Joan Retallack reads herself through Gertrude Stein
In October 2000, nine poets gathered at the Kelly Writers House. Each was asked to choose a modernist writer who had been a significant influence. Joan Retallack chose Gertrude Stein. Here, below, is a segmentation of the audio recording of Joan’s presentation.
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Reading as part of the Kelly Writers House program “9 Poets Read Themselves through Modernism,” October 12, 2000
- Introduction (2:16): MP3
- from Tractacus Logico Philosophicus (3:21): MP3
- Woman in a Chinese Room (2:09): MP3
- Various pieces by Gertrude Stein (4:19): MP3
- from Gertrude Stein’s “Stanzas in Meditation,” first stanza (*see text below) (1:17): MP3
- SteinZas in Mediation (6:10): MP3
- Art is Either a Complaint or Something Else (2:53): MP3
- Mem-noir (3:58): MP3
Complete reading MP3
