We couldn't be more excited about PennSound co-director Charles Bernstein's newest book, from University of Chicago Press, Near/Miss. Today, we're proud to be able to present audio and video from four recent launch events for the collection.
The first reading took place on November 7th at McNally Jackson Books, and featured Amy Sillman, Tracie Morris, and Felix Bernstein, along with the author. Those special guests read selections from the book, including "Pinky's Rule," "Intaglio," "Apoplexie," and "Our United Fates," while Bernstein read "In Utopia," "Drambuie," "Seldom Splendor," and "Fare Thee Well," among others.
Five days later, Bernstein gave a solo reading at Washington, D.C.'s Bridge Street Books on November 12th, which is available in both MP3 and streaming video formats. His set consisted of the poems "Thank You for Saying You're Welcome," "Nowhere Is Just around the Corner," “S'i' Fosse," "Corrections," "Bluebird of Happiness," "I Used to be a Plastic Bottle," and "Also Rises the Sun."
Next, from November 14th at the Penn Book Center in Philadelphia, we have another solo reading that included these titles: "Me and My Pharaoh," "Ballad Stripped Bare," "Our United Fates," "Ring Song," and "Don’t Say I Passed." Finally, there's an hour-long conversation between Bernstein and Peter Straub, which was recorded on November 29th at Books Are Magic in Brooklyn.
Bernstein has conveniently gathered all of these recordings in a Jacket2 commentary post, which you'll find here. These and many, many more readings can be found on Bernstein's PennSound author page.
