These video clips are the part of a series highlighting recent readings held by SF State’s Poetry Center and American Poetry Archives. Visit this website regularly for fresh poetic content.
Fred Moten reads from “All School Crit,” the middle section from The Service Porch, Saturday, March 5, 2016, at the Third Floor, McRoskey Mattress Company in San Francisco. The full program features Moten's complete reading, with accompaniment by Hafez Modirzadeh on alto sax; a brief solo performance by Modirzadeh; a reading by Nathaniel Mackey, with Modirzadeh on alto and percussion; and Mackey and Moten reading in tandem. The Poetry Center, San Francisco State University, and The Green Arcade presented the event.
Nathaniel Mackey reads from “Insofarian Regress” (“mu” one hundred thirty-fourth part), from his unpublished manuscript Tej Bet, accompanied by Hafez Modirzadeh on alto saxophone, Saturday, March 5, 2016, at the Third Floor, McRoskey Mattress Company, in San Francisco. The full program features Mackey’s complete reading, along with Modirzadeh; a brief solo performance by Modirzadeh; a reading by Fred Moten, with Modirzadeh accompanying; and Mackey and Moten reading in tandem. The Poetry Center, San Francisco State University, and The Green Arcade presented the event.
Hafez Modirzadeh performs a solo work for alto saxophone, titled autoschediasm, excerpted here, Saturday, March 5, 2016, at the Third Floor, McRoskey Mattress Company, in San Francisco. The full program features Modirzadeh’s complete performance, along with readings by Moten and Mackey, with Modirzadeh accompanying both poets, followed by a reading by Mackey and Moten in tandem. The Poetry Center, San Francisco State University, and The Green Arcade presented the event.