Fred Moten and Nathaniel Mackey with Hafez Modirzadeh: March 5, 2016

The Poetry Center and The Green Arcade present Fred Moten and Nathaniel Mackey reading their poetry, along with Hafez Modirzadeh on alto saxophone, at the 3rd Floor, McRoskey Mattress Co., in San Francisco. Fred Moten reads from The Service Porch (Letter Machine Editions, 2016); Hafez Modirzadeh offers a brief solo performance; Nathaniel Mackey reads from Blue Fasa (New Directions, 2015), Whatsaid Serif (City Lights Books, 2001), and from manuscript. The evening culminates with Mackey and Moten performing their works in tandem.

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DocFilm Institute
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McRoskey Mattress Co., San Francisco
Date
03/05/2016
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01:00:42
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Patrick Marks, Steve Dickison
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Fred Moten (23:40)

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Patrick Marks welcomes the audience and Steve Dickison introduces Fred Moten, Nathaniel Mackey, and Hafez Modirzadeh. Fred Moten opens by reading "All School Crit," the middle section from The Service Porch, with accompaniment by Hafez Modirzadeh on alto saxophone.

Hafez Modirzadeh (05:11)

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Hafez Modirzadeh remarks "I rarely ever get a chance in front of so many folks to play what I really feel.... Whatever that means," then performs, on alto saxophone, "autoschediasm."

Nathaniel Mackey (28:44)

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Nathaniel Mackey, accompanied by Hafez Modirzadeh, alto sax and percussion, reads "Stick City Bhajan" ("mu" sixty-sixth part) from Blue Fasa, "Insofarian Regress" ("mu" one hundred thirty-fourth part), "As If It Were 'This Is Our Music'" ("mu" one hundred eighteenth part), "Song of the Andoumboulou: 117" from unpublished manuscript Tej Bet, and "Song of the Andoumboulou: 19" from Whatsaid Serif.

Group Reading (05:29)

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Nathaniel Mackey and Fred Moten perform an antiphonal duo, with Mackey reading "Song of the Andoumboulou: 166 1/2" from his manuscript-in-progress So's Notice, while Moten reads "there, at a lovely barbecue."

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