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Peter Orner, from Birding with Lanioturdus (4:37) The author of The Second Coming of Mavala Shikongo reads from his contribution to Conjunctions: 49, A Writer's Aviary. | |
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John Barth, from I've Been Told: A Story's Story (4:37) The author of Where Three Roads Meet and Lost in the Funhouse reads from his contribution to Conjunctions: 44, The Anatomy of Roads. | |
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William H. Gass, from A Little History of Modern Music (4:13) The author of The Tunnel reads from his story published in Conjunctions: 47, 25th Anniversary Issue. | |
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Carole Maso, from The Passion of Anne Frank (4:43) The author of Ava reads from "The Passion of Anne Frank", published in Conjunctions: 41, Two Kingdoms. | |
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Emily Barton, from Brookland (3:03) The author of The Testament of Yves Gundrun reads from her second novel, just published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. | |
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Edmund White, from Fanny: A Fiction (1:40) The author of A Boy's Own Story reads from the opening pages of his latest novel. | |
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Eliot Weinberger, Lacandons (2:33) New work by Eliot Weinberger, author of Karmic Traces and the translator of Octavio Paz, Jorge Luis Borges and Bei Dao. | |
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Gahan Wilson, from Campfire Story (5:58) The acclaimed cartoonist, illustrator and writer reads from his fiction. | |
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Frederick Tuten, From Voyagers (2:52) The author of Tintin in America and Van Gogh's Bad Cafe reads from new work. | |
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Paul Auster, From The Book of
Illusions (3:49) Paul Auster, author of The New York Trilogy, Leviathan and a number of other novels, reads from The Book of Illusions. | |
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Russell Banks, From The Sweet
Hereafter (3:56) Russell Banks, author of Cloudsplitter, Affliction and, most recently, The Darling reads an excerpt from one of his most acclaimed novels. | |
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Kelly Link, From The
Hortlak (6:09) Kelly Link reads from her story "The Hortlak", published in The Dark: New Ghost Stories. | |
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John Crowley, From The
Translator (5:02) | |
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Peter Straub, Introduction to
Conjunctions:39 (4:03) and Little Red's
Tango (7:12) The guest editor of Conjunctions: 39, The New Wave Fabulists reads from his Editor's Note and from his story Little Red's Tango. | |
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Howard Norman, View of My
Employer's Wife (4:27) The author of The Bird Artist and The Museum Guard reads an excerpt from his novel The Haunting of L. | |
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Laird Hunt, From The Dark and
Lovely Portions of the Night
(5:18) The author of The Impossibly reads an excerpt from his novel The Dark and Lovely Portions of the Night, forthcoming on Coffee House Press. | |
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Gilbert Sorrentino, "The Very Picture of
Loneliness" (3:42) The author of Red the Fiend and Mulligan Stew reads an excerpt from his latest novel, Little Casino. | |
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Gilbert Sorrentino, "Four Soldiers"
(5:42) The author of Red the Fiend and Mulligan Stew reads an excerpt from his latest novel, Little Casino. | |
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Valerie Martin, From "His Blue
Period" (5:18) The author of Mary Reilly and Salvation: Scenes from the Life of Saint Francis reads an excerpt from "His Blue Period" which appears in | |
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Sheila Kohler, From "Africans"
(5:02) The author of Children of Pithiviers (an excerpt of which appears in Web Conjunctions) and Cracks reads a selection from her 1999 Best American Short Stories prizewinner. | |
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Arnold Schoenberg, Excerpts from Pierrot
Lunaire, Op. 21 In high quality RealAudio G2 format only. Lucy Shelton, soprano; Da Capo Players: Joel Lester, violin; Andre Emelianoff, cello; Patricia Spencer, flute; Laura Flax, clarinet; Sarah Rothenberg, piano. Courtesy Bridge Records. Copyright 1992. Part I.1, "Mondestrucken" (1:37) Part I.2, "Colombine" (1:37) Part I.3, "Der Dandy" (1:30) Part I.4, "Eine blasse W„scherin" (1:15) | |
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William T. Vollmann, "Funeral Sermon for a Fly"
(2:29) The author of You Bright and Risen Angels and Whores for Gloria reads a selection from his latest novel The Royal Family. |
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Carole Maso, from "The
Names", (5:31) The author of Defiance and Ava reads a selection from a story published in Conjunctions:34, American Fiction: States of the Art. |
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Robert Olen Butler, "I Am Whiplash Willy Jones",
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Spaceman, (2:52) The author of Tabloid Dreams reads a selection from his latest novel. |
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Robert Olen Butler, "I Am", an excerpt from
Mr. Spaceman, (4:40) The author of Tabloid Dreams reads a selection from his latest novel. |
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Robert Olen Butler, "I Am Whiplash Willy Jones",
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Spaceman, (2:52) The author of Tabloid Dreams reads a selection from his latest novel. |
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Philip Roth, From I Married a
Communist (6:05) The Pulitzer Prize winning author reads an excerpt from his recent novel. Copyright 1998 Houghton Mifflin, all rights reserved. |
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Rikki Ducornet, From The Fan-Maker's
Inquisition (4:30) The author of Entering Fire, The Jade Cabinet and, most recently, The Word "Desire", reads an excerpt from her most recent novel. |
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Mary Caponegro, From The Further Complexities
of Intimacy (6:22) Mary Caponegro, author of The Star Cafe, Tales from the Next Village and, most recently, Five Doubts reads a story from Conjunctions:21, The Credos Issue. |
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Mary Caponegro,
Tombole (4:49) Mary Caponegro, author of The Star Cafe, Tales from the Next Village and, most recently, Five Doubts reads the first of two stories published in Conjunctions:24, Critical Mass. |
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Lydia Davis, The Old
Dictionary (5:17) Lydia Davis, author of Break It Down, The End of the Story and Almost No Memory reads a complete short story. |
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Beth Nugent, From
Absence (6:09) Beth Nugent, the author of City of Boys and Live Girls, reads a portion of a recent piece. |
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Diane Williams, Showing an
Episode (3:12) Diane Williams, the author of Excitability and one of the most varied and serious writers of very short fiction, reads a recent piece. |
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William Gass, "O brood O muse...", an excerpt
from The Tunnel, originally published in
Conjunctions:4 (2:35) The author of Cartesian Sonnets and Willie Master's Lonesome Wife reads a selection from his monumental classic, The Tunnel. To go to the written text, click here. |
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William Gass, "A Fugue" from The
Tunnel,originally published in
Conjunctions:4 (4:09) The author of Cartesian Sonnets and Omensetter's Luck and In the Heart of the Heart of the Country reads a second selection from The Tunnel. To go to the written text, click here. |
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Mary Gaitskill, From Tiny Smiling
Daddy (6:14) The author of the acclaimed Bad Behavior and Two Girls, Fat and Thin reads from the opening story in her recent collection Because They Wanted To. |
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Leslie Scalapino, From
Friendship(2:47) Selections from Scalapino's poetry sequence. |
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Diane Williams, My Female Honor Is of a
Type and There Should Be Nothing Remarkable
(6:17) Diane Williams reads two stories from her first collection: This Is About the Body, the Mind, the Soul, the World, Time, and Fate. |
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Lynne Tillman, From No Lease on Life
(4:02) The author of Cast in Doubt, Haunted Houses and Motion Sickness reads an excerpt from her most recent novel (Harcourt Brace, 1998). |
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Rikki Ducornet, From The Many Tenses of
Desire (6:01) The author of Entering Fire, The Jade Cabinet and other works reads an excerpt from her story "The Many Tenses of Desire," from the collection The Word "Desire" (Henry Holt, 1997). |
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Norman Manea, From Lunar Nights
(3:55) First published in Conjunctions: 26. The author of Compulsory Happiness reads a poem in English |
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Norman Manea, From Nopti Cu Luna
(3:40) First published in Conjunctions: 26. Manea reads from the Romanian original of Lunar Nights |
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Italo Calvino, First Excerpt From Invisible
Cities (4:36) William Weaver reads from his English translation of Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities. "Cities, Memory, 1" and "Cities of the Dead, 2". |
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Italo Calvino, Second Excerpt From Invisible
Cities (2:34) William Weaver reads from his English translation of Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities. From the book's untitled conclusion. |
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Robert Kelly, The Berlin Sonnets, 2 -
6 (4:21) Poet, essayist, and fiction writer Robert Kelly reads from his sonnet cycle, published in Conjunctions:28. |
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Robert Kelly, The Berlin Sonnets, 7 -
11 (4:26) The continuation of the author's sonnet cycle, The Berlin Sonnets, as published in Conjunctions:28. |
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Lydia Davis, New Year's Resolution
(2:20) The author of Break It Down, The End of the Story and Almost No Memory reads a complete short story. |
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Patrick McGrath, From Asylum
(3:06) The British author and new gothicist Patrick McGrath reads from his recent and highly acclaimed novel. |
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Chinua Achebe, šn” ™nw Okigbo
(2:52) A dirge poem written in Igbo about the death of poet Christopher Okigbo, who lost his life in the Biafran conflict. Includes an introduction in English. |
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Chinua Achebe, We Laughed at Him
(3:18) The great Nigerian author of Things Fall Apart, Girls at War, A Man of the People and Hopes and Impediments reads a poem written in English. |
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Rick Moody, From Purple America
(4:01) An excerpt from Rick Moody's acclaimed new novel, read by the author "Speciality of the house...." |
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Antonin Artaud, From Texte
d'ouverture An excerpt from Pour en finir avec le jugement de dieu (To Have Done with the Judgment of God) Written and performed by Antonin Artaud. From the 1947 radiodiffusion fran‡aise recording, available through sub rosa records. Used by permission. |
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Antonin Artaud, From Danse du
tutuguri An excerpt from Pour en finir avec le jugement de dieu (To Have Done with the Judgment of God) Written by Antonin Artaud, performed by Maria CasarŠs. From the 1947 radiodiffusion fran‡aise recording, available through sub rosa records. Used by permission. |
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John Moran, Everyday Newt Berman
(3:45) Vocals: John Moran John Hayden Fred Tietz James Godwin Keathe Fine Julia Stiles Performance of this work a Conjunctions exclusive. Other passages of this work are published in the print journal Conjunctions:28, Secular Psalms, pages 187-228. |
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Robert Ashley, Foreign Experiences
(4:30) Vocals: Robert Ashley Sam Ashley Thomas Buckner Jacquline Humbert Joan La Barbara Amy X. Neuburg Performance of this work a Conjunctions exclusive. Score and lyrics excerpt of this work is published in the print journal Conjunctions:28, Secular Psalms, pages 146-152. |
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Ann T. Greene and LeRoy
Jenkins, The Negros Burial Ground (3:00) Opera Ebony vocals (Direction, Wayne Sanders): Romulus Murrell Angela Simpson Danrell Williams Linda Hardwick Gordon Easley Roberta Laws Everett Suttle Andrea Bradford Anna Dembska Piano: Joan Harkness Percussion: Wilson Moorman Vibraphone: Thurman Barker Produced at the Kitchen, May 16-19, 23-26, 1996 Directed by Dominic Taylor Additional Funding by Rockefeller Multi-Arts Production Fund and Mary Flager Cary Charitable Trust Performance of this work a Conjunctions exclusive. Scripts and lyrics excerpts of this work are published in the print journal Conjunctions:28, Secular Psalms, pages 244-245. |
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Fred Ho, Uproar in
Heaven (2:34) Music composed by Fred Ho Lyrics by Cindy Zuoxin Wang Soprano: Cindy Zuoxin Wang Sona: Peisheng Shen Erhu: Youqun Fu Pipa: Tin Yi Lin Chromodalophone: Hafez Modirzaden Alto Sax/Flute: Jim Norton Tenor Sax/Flute: David Murotake Trombone: Martin Wehner Bass: John Shifflett Drums/Chinese Percussion: Royal Harrington Publisher: Transformation Art Publisher, ASCAP Performance excerpt here a Conjunctions exclusive (see Web Conjunctions for English translation of libretto by Cindy Zuoxin Wang). |
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Manno Charlemagne,
Lamay¢t Songs composed and performed by Manno Charlemagne, mayor of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. A translation of the lyrics is published in Conjunctions: 27, The Archipelago |
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Manno Charlemagne, Mon FrŠre
Song composed and performed by Manno Charlemagne, mayor of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. A translation of the lyrics is published in Conjunctions: 27, The Archipelago |
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