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Discussion: Mark Murphy, "Bop for Kerouac"


Listen to this podcast (MP3, 59.96 MB): Recorded on: 11/20/2008; Runtime: 01:02:22

This discussion focuses on Grammy nominated vocalist Mark Murphy's two recorded tributes to the leader of the Beat Generation, Jack Kerouac. Discussion facilitated by Chuck Mancuso, professor, Music Department.

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Gray Hair Reading Series: Professor George Hole


Listen to this podcast (MP3, 30.29 MB): Recorded on: 11/12/2008; Runtime: 00:31:28

George Hole, Fine Arts Department chair, former Philosophy and Humanities Department chair, and SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor, reads poems as part of Just Buffalo Literary Center's Gray Hair Reading Series. [More.] [more…]

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Rooftop Poetry Club: Valentine Day Poem Contest/Open Mic Reading


Listen to this podcast (MP3, 31.31 MB): Recorded on: 2/13/2008; Runtime: 00:43:23

In this special Valentine’s Day open mic, called "Love is a Four-Letter Word," David Landrey explains why romance is fleeting, but baseball pennants are forever; Andrew Tapp tries to keep from exploding across the page in his first poetic performance; Perry Nicholas wonders what happened to the crying girl with the flower tattoo; Jennifer Campbell finds agape among the Greek ruins; Buffalo State Professor of English Karen Sands-O’Connor attempts to buy a happy ending with chocolate coins; David Sipos’s you-know-what is stolen by a bewitching kleptomaniac; Marcus Scott’s grief forces him to choose between suicide and genocide; Christine Starkey wonders what makes lovers act stupid; Gregg Gerke offers to introduce his illegitimate daughter to peppermint schnapps; Sandrah Jardine takes tea for two; Rachel Johnson’s heroine surveys virtual sexy naked sexy hottie; Lauren Giglia wishes there were a Wegman’s in Utah; and finally, Lisa Forrest imagines flowers taking care of a little old man in her short essay, “The Things We Carry.” [more…]

Rooftop Poetry Club Reading and Workshop: Peter Grieco and Irving Massey


Listen to this podcast (MP3, 34.15 MB): Recorded on: 1/23/2008; Runtime: 00:47:19

In this inaugural 2008 edition, longtime Rooftop friend and Buffalo State adjunct professor Peter Grieco and UB Professor Emeritus of Comparative Literature Irving Massey use innovative strategies aimed at empowering listeners to better assess their work, including distributing the texts of the poems and inviting people to perform selected pieces themselves. [more…]

Rooftop Poetry Club Reading: Open Mic, "Giving Thanks"


Listen to this podcast (MP3, 22.42 MB): Recorded on: 11/16/2007; Runtime: 00:31:02

The theme of this open mic is “Giving Thanks,” and we are grateful to be able to offer you a poetic horn-of-plenty, filled-past-bursting with mouth-watering performances by David Landrey, Perry Nicholas, Jennifer Campbell, Christina Wos Donnelly, Christina Starkey, and the relentlessly fecund Lisa Forrest. [more…]

Rooftop Poetry Club Reading: Open Mic, “Strange Bedfellows: Politics and Poetry"


Listen to this podcast (MP3, 34.16 MB): Recorded on: 11/8/2007; Runtime: 00:47:20

The theme of the following open mic is “Strange Bedfellows: Politics and Poetry.” In the next 45 minutes, David Landrey reads poems by David Budbill and Robert Creeley; Dennis Reed reads a poem of whose title is an unfortunate sight gag; Christina Wos Donnelly reads poems by Sarah Cleghorn and Lawrence Ferlinghetti; Peter Greico, in a new original poem, contemplates the efficacy of a poets’ sex strike; Amanda Grace Fromm stands up for the rights of women; Jerome Joseph Gentes’s imagination is sparked by the California wildfires; Buffalo State Philosophy and Humanities chair Dr. George Hole shares a few recollections of Buffalo’s literary heyday, and reads a riveting poem about his experience as a cancer survivor; Lisa Forrest draws parallels between occupational therapy and the army; and finally, Josh Smith takes the podium. [more…]

Rooftop Poetry Club Reading: Celia White and Sue Marie


Listen to this podcast (MP3, 23.12 MB): Recorded on: 11/7/2007; Runtime: 00:32:01

Decorated Buffalo poet Celia White makes the case for conditional optimism; then Think Twice Radio producer Sue Marie stops questioning what made Jack Kerouac so sad, in this November 7, 2007 edition of the Rooftop Poetry Club podcast. [more…]

Poetry Reading: Ishmael Reed, Part II


Listen to this podcast (MP3, 23.90 MB): Recorded on: 11/2/2007; Runtime: 00:49:37

This podcast contains the second half of legendary poet, writer, and activist Ishmael Reed's performance and reading at Buffalo State College.

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Poetry Reading: Ishmael Reed, Part I


Listen to this podcast (MP3, 29.27 MB): Recorded on: 11/2/2007; Runtime: 01:00:49

Poet, writer, activist, and legendary literary figure, Ishmael Reed delivers a performance and reading.

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Rooftop Poetry Club Reading: Brian Lampkin and Raw Deal


Listen to this podcast (MP3, 38.12 MB): Recorded on: 10/26/2007; Runtime: 00:52:50

Transplanted Buffalo luminary Brian Lampkin describes the agony of being a media prankster in a rural North Carolina town; as long-distance musical collaborators Raw Deal perform a fine set of socially-conscious tunes you can hum along to, in this October 26, 2007 edition of the Rooftop Poetry Club podcast. [more…]

Rooftop Poetry Club Reading: Christina Wos Donnelly


Listen to this podcast (MP3, 16.61 MB): Recorded on: 10/18/2007; Runtime: 00:22:58

Christina Wos Donnelly pledges unconditional love to her literary litter; casts the current White House Administration as leads in several extraordinary renditions of classic nursery rhymes; and invokes poetic privilege to monitor Adam and Eve’s e-mail in this October 18, 2007 edition of the Rooftop Poetry Club podcast. [more…]

Rooftop Poetry Club Reading: Peggy Towers and Naomi Guttman


Listen to this podcast (MP3, 37.56 MB): Recorded on: 10/11/2007; Runtime: 00:52:04

Pushkart Award-nominee Peggy Towers gives a musical Latin lesson for scorned lovers; then, distinguished Canadian poet and teacher Naomi Guttman admits her vulnerability to Wallace Stevens in this October 11, 2007 edition of the Rooftop Poetry Club podcast. [more…]

Rooftop Poetry Club Reading: Perry Nicholas and Dennis Reed


Listen to this podcast (MP3, 21.66 MB): Recorded on: 10/4/2007; Runtime: 00:29:58

Dennis Reed goes ambling after God with his acoustic guitar; and after that, E.C.C. professor of English Perry S. Nicholas is so far from gettin’ any it’s almost funny in this October 4, 2007 edition of the Rooftop Poetry Club podcast. [more…]

Rooftop Poetry Club Reading: Karlen Chase with musical guest K. Corneilus


Listen to this podcast (MP3, 34.25 MB): Recorded on: 9/27/2007; Runtime: 00:47:28

Sound experimentalist K Cornelius taps into the energy of Buffalo’s rich waterfront history—no doubt triggering a bill from some dark corner of the Erie County Division of Water; then, poet Karlen Chase at last reveals the secret behind the fig-obsessed “Lucky” in this September 27, 2007 edition of the Rooftop Poetry Club podcast. [more…]

Rooftop Poetry Club Reading: Music by Gregory Paul


Listen to this podcast (MP3, 27.29 MB): Recorded on: 8/30/2007; Runtime: 00:28:20

Musical performance by Gregory Paul. Reading hosted by Lisa Forrest. Podcast recorded and hosted by Dennis Reed.

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Rooftop Poetry Club Reading: Barbara Cole and Douglas Manson


Listen to this podcast (MP3, 26.21 MB): Recorded on: 8/30/2007; Runtime: 00:36:17

Douglas Manson tells us how his roommate from Romania has been enlisted as a gastrological ally in the War on Terror; and then, Barbara Cole, assuming her “Foxy Moron” persona, addresses the age-old debate: “Who’s cuter—Scott Baio or Jimmy Walker?” [more…]

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Rooftop Poetry Club Reading: Susan Leist


Listen to this podcast (MP3, 27.93 MB): Recorded on: 8/8/2007; Runtime: 00:38:40

Dr. Susan Leist, professor and Writing Program director, English Department, holds a steady mirror to the Male Gaze, detours through France and Appomattox, and does her best to scatter her mother’s ashes in the appropriate direction. Music in this podcast is from local funky folksters Brian Wheat. [more…]

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Rooftop Poetry Club Reading: Music By Brian Wheat


Listen to this podcast (MP3, 20.18 MB): Recorded on: 8/8/2007; Runtime: 00:20:56

Poetry reading featuring Susan Leist, professor and writing program director, English Department, musical guest Brian Wheat. [more…]

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Rooftop Poetry Club Reading: David Landrey and Gabriel Andrews


Listen to this podcast (MP3, 35.12 MB): Recorded on: 8/1/2007; Runtime: 00:48:40

Reading featuring David Landrey and Gabriel Andrews, with special musical guest Dee Adams. [more…]

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Rooftop Poetry Club Reading: Music By Dee Adams


Listen to this podcast (MP3, 21.23 MB): Recorded on: 8/1/2007; Runtime: 00:22:02

Special musical guest Dee Adams performs. [more…]

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Rooftop Poetry Club Reading: Nikki Carroll and Kimberly Davis


Listen to this podcast (MP3, 15.20 MB): Recorded on: 7/9/2007; Runtime: 00:31:29

Rooftop Poetry Club reading featuring Nikki Carroll and Kimberly Davis. [more…]

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Rooftop Poetry Club Reading: Music by Nick Angelo and Jeffrey Dirr


Listen to this podcast (MP3, 17.26 MB): Recorded on: 6/27/2007; Runtime: 00:17:53

Music by Nick Angelo and Jeffrey Dirr. [more…]

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Rooftop Poetry Club Reading: Carol Townsend and Ryki Zuckerman


Listen to this podcast (MP3, 41.61 MB): Recorded on: 6/27/2007; Runtime: 00:43:15

Summary: Ryki Zuckerman sates her avocado lust—with a little help from her friends; and Carol Townsend eats pies for science in this delectable June 27, 2007 edition of the Rooftop Poetry Club podcast. Music by Nick Angelo and Jeffrey Dirr. [more…]

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Rooftop Poetry Club Reading: Mark Lloyd and Michael Tritto


Listen to this podcast (MP3, 20.29 MB): Recorded on: 6/20/2007; Runtime: 00:21:03

Summary: Local poet Mark Lloyd projects images of singing and smoking film-noir damsels, and retired Buffalo school teacher Michael Tritto explodes the myth of good touch vs. bad touch in this June 20, 2007 edition of the Rooftop Poetry Club podcast. Audio is incomplete due to technical difficulties; sincere apologies to these poets. [more…]

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Rooftop Poetry Club Reading: Johanna Fisher and Matt Thompson


Listen to this podcast (MP3, 30.82 MB): Recorded on: 5/2/2007; Runtime: 00:42:41

Summary: Reading featuring Elm Leaves faculty adviser Johanna Fisher, lecturer, English Department, and Matt Thompson. In this podcast, Fisher weighs in on whether poems are journeys, dreams, or dances; and poet Matt Thompson tells us why the I.R.S. has it out for him. [more…]

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Rooftop Poetry Club Reading: Tom Waters, Sara Ries, and Open Mic


Listen to this podcast (MP3, 37.09 MB): Recorded on: 4/25/2007; Runtime: 00:38:32

Summary: local humorist Tom Waters registers his dislike for the one-dimensional portrayal of writers in films, the coin-toss of putting on boxer shorts in the dark, Diane Keaton, and...babies. After that, poet Sara Ries reports on abstract women, elastic air, and safety pins. And finally, various Rooftop poets gravitate to the open mic like moths to a simile. [more…]

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Rooftop Poetry Club Reading: Kristin Dykstra and Rosa Alcalá Part II


Listen to this podcast (MP3, 25.03 MB): Recorded on: 3/15/2007; Runtime: 00:34:39

Summary: In the second half of this Rooftop Poetry Club reading from March 15, Rosa Alcalá reads a combination of her own work and translations of more latin American poets. [more…]

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Rooftop Poetry Club Reading: Kristin Dykstra and Rosa Alcalá Part I


Listen to this podcast (MP3, 24.73 MB): Recorded on: 3/15/2007; Runtime: 00:34:14

In this podcast, Peter Ramos delivers a eulogy-length introduction and Kristin Dykstra reads her translations of various distinguished Latin American poets. [more…]

Rooftop Poetry Club Reading: Jennifer Campbell and Open Mic


Listen to this podcast (MP3, 27.31 MB): Recorded on: 3/14/2007; Runtime: 00:37:49

Buffalo State alumna and ECC North professor Jennifer Campbell reads from her passionate poetry, followed by an open mic with various poets. Lisa Forrest provides the introductions. [more…]

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Rooftop Poetry Club Reading: Ellis Avery


Listen to this podcast (MP3, 25.76 MB): Recorded on: 2/9/2007; Runtime: 00:35:40

Poet and novelist Ellis Avery steeps us all in the world of nineteenth-century Kyoto by reading from her new book, The Teahouse Fire, and then answers our burning questions. Lisa Forrest does the introductions. The music for this show is a song by Kingdom Hearts called "Love Hina, Opening Theme." [more…]

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David Lampe's Poetry Collection Donation Ceremony, Poetry Reading


Listen to this podcast (MP3, 46.72 MB): Recorded on: 2/6/2007; Runtime: 00:48:34

On February 2, David Lampe, a professor at Buffalo State for over 35 years, donated his substantial poetry collection to E. H. Butler Library's Archives and Special Collections. In this podcast, we hear the donation ceremony, followed by short speeches from Buffalo State faculty, and Dr. Lampe's reading from his current and forthcoming books of poems recorded on February 6 at the Barnes & Noble at Buffalo State Bookstore. [more…]

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Rooftop Poetry Club Reading: Open Mic with Elm Leaves and Rooftop Poets


Listen to this podcast (MP3, 19.07 MB): Recorded on: 12/7/2006; Runtime: 00:26:22

Recording of a Rooftop Poetry Club reading from December 7. Open Mic with Elm Leaves and Rooftop Poets. [more…]

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Rooftop Poetry Club Reading: Simon Pettet


Listen to this podcast (MP3, 37.97 MB): Recorded on: 12/7/2006; Runtime: 00:52:37

Recording of a Rooftop Poetry Club reading from December 7. [more…]

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Rooftop Poetry Club Reading: David Lampe, Matt Chambers, and Nikki Carroll


Listen to this podcast (MP3, 36.97 MB): Recorded on: 9/21/2006; Runtime: 00:51:14

Recording of a Rooftop Poetry Club reading from September 21 featuring poets David Lampe, Matt Chambers, and Nikki Carroll. View images from this reading.

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Rooftop Poetry Club Reading: Irene Sipos, Norma Kassirer, Middleman


Listen to this podcast (MP3, 30.92 MB): Recorded on: 8/23/2006; Runtime: 00:42:50

Norma Kassirer writes novels, short stories, and poetry. Her first novel Magic Elizabeth, has been published and re-published over many years. A second novel, The Doll Snatchers, was published by Viking. Her work has appeared in various magazines and in a collection titled The Hidden Wife. Irene Sipos, lecturer, Writing Program, was first published in the Buffalo News when she was nine years old. Since then, her work has appeared in Artvoice, Lilth Magazine, The Comstock Review and Buffalo Poets Against War. At the end of the podcast is a demo recording by musical guest Middleman called Poetaster.

Rooftop Poetry Club Reading: Sarah Campbell and Gregory Paul Part 1


Listen to this podcast (MP3, 22.56 MB): Recorded on: 8/10/2006; Runtime: 00:31:13

Sarah Campbell is a writer, sound artist, and Ph.D candidate in the University at Buffalo's Poetics Program. She hosts and produces a bi-monthly literary arts radio show on WBFO-FM 88.7 and edits the journal P-Queue, which publishes hybrid and innovative poetry and prose.

Rooftop Poetry Club Reading: Sarah Campbell and Gregory Paul Part 2


Listen to this podcast (MP3, 17.56 MB): Recorded on: 8/10/2006; Runtime: 00:24:16

The recording of a Rooftop Poetry Club reading from August 10 features live music from Gregory Paul, a musician, singer, songwriter, guitarist, and musical experimentalist based in upstate New York.

Rooftop Poetry Club Reading: Open Mic


Listen to this podcast (MP3, 15.91 MB): Recorded on: 7/26/2006; Runtime: 00:22:05

In this podcast, Rooftop Poets Nikki Carroll, Jim Arlotta, Rachel Johnson, David Lampe, Lisa Forrest, and the enigmatic "Mr. Belligerent" read poems. Podcast recorded and hosted by Dennis Reed.

Rooftop Poetry Club Reading: Alan Whitney


Listen to this podcast (MP3, 13.99 MB): Recorded on: 7/19/2006; Runtime: 00:19:25

In this Rooftop Poetry Club podcast, Alan Whitney plays guitar and sings. Recorded and hosted by Dennis Reed.

Rooftop Poetry Club Reading: Michael Basinski and Kyle Schlesinger


Listen to this podcast (MP3, 37.36 MB): Recorded on: 7/19/2006; Runtime: 00:51:46

In this Rooftop Poetry Club podcast, Michael Basinski and Kyle Schlesinger read selections from their poetry. Lisa Forrest introduces the poets. Recorded and hosted by Dennis Reed.

Rooftop Poetry Club Reading: Charles Bachman and Dennis Reed with Music by Doug Lambert


Listen to this podcast (MP3, 32.81 MB): Recorded on: 7/7/2006; Runtime: 00:45:27

Charles Bachman and Dennis Reed read selections from their poetry. Doug Lambert plays guitar, Lisa Forrest and Jennifer Ryan conduct the introductions. Part 1 of 2 podcasts from this reading. Recorded by Ken Fujiuchi. More information about the Rooftop Poetry Club.

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Rooftop Poetry Club Reading: Music by Doug Lambert


Listen to this podcast (MP3, 12.95 MB): Recorded on: 7/7/2006; Runtime: 00:17:52

Doug Lambert plays guitar and sings as part of a recent Rooftop Poetry Club reading. Part 2 of 2 podcasts from this reading. Recorded by Ken Fujiuchi. More information about the Rooftop Poetry Club.

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Rooftop Poetry Club Reading: Jennifer Ryan and Lisa Forrest


Listen to this podcast (MP3, 32.38 MB): Recorded on: 6/7/2006; Runtime: 00:44:52

Jennifer Ryan and Lisa Forrest read selections from their poetry. Dennis Reed plays guitar, Peter Ramos conducts the introductions. Recorded by Ken Fujiuchi. More information about the Rooftop Poetry Club. [more…]

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Poetry Reading: Off the Map Poetry Project


Listen to this podcast (MP3, 6.84 MB): Recorded on: 4/26/2006; Runtime: 00:28:10

Explore this unique collection of poems inspired by the art of cartography.

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Poetry Reading: Gabriel Gudding


Listen to this podcast (MP3, 8.47 MB): Recorded on: 4/18/2006; Runtime: 00:35:15

Poetry reading featuring Gabriel Gudding, assistant professor of Literature and Creative Writing at Illinois State University. A winner of the Starrett Prize, the Nation Discovery Award, and author of two books: A Defense of Poetry (Pitt Poetry Series, 2002) and Rhode Island Notebook (Dalkey Archive Press, 2008). He serves on the Board of Directors for the internationalist magazine Mandorla: New Writing from the Americans- Nueva Escritura de las Americas.

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Rooftop Poetry Club Reading: Open Mic


Listen to this podcast (MP3, 6.85 MB): Recorded on: 1/25/2006; Runtime: 00:28:31

The January 25 Rooftop Poetry Club open mic night featured poetry by Gabriel Andrews, Trudy Antwi, Lillian Marsh, Irene Sipos, Heather Muir, and Lisa Forrest. For more information about the Rooftop Poetry Club, visit their Web site.

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Rooftop Poetry Club Reading: Carol Patitu and Florine Melnyk


Listen to this podcast (MP3, 7.19 MB): Recorded on: 11/30/2005; Runtime: 00:29:57

Poetry reading featuring Buffalo State poets Carol Patitu, chair and professor, Student Personnel Administration, and Florine Melnyk.

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Rooftop Poetry Club Reading: Peter Ramos and Michael Kelleher


Listen to this podcast (MP3, 10.01 MB): Recorded on: 10/13/2005; Runtime: 00:41:41

Poetry reading featuring Peter Ramos (assistant professor, English, Buffalo State College) and Michael Kelleher (artistic director, Just Buffalo Literary Center). Presented by the Rooftop Poetry Club.

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Rooftop Poetry Club Reading: Open Mic


Listen to this podcast (MP3, 11.02 MB): Recorded on: 10/6/2005; Runtime: 00:45:54

The October 6 Rooftop Poetry Club open mic night featured poetry by Sandra Jardine, Sitsofe Kwaku Agbemenu, Steve Zabaldo, William A. Cragun II, Tim Bryant, Kimberly Davis, Marcus Scott, Gabrielle Bouliane, Trudy Antwi, Allison Minto, and Lisa Forrest. For more information about the Rooftop Poetry Club, visit their Web site.

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Card Catalog Poetry Project Reading


Listen to this podcast (MP3, 20.81 MB): Recorded on: 4/27/2005; Runtime: 00:33:39

In celebration of National Poetry Month, Buffalo State College poets were invited to participate in the Card Catalog Poetry Project: a collection of poems written on library catalog cards. [more…]

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