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
Until 12/3/2025, 30% off all my University of Chicago Press books with code "Holiday25"
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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
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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
September 27, 2025 at 3:57 PM
September 15, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Régis Bonvicino (1955-2025). My tribute to Régis, at Jacket2
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July 5, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Régis Bonvicino (1955-2025). My tribute to Régis, at Jacket2
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Highlights of my recent visit to China, talking poetry and poetics: jacket2.org/commentary/c...
July 2, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Highlights of my recent visit to China, talking poetry and poetics: jacket2.org/commentary/c...
Jerome McGann's review of The Kinds of Poetry I Want: Essays and Comedies, in Critical Inquiry, 51:4, Summer 2025. "“This person is all by himself a loose canon.”
June 26, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Jerome McGann's review of The Kinds of Poetry I Want: Essays and Comedies, in Critical Inquiry, 51:4, Summer 2025. "“This person is all by himself a loose canon.”
May 31, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Reading from The Kinds of Poetry I Want: Essays & Comedies at Kern Gallery NY 4/26: video of de la Torre, Hunt, Katz, Cooper, Balula, & me. Plus Mimi Gross drawings.
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May 3, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Reading from The Kinds of Poetry I Want: Essays & Comedies at Kern Gallery NY 4/26: video of de la Torre, Hunt, Katz, Cooper, Balula, & me. Plus Mimi Gross drawings.
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Sat., April 26, 4-6pm @ Anton Kern Gallery: closing reception for Love Poems, Singing in Unison 11,: a poetry reading to celebrate Bernstein's The Kinds of Poetry I Want: Essays & Comdies, w/ Bernstein, Balula, Cooper, Hunt, Katz, de la Torre, & intro Phong Bui. 16 East 55th St, NY; rdng 4:30.
April 24, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Sat., April 26, 4-6pm @ Anton Kern Gallery: closing reception for Love Poems, Singing in Unison 11,: a poetry reading to celebrate Bernstein's The Kinds of Poetry I Want: Essays & Comdies, w/ Bernstein, Balula, Cooper, Hunt, Katz, de la Torre, & intro Phong Bui. 16 East 55th St, NY; rdng 4:30.
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Half price on all 67 of the books Hank Lazer and I published in our series with the University of Alabama Press.
Half price on all 67 of the books Hank Lazer and I published in our series with the University of Alabama Press.
April 22, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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Half price on all 67 of the books Hank Lazer and I published in our series with the University of Alabama Press.
Half price on all 67 of the books Hank Lazer and I published in our series with the University of Alabama Press.
Books will be on sale at the gallery.
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30% discount if you buy the book direct from press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo... and check out with code "UCPNEW." @uchicagopress.bsky.social
April 19, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Books will be on sale at the gallery.
30% discount if you buy the book direct from press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo... and check out with code "UCPNEW." @uchicagopress.bsky.social
30% discount if you buy the book direct from press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo... and check out with code "UCPNEW." @uchicagopress.bsky.social
Last chance to see Susan Bee’s show, "Days of Awe," at A.I.R. in Dumbo (155 Plymouth Street, Brooklyn): closes 4/20. Bee will be at the gallery 3-5pm 4/20. Galleryopen Weds.-Sunday from 12-6pm. Listen to the audio of talk with Kat Griefen: jacket2.org/commentary/d...
April 14, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Last chance to see Susan Bee’s show, "Days of Awe," at A.I.R. in Dumbo (155 Plymouth Street, Brooklyn): closes 4/20. Bee will be at the gallery 3-5pm 4/20. Galleryopen Weds.-Sunday from 12-6pm. Listen to the audio of talk with Kat Griefen: jacket2.org/commentary/d...
Trumps's America: You asked for it, you got it. #BigLieTrump #BLT
April 3, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Trumps's America: You asked for it, you got it. #BigLieTrump #BLT
If we are going to combat antisemtism, let's start with #ElonMusk and #DonaldTrump (#BigLieTrump, #BLT) #ADL
April 2, 2025 at 3:21 AM
If we are going to combat antisemtism, let's start with #ElonMusk and #DonaldTrump (#BigLieTrump, #BLT) #ADL
I will be reading on April 16 at Texas A&M, hosted by the great Eduardo Espina.
March 25, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I will be reading on April 16 at Texas A&M, hosted by the great Eduardo Espina.
1/3 "The Malady of the West": full text at jacket2.org/commentary/m...
Do Republicans have any values apart transferring wealth from the many who create it to the few who own them? They no longer pay lip service to the values they daily desecrate ...
Do Republicans have any values apart transferring wealth from the many who create it to the few who own them? They no longer pay lip service to the values they daily desecrate ...
March 4, 2025 at 3:12 PM
1/3 "The Malady of the West": full text at jacket2.org/commentary/m...
Do Republicans have any values apart transferring wealth from the many who create it to the few who own them? They no longer pay lip service to the values they daily desecrate ...
Do Republicans have any values apart transferring wealth from the many who create it to the few who own them? They no longer pay lip service to the values they daily desecrate ...