Charles Bernstein
@l-a-n-g-u-a-g-e.bsky.social
The Kinds of Poetry I Want: Essays & Comedies (University of Chicago Press, 2024)
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November 27, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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I. The Uses & Limits of Difficulty: A Skeptical Reading of Charles Bernstein’s The Kinds of Poetry I Want: Essays & Comedies
II. The Case for Plurality: A Response to “The Uses and Limits of Difficulty”
III. Postscript: On the Virtues & Pitfalls of LLM-Generated Criticism
I. The Uses & Limits of Difficulty: A Skeptical Reading of Charles Bernstein’s The Kinds of Poetry I Want: Essays & Comedies
II. The Case for Plurality: A Response to “The Uses and Limits of Difficulty”
III. Postscript: On the Virtues & Pitfalls of LLM-Generated Criticism
November 24, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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I. The Uses & Limits of Difficulty: A Skeptical Reading of Charles Bernstein’s The Kinds of Poetry I Want: Essays & Comedies
II. The Case for Plurality: A Response to “The Uses and Limits of Difficulty”
III. Postscript: On the Virtues & Pitfalls of LLM-Generated Criticism
I. The Uses & Limits of Difficulty: A Skeptical Reading of Charles Bernstein’s The Kinds of Poetry I Want: Essays & Comedies
II. The Case for Plurality: A Response to “The Uses and Limits of Difficulty”
III. Postscript: On the Virtues & Pitfalls of LLM-Generated Criticism
November 15, 2025 at 2:37 PM
November 14, 2025 at 8:23 PM
November 14, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Paul Bové and I write about peer review in scholarly/academic publishing. Paul’s is a probing, resonant reflection; my essay is more of a confection. Both respond to Amit Chaudhuri’s provocations for his Literary Activism series. Read both essays here:
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Literary Activism - A Series of Presentations and Interventions
Literary Activism is A Series of Presentations and Interventions. Visit to get Symposium 1 : Literary Activism, Magazine: New Writing and more.
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November 14, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Paul Bové and I write about peer review in scholarly/academic publishing. Paul’s is a probing, resonant reflection; my essay is more of a confection. Both respond to Amit Chaudhuri’s provocations for his Literary Activism series. Read both essays here:
www.literaryactivism.com
www.literaryactivism.com
Reposted by Charles Bernstein
"The New Colossus" by @l-a-n-g-u-a-g-e.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 10:25 PM
"The New Colossus" by @l-a-n-g-u-a-g-e.bsky.social
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Eyeblink: Paul Stephens and Charles Bernstein on Robert Grenier
with radio host Kyle Schlessinger
One hour mp3: new on PennSound
Eyeblink: Paul Stephens and Charles Bernstein on Robert Grenier
with radio host Kyle Schlessinger
One hour mp3: new on PennSound
November 1, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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Eyeblink: Paul Stephens and Charles Bernstein on Robert Grenier
with radio host Kyle Schlessinger
One hour mp3: new on PennSound
Eyeblink: Paul Stephens and Charles Bernstein on Robert Grenier
with radio host Kyle Schlessinger
One hour mp3: new on PennSound
Susan Bee and I talk with the inimitable and fantasmagorical Mimi Gross, in a one-hour slide retrospective of her thrilling work. We taped the show yesterday, and it's available now on the Brooklyn Rail YouTube channel. & go and see excerpts from Ruckus Manhattan at the Brooklyn Museum.
NSE #1280 | Mimi Gross, Susan Bee, Charles Bernstein
YouTube video by The Brooklyn Rail
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October 29, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Susan Bee and I talk with the inimitable and fantasmagorical Mimi Gross, in a one-hour slide retrospective of her thrilling work. We taped the show yesterday, and it's available now on the Brooklyn Rail YouTube channel. & go and see excerpts from Ruckus Manhattan at the Brooklyn Museum.
September 27, 2025 at 3:57 PM
September 22, 2025 at 9:03 PM
The Acts of the Reappearing Pheasant: New Collection
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The Acts of the Reappearing Pheasant: New Collection
The Return of Experimental Italian and American Poets and Critics: In Sum 9
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September 18, 2025 at 2:25 PM
The Acts of the Reappearing Pheasant: New Collection
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September 15, 2025 at 2:38 PM
LINEbreak and Close Listening: 30 years
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LINEbreak and Close Listening: 30 years
In Sum 7
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September 6, 2025 at 9:22 PM
LINEbreak and Close Listening: 30 years
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George Kuchar on Close Listening: Transcript
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George Kuchar on Close Listening: Transcript
2009, with Charles Bernstein
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September 4, 2025 at 12:56 PM
George Kuchar on Close Listening: Transcript
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The Fiction of Memory: Raymond Federman on LINEbreak : transcript -- open.substack.com/pub/chbernst...
The Fiction of Memory: Raymond Federman on LINEbreak (transcript)
1992 with Charles Bernstein
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September 3, 2025 at 1:35 PM
The Fiction of Memory: Raymond Federman on LINEbreak : transcript -- open.substack.com/pub/chbernst...
Pierre Joris on Close Listening: Transcript of 2005 Close Listening conversation: open.substack.com/pub/chbernst...
II will be speaking at the memorial for Joris at St. Mark’s 9/12 at 7:15pm & UPenn (Writers House) 9/10, 6pm (or Joris and Rothenberg +: launch for: Poasis II, just our from Wesleyan.
II will be speaking at the memorial for Joris at St. Mark’s 9/12 at 7:15pm & UPenn (Writers House) 9/10, 6pm (or Joris and Rothenberg +: launch for: Poasis II, just our from Wesleyan.
Pierre Joris on Close Listening: Transcript
2000 conversation with Charles Bernstein
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September 2, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Pierre Joris on Close Listening: Transcript of 2005 Close Listening conversation: open.substack.com/pub/chbernst...
II will be speaking at the memorial for Joris at St. Mark’s 9/12 at 7:15pm & UPenn (Writers House) 9/10, 6pm (or Joris and Rothenberg +: launch for: Poasis II, just our from Wesleyan.
II will be speaking at the memorial for Joris at St. Mark’s 9/12 at 7:15pm & UPenn (Writers House) 9/10, 6pm (or Joris and Rothenberg +: launch for: Poasis II, just our from Wesleyan.
Susan Howe: Transcript of LINEbreak interview with Charles Bernstein open.substack.com/pub/chbernst...
Susan Howe: LINEbreak interview with Charles Bernstein
Transcript of Summer 1995 program
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August 30, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Susan Howe: Transcript of LINEbreak interview with Charles Bernstein open.substack.com/pub/chbernst...
Paul Auster “These Things Happen, All the Time”
30 years ago: transcript of my conversation with Paul Auster, plus link to the radio show: open.substack.com/pub/chbernst...
30 years ago: transcript of my conversation with Paul Auster, plus link to the radio show: open.substack.com/pub/chbernst...
Paul Auster “These Things Happen, All the Time”
1995 LINEbreak interview with Charles Bernstein: transcript
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August 28, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Paul Auster “These Things Happen, All the Time”
30 years ago: transcript of my conversation with Paul Auster, plus link to the radio show: open.substack.com/pub/chbernst...
30 years ago: transcript of my conversation with Paul Auster, plus link to the radio show: open.substack.com/pub/chbernst...
Reading in Hillsdale with Eve Grubin open.substack.com/pub/evegrubi...
Self-Help Poems
At last night’s reading at The Hillsdale Library in Columbia County, New York, I read my poems before the poet and literary scholar Charles Bernstein read his work.
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August 24, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Reading in Hillsdale with Eve Grubin open.substack.com/pub/evegrubi...
On Tracie Morris’s “Invisible Man on a Station in the Metro” with Al Filreis and Charles Bernstein
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On Tracie Morris’s “Invisible Man on a Station in the Metro” with Al Filreis and Charles Bernstein
Invisible Man
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August 19, 2025 at 7:04 PM
On Tracie Morris’s “Invisible Man on a Station in the Metro” with Al Filreis and Charles Bernstein
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