Reading by Dick Higgins

Description:

Following an introduction by Michael Morris, Dick Higgins presented a selection of poems and short stories from 1967 to 1977 in the Grand Luxe Hall as part of Western Front’s weekly Monday Night Reading Series. 

Poems included:
“Song for Marilyn” (1967)
“Properly Orisons” (1977)
“Two Confederate Flags, for Ray Jay” (1977)
“Red Dog” (1976) 
“Waiting for a Friend” (1977)
“Modern Times” (1975)
“Symphony Number 1007” (1977)
“Giles” (1976)
“A Comedy Read This as a Tragedy” (1977)
“The Ear Batter” (1972)
“Milwaukee Poem” (1977)
“Two Things About the Woods” (1974), “A Dance for Maureen Connor” (1976)
“Vain Man” (1977)
“The Sixties: A Pastiche” (1975)
“Ducks’ Tails Shaking” (1977)
“Him” (1977)
“Six Imitations for Piano and Pianist” (1977)
“Martin: Portrait of a Sentimentalist” (1975)

During his reading of “Constellation No. 11,” audience members were invited to participate by reciting a word out loud at their own chosen time within a two-minute period. 

To close the evening, Higgins presented his play “Act: A Game of 52 Soaphorse Operas,” with support from Lesley Moyle and Lorenz von Fersen.

The evening also included a screening of a new film by Higgins developed while in residence at Western Front.

Video documentation is available upon request.