poets and puppets

Poets & Puppets @ Open Door

2010-07-08T05:33:00.001-07:00

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

2010-05-13T19:00:00.000-07:00

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

For Michael Northrop

How to Mend a Broken Heart with Vengeance / Leigh Stein

2010-05-13T18:59:00.000-07:00

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

For Zsuzsa Mitro

Tennessee / Seth Landman

2010-05-12T11:30:00.000-07:00

Tennessee / Seth Landman from Leigh Stein on Vimeo.

Read by Marisa Crawford.

Epilogue: Epithalamion / Kathleen Rooney

2010-05-12T04:52:00.001-07:00

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

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

2010-05-12T04:49:00.000-07:00

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

2010-05-06T08:29:00.000-07:00

The Enthusiast / Noah Gershman from Leigh Stein on Vimeo.

Read by S.E. Smith.

Standby at Chicago O'Hare / Jason Koo

2010-05-05T15:10:00.001-07:00

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

The Opening of the Island / Erik Anderson

2010-05-04T05:23:00.001-07:00

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

Read by Anna Arov

Untitled / Ralph Angel

2010-05-03T19:14:00.000-07:00

Untitled / Ralph Angel from Leigh Stein on Vimeo.

Read by Sunshine LeMontree.

The Duffel Bag / Luke Bloomfield

2010-04-27T07:18:00.000-07:00

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

The Bear in the Neighbor's Kitchen / Jamie Iredell

2010-04-23T15:21:00.000-07:00

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

Dear Aging Anarchist / Melissa Broder

2010-04-23T15:20:00.000-07:00

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

Dear Applicant / Jessica Bozek

2010-04-21T11:45:00.001-07:00

Dear Applicant / Jessica Bozek from Leigh Stein on Vimeo.

Performed by Daniela Olszewska.

I Am Not a Person / Daniel Bailey

2010-04-20T07:12:00.001-07:00

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

Ever Read a Book Called Awe? / Dorothea Lasky

2010-04-19T11:38:00.000-07:00

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

Performed by Lily Ladewig.

A Conversation with Mother Self / Marisa Frasca

2010-04-16T11:13:00.001-07:00

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

Not My Native Tongue / Heather Christle

2010-04-15T06:59:00.001-07:00

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

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

2010-04-14T04:55:00.001-07:00

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

Read by Ben Mirov

Spring Poem / Liz Axelrod

2010-04-13T09:35:00.001-07:00

Spring Poem / Liz Axelrod from Leigh Stein on Vimeo.

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

2010-04-12T05:15:00.001-07:00

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

Changing Genres / Dean Young

2010-04-09T07:26:00.001-07:00

Changing Genres / Dean Young from Leigh Stein on Vimeo.

Wane / Rob MacDonald

2010-04-09T07:17:00.000-07:00

Wayne / Rob MacDonald from Leigh Stein on Vimeo.

The Lost Notebooks of Juan Sweeney / Chad Sweeney

2010-04-09T07:00:00.001-07:00

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

Book Eater / Marisa Crawford

2010-04-09T06:54:00.000-07:00

Book Eater / Marisa Crawford from Leigh Stein on Vimeo.

San Francisco Over Clouds / Ben Mirov

2010-04-09T06:51:00.001-07:00

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

Brooklyn Anchorage / Lisa Jarnot

2010-04-07T05:14:00.000-07:00

Brooklyn Anchorage / Lisa Jarnot from Leigh Stein on Vimeo.

This movie is dedicated to Seth Landman

Boobs Are Real / Dorothea Lasky

2010-04-07T05:10:00.000-07:00

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

This movie is dedicated to Elisa Gabbert

face annihilation / Brandon Scott Gorrell

2010-04-06T06:38:00.000-07:00

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

2010-04-05T18:03:00.000-07:00

qim drunk / Victoria Trott from Leigh Stein on Vimeo.

The text of this poem may be found here.

Nate Logan, patron of the arts

2010-04-05T17:47:00.001-07:00

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

2010-04-05T05:13:00.001-07:00

"Ben" from Leigh Stein on Vimeo.

My Mom Called Me / Ellen Kennedy

2010-04-04T19:12:00.000-07:00

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

For Muumuu House

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

2010-04-04T19:05:00.000-07:00

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

For Christy Crutchfield

not a poem, just puppets

2010-04-04T17:20:00.000-07:00

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

2010-03-18T05:24:00.000-07:00