Gregory Djanikian at PENN SOUND

Gregory Djanikian reading to celebrate the publication of So I Will Till the Ground (Carnegie Mellon, 2007),
Kelly Writers House, University of Pennsylvania, February 20, 2007
Click here to hear them.

1. Introduction by Al Filreis (5:10)
2. Introduction by Sam Donsky (5:31)
3. Introduction by Greg Djanikian (1:15)
4. "The Aestheticians of Genocide" (3:01)
5. "History Test" (3:14)
6. "The Soldiers" (1:29)
7. "The Deportation Song" (1:47)
8. "Children's Lullaby" (1:44)
9. "Armenian Pastoral" (1:23)
10. "Covenant" (1:31)
11. "How My Grandfather Escaped" (0:50)
12. "In the City of Languages: Alexandria, 1955" (3:06)
13. "When I Saw My Grandfather Taking a Bath" (2:02)
14. "Suez War, Alexandria, 1956" (2:03)
15. "Deportation Schedule" (2:05)
16. "The Electrolook Salesman Visits Our Apartment" (1:59)
17. "How We Practiced Being American" (2:01)
18. "My Name Brings Me to a Notion of Splendor (2:25)
19. "Brief History of Border Crossings" (2:58)
20. "Immigrant Picnic" (2:26)
21. "Buying a Rug" (2:18)
22. "Armenian Primer" (1:55)
23. "So I Will Till the Ground" (1:11)