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Audio Recording Robert Pinsky reading selections from the anthology, Americans' favorite poems, the Favorite Poem Project and discussing them in the Mumford Room, Library of Congress, Oct. 7, 1999

Robert Pinsky reading selections from the anthology, Americans' favorite poems, the Favorite Poem Project and discussing them in the Mumford Room, Library of Congress, Oct. 7, 1999

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Title

  • Robert Pinsky reading selections from the anthology, Americans' favorite poems, the Favorite Poem Project and discussing them in the Mumford Room, Library of Congress, Oct. 7, 1999

Summary

  • Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky reads fifteen poems from the anthology, Americans' favorite poems, and concludes the program with two of his own poems not included in the anthology.

Names

  • Pinsky, Robert. prf
  • Favorite Poem Project (U.S.)
  • Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • 1999.

Contents

  • Will, lost in a sea of trouble / by Archilochos ; Kenneth Rexroth, tr. -- Everything the power of the world does is done in a circle / by Black Elk (from the Sioux, as told through John G. Neihardt) -- Eternity / by William Blake -- The Ecchoing green / by William Blake -- We real cool / by Gwendolyn Brooks -- Facing it / by Yusef Komunyakaa -- Eros turannos / by Edwin Arlington Robinson -- Otherwise / by Jane Kenyon -- Those winter Sundays / by Robert Hayden -- Names of horses / by Donald Hall -- The windhover / by Gerald Manley Hopkins -- I may, I might, I must / by Marianne Moore -- Poetry / by Marianne Moore -- The snow man / by Wallace Stevens -- Entrance / by Rainer Maria Bilke ; Edward Snow, tr. -- Samurai song ; The green piano / Robert Pinsky.

Headings

  • -  Poetry

Notes

  • -  Prosser Gifford introduces the program.
  • -  Recorded for the Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature.
  • -  Playback copy. Washington, DC. : Library of Congress Magnetic Recording Laboratory, 1999. 1 sound cassette : digital ; 2 1/2 x 3 in.

Medium

  • 1 sound tape reel (ca. 90 min.) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, mono. ; 10 in.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • RGA 4435 (playback copy)
  • RWE 1986 (preservation master)

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 99470350

Online Format

  • audio

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Chicago citation style:

Pinsky, Robert. Prf, U.S Favorite Poem Project, and Archive Of Recorded Poetry And Literature. Robert Pinsky reading selections from the anthology, Americans' favorite poems, the Favorite Poem Project and discussing them in the Mumford Room, Library of Congress, Oct. 7. 1999. Audio. https://www.loc.gov/item/99470350/.

APA citation style:

Pinsky, R. P., Favorite Poem Project, U. S. & Archive Of Recorded Poetry And Literature. (1999) Robert Pinsky reading selections from the anthology, Americans' favorite poems, the Favorite Poem Project and discussing them in the Mumford Room, Library of Congress, Oct. 7. [Audio] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/99470350/.

MLA citation style:

Pinsky, Robert. Prf, U.S Favorite Poem Project, and Archive Of Recorded Poetry And Literature. Robert Pinsky reading selections from the anthology, Americans' favorite poems, the Favorite Poem Project and discussing them in the Mumford Room, Library of Congress, Oct. 7. 1999. Audio. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/99470350/>.