Essential American Poets

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Essential American Poets episodes

February 19, 2009 Ted Kooser: Essential American Poets
Recordings of poet Ted Kooser, with an introduction to his life and work. Recorded July 10, 2007, Lincoln, NE.

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18 min
February 04, 2009 Heather McHugh: Essential American Poets
Recordings of poet Heather McHugh, with an introduction to her life and work. Recorded September 21, 2007, New York, NY.
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11 min
January 26, 2009 Galway Kinnell: Essential American Poets
Recordings of poet Galway Kinnell, with an introduction to his life and work. Recorded September 19, 2007, New York, NY.

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14 min
January 06, 2009 Theodore Roethke: Essential American Poets
Archival recordings of Theodore Roethke, with an introduction to his life and work. Recorded 1950s, YMHA Poetry Center, New York, NY. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.

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9 min
December 19, 2008 Jean Valentine: Essential American Poets
Recordings of poet Jean Valentine, with an introduction to her life and work. Recorded July 10, 2007, in studio, New York, NY.
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8 min
December 03, 2008 Rodney Jones: Essential American Poets
Recordings of poet Rodney Jones, with an introduction to his life and work. Recorded March 1, 2008, in studio, New York, NY.
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11 min
November 18, 2008 Hayden Carruth: Essential American Poets
Archival recordings of Hayden Carruth, with an introduction to his life and work. All recordings are from Hayden Carruth: A Listener’s Guide. Copper Canyon Press, 1999.

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11 min
October 17, 2008 Kay Ryan: Essential American Poets
Recordings of current poet laureate Kay Ryan, with an introduction to her life and work. Recorded September 11, 2007, in studio, San Francisco, CA.
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9 min
September 16, 2008 Gwendolyn Brooks: Essential American Poets
Archival recordings of former poet laureate Brooks, with an introduction to her life and work. Recorded January 19, 1961, Recording Laboratory, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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12 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…