Uncollected Writings of David Cloud Berman

The unexpected and untimely passing of David Berman was a shock to many. In the following days, some took to social media and shared their favorite writings of his across the web or private correspondence. This is a small attempt to provide an amount of comfort by bringing together and sharing ways he connected with his audience and to document a dispersed part of who he was.

Contributions

• The Baffler 1988 - 1995
• The Believer 2003-2004
• On the founding of Jagjaguwar
• The Minus Times
• The Future Dictionary of America 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
• These United States
• The Summer Before the Night Ecstasy Became Illegal in the State of Texas, Domino Record Co.
• You Owe Me a Feeling
• Jane
• Fly Girl

Readings

• A Cowboy Overflow of the Heart
• Governors on Sominex and My Life at Home During Banking Hours
• Top Ten Redneck Moments
• At the Gainesville Headquarters Library, Part 1 Part 2 Part 3
• The Prayer, from Government Lake: Last Poems by James Tate
• With accompaniment by The Impossible Shapes, 2005
• In Romania, 2016
• Untitled from Hidden Water by Frank Stanford
• At St Mary's College, 2002 Part 1 Part 2
• Lecture at Macaulay Honors College, 2013

Writing

• Menthol Mountains, personal blog.
• The Colonial Manuscript
• The Kingston Bunkley Manuscript (Note that this is of uncertain authorship but is at minimum co-authored by DCB.)
• The Civil Jar, early 90's personal zine.
  • Issue 1 1 2
  • Issue 2 1 2
  • Issue 4 1 2
  • Issue 5 1 2

2019 Interviews

• American Songwriter
• Aquarium Drunkard
• The Believer
• City Pages
• Exclaim
• Kreative Kontrol
• LEO Weekly
• Little Village
• LNWY
• Loud and Quiet
• Metro
• Perfect Sound Forever
• Poetry Foundation
• Radar (Argentina/Spanish)
• The Ringer
• Record Collector
• Reddit AMA
• Static, 2SER-FM, audio
• Tidal, playlist only
• UPROXX
• The Washington Post

Pre-2019 Interviews

• repErrant, 2008. French with English audio.
• 2008 audio interview with CFRU
• Unpublished 2014 audio interview, Part 1 Part 2 Part 3
• On writing poetry, Dallas News
• The Fader Interview, The Fader
• On The Natural Bridge, Stereogum

Correspondence

• To @Andr6wMale
• To @bhcolorado
• To Charles Wright
• To @GoodCop_
• To @JakeNYC
• To @johnnymetro
• To @leafygreene
• To @lighghghght
• To @LosCampesinos
• To @NeilHamburger
• To @JahHills, 1 2 3 4 5
• To @Timothy17695396
• To @sikklaffter
• To @Volume_Knob
• To @xxDigitalBath
• To @yoniwolf

Other

• Liner notes to Scud Mountain Boys' Pine Box LP
• The Corduroy Suit (Archived Silver Jews fan site with writings)
• QuickMuse poetry playback 1 2

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