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.
Jean Day reads from Stephen Rodefer’s Villon by Jean Calais (Duende/The Pick Pocket Series No. 1, 1976), “Dictes Moy: Ballad to Lost and Jaded Time,” November 21, 2015, at The Poetry Center’s event, Stephen Rodefer, A Memorial Tribute, at the Berkeley Arts Festival. The full program includes some 20 Bay Area poets reading (mostly) from Rodefer’s work and offering tributes, and incorporates a portion of an historic video from The Poetry Center’s May 8, 1975, reading by Stephen Rodefer.
Steven Farmer reads “Bucolic Air” from Stephen Rodefer’s The Bell Clerk’s Tears Keep Flowing (The Figures, 1978), November 21, 2015, at The Poetry Center’s event, Stephen Rodefer, A Memorial Tribute, at the Berkeley Arts Festival. The full program includes some 20 Bay Area poets reading (mostly) from Rodefer’s work and offering tributes, and incorporates a portion of an historic video from The Poetry Center’s May 8, 1975, reading by Stephen Rodefer.
Juliana Spahr reads “After Lucretius” from Stephen Rodefer’s One Or Two Love Poems From The White World (The Pick Pocket Series No. 2, 1976), November 21, 2015, at The Poetry Center’s event, Stephen Rodefer, A Memorial Tribute, at the Berkeley Arts Festival. The full program includes some 20 Bay Area poets reading (mostly) from Rodefer’s work and offering tributes, and incorporates a portion of an historic video from The Poetry Center’s May 8, 1975, reading by Stephen Rodefer.
Advisory: Videos contain strong language.