00:00-01:07 - Jessica Mitrani (reading Brazilian author Hilda Hilst from Pornochic)
01:08-09:28 - Asreen Zangena (with silent actress Hari Nef)
09:29-19:58 - Karim Kazemi
19:29-20:22 - Cornelius Loy (among other interludes)
20:22-29:43 - Lee Relvas
29:44-30:24 - Cornelius Loy
30:24-end - Ann Rower

Hard to Read presents Tea Dance, readings and theremin at Jessica Mitrani’s private residence.

With readers Ann Rower, Asreen Zangana, Karim Kazemi, and Lee Relvas.

Theremin performance by Cornelius Loy.

Hosted by Jessica Mitrani, Devan Díaz, and Hard to Read on June 7, 2025.

Album cover photograph by Lee Manning

Tea Dance

Translator/poet Stuart Krimko and artist Amalia Ulman read, in English and the original Spanish, "Athletic Sex," a poem by Argentinian writer Cecilia Pavón, as collected in Belleza y Felicidad (trans. Stuart Krimko). 

Recorded on 06/24/17, this reading was part of an extended program booked by Ready-to-read at Eckhaus Latta's rEtail Store in Los Angeles, CA.

Image: Amalia Ulman, The Destruction Of Experience, 2014

Athletic Sex by Cecilia Pavón read by Stuart Krimko & Amalia Ulman

Writers and friends Sarah Nicole Prickett and Durga Chew-Bose read in celebration of the release of Chew-Bose's first book Too Much and Not the Mood. An excerpt of the  group Q&A follows their readings.

Recorded on 05/15/17 at the Standard Hollywood, this reading was excerpted from a program that also included Aria Dean and Grace Dunham.

Sarah Nicole Prickett on Heaven & Durga Chew-Bose on Girls @ Hard to Read

Artist Alix Van der Donckt-Ferrand reads misc. poems "on the ground" at Hard to Read's Art Pop / Pop Montreal pop-up. 

Recorded on 09/16/17, this is an excerpt from a longer reading that included author Durga Chew-Bose, art restorer Monique Palma Whittaker, performance artist / writer Jacob Wren, sculptor Trevor Gould, and musician Michele Nox. 

Audio starts with an introduction by host Fiona Alison Duncan.

Photo of Alix Ferrand by Rebecca Storm for Ssense.

Poems on the Ground by Alix Van der Donckt-Ferrand

Mix by Deidre commissioned for Hard to Read's March 15, 2018 "Madness" themed reading at the Standard, Hollywood featuring Brandon Drew Holmes, Rindon Johnson, and Cecilia Corrigan. 

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Fairouz - Al Yawm Oulliqa Aala Kheshaba
Sadaf - C.F.C
Bjork- Hunter (The Haxan Cloak Remix)
Dedekind Cut - Instinct
Brian Eno - Fullness of Wind (variation on the Canon in D Minor)
Whale Song
Tricky - Tattoo
Andy Stott - Numb
Aphex Twin - Rhubarb
Oval - I Heart Music
Ryoji Ikeda - data.matrix / Madonna - Erotica (Deidre Mix)
Emptyset - Collapse
Alva Nota - Uni Acronym (feat.Anne-James Chaton)
Lisa Gerrard and Peter Bourke - Sacrifice

Madness And Coping (Hard To Read Mix) by Deidre

Nigerian-American, Brooklyn-based artist and researcher Mimi Onuoha shares an original text on algorithms at Hard to Read presents Lovelace, an event celebrating women and the Internet, at Bridget Donahue gallery on March 7, 2018.

http://mimionuoha.com/

http://hardtoread.us/

Cover photo by Olimpia Dior for Ravelin Magazine.

http://ravelinmagazine.com/posts/readings-claire-evanss-broad-band/

Mimi Onuoha on Algorithms at Hard to Read presents Lovelace

Poet and programmer Allison Parrish reads from her book Articulations at Hard to Read presents Lovelace, an event celebrating women and the Internet, at Bridget Donahue gallery on March 7, 2018.

https://www.decontextualize.com/

http://hardtoread.us/

Cover photo by Olimpia Dior for Ravelin Magazine.

http://ravelinmagazine.com/posts/readings-claire-evanss-broad-band/

Allison Parrish reads from Articulations at Hard to Read presents Lovelace

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