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Derek Walcott reading his poems
Recorded Nov. 24, 1986, in the Coolidge Auditorium at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. Sponsored by the Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry and Literature Fund, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Recorded for the Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
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Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature (Library of Congress) - Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry and Literature Fund - Walcott, Derek
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Smith, William Jay - Nemerov, Howard - Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature (Library of Congress) - Bishop, Elizabeth - Eberhart, Richard - Hayden, Robert - Kunitz, Stanley - Shapiro, Karl - Stafford, William - Dickey, James - Spender, Stephen - Jacobsen, Josephine - Whittemore, Reed - Hoffman, Daniel - Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry and Literature Fund
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Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature (Library of Congress) - Bentley, Beth - Hayden, Robert - Bentley, Nelson - Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry and Literature Fund
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Broderick, John C. - Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature (Library of Congress) - Hayden, Robert - Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry and Literature Fund
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Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature (Library of Congress) - Hayden, Robert
Date:1978
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William Meredith reading his poems
Mr. Meredith reads seventeen of his poems, many of these from his previously published collections. In addition, he reads one poem by Robert Hayden and one by George Herbert.
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Broderick, John C. - Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature (Library of Congress) - Meredith, William - Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry and Literature Fund
Date:1978
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Any man's equal the life, loves, and friends of Hester Lynch Thrale
In this program of dramatic readings compiled from the writings of English socialite Hester Lynch Salusbury, Welsh-born actress Elizabeth Morgan presents a lively and historical account of Mrs. Thrale's life, both as Mrs. Thrale and Mrs. Piozzi.
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Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature (Library of Congress) - Piozzi, Hester Lynch - Morgan, Elizabeth - Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry and Literature Fund
Date:1978
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Mexican poets José Emilio Pacheco and Tomás Segovia reading their poems
After the English translation, Mr. Pacheco reads in the original Spanish selections from his collection, Don't ask me how the time goes by; Mr. Merdieth reads from Weathering by Alastair Reid; and Mr. Segovia follows each English version of his poems with the original Spanish for selections from Notebooks of a nomad and the single poem Wanderer and brother.
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Segovia, Tomás - Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature (Library of Congress) - Pacheco, José Emilio - Reid, Alastair - Meredith, William
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Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature (Library of Congress) - O'Brien, Tim - McPherson, James Alan - Meredith, William - Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry and Literature Fund
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Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature (Library of Congress) - English, Maurice - Morgan, Frederick - Meredith, William - Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry and Literature Fund
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Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature (Library of Congress) - Wolfert, Adrienne
Date:1978
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May Sarton and Romulus Linney reading from their work in the Coolidge Auditorium, Apr. 23, 1979
Ms. Sarton reads poetry from her collected volumes: A durable fire; A private mythology; Cloud, stone, sun, vine; A grain of mustard seed; and The lion and the rose. In the course of his introduction of Mr. Linney, Mr. Meredith reads the opening speeches from two of Mr. Linney's plays, Old man Joseph and his family, and Childe Byron. Mr. Linney reads, with the…
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Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature (Library of Congress) - Sarton, May - Taylor, Henry - Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry and Literature Fund - Bolt, Jonathan - Meredith, William - Linney, Romulus
Date:1979
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William Meredith reading his poems in the Coolidge Auditorium, Oct. 2, 1979
Program introduced by John C. Broderick ; Mr. Meredith introduced by Archibald MacLeish, who reads the poem "Ten-day leave" by Meredith. Recorded Oct. 2, 1979, in the Coolidge Auditorium at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. Sponsored by the Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry and Literature Fund, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Recorded for the Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature.
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Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature (Library of Congress) - Macleish, Archibald - Broderick, John C. - Meredith, William - Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry and Literature Fund
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Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature (Library of Congress) - Viereck, Peter - Heyen, William - Meredith, William - Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry and Literature Fund
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Rector, Liam - Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature (Library of Congress) - Folger Shakespeare Library - Merwin, W. S. (William Stanley) - Meredith, William - Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry and Literature Fund
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Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature (Library of Congress) - Sklarew, Myra - Weismiller, Edward Ronald - Meredith, William - Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry and Literature Fund
Date:1979
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Sterling Allen Brown reading his poems in the Coolidge Auditorium, Mar. 18, 1980
From Southern road: After winter ; Sister Lou ; Long gone ; Odyssey of Big Boy ; Old man buzzard ; Sporting Beasley -- Puttin' on dog -- From Southern road: Children's children ; Strange legacies ; Cabaret ; Ma Rainey ; Slim in Atlanta -- From The last ride of Wild Bill: Slim in hell -- Parish doctor -- Uncle Joe -- From…
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Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature (Library of Congress) - Brown, Sterling A. - Meredith, William - Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry and Literature Fund - Harper, Michael S.
Date:1980
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John Peck and Ellen Bryant Voigt reading their poems
Mr. Peck reads four of his poems entitled Sorcerer's apprentice, Fog burning off at Cape May, March elegies, and Migration. Ms. Voigt reads St. Judas by James Wright; four poems from her collection, Claiming kin; and ten of her other poems. William Meredith introduces the poets. The readings are interpreted in sign language with dramatic interpretations performed for four poems.
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Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature (Library of Congress) - Voigt, Ellen Bryant - Peck, John - Meredith, William - Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry and Literature Fund
Date:1980
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Denise Levertov reading her poems with comment in New York City, June 15, 1958
Includes discussion. Given to the Library of Congress in 1959 by Lee Anderson for inclusion in the Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature. Literary recordings, rev., enl. ed., p. 143. Preservation master. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Magnetic Recording Laboratory, 1973. On 1 sound tape reel : analog, 7 1/2 ips, 1 track, mono. ; 10 in.
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Levertov, Denise - Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature (Library of Congress)
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Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature (Library of Congress) - Kessler, Jascha Frederick - Eberhart, Richard
Date:1960
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Stanley Kunitz reading his poems with comment in the Coolidge Auditorium, Mar. 21, 1960
Sponsored by the Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry and Literature Fund, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Recorded for the Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature. Literary recordings, rev., enl. ed., p. 135. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Cataloging based on container/printed material/LC paperwork.
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Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature (Library of Congress) - Kunitz, Stanley - Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry and Literature Fund
Audio RecordingDerek Walcott reading his poems Recorded Nov. 24, 1986, in the Coolidge Auditorium at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. Sponsored by the Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry and Literature Fund, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Recorded for the Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.