Essential American Poets

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Essential American Poets episodes

December 01, 2009 Kenneth Koch: Essential American Poets
Recordings of poet Kenneth Koch, with an introduction to his life and work. Recorded in 1960 and 1976, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
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23 min
November 11, 2009 Mark Strand: Essential American Poets
Recordings of Mark Strand, with an introduction to his life and work. Recorded 2008, New York, NY.
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11 min
October 28, 2009 James Tate: Essential American Poets
Archival recordings of poet James Tate, with an introduction to his life and work. Recorded at the Library of Congress in 1976.
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9 min
October 14, 2009 Gerald Stern: Essential American Poets
Recordings of poet Gerald Stern, with an introduction to his life and work. Recorded in New York, NY and Austin, TX.
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15 min
October 08, 2009 Louise Bogan: Essential American Poets
Recordings of poet Louise Bogan, with an introduction to her life and work. Recorded at the Library of Congress in 1944 and 1968.
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10 min
September 16, 2009 Yvor Winters: Essential American Poets
Archival recordings of poet Yvor Winters, with an introduction to his life and work. Recorded July 2, 1945, Stanford University, Stanford, CA.
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14 min
September 02, 2009 Li-Young Lee: Essential American Poets
Recordings of Li-Young Lee, with an introduction to his life and work. Recorded March 3, 2008, New York, NY.
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19 min
August 20, 2009 Amy Clampitt: Essential American Poets
Recordings of poet Amy Clampitt, with an introduction to her life and work. Recorded 1988, at the Library of Congress.

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17 min
August 05, 2009 Philip Levine: Essential American Poets
Recordings of Philip Levine, with an introduction to his life and work. Recorded September 13, 2007, New York, NY.

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18 min
July 22, 2009 J. V. Cunningham: Essential American Poets
Archival recordings of J. V. Cunningham, with an introduction to his life and work. Recorded 1958, Cambridge Massachusetts, and 1968, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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10 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…