Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Some from Unbuilt Projects

I get asked often enough about new work, so I thought I'd pass along this video of a reading I did last year at Cornell, which the university just posted on YouTube. I've only looked at it out of the corner of my eye, with the sound way down, but I remember enjoying the night itself. I went first, followed by Mark then Denis Johnson. The videos of their readings were also just posted on YouTube.

Here's the list of what I read:

1) The Night in Question (this eventually became the opening passage of THE BURNING HOUSE, my next novel.)
2) Junta from FAMOUS BUILDER
3) How's Florida? from UNBUILT PROJECTS, a collection of short prose pieces
4) Paul All Gone from UNBUILT PROJECTS
5) A Phone Call with My Father from UNBUILT PROJECTS
6) The Boy and His Mother are Stuck! from U.P.
7) The Didache from U.P.

7 comments:

jayme said...

yay-you know how much i loved this video. wasn't there something else that was being podcast recently?

Paul Lisicky said...

Thanks! And thanks for the reminder: the Teachers and Writers reading is supposed to be up as an audio file on their website, but the last time I checked it still wasn't there.

Elizabeth McCracken said...

Paul Lisicky, I could eat you up with a spoon.

& how I love this new work.

pinkrelish said...

I especially liked 'Paul all gone'
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Collin Kelley said...

A great reading, Paul. Brought back good memories of...well...last week. :)

Alana said...

Paul,

You look and sound beautiful. Thank you for posting.

Peace,
A

Paul Lisicky said...

Thanks, everybody! xx