Essential American Poets

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Essential American Poets episodes

April 28, 2010 Thomas McGrath: Essential American Poets
Recordings of poet Thomas McGrath, with an introduction to his life and work. Recorded 1960, KPFK Radio, Los Angeles, CA.
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14 min
April 14, 2010 E.E. Cummings: Essential American Poets
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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12 min
March 31, 2010 W.D. Snodgrass: Essential American Poets
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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16 min
March 03, 2010 Howard Nemerov: Essential American Poets
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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15 min
February 17, 2010 Anne Sexton: Essential American Poets
Archival recordings of poet Anne Sexton, with an introduction to her life and work. Recorded in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1960.

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30 min
February 03, 2010 Weldon Kees: Essential American Poets
Archival recordings of poet Weldon Kees, with an introduction to his life and work. Recorded in Berkeley, California in 1952.
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11 min
January 21, 2010 James Schuyler: Essential American Poets
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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20 min
January 06, 2010 William Stafford: Essential American Poets
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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13 min
December 30, 2009 John Ashbery: Essential American Poets
Recordings of John Ashbery, with an introduction to his life and work. Recorded 2008, New York, NY.
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23 min
December 10, 2009 Robert Hass: Essential American Poets
Recordings of Robert Hass, with an introduction to his life and work. Recorded 2007, New York, NY.
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17 min

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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…