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Pictures For Private Devotion by Anselm Berrigan
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25 tracks | 61 minutes
Released Aug 2003
on narrow house recordings
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- sample "album only" 03:00 Pictures For Private Devotion "album only" 03:00 Pictures For Private Devotion "album only" 03:00 Pictures For Private Devotion
- sample "album only" 02:54 My Babysitters "album only" 02:54 My Babysitters "album only" 02:54 My Babysitters
- sample "album only" 00:30 To a Broken Surface "album only" 00:30 To a Broken Surface "album only" 00:30 To a Broken Surface
- sample "album only" 01:52 The Position of the Planets... "album only" 01:52 The Position of the Planets... "album only" 01:52 The Position of the Planets...
- sample "album only" 02:50 Token Enabler "album only" 02:50 Token Enabler "album only" 02:50 Token Enabler
- sample "album only" 01:17 7/4/2000 "album only" 01:17 7/4/2000 "album only" 01:17 7/4/2000
- sample "album only" 02:43 Recalled to Life "album only" 02:43 Recalled to Life "album only" 02:43 Recalled to Life
- sample "album only" 01:29 8/1/97 "album only" 01:29 8/1/97 "album only" 01:29 8/1/97
- sample "album only" 01:19 Universal Generic Themes and Meanings "album only" 01:19 Universal Generic Themes and Meanings "album only" 01:19 Universal Generic Themes and Meanings
- sample "album only" 00:47 My Poem "album only" 00:47 My Poem "album only" 00:47 My Poem
- sample "album only" 02:04 From Colorado Springs to Boise City "album only" 02:04 From Colorado Springs to Boise City "album only" 02:04 From Colorado Springs to Boise City
- sample "album only" 00:33 I Send You An Envelope Full of Comets "album only" 00:33 I Send You An Envelope Full of Comets "album only" 00:33 I Send You An Envelope Full of Comets
- sample "album only" 03:15 Not All There "album only" 03:15 Not All There "album only" 03:15 Not All There
- sample "album only" 01:25 Security "album only" 01:25 Security "album only" 01:25 Security
- sample "album only" 03:58 Postcard to Brett Evans "album only" 03:58 Postcard to Brett Evans "album only" 03:58 Postcard to Brett Evans
- sample "album only" 01:51 Strangers in the Nest "album only" 01:51 Strangers in the Nest "album only" 01:51 Strangers in the Nest
- sample "album only" 02:07 No Knock Knows You're Awake "album only" 02:07 No Knock Knows You're Awake "album only" 02:07 No Knock Knows You're Awake
- sample "album only" 00:59 Plastic White Bag "album only" 00:59 Plastic White Bag "album only" 00:59 Plastic White Bag
- sample "album only" 01:18 Looking Through a Slant of Light "album only" 01:18 Looking Through a Slant of Light "album only" 01:18 Looking Through a Slant of Light
- sample "album only" 00:40 Anti-preening Poem "album only" 00:40 Anti-preening Poem "album only" 00:40 Anti-preening Poem
- sample "album only" 03:39 In the Paint "album only" 03:39 In the Paint "album only" 03:39 In the Paint
- sample "album only" 01:30 A Poem For Patriots "album only" 01:30 A Poem For Patriots "album only" 01:30 A Poem For Patriots
- sample "album only" 02:05 In the Manufacturing Belt "album only" 02:05 In the Manufacturing Belt "album only" 02:05 In the Manufacturing Belt
- sample "album only" 01:13 The Page Torn Out "album only" 01:13 The Page Torn Out "album only" 01:13 The Page Torn Out
- sample "album only" 16:34 From Zero Star Hotel "album only" 16:34 From Zero Star Hotel "album only" 16:34 From Zero Star Hotel
One of the most important voices in contemporary poetry. He is currently the director of the st. marks poetry project in nyc where he lives and writes. this album contains over 60 minutes of poetry.
Bio / Background
Anselm Berrigan is the author of Zero Star Hotel and Integrity and Dramatic Life, both published by Edge Books in Washington D.C.
He was raised in the east village of New York City and lives there now after stints in Buffalo, NY and San Francisco, CA. He is also the author of Strangers in the Nest, published by Dolphin Press and New Lights Press of Baltimore Maryland, and In the Dream Hole, co-authored with Edmund Berrigan.
Anselm is currently the director of The St. Marks Poetry project in NYC.
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