The original Dial-A-Poem number was (212) 628-0400, but that number is no longer in service. A new phone number was re-established for Dial-A-Poem in 2021.
Hundreds of recordings by artists, poets, musicians, and activists are available to all, for free, at any time.
Hundreds of recordings by artists, poets, musicians, and activists are available to all, for free, at any time.
Selected by John Giorno
between 1968 and 2019.
between 1968 and 2019.
Sound engineering by
Bob Bielecki
Bob Bielecki
Contributors:
Vito Acconci
Kathy Acker
Helen Adam
Miguel Algarin
Cabaret Voltaire
Charles Amirkhanian
Beth Anderson
Laurie Anderson
Penny Arcade
John Ashbery
Robert Ashley
Amiri Baraka
Barbara Barg
Bill Berkson
Charles Bernstein
Ted Berrigan
Paul Blackburn
Joe Brainard
Glenn Branca
Jim Brody
Otis Brown
Michael Brownstein
Charles Bukowski
William Burroughs
William Burroughs Jr.
David Byrne
John Cage
Jim Carroll
Charlotte Carter
Nick Cave
Tom Clark
Coil
Clark Coolidge
Gregory Corso
Jayne Cortez
Robert Creeley
Jackie Curtis
Edwin Denby
Diane Di Prima
Ed Dorn
Didi Susan Dubelyew
Robert Duncan
Kenward Elmslie
Karen Finley
Diamanda Galas
Allen Ginsberg
John Giorno
Daniela Gioseffi
Michael Gira
Philip Glass
Peter Gordon
Ted Greenwald
Barbara Guest
Brion Gysin
Jessica Hagedorn
Deborah Harry
Bernard Heidsieck
Richard Hell
David Henderson
Henry Rollins Band
Bob Holman
Four Horsemen
Susan Howe
Eric Huggins
Husker Du
Vito Acconci
Kathy Acker
Helen Adam
Miguel Algarin
Cabaret Voltaire
Charles Amirkhanian
Beth Anderson
Laurie Anderson
Penny Arcade
John Ashbery
Robert Ashley
Amiri Baraka
Barbara Barg
Bill Berkson
Charles Bernstein
Ted Berrigan
Paul Blackburn
Joe Brainard
Glenn Branca
Jim Brody
Otis Brown
Michael Brownstein
Charles Bukowski
William Burroughs
William Burroughs Jr.
David Byrne
John Cage
Jim Carroll
Charlotte Carter
Nick Cave
Tom Clark
Coil
Clark Coolidge
Gregory Corso
Jayne Cortez
Robert Creeley
Jackie Curtis
Edwin Denby
Diane Di Prima
Ed Dorn
Didi Susan Dubelyew
Robert Duncan
Kenward Elmslie
Karen Finley
Diamanda Galas
Allen Ginsberg
John Giorno
Daniela Gioseffi
Michael Gira
Philip Glass
Peter Gordon
Ted Greenwald
Barbara Guest
Brion Gysin
Jessica Hagedorn
Deborah Harry
Bernard Heidsieck
Richard Hell
David Henderson
Henry Rollins Band
Bob Holman
Four Horsemen
Susan Howe
Eric Huggins
Husker Du
David Johansen
Joe Johnson
Lenore Kandel
Ken Kesey
Bill Knott
Kenneth Koch
Rochelle Kraut
Joanne Kyger
Denise Levertov
Frank Lima
Arto Lindsay
Lydia Lunch
Jackson MacLow
Bernadette Mayer
Steve McCafferty
Michael McClure
Taylor Mead
W.S. Merwin
Robin Messing
Meredith Monk
Charlie Morrow
Eileen Myles
Einsturzende Neubauten
Frank O’Hara
Claes Oldenburg
Charles Olson
Joel Oppenheim
New Order
Peter Orlovsky
Maureen Owen
Rochelle Owens
Ron Padgett
Charles Plymell
Lennox Raphael
Ishmael Reed
Rene Ricard
Trungpa Rinpoche
Jerome Rothenberg
Ed Sanders
Aram Saroyan
Peter Schjeldahl
John Sinclair
Patti Smith
Gary Snyder
Jack Spicer
Charles Stein
Chris Stein
Ned Sublette
Lorenzo Thomas
Tony Towle
Psychic TV
David Van Tieghem
Paul Violi
Andrei Vosnesensky
Tom Waits
Diane Wakowski
Anne Waldman
Lewis Warsh
Tom Weatherly
Philip Whelan
John Wieners
Emmett Williams
Robert Wilson & Christopher Knowles
Sonic Youth
Frank Zappa
Joe Johnson
Lenore Kandel
Ken Kesey
Bill Knott
Kenneth Koch
Rochelle Kraut
Joanne Kyger
Denise Levertov
Frank Lima
Arto Lindsay
Lydia Lunch
Jackson MacLow
Bernadette Mayer
Steve McCafferty
Michael McClure
Taylor Mead
W.S. Merwin
Robin Messing
Meredith Monk
Charlie Morrow
Eileen Myles
Einsturzende Neubauten
Frank O’Hara
Claes Oldenburg
Charles Olson
Joel Oppenheim
New Order
Peter Orlovsky
Maureen Owen
Rochelle Owens
Ron Padgett
Charles Plymell
Lennox Raphael
Ishmael Reed
Rene Ricard
Trungpa Rinpoche
Jerome Rothenberg
Ed Sanders
Aram Saroyan
Peter Schjeldahl
John Sinclair
Patti Smith
Gary Snyder
Jack Spicer
Charles Stein
Chris Stein
Ned Sublette
Lorenzo Thomas
Tony Towle
Psychic TV
David Van Tieghem
Paul Violi
Andrei Vosnesensky
Tom Waits
Diane Wakowski
Anne Waldman
Lewis Warsh
Tom Weatherly
Philip Whelan
John Wieners
Emmett Williams
Robert Wilson & Christopher Knowles
Sonic Youth
Frank Zappa
