interview (BBC) September 16, 1998
(site)
- the impact of
the troubles on his writing, the bog bodies poems [5:26]
- naming a collection
of poems [1:46]
Turning Points Interview (BBC) September 16, 1998 (site)
- his
formative years [4:21]
- doing
English at University, the influence of Irish writing
[2:21]
The
Beat Interview (NPR) January 9, 2001 (site)
A
March Calf (text)
At the Office
Early (text)
Biker
(text)
Nicole Krauss (no bio)
Two
Poems (site)
- The Idea of Helen (off-site
text)
- Valparaiso (off-site
text)
Two
Poems (mp3) (site)
- The Idea of Helen (off-site
text)
- Valparaiso (off-site
text)
The
West Wind (wmp) (text)
The
Beat Interview (NPR) February 28, 2000 (site)
West
Coast Live (NPR) April 1, 2000 (site)
West
Coast Live (NPR) February 3, 2001 (site)
West
Coast Live (NPR) May 1, 1999 (site)
West
Coast Live (NPR) March 20, 1999 (site)
West
Coast Live (NPR) August 6, 1994 (site)
The
Black Virgin (wmp) (text)
Public
Interest Interview (NPR) May 19, 1999 (site)
with other local poets
The
Beat Interview (NPR) October 10, 2000 (site)
Decorum:
Reflections (wmp) [download] (site)
Drunk
and Disorderly, Big Hair (wmp) [download] (site)
Explorers
Cry Out, Unheard (wmp) [download] (site)
The
First At The Last (wmp) [download] (site)
Inviting
Carolyn Kizer (wmp) [download] (site)
I've
Been Around: It Gets Me Nowhere (wmp) [download] (site)
Metaphysica
(wmp) [download] (site)
Old
Jokes Appreciate (wmp) [download] (site)
Pourriture
Noble (wmp) [video] [download] (site)
Pourriture
Noble (wmp) [audio] [download] (site)
Wearing
the Gaze of an Archaic Statue (wmp) [download] (site)
What
Would You Like To Be When You Grow Up (wmp) [download]
(site)
What
Would You Like To Be When You Grow Up Part II (wmp) [download]
(site)
The
Beat Interview (NPR) March 6, 2001 (site)
For
Sweet Honey in the Rock (site)
My
Noiseless Entourage (wmp) (text)
Wired
for Book Interview 1991 (site)
Black Star
Yearning (text)
Black
Star Yearning (text)
From
the Skymind Café (m3u) (text)
From
the Skymind Café (mp3) (text)
A
Grandfather (site)
Maple Tree
(text)
Open
House (text)
The
Placing of a Comma (m3u) (text)
The
Placing of a Comma (mp3) (text)
Spacks
Street (site)
Valentine
(text)
Valentine
(text)
Watching
the Soaps (text)
What
Breathes Us (site)
(off-site
text)
What’s
Her Name (site)
White Water Vision
(text)
White Water
Vision (text)
Within
Another Life (site)
(off-site
text)
The
Body of My Brother (aiff download) (text)
commentary
Chronic
Pain Sydrome (aiff download) (text)
commentary
The
Girl in the Painting by Vermeer (aiff download) (text)
commentary
July
16th (aiff download) (text)
commentary
Late
February (aiff download) (text)
commentary
MS
(aiff download) (text)
commentary
Physical
Exam (aiff download) (text)
commentary
Restrictive
(aiff download) (text)
commentary
Starting
the IV: Anesthesia (aiff download) (text)
commentary
Artifices
(m3u) (text)
Artifices
(mp3) (text)
Bone
& Jay (m3u) (text)
Bone
& Jay (mp3) (text)
Jig-Sawyer
(m3u) (text)
Jig-Sawyer
(mp3) (text)
Scratch
(m3u) (text)
Scratch
(mp3) (text)
1949
Santa Fe Lounge Car (m3u) (text)
1949
Santa Fe Lounge Car (mp3) (text)
Venus
(m3u) (text)
Venus
(mp3) (text)
June 25, 2001:
Native
America Calling Interview (NPR) (site)
June 23, 2001:
WBEZ Interview 1961 (NPR Chicago) (site)
- Part
1 [start 32:57]
- Part
2 [start 33:38]
WBEZ
Interview 1961 (NPR Chicago) ( | 
