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POG Readings:

At The Drawing Studio:

January 23, 2010
1. Intro by TC Tolbert (3:11)
1. Stephanie Balzer (29:29)
2. Intro by Charles Alexander (4:03)
2. Tony Luebbermann (24:46)

November 21, 2009
1. Barbara Henning (28:55)
2. Myung Mi Kim (21:56)

October 24, 2009
1. Sue Carnahan (33:49)
2. Kit Robinson (43:56)

At The University of Arizona Poetry Center:
Co-sponsored by The University of Arizona Poetry Center
October 6, 2009
1. Eileen Myles (42:58)

POG DIRECTORS GROUP READING
At The Drawing Studio:
September 26, 2009
1. Charles Alexander (11:59)
2. Sue Carnahan (9:44)
3. Barbara Henning (7:39)
4. Jake Levine (14:31)
5. Tony Luebbermann (9:31)
6. Tenney Nathanson (12:51)
7. Frank Parker (poetry, flute) and Tom Anderson (guitar) (12:33)

Photo album of the POG Directors Group Reading

At The University of Arizona Poetry Center:
Co-sponsored by The Arizona Quarterly
March 28, 2009
1. Tracie Morris (33:44)

At The Drawing Studio
February 21, 2009
1. Renée Angle (17:17)
2. Renee Gladman (23:18)

At Revolutionary Grounds Books and Coffee:
February 15, 2009
1. Barry Alpert - Part 1 (18:37)
2. Sheila Murphy - Part 1 (13:42)
3. Barry Alpert - Part 2 (23:35)
4. Sheila Murphy - Part 2 (18:56)

At The Drawing Studio:
January 31, 2009
1. Lisa Cooper (19:36)
2. K. Lorraine Graham (15:56)
3. Mark Wallace (20:59)

December 6, 2008
1. Mei-mei Berssenbrugge (34:25)
2. Laynie Browne (21:26)

November 2, 2008
1. Norman Fischer (31:30)
2. Heather Nagami (14:46)

POG GROUP READING
September 13, 2008
1. Renée Angle (5:21)
2. Sue Carnahan (11:14)
3. Jefferson Carter (6:43)
4. Mildred Chapin (12:53)
5. Annie Guthrie (8:56)
6. Rodrigo Toscano (with Brenden Lorber and
Aaron Kiely) "Eco-Strato-Static" (from Collapsible
Poetics Theater, Fence Books 2008) presented by
Carlos Gallego (12:23)
7. Tony Luebbermann (9:55)

May 3, 2008
1. Matt Rotando (27:25)
2. Leslie Scalapino (45:22)

April 12, 2008
1. Paul Klinger (31:28)
2. Lewis Warsh (30:25)

March 30, 2008
1. Julia Carr (27:26)
2. Frances Sjoberg (19:23)

March 15, 2008
1. Charles Alexander (30:47)
2. Beverly Dahlen (31:07)

February 16, 2008
1. Rodrigo Toscano (33:38)

February 2, 2008
1. Pierre Joris (37:13)

At The University of Arizona Poetry Center:
November 17, 2007
1. Tenney Nathanson (26:26)
2. Maureen Owen (31:58)

At the Stone Avenue Gallery:
October 27, 2007
1. David Gitin (27:02)
2. Frank Parker (11:54)

September 23, 2007
1. Michael Kelleher (26:21)
2. Tyrone Williams (21:12)

At Dinnerware Gallery:
November 18, 2006
1. Barbara Henning (28:58)
2. Sheila Murphy (28:57)

October 14, 2006
1. Michelle Auerbach (9:23)
2. Susanne Dyckman (11:44)
3. Elizabeth Robinson (12:11)
4. Jaime Robles (15:06)
5. Catherine Wagner (12:08)

Chax Press Readings:

Chax Press Poetry and Concert:
Ron Silliman (poet) and Marilyn Crispell (pianist) at
The Recital Hall, Pima College West Campus.
POG, the University of Arizona Poetry Center, Pima College cosponsors:
January 30, 2010
1. Ron Silliman and Marilyn Crispell
(the entire program - 1:38:16)
2. Ron Silliman, introduced by Charles Alexander (39:24)
3. Marilyn Crispell, introduced by David Gitin (39:40)
4. Ron Silliman and Marilyn Crispell collaboration (18:02)

Reading at Hotel Congress, Copper Banquet Room:
November 4, 2009
1. Kate Greenstreet (20:04)
2. Jane Sprague (21:31)

Benefit for Chax Press and Voices, Inc.
At The Rogue Theater:
October 30, 2009
1. Jonathan Rothschild (17:27)
2. Stephanie Balzer (23:46)
3. Linh Dinh (18:57)

Tim Risher/Charles Alexander
October 2009
1. Pushing Water (2:59)
Music by Tim Risher, using fragments of the poem, "Pushing Water" (primarily part 30 of this 52-part poem) by Charles Alexander. Tim Risher also composed the 10-part song cycle, Aviary Corridor, which premiered in 2007 in Seattle, Washington, and was a setting of Alexander's poem of the same name, for string quartet, flute, piano, and soprano vocals. This music is placed here on POGSOUND with the permission of the composer.

Chax Press 25th Anniversary
At Hotel Congress:
September 17, 2009
1. Charles Alexander (30:10)
2. Norma Cole (31:14)

Reading at Chax Press Studio:
February 24, 2009
1. Jeanne Heuving (25:30)

October 19, 2008
1. Tim Peterson (19:10)
2. John Tritica (36:04)

A Chax Press Book Launch held at and co-sponsored by
The University of Arizona Poetry Center:
March 15, 2008
1. Karen Mac Cormack and Steve McCaffery (27:55)

Reading at The Drawing Studio:
April 7, 2007
1. Nanao Sakaki (42:27)

POG and Chax Press Joint Events:

Reading at the "Z" Mansion:
October 8, 2007
1. David Meltzer (39:02)
2. Michael Rothenberg (33:25)

Selected from the Chax Press-
Cushing Street Series:

November 13, 2007
1. Laynie Browne (29:29)
2. Stephen Vincent (29:35)

October 9, 2007
1. Jefferson Carter (20:59)

September 6, 2007
1. Arpine Grenier (24:56)
2. Maryrose Larkin '07 (15:19)

April 3, 2007
1. Bonnie Jean Michalski (21:02)

March 20, 2007
1. Gloria Frym (41:49)
2. Anna Fulford (22:27)

October 10, 2006
1. Maryrose Larkin (12:05)