M. Allen Cunningham

In this long-lost recording made for KQED San Francisco (circa 2006), M. Allen Cunningham reads from his second book Lost Son , a large experimental narrative about Rainer Maria Rilke. At age twenty-one, while living as an obscure, penurious poet in Munich, Rilke met Lou Andreas-Salome. She would quickly become one of the most important people in his life, and would remain one of his most profound...

In this audio clip from a 2006 interview, M. Allen Cunningham speaks about Rainer Maria Rilke and the novel Lost Son . (Music: "Lights Out" by Blue Dot Sessions, courtesy of Free Music Archive) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is the eleventh installment in the Scherzo Series, which brings you short readings from the A-to-Z "Scherzo: A Glossary of Spectacle & Bewilderment (with Anecdotes) Compiled on Behalf of the Imaginative Mind," found in Cunningham's new book We Are Guests of Ancient Time . The terms defined in this installment are: TWITTER VIDEO GAMES VIRAL WINDOW YOUTUBE ZENITH Music by Blue Dot Sessions,...

This is the tenth installment in the Scherzo Series, which brings you short readings from the A-to-Z "Scherzo: A Glossary of Spectacle & Bewilderment (with Anecdotes) Compiled on Behalf of the Imaginative Mind," found in Cunningham's new book We Are Guests of Ancient Time . The terms defined in this installment are: REALITY TV RIOT TECHNOPOLY TRENDING NOW Music by Blue Dot Sessions, courtesy o...

This is the ninth installment in the Scherzo Series, which brings you short readings from the A-to-Z "Scherzo: A Glossary of Spectacle & Bewilderment (with Anecdotes) Compiled on Behalf of the Imaginative Mind," found in Cunningham's new book We Are Guests of Ancient Time . The terms defined in this installment are: PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES (televised) PROPAGANDA PROTESTS PSEUDO-EVENTS QUIZ SHOWS...

This is the eighth installment in the Scherzo Series, which brings you short readings from the A-to-Z "Scherzo: A Glossary of Spectacle & Bewilderment (with Anecdotes) Compiled on Behalf of the Imaginative Mind," found in Cunningham's new book We Are Guests of Ancient Time . The terms defined in this installment are: MEME MOVIES OJ SIMPSON PANDEMIC PRESENTISM Music by Blue Dot Sessions, courte...

This is the seventh installment in the Scherzo Series, which brings you short readings from the A-to-Z "Scherzo: A Glossary of Spectacle & Bewilderment (with Anecdotes) Compiled on Behalf of the Imaginative Mind," found in Cunningham's new book We Are Guests of Ancient Time . The terms defined in this installment are: INTRAVIDUAL JFK ASSASSINATION MARSHALL MCLUHAN Music by Blue Dot Sessions, c...

This is the sixth installment in the Scherzo Series, which brings you short readings from the A-to-Z "Scherzo: A Glossary of Spectacle & Bewilderment (with Anecdotes) Compiled on Behalf of the Imaginative Mind," found in Cunningham's new book We Are Guests of Ancient Time . The terms defined in this installment are: IDEOLOGY INSURRECTION (Jan. 6th, 2021) INTERNET Music by Blue Dot Sessions, co...

This is the fifth installment in the Scherzo Series, which brings you short readings from the A-to-Z "Scherzo: A Glossary of Spectacle & Bewilderment (with Anecdotes) Compiled on Behalf of the Imaginative Mind," found in Cunningham's new book We Are Guests of Ancient Time . The terms defined in this installment are: FACEBOOK, ETC. FILTER BUBBLE GERALDO BRAWL GLOSSARY Music by Blue Dot Sessions...

This is the fourth installment in the Scherzo Series, which brings you short readings from the A-to-Z "Scherzo: A Glossary of Spectacle & Bewilderment (with Anecdotes) Compiled on Behalf of the Imaginative Mind," found in Cunningham's new book We Are Guests of Ancient Time . The terms defined in this installment are: CONTENT (noun) CONTEXT COLLAPSE DARK WEB DEEP FAKE DYNAMOS Music by Blue Dot...

This is the third installment in the Scherzo Series, which brings you short readings from the A-to-Z "Scherzo: A Glossary of Spectacle & Bewilderment (with Anecdotes) Compiled on Behalf of the Imaginative Mind," found in Cunningham's new book We Are Guests of Ancient Time . The terms defined in this installment are: BINGE CANCELLATION (so-called) CLINTON SCANDAL Music by Blue Dot Sessions, cou...

This is the second installment in the Scherzo Series, which brings you short readings from the A-to-Z "Scherzo: A Glossary of Spectacle & Bewilderment (with Anecdotes) Compiled on Behalf of the Imaginative Mind," found in Cunningham's new book We Are Guests of Ancient Time . The terms defined in this installment are: ALGORITHM ARTIST AS KOOK AUGMENTED REALITY Music by Blue Dot Sessions, courte...

This is the first installment in the Scherzo Series, which brings you short readings from the A-to-Z " Scherzo: A Glossary of Spectacle & Bewilderment (with Anecdotes) Compiled on Behalf of the Imaginative Mind," found in Cunningham's new book We Are Guests of Ancient Time . The terms defined in this installment are: ADAPTATION (Book to Film, or Book to Limited Series) A.I. Music by Blue Dot S...

The first prelude from Cunningham's book We Are Guests of Ancient Time: Essays & Variations on the Imagination, Memory, Seeing, and Media). (Music by JWC) Learn more about this book: https://www.atelier26books.com/we-are-guests-of-ancient-time.html Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

An audio excerpt from M. Allen Cunningham's talk "Reading, Seeing, and Self-Forgetting," delivered recently in an undergraduate creative writing course. Cunningham considers what a creative writing course can and cannot achieve, and explores the imaginative value of honing one's perceptions by "going beyond the edges" of one's own identity, perspectives, imagination, and discipline. One springboar...

A reading from John Ruskin's The Stones of Venice , Vol. III, Chapter 11 (1853) MUSIC: "A Simple Blur" by Blue Dot Sessions, courtesy of Free Music Archive Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"This music is not only infinitely durable, but perhaps the closest that music has ever come to universality." Voice: Leonard Bernstein, Bernstein on Beethoven: A Celebration in Vienna (1970) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"I did not know what 'Information Retrieval' was and I did not wish to find out." Voice: Harold Bloom, Interview (2000) Music: "Glacier" by SalmonLikeTheFish, courtesy of Free Music Archive Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Originally posted May 14, 2020, the 95th anniversary of the publication of Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway: M. Allen Cunningham's lecture on Woolf's great novel, originally delivered to Creative Writing students at Portland State University. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A reading from John Banville's novel Kepler , with music. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Cunningham describes his book Q&A and then reads three short sections (which happen to feature a few "F-bombs", FYI). Inspired by true events, bold in the forms with which it evokes an agitated, media-soaked half century in America, Q&A urgently reimagines the misunderstood quiz show scandals in light of our own time, as a moment of cultural reckoning whose reverberations we feel all around us tod...

Have you heard THOREAU'S LEAVES? Produced and hosted by M. Allen Cunningham, it's an immersive, atmospheric podcast dedicated to the celebrated and lesser-known works of Henry David Thoreau, one of America's greatest voices. Here's a sample episode for your enjoyment: "Loon Checkers" (subscribe at anchor.fm/thoreausleaves, or wherever you get your podcasts). More info at: www.thoreausleaves.com Ho...

During this event at the fabled Powell's Books in Portland, Oregon, Cunningham discusses his fourth novel PERPETUA'S KIN. A sweeping story of five generations in one American family, PERPETUA'S KIN spans much of North America, from the 1820s in Iowa to the American south during the Civil War to World War II San Francisco. In a structured presentation, Cunningham describes the story's origins, his...

Have you heard IN THE ATELIER, the creativity podcast produced and hosted by M. Allen Cunningham? Here's a sample episode for your enjoyment: "Measures of Success" (subscribe at anchor.fm/in-the-atelier, or wherever you get your podcasts). In this Episode: How does a writer know whether or not they are "a Success"? Mentioned in this episode: Netflix; Dreamworks; Carnegie Hall; New York Times Bests...

Cunningham's autobiographical essay, with musical accompaniment and slightly abridged. "Variations on a Beginning" was originally published in complete form in The Timberline Review, Issue No. 3 (summer/fall 2016). You can read the full essay here: https://medium.com/ @M_A_Cunningham/variations-on-a-beginning-685d3b1cd7e5 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.