Poets & Puppets @ Open Door

Check out this great piece the extraordinary Kathleen Rooney wrote for the Poetry Foundation blog on our May reading at Pete's Candy Store. With video of me, a unicorn, Sasha Fletcher, Kathleen, and Elisa Gabbert's doppelganger.

in Just / e.e. cummings

in Just / e.e. cummings from Leigh Stein on Vimeo.

For Michael Northrop

How to Mend a Broken Heart with Vengeance / Leigh Stein

How to Mend a Broken Heart with Vengeance / Leigh Stein from Leigh Stein on Vimeo.

For Zsuzsa Mitro

Tennessee / Seth Landman

Tennessee / Seth Landman from Leigh Stein on Vimeo.

Read by Marisa Crawford.

Epilogue: Epithalamion / Kathleen Rooney

Epilogue: Epithalamion / Kathleen Rooney from Leigh Stein on Vimeo.

Thoughts while Smoking the Last Cigarette on the Porch in Summer / Ki Russell

Thoughts while Smoking the Last Cigarette on the Porch in Summer / Ki Russell from Leigh Stein on Vimeo.

Read by Silvana Ayala.

The Enthusiast / Noah Gershman

The Enthusiast / Noah Gershman from Leigh Stein on Vimeo.

Read by S.E. Smith.

Standby at Chicago O'Hare / Jason Koo

Standby at Chicago O'Hare / Jason Koo from Leigh Stein on Vimeo.

The Opening of the Island / Erik Anderson

The Opening of the Island / Erik Anderson from Leigh Stein on Vimeo.

Read by Anna Arov

Untitled / Ralph Angel

Untitled / Ralph Angel from Leigh Stein on Vimeo.

Read by Sunshine LeMontree.

The Duffel Bag / Luke Bloomfield

The Duffel Bag / Luke Bloomfield from Leigh Stein on Vimeo.

The Bear in the Neighbor's Kitchen / Jamie Iredell

The Bear in the Neighbor's Kitchen / Jamie Iredell from Leigh Stein on Vimeo.

Dear Aging Anarchist / Melissa Broder

Dear Aging Anarchist / Melissa Broder from Leigh Stein on Vimeo.

Dear Applicant / Jessica Bozek

Dear Applicant / Jessica Bozek from Leigh Stein on Vimeo.

Performed by Daniela Olszewska.

I Am Not a Person / Daniel Bailey

I Am Not a Person / Daniel Bailey from Leigh Stein on Vimeo.

Ever Read a Book Called Awe? / Dorothea Lasky

Ever Read a Book Called Awe? / Dorothea Lasky from Leigh Stein on Vimeo.

Performed by Lily Ladewig.

A Conversation with Mother Self / Marisa Frasca

A Conversation with Mother Self / Marisa Frasca from Leigh Stein on Vimeo.

Not My Native Tongue / Heather Christle

Not My Native Tongue / Heather Christle from Leigh Stein on Vimeo.

On My Back in a Field in the Rain / Sasha Fletcher

On My Back in a Field in the Rain / Sasha Fletcher from Leigh Stein on Vimeo.

Read by Ben Mirov

Spring Poem / Liz Axelrod

Spring Poem / Liz Axelrod from Leigh Stein on Vimeo.

#9 from "The Lost Notebooks of Juan Sweeney" / Chad Sweeney

#9 from "The Lost Notebooks of Juan Sweeney" / Chad Sweeney from Leigh Stein on Vimeo.

Changing Genres / Dean Young

Changing Genres / Dean Young from Leigh Stein on Vimeo.

Wane / Rob MacDonald

Wayne / Rob MacDonald from Leigh Stein on Vimeo.

The Lost Notebooks of Juan Sweeney / Chad Sweeney

The Lost Notebooks of Juan Sweeney / Chad Sweeney from Leigh Stein on Vimeo.

Book Eater / Marisa Crawford

Book Eater / Marisa Crawford from Leigh Stein on Vimeo.

San Francisco Over Clouds / Ben Mirov

San Francisco Over Clouds / Ben Mirov from Leigh Stein on Vimeo.

Brooklyn Anchorage / Lisa Jarnot

Brooklyn Anchorage / Lisa Jarnot from Leigh Stein on Vimeo.

This movie is dedicated to Seth Landman

Boobs Are Real / Dorothea Lasky

Boobs Are Real / Dorothea Lasky from Leigh Stein on Vimeo.

This movie is dedicated to Elisa Gabbert

face annihilation / Brandon Scott Gorrell

Face Annihilation / Brandon Scott Gorrell from Leigh Stein on Vimeo.

From DURING MY NERVOUS BREAKDOWN I WANT TO HAVE A BIOGRAPHER PRESENT

qim drunk / Victoria Trott

qim drunk / Victoria Trott from Leigh Stein on Vimeo.

The text of this poem may be found here.

Nate Logan, patron of the arts

Nate, I would like to publicly apologize for putting you in a denim turtleneck dress, but it was a decision based on mechanics more than fashion.

not a poem, just puppets II

"Ben" from Leigh Stein on Vimeo.

My Mom Called Me / Ellen Kennedy

My Mom Called Me / Ellen Kennedy from Leigh Stein on Vimeo.

For Muumuu House

Parachutes, My Love, Could Carry Us Higher / Barbara Guest

Parachutes, My Love, Could Carry Us Higher / Barbara Guest from Leigh Stein on Vimeo.

For Christy Crutchfield

not a poem, just puppets

Laura Ingalls Wilder vs. Zombie from Leigh Stein on Vimeo.

Laura Ingalls Wilder puppet by Leigh
Zombie by Lindsey Rhoades, handled by Kendra Grant Malone

Daniel Bailey, Blake Butler / 2008