Each performance at A Gallery of Readers is recorded, and cds made available to the participants. Sample readings below can be downloaded in mp3 format:
| October 2011 |
Theo Sweezey |
1. Mary Beth introduces Theo
2. Rain
3. Untitled (Tell Me)
4. Rising Tides
5. Funeral
6. Legacy
7. While You Were Dancing
8. Applause |
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| September 2011 |
Jonathan Wright |
1. Jonathan: introduction
2. Where?
3. Taking Home
4. The Blanket Grandmother
5. What is Sad
6. Waiting for You
7. Learning Curve
8. Out of the Chop, Introduction
9. Out of the Chop
10. Stump Sprouts
11. Woodpecker, Wind and Raven
12. Evening Hill
13. Loiza Introduction
14. Three Summer Winds of Loiza
15. Loiza Beach Swim
16. Original Joe's
17. In Love
18. In Love ( reprise )
19. Original Love
20. If
21. Is You
22. Sequels
23. Old Grief
24. Old Grief, the Sequel
25. In the Wild
26. Just Now
27. Applause |
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| May 2011 |
Bob Susskind |
1. Carol introduces Bob
2. Jack Gilbert: Maybe Very Happy
3. Speechless
4. Cataloging
5. Poison Ivy
6. Startle
7. Watching the Lake
8. Marriage
9. Flash
10. recumbant capsule
11. Reflection
12. Slippers
13. Non-Autobiography |
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Nancy Considine |
14. Bob introduces Nancy
15. Barbara Lucey reads Show Off
16. Jan Lambert reads Serious Reading
17. Susan O'Neill reads
18. Jennifer Rosner reads Treasures |
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| April 2011 |
Jonathan Wright |
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Rebecca Rice |
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| March 2011 |
John Broglio |
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Robin Barber |
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| February 2011 |
Shannon White |
1. Aubin intro Shannon
2. Allegory of Growth & Travel
3. The Return
4. Without a Hero
5. Birdfall
6. Aster
7. Induction May 17th |
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Aubin Tyler |
1. Shannon intro Aubin
2. Introduction
3. Golden Thread |
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| January 9, 2011 |
Norma Sims Roche |
1. Carolyn introduces Norma
2. Songs that mattered
3. Morning Coffee
4. Tennis Elbow
5. Chemistry and man |
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Carolyn McKeown |
1. Norma introduces Carolyn
2. Dream Journal
3. Moseley |
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| December 12, 2010 |
Brett Averitt |
1. Barbara Lucey intro Brett Averitt
2. I liked it when the two of them
3. Why I am not a novelist
4. I want the poem beyond description
5. All poetry is translation
6. I near died yesterday
7. In that country
8. I think of old age
9. It's time to stack
10. And now what we dare to bear
11. In the woods
12. Dust Storms |
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Barbara Lucey |
1. Brett Averitt introduces Barbara Lucey
2. What I'm not reading
3. Adventure on the road
4. William's Knife
5. New everything
6. Poem in a cornfield
7. Cross country
8. Summer
9. Autumn
10. Unpacking winter
11. Gratitude |
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| November 21, 2010 |
Don Horton |
1. Mary Beth introduces Don Horton
2. The Accident
3. Science, wrong again
4. Nothing
5. After great ill
6. Mythic Love
7. Mythic Love 2
8. The Blue Caboose
9. Thundergust
10. Ghost Town
11. Confounding weather |
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Mary Beth Brooker |
1. Don introduces Mary Beth
2. Remarks
3. Helena
4. Closing |
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| October 24, 2010 |
John M. Corbett |
1. Susan introduces John
2. The Twins
3. Crows |
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| September 19, 2010 |
A Gallery of Readers Anthology |
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| June 6, 2010 |
Karen Randall
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1. John intro Karen
2. wysiwyg
3. Untitled (Sienna)
4. The Delft Title Elf
5. Beware the Wooly Adelgid |
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John Broglio |
6. Karen intro John
7. The Queen's Progress
8. He Sings for the Queen
9. Our Tibetan Little Person |
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| May 2, 2010 |
Joan Cenedella
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1. Carol intro Joan Cenedella
2. Happiness unpacked
3. A Walk in the Park
4. Murder in the Garden
5. Learning to Fake It
6. Flight of Fancy |
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John Corbett |
7. Robin intro John Corbett
8. John reads Barbara Lucey
9. The Twins |
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| April 18, 2010 |
Bonnie Atkins
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1. Jay intro Bonnie
2. Bonnie begins
3. The Knot
4. Just Enough
5. Valentines
6. My Great Grandmother
7. Borrowing Fathers
8. What was snow then
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Jay Indik |
9. Bonnie Intro Jay
10. The Princess and the Prince
11. Rufus
12. The Old Canoe
13. A benediction |
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Patrick Donnelly |
1. Introduction
2. White Shirt
3. Pool
4. Harm Reduction
5. The Sign at Window One
6. Conjurement
7. Projection
8. Hidden Spring
9. Japanese Context
10. Japanese Poems with Stephen D. Miller
11. Mysteries of the Corn God
12. Still in His Name
13. Broken Abecedarius |
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| March 28, 10 |
Robin Barber |
1. Jennifer introduces Robin
2. Doppelganger
3. Gordan McKay
4. Choral Director |
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Jennifer Rosner |
If only wishing made it so
Rapunzel |
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| March 7, 10 |
Don Horton
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Don Horton Reads |
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Susan Cocalis |
1. Don introduces Susan
2. Introduction
3. Warren E. Buffet
4. Lioness with Scream
5. Godzilla
6. The Wizard of Oz
7. Simone de Beauvoir
8. Picasso
9. Ludwig Von Beethoven
10. Mona Lisa
11. Elizabeth One
12. Warren Buffett 2
13. Lioness 2 |
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| February 21, 10 |
Jonathan Wright |
1. Rebecca introduces Jonathan
2. 30 Poems in 30 Days
3. Fourth
4. Fresh Wash
5. Dawn
6. Progreessive Bifocals
7. The Poem is a Dog
8. Clear Title
9. Twentieth
10. Twenty-fifth
11. Whole Pieces
12. Loisa Beach
13. Time it Was
14. Writing Together
15. Haiku
16. Eight
17. Eleventh
18. Fifth
19. Going Slowly
20. Twenty-ninth
21. Sugaree |
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Rebecca Rice |
22. Jonathan introduces Rebecca
23. In Praise of Blue Hydrangeas
24. April Morning
25. Remembering Lisa |
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| Jan. 31, 2010 |
Alice Barber |
Linda introduces Alice
Chomp, chomp, bing
Arabesque
The Cookie Tree
Back and Forth
Christmas in July |
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Linda Barnes Aaron |
Alice introduces Linda
True Love
Nonesuch House |
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| Jan. 10, 2010 |
Carolyn McKeown |
Norma introduces Carolyn
Bras
Hugs
selections from the Dream Journal
Millie excerpt |
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Norma Sims Roche |
Carolyn introduces Norma
Scenes from the death of a devout man
Flushed, my adventures on the upper West River
an introduction to Geology |
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| Dec. 6, 2009 |
Diana Larkin |
Christie introduces Diana
Two Poems
Poised for Change
The Sky Fell Open
Jake |
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Christie Svane |
Diana introduces Christie
Song of the Streets
The Embarcadero
Cook Street and Geary Boulevard
Moving Back into the House
Easter at Enrico's
Balancing Love and Truth
When the Writing Stops
Meeting at the Bridge |
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| Nov. 13, 2009 |
Virginia Rohan |
Steffi introduces Ginny
A Mahogany Blossom
Basha
Vermonters
A Wedding
Holding a Newborn
August |
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Stephanie Schamess |
Ginny introduces Steffi
Lamentations for Lost Children
Earthquake in China
Their Names
For Gil
Grandmothers
Seven Naked Babies |
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| Oct. 18, 2009 |
Mary Beth Brooker |
1. Stephanie introdes Mary Beth
2. Bonny Doon |
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Stephanie Gibbs |
3. Mary Beth introduces Stephanie
4. Bonnie & Clyde
5. The Journey |
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| Sept. 20, 2009 |
Brian Kitely,
excerpts from his novel,
The River Gods |
1. Introduction
2. Bill Beloit
3. Gideon Child
4. Mike Nichols
5. Ben Bradley
6. George Cheney |
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Carol Edelstein |
7. Why buy a book?
8. Failure (poem by Kay Ryan)
9. We see the comet (poem by Brett Averitt)
10. Fiction
11. Pigeon
12. Sudden
13. Class Reunion
14. Charm to be read in the year 3494
15. The rainy day version of how we met
16. Laundromat, November
17. One morning
18. Lemon ice |
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| March 22, 2009 |
Barbara Lucey |
1. Robin introduces Barbara
2. Three Stories
3. Boo Nana
4. Elmwood Boys
5. Jimmy at School
6. post Comment |
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Robin Barber |
7. Barbara introduces Robin
8. Gordon in the messhall
9. Sherman & Cindy
10. Sherman's Job
11. Sherman's Complaint
12. Sherman's Valentine
13. Mrs. Doran's Clock |
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| May 3, 2009 |
Frank Schwartz |
1. Teresa introduces Frank
2. Toothache Live
3. Eyebrows
4. Verbing a Name
5. Salty Dog Rag
6. Name & Date
7. Rusty Red Pickup |
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Teresa Whitaker |
8. Frank introduces Teresa
9. Those Peepers
10. The Blue Dress
11. All in a day's work
12. First Born
13. Bright Shining Voice
14. The Tooth Ache Song--studio recording |
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Dec. 7, 2008 |
Mary Beth Brooker |
1. John introduces Mary Beth Brooker
2. Body at Rest |
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John M. Corbett |
3. MB introduces John M. Corbett
4. Dewey's Farm |
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| April 2008 |
Barbara Lucey |
1. Joan introduces Barbara
2. There Once Was a Doll
3. Pneumonia
4. Les Enfants Terrible
5. Food Bank Poem
6. The Daily Planet |
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Joan Cenedella |
7. Barbara introduces Joan
8. Sunset on Sanibel
9. I've Made My Bed
10. My First Holy Communion
11. The Totem Pole |
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| March 2008 |
Alice Barber |
1. Carol introduces Alice
2. Moo
3. Watershed
4. Easter Party
5. Valentine Cat (. . .)
6. Black and Blue |
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Robin Barber |
7. Carol introduces Robin
8. Our Last Unnecessary Thing
9. My Old House
10. Mellissa, the Hitchhiker
11. On the Street
12. The Donkey and the Salt |
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| November 2007 |
Don Horton |
1. Susan introduces Don
2. Don introductory remarks
3. Cheney and the Killing Joke
4. Andromeda
5. New Born
6. Mockingbird
7. Footservants 2
8. Debate Club
9. The Foggy Oxbow
10. A Second |
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Susan Cocalis |
11. Don introduces Susan
12. Susan Multimedia
13. The Mosquito
14. West Highland Terrier
15. The Nightengale
16. William Shakespeare
17. Bonaparte & Josephine
18. Sir Lancelot
19. Sigmund Freud
20. Queen Victoria
21. Jacqui
22. Alma Mahler
23. Marie Antoinette
24. The Merkin of Venice |
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| November 2006 |
Bonnie Atkins |
1. White Leather
2. Pathways of Return
3. Light
4. Back and Forth
5. November Poem
6. Morning Song |
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| October 2006 |
Don Horton |
1. Andromeda's Revenge
2. Base Libraries
3. Personal History of Haircuts
4. Skippy and Fenway Park
5. Soul Broker
6. 3 Poems
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Susan Cocalis |
7. Don introduces Susan
8. Don's Accident
9. BLOOD! |
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