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Essential American Poets

Listen to Donald Hall’s selection of classic American poets reading from their work. These recordings are being made available as the result of a collaboration between US and UK poet laureates Donald Hall and Andrew Motion.

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Thomas McGrath: Essential American Poets Apr 28, 2010

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Recordings of poet Thomas McGrath, with an introduction to his life and work. Recorded 1960, KPFK Radio, Los Angeles, CA.

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E.E. Cummings: Essential American Poets Apr 14, 2010

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Archival recordings of poet E.E. Cummings, with an introduction to his life and work. Recorded at the YMHA Poetry Center New York, NY in 1959.

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W.D. Snodgrass: Essential American Poets Mar 31, 2010

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Archival recordings of poet W. D. Snodgrass, with an introduction to his life and work. Recorded 1963, Library of Congress, Washington DC, and 2007, Baldwinsville, NY.

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Howard Nemerov: Essential American Poets Mar 03, 2010

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Archival recordings of poet Howard Nemerov, with an introduction to his life and work. Recorded 1962 and 1964, Library of Congress, Washington DC.

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Anne Sexton: Essential American Poets Feb 17, 2010

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Archival recordings of poet Anne Sexton, with an introduction to her life and work. Recorded in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1960.

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Weldon Kees: Essential American Poets Feb 03, 2010

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Archival recordings of poet Weldon Kees, with an introduction to his life and work. Recorded in Berkeley, California in 1952.

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James Schuyler: Essential American Poets Jan 21, 2010

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Archival recordings of poet James Schuyler, with an introduction to his life and work. Recorded at the Chelsea Hotel in New York in 1986, and at the San Francisco Art Institute in 1989.

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William Stafford: Essential American Poets Jan 06, 2010

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Archival recordings of poet William Stafford, with an introduction to his life and work. Recorded 1970 and 1978, Library of Congress.

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John Ashbery: Essential American Poets Dec 30, 2009

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Recordings of John Ashbery, with an introduction to his life and work. Recorded 2008, New York, NY.

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Robert Hass: Essential American Poets Dec 10, 2009

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Recordings of Robert Hass, with an introduction to his life and work. Recorded 2007, New York, NY.

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