Department of English - The University of Montana

We hope to use this space to make available and archive a selection of audio files from our exciting departmental readings and public events. To that end, enjoy the following:

MICHELE GLAZER (04/06/07, 51 minutes)

On April 6, 2007, Michele Glazer, assistant professor at Portland State University and author, most recently, of Aggregate of Disturbances (2004), reads from her poetry. Greg Pape introduces Ms. Glazer, who was the Hugo Visiting Writer in the Spring, 2007.

DAN BEACHY-QUICK (03/09/07, 58 minutes)

Introduced by Brandon Shimoda, Dan Beachy-Quick delivers a lecture on reading and aesthetics, ranging over topics including Plato¹s Phaedrus, an Inuit creation song, a Marcel Duchamp ready-made, and a passage from John Muir. The lecture is followed by an open discussion.

DAN BEACHY-QUICK and CHRISTINE BOWN (03/09/07, 64 minutes)

Gracefully introduced by Montana M.F.A. candidate Grace Egbert, Christine Bown (Montana M.F.A. and M.A.-Lit. candidate) reads from her recent work. She is followed by Dan Beachy-Quick, who read from his recent book, Mulberry, as well as some enchanting and penetrating lullabies written for his daughter.

CHARLES D'AMBROSIO (11/25/06, 61 minutes)

On November 15th, 2006, Charles D'Ambrosio, the Kittredge Visiting Writer at the University of Montana, read his short story, "Screenwriter." The story is prefaced by Debra Magpie Earling's introduction, and a brief anecdote about Charlie's prior experiences in Missoula.

LUCIE BROCK-BROIDO (09/27/06, 51 minutes)

On September 27, 2006, the poet Lucie Brock-Broido read from her work, including poems based on Wallace Stevens titles she found in his notebooks. The reading is prefaced by Joanna Klink's introduction, which evidently "fully fathomed" and "grokked" Lucie prior to her reading.