I See Words: The Life and Work of Hannah Weiner, 2022

Today we're revisiting I See Words: The Life and Work of Hannah Weiner, a loving tribute to the late poet held at New York Artists Space on June 18, 2022. The event was presented by Artists Space and Zoeglossia in conjunction with the exhibition Attention Line "a multi-voice reading of Weiner's Clairvoyant Journal as well as a panel of thinkers and artists who were close to Weiner's visionary poetry practice."

Introduced by curator Jennifer Bartlett, the day started with screening of Hannah Weiner: A Film by Phill Niblock, 1974, recently revised to add closed captioning. That was followed by an ensemble reading from Clairvoyant Journal by Darcie Dennigan, Farnoosh Fathi, and James Sherry. Next up there was a panel discussion moderated by Lee Ann Brown with Susan Bee, Judith Goldman, Declan Gould, and Phill Niblock, before Charles Bernstein (Weiner's literary executor) brought the event to an end with closing remarks.

You can view a video recording of the complete proceedings on PennSound's Hannah Weiner author page, which is also home to a startling array of readings, performances, interviews, and more from the first stirrings of the poet's career in the late 1960s right up to her premature death in 1997, as well as a number of posthumous tributes. Click here to start exploring.