Readings Archives

From a May 23 commencement address delivered at Hofstra University by E. L. Doctorow. Doctorow’s assertion that Saddam Hussein possessed no weapons of mass destruction provoked the audience to such…

This vote’s for you

by Melissa Denton,

House of the dead

by Amal Kadham Swadi,

Clucking points

by Harper’s Staff,

Not necessarily the news

by John Moody,

Rosignano Solvay, Sea 2

by Massimo Vitali,

Exterminate the brutes

by Harper’s Staff,

In cold blood

by Derek Brunet,

The FBI story

by Harper’s Staff,

Untitled tower

Art by Mark Shetabi,

Controlling the house

by Susan Hampstead,

Waiting

Art by Sean Yelland,

If You Build It . . .

by Sam Frank,

Fans of the performing arts can see comedian Rob Delaney recite from this Reading on his YouTube channel. The following phrases were culled by Sam Frank from scouting reports…

The fit and the dead

by Mark Greif,

Canto XVIII, 111-113

Art by Sandow Birk,

At the Edge of Malebolge

[untitled]

Art by Sandow Birk,

Canto XXVI, 31-33

Art by Sandow Birk,

Above the Eighth Circle

Canto XXXIV, 28-30

Art by Sandow Birk,

Lucifer

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After the party

Bluebirds over Baghdad

Drawing VIII

Who’s UU

Graphic chemicals

The Body Politic

Our present disillusionment

Scale the production

House of Light III

The irresistible beauty of all things

You will never understand

If music and sweet poetry agree

Rag Time

This vote’s for you

House of the dead

Clucking points

Not necessarily the news

Rosignano Solvay, Sea 2

Exterminate the brutes

In cold blood

The FBI story

Untitled tower

Controlling the house

Waiting

If You Build It . . .

The fit and the dead

Canto XVIII, 111-113

[untitled]

Canto XXVI, 31-33

Canto XXXIV, 28-30

October 2004

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