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'002685536534722764548:hlxnpzrs6d0'; var gcse = document.createElement('script'); gcse.type = 'text/javascript'; gcse.async = true; gcse.src = 'https://cse.google.com/cse.js?cx=' + cx; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(gcse, s); })(); </script> <gcse:searchbox-only linkTarget="_parent"></gcse:searchbox-only> </div> </div> </td> <td id="content"> <h1>Paul Auster</h1> <h2><a href="http://writing.upenn.edu/pennsound/x/LINEbreak.html">LINEbreak </a>interview with Charles Bernstein, 1995</h2> Complete program (29:02): <a href="http://media.sas.upenn.edu/pennsound/groups/LINEbreak/Auster/Auster-Paul_LINEbreak_NY_1995.mp3">MP3</a><br> <hr> <h2>Paul Auster discusses Stepehn Crane and <em>Burning Boy</em> with Charles Bernstein </h2> Oct. 26, 2022: <a href="https://jacket2.org/commentary/auster-crane"><em>Jacket2</em></a> <h2 id="2-14-18">Kelly Writers House Fellows Program, <a href="http://writing.upenn.edu/wh/calendar/0218.php#14">February 14-15, 2018</a></h2> <p>Complete Reading, February 14, 2018 (59:59): <a href="https://media.sas.upenn.edu/writershouse/18A/KWH-Fellows-Brunch_Paul-Auster_KWH-UPenn_2-14-2018.mp3">MP3</a></p> <p>Part 1: <br> <div id="mediaplayer-219300"></div><script src="https://media.sas.upenn.edu/app/public/service.php?action=embedjs&file_id=219300&caption=&image=https://media.sas.upenn.edu/pennsound/authors/Auster/KWH-FELLOWS-Reading_PAUL-AUSTER_KWH-UPENN_2-14-2018-PT1.png&width=720&height=429&autoplay=false&start=0" width="740" height="449" scrolling="no" frameborder="0""></script><a class="watch-video-on-media-sas" href="https://media.sas.upenn.edu/app/public/watch.php?file_id=219300">Watch on Media.sas</a> <br> Part 2: <br> <div id="mediaplayer-219299"></div><script src="https://media.sas.upenn.edu/app/public/service.php?action=embedjs&file_id=219299&caption=&image=https://media.sas.upenn.edu/pennsound/authors/Auster/KWH-FELLOWS-Reading_PAUL-AUSTER_KWH-UPENN_2-14-2018-PT2.png&width=720&height=429&autoplay=false&start=0" width="740" height="449" scrolling="no" frameborder="0""></script><a class="watch-video-on-media-sas" href="https://media.sas.upenn.edu/app/public/watch.php?file_id=219299">Watch on Media.sas</a> </p> <p>Complete Reading and Discussion, February 15, 2018 (1:00:57): <a href="https://media.sas.upenn.edu/writershouse/18A/KWH-Fellows-Brunch_Paul-Auster_KWH-UPenn_2-15-2018.mp3">MP3</a></p> <p>Part 1: <br> <div id="mediaplayer-219459"></div><script src="https://media.sas.upenn.edu/app/public/service.php?action=embedjs&file_id=219459&caption=&image=https://media.sas.upenn.edu/pennsound/authors/Auster/KWH-FELLOWS-BRUNCH_PAUL-AUSTER_KWH-UPENN_2-15-2018-PT1.png&width=720&height=429&autoplay=false&start=0" width="740" height="449" scrolling="no" frameborder="0""></script><a class="watch-video-on-media-sas" href="https://media.sas.upenn.edu/app/public/watch.php?file_id=219459">Watch on Media.sas</a> <br> Part 2: <br> <div id="mediaplayer-219457"></div><script src="https://media.sas.upenn.edu/app/public/service.php?action=embedjs&file_id=219457&caption=&image=https://media.sas.upenn.edu/pennsound/authors/Auster/KWH-FELLOWS-BRUNCH_PAUL-AUSTER_KWH-UPENN_2-15-2018-PT2.png&width=720&height=429&autoplay=false&start=0" width="740" height="449" scrolling="no" frameborder="0""></script><a class="watch-video-on-media-sas" href="https://media.sas.upenn.edu/app/public/watch.php?file_id=219457">Watch on Media.sas</a> </p> <h2>Reading at the Kelly Writers House, University of Pennsylvania, <a href="http://www.writing.upenn.edu/%7Ewh/calendar/0401.html#11">April 11, 2001</a></h2> <ol> <li>Introduction by Bob Perelman (5:18): <a href="http://media.sas.upenn.edu/pennsound/authors/Auster/Auster-Paul_01_Intro_UPenn_4-11-01.mp3">MP3</a></li> <li>Introductory remarks (1:46): <a href="http://media.sas.upenn.edu/pennsound/authors/Auster/Auster-Paul_02_Intro-remarks_UPenn_4-11-01.mp3">MP3</a></li> <li>First two pages from <em>The Book of Illusions </em>(3:43): <a href="http://media.sas.upenn.edu/pennsound/authors/Auster/Auster-Paul_03_1st-2-pgs-Bk-of-Illusions_UPenn_4-11-01.mp3">MP3</a></li> <li>Explanatory remarks on premise of novel (2:45): <a href="http://media.sas.upenn.edu/pennsound/authors/Auster/Auster-Paul_04_explanatory-remrks_UPenn_4-11-01.mp3">MP3</a></li> <li>From the 2nd chapter (41:12): <a href="http://media.sas.upenn.edu/pennsound/authors/Auster/Auster-Paul_05_frm-Chptr-2_UPenn_4-11-01.mp3">MP3</a></br> </ol> <p>Complete Reading (55:18): <a href="http://media.sas.upenn.edu/pennsound/authors/Auster/Auster-Paul_Full_UPenn_4-11-01.mp3"> MP3</a>, <a href="http://media.sas.upenn.edu/pennsound/authors/Auster/Auster-Paul_Full_UPenn_4-11-01.rm"> RealAudio</a></P> <a name="4-26-95"> <h2>Reading of <span class="title">The Red Notebook</span> at <a href="http://writing.upenn.edu/pennsound/x/Wednesdays-at-Four-Plus.html">Wednesdays @ 4Plus</a>, University at Buffalo, April 26, 1995</h2> <ol> <li>introduction by Robert Creeley (8:11): <a href="http://media.sas.upenn.edu/pennsound/authors/Auster/Buffalo-95/Auster-Paul_01_introduction-by-Robert-Creeley_UB_4-26-95.mp3">MP3</a></li> <li>The Red Notebook, 1 (2:02): <a href="http://media.sas.upenn.edu/pennsound/authors/Auster/Buffalo-95/Auster-Paul_02_The-Red-Notebook-1_UB_4-26-95.mp3">MP3</a></li> <li>The Red Notebook, 2 (7:37): <a href="http://media.sas.upenn.edu/pennsound/authors/Auster/Buffalo-95/Auster-Paul_03_The-Red-Notebook-2_UB_4-26-95.mp3">MP3</a></li> <li>The Red Notebook, 3 (4:31): <a href="http://media.sas.upenn.edu/pennsound/authors/Auster/Buffalo-95/Auster-Paul_04_The-Red-Notebook-3_UB_4-26-95.mp3">MP3</a></li> <li>The Red Notebook, 4 (2:28): <a href="http://media.sas.upenn.edu/pennsound/authors/Auster/Buffalo-95/Auster-Paul_05_The-Red-Notebook-4_UB_4-26-95.mp3">MP3</a></li> <li>The Red Notebook, 5 (5:43): <a href="http://media.sas.upenn.edu/pennsound/authors/Auster/Buffalo-95/Auster-Paul_06_The-Red-Notebook-5_UB_4-26-95.mp3">MP3</a></li> <li>The Red Notebook, 6 (1:14): <a href="http://media.sas.upenn.edu/pennsound/authors/Auster/Buffalo-95/Auster-Paul_07_The-Red-Notebook-6_UB_4-26-95.mp3">MP3</a></li> <li>The Red Notebook, 7 (2:52): <a href="http://media.sas.upenn.edu/pennsound/authors/Auster/Buffalo-95/Auster-Paul_08_The-Red-Notebook-7_UB_4-26-95.mp3">MP3</a></li> <li>The Red Notebook, 8 (3:30): <a href="http://media.sas.upenn.edu/pennsound/authors/Auster/Buffalo-95/Auster-Paul_09_The-Red-Notebook-8_UB_4-26-95.mp3">MP3</a></li> <li>The Red Notebook, 9 (9:04): <a href="http://media.sas.upenn.edu/pennsound/authors/Auster/Buffalo-95/Auster-Paul_10_The-Red-Notebook-9_UB_4-26-95.mp3">MP3</a></li> <li>The Red Notebook, 10 (2:27): <a href="http://media.sas.upenn.edu/pennsound/authors/Auster/Buffalo-95/Auster-Paul_11_The-Red-Notebook-10_UB_4-26-95.mp3">MP3</a></li> <li>The Red Notebook, 11 (3:28): <a href="http://media.sas.upenn.edu/pennsound/authors/Auster/Buffalo-95/Auster-Paul_12_The-Red-Notebook-11_UB_4-26-95.mp3">MP3</a></li> <li>The Red Notebook, 12 (5:36): <a href="http://media.sas.upenn.edu/pennsound/authors/Auster/Buffalo-95/Auster-Paul_13_The-Red-Notebook-12_UB_4-26-95.mp3">MP3</a></li> <li>The Red Notebook, 13 (4:15): <a href="http://media.sas.upenn.edu/pennsound/authors/Auster/Buffalo-95/Auster-Paul_14_The-Red-Notebook-13_UB_4-26-95.mp3">MP3</a></li> </ol> <p>Complete Reading (1:03:15): <a href="http://media.sas.upenn.edu/pennsound/authors/Auster/Auster-Paul_Complete-Reading_UB_4-26-95.mp3">MP3</a></p> <h2>Reading by Paul Auster and <a href="https://writing.upenn.edu/pennsound/x/Violi.php">Paul Violi</a>, St. Mark’s Church, NY, December 6, 1989</h2> <p>Recorded on audiocassette. Recording hosted by the Library of Congress.</p> <ol> <li>Side A (45:34): <a href=”https://www.loc.gov/item/2020729287/”>link</a></li> <li>Side B (32:21): <a href=”https://www.loc.gov/item/2020729287/”>link</a></li> </ol> <h2>Also on PennSound:</h2> <ul class="bulleted"> <li><a href="AJHS.html">Secular Jewish Culture/Radical Poetic Practice</a></li> </ul> <p>These sound recordings are being made available for noncommercial and educational use only. All rights to this recorded material belong to the author. © 2018 Paul Auster. Used with permission of Paul Auster. 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