(9:22am Jun 8, 2010)

“Richard Burton, I am not,” said David Markson, before reading the final pages of The Last Novel in his first and only appearance at the 92Y Poetry Center in November of 2007. Mr. Markson died on Friday, at the age of eighty-two, and we offer this recording by way of tribute. His introducer that night, Ann Beattie, once wrote: “No one but Beckett can be quite as sad and funny at the same time as Markson.”

In an ongoing effort to share with our readers some of the great literary moments which the 92Y Poetry Center has presented across the decades, this blog has begun to feature regular postings of archival recordings. For access to other recordings, please click here.

Unterberg Poetry Center webcasts and access to our archive are made possible in part by the generous support of the Sidney E. Frank Foundation.