The Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature at the Library of Congress dates back to 1943, and contains nearly 2,000 recordings of poets and writers participating in literary events at the Library’s Capitol Hill campus as well as sessions at the Library’s Recording Laboratory. Explore the full collection.
Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature
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Audio RecordingThe poet and the poem from the Library of Congress. Avideh Shashaani
Avideh Shashaani Iranian-American poet Avideh Shashaani reads selections from her poetry and is interviewed by Grace Cavalieri.- Contributor: Cavalieri, Grace - Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature (Library of Congress) - Shashaani, Avideh
- Date: 2005
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Audio RecordingPoets on being a panel discussion A panel discussion on the subject of writing poetry, featuring the two 2004 Witter Bynner fellows and three young poets, each of whom has published one book.
- Contributor: Streckfus, Peter - Reece, Spencer - Boyers, Peggy - Glück, Louise - Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature (Library of Congress) - Levin, Dana - Chiasson, Dan - Witter Bynner Foundation
- Date: 2004
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Audio RecordingAnne Carson and Claudia Rankine reading their poems in the Montpelier Room, Library of Congress, May 3, 2004 Introductions by Poet Laureate Louise Glück. Recorded for the Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature. Playback copy. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Magnetic Recording Laboratory, 2004. 1 sound cassette : digital ; 2 1/2 x 3 in.
- Contributor: Carson, Anne - Glück, Louise - Rankine, Claudia - Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature (Library of Congress)
- Date: 2004
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Audio RecordingThe poet and the poem from the Library of Congress. Maria Gillan
Maria Gillan Poet Maria Gillan reads selections from her poetry and is interviewed by Grace Cavalieri.- Contributor: Cavalieri, Grace - Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature (Library of Congress) - Gillan, Maria M.
- Date: 2004
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Audio RecordingPoet Laureate Louise Glück reading her poems in the Montpelier Room, Library of Congress, May 4, 2004 Final reading of her laureateship. Recorded for the Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature. Playback copy. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Magnetic Recording Laboratory, 2004. 1 sound cassette : digital ; 2 1/2 x 3 in. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
- Contributor: Glück, Louise - Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature (Library of Congress)
- Date: 2004
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Audio Recording2004 Witter Bynner Fellows Dana Levin and Spencer Reece reading their poems in the Mumford Room, Library of Congress, Feb. 24, 2004 Introduced by Poet Laureate Louise Glück. Sponsored by the Witter Bynner Foundation in conjunction with the Library of Congress. Recorded for the Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature. Playback copy. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Magnetic Recording Laboratory, 2004. 1 sound cassette : digital ; 2 1/2 x 3 in.
- Contributor: Reece, Spencer - Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature (Library of Congress) - Glück, Louise - Levin, Dana - Witter Bynner Foundation
- Date: 2004
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Audio RecordingA reading by Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry Louise Glück in the Montpelier Room, Oct. 21, 2003 Reading from a body of work spanning forty years, Louise Glück, the new Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry, reads her poems Prism (excerpts), Cottonmouth Country, Mock orange, The silver lily, Telemachus' guilt, Landscape, and October.
- Contributor: Billington, James H. - Glück, Louise - Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature (Library of Congress)
- Date: 2003
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Audio Recording2003 Witter Bynner Fellows Major Jackson and Rebecca Wee reading their poems in the Montpelier Room, Library of Congress, Apr. 15, 2003 Poet Laureate Billy Collins introduces the program and the poets. Sponsored by the Witter Bynner Foundation in conjunction with the Library of Congress. Recorded for the Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature. Playback copy. Washington, DC. : Library of Congress Magnetic Recording Laboratory, 2003. 1 sound cassette : digital ; 2 1/2 x 3 in.
- Contributor: Wee, Rebecca LIV - Jackson, Major - Collins, Billy - Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature (Library of Congress) - Witter Bynner Foundation
- Date: 2003
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Audio RecordingMary Jo Bang reading from her poetry in the Recording Laboratory, Library of Congress, Jan. 28, 2003 Recorded for the Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature. Playback copy. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Magnetic Recording Laboratory, 2003. 1 sound cassette : digital ; 2 1/2 x 3 in.
- Contributor: Bang, Mary Jo - Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature (Library of Congress)
- Date: 2003
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Audio RecordingA Korean-American poetry reading celebrating the centennial of Korean immigration to the United States. Poems are read in Korean with English translations. Yearn Hong Choi and Haengja Kim read their own poems; K.S. Kwon reads the poems of Nam Soo Park (deceased); Prosser Gifford and Jennifer Rutland read the English translations. Recorded for the Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature. Playback copy. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Magnetic Recording Laboratory, 2003. 1 sound cassette : digital ;…
- Contributor: Rutland, Jennifer - Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature (Library of Congress) - Pak, Nam-Su - Gifford, Prosser - Kim, Haeng-Ja - Chʻoe, Yŏn-Hong
- Date: 2003
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Audio RecordingPoetry for the people readings from the new anthology, The hell with love : poems to mend a broken heart
Hell with love A program celebrating National Poetry Month. Readers: Warren Brown, Andrew Carroll, Carolyn Creedon, Carolyn Curiel, David Gewanter, Susan Jane Gilman, Kim Konopka, Veronica Lerma, Lisa Ling, Jennifer Mendelsohn, Marie Ponsot, Jewell Robinson, Norma Tilden, Larry Velez, Virginia Williams, and Dennis Williams. Sponsored by the Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry and Literature Fund, the American Poetry and Literacy Project, the Library of Congress, Full of Beans--Stuff…- Contributor: Velez, Elizabeth Ash - Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature (Library of Congress) - Esselman, Mary D.
- Date: 2002
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Audio RecordingHedonism and the pleasures of poetry lecture Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry Billy Collins concludes the 2001-2002 literary season with this lecture.
- Contributor: Collins, Billy - Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry and Literature Fund - Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature (Library of Congress)
- Date: 2002
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Audio Recording2002 Witter Bynner Fellows Kati︠a︡ Kapovich and George Bilgere reading their poems in the Mumford Room, Library of Congress, Apr. 3, 2002 Director of Scholarly Programs Prosser Gifford reads remarks from Poet Laureate Billy Collins, who was not able to be present due to a fall. Mr. Gifford also gives a history of the fellowships and introduces the poets. Sponsored by the Witter Bynner Foundation in conjunction with the Library of Congress. Recorded for the Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature. Playback copy. Washington, DC. :…
- Contributor: Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature (Library of Congress) - Kapovich, Kati︠a - Bilgere, George - Gifford, Prosser - Witter Bynner Foundation
- Date: 2002
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Audio RecordingCarolyn Kizer and Miller Williams reading their poems in the Montpelier Room, Library of Congress, Mar. 21, 2002 Introductions by Poet Laureate Billy Collins. Recorded for the Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature. Playback copy. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Magnetic Recording Laboratory, 2002. 1 sound cassette : digital ; 2 1/2 x 3 in.
- Contributor: Collins, Billy - Williams, Miller - Kizer, Carolyn - Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature (Library of Congress)
- Date: 2002
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Audio RecordingThe poet and the poem from the Library of Congress. Lucille Clifton
Lucille Clifton Poet Lucille Clifton, a National Book Award winner, reads from her poems and is interviewed by Grace Cavalieri.- Contributor: Cavalieri, Grace - Clifton, Lucille - Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature (Library of Congress)
- Date: 2002
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Audio RecordingLucille Clifton reading her poems with comment in the Montpelier Room, Oct. 24, 2002 Ms. Clifton reads poems from her forthcoming collection entitled Mercy.
- Contributor: Clifton, Lucille - Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature (Library of Congress)
- Date: 2002
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Audio Recording2001 Witter Bynner Fellows Tory Dent and Nick Flynn reading their poems in the Montpelier Room, Library of Congress, Apr. 5, 2001 Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry Stanley Kunitz discusses the fellowships and introduces the poets. Sponsored by the Witter Bynner Foundation in conjunction with the Library of Congress. Recorded for the Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature. Playback copy. Washington, DC. : Library of Congress Magnetic Recording Laboratory, 2001. 1 sound cassette : digital ; 2 1/2 x 3 in.
- Contributor: Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature (Library of Congress) - Kunitz, Stanley - Flynn, Nick - Witter Bynner Foundation - Dent, Tory
- Date: 2001
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Audio RecordingA reading by 2000-01 Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry Stanley Kunitz in the Coolidge Auditorium, May 9, 2001 Poet Laureate Stanley Kunitz closes the 2000-2001 literary season at the Library of Congress by reading poems by others that have influenced him throughout his life, along with some poems of his own.
- Contributor: Kunitz, Stanley - Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature (Library of Congress)
- Date: 2001
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Audio RecordingYusef Komunyakaa reading his poems with comment in the Montpelier Room, Library of Congress, April 12, 2001 Welcoming remarks and introduction to the poet, Prosser Gifford. Recorded for the Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature. Sponsored by the Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry and Literature Fund. Playback copy. Washington, DC. : Library of Congress Magnetic Recording Laboratory, 2001. 1 sound cassette : digital ; 2 1/2 x 3 in.
- Contributor: Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry and Literature Fund - Gifford, Prosser - Komunyakaa, Yusef - Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature (Library of Congress)
- Date: 2001
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Audio RecordingYoung voices from the nation's capital a poetry reading by Washington, D.C., public school students. Students and presenters read selections from the works of Sterling A. Brown and Gwendolyn Brooks. The program also includes students reading their own poems.
- Contributor: Denizé, Donna - March, Sydney - Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature (Library of Congress) - Brooks, Gwendolyn - Raphael, Molly - Kendrick, Dolores - Brown, Sterling A.
- Date: 2001
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Audio RecordingPeter Davison reading his poems in the Montpelier Room, Library of Congress, March 8, 2001 Mr. Davison reads from his poetry including his newest collection entitled Breathing room, published in 2000.
- Contributor: Davison, Peter - Rutland, Jennifer - Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature (Library of Congress) - Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry and Literature Fund
- Date: 2001
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Audio RecordingDorianne Laux and Gregory Orr reading their poems with comment in the Montpelier Room, Library of Congress, March 15, 2001 Ms. Laux reads from her recently published collection entitled Smoke, two of her "sex poems," and two recently written unpublished poems. Mr. Orr reads from his collected works, City of salt and Orpheus and Eurydice, some recently written unpublished poems, and his sequence entitled Psalms.
- Contributor: Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature (Library of Congress) - Orr, Gregory - Gray, Patricia H. - Laux, Dorianne - Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry and Literature Fund
- Date: 2001
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Audio RecordingJean Valentine and Cornelius Eady reading their poems with comment in the Montpelier Room, Library of Congress, March 22, 2001 Ms. Valentine reads from her recently published collection entitled Cradle of the real life and ten unpublished poems. Mr. Eady reads G.E. Patterson's poem: Yard talk--hard love. He continues with ten of his unpublished poems and selections from his three published volumes: Victims of the latest dance craze, You don't miss your water, and Brutal imagination.
- Contributor: Rutland, Jennifer - Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature (Library of Congress) - Eady, Cornelius - Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry and Literature Fund - Valentine, Jean
- Date: 2001
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Audio RecordingMichael Burkard and Sapphire reading their poems with comment in the Mumford Room, Library of Congress, March 29, 2001 Recorded for the Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature. Sponsored by the Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry and Literature Fund. Welcoming remarks and introduction to the poets, Prosser Gifford. Playback copy. Washington, DC. : Library of Congress Magnetic Recording Laboratory, 2001. 1 sound cassette : digital ; 2 1/2 x 3 in.
- Contributor: Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature (Library of Congress) - Sapphire - Gifford, Prosser - Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry and Literature Fund - Burkard, Michael
- Date: 2001
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Audio RecordingThe 2000 Rebekah Johnson Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry ceremony of award The book chosen by the jury for the 2000 Bobbitt Prize is Of no country I know: new and selected poems and translations, by David Ferry. Recorded: Library of Congress Montpelier Room, Washington, D.C., Dec. 18, 2000. Recorded for the Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature. Playback copy. Washington, DC. : Library of Congress Magnetic Recording Laboratory, 2000. 1 sound cassette : digital ;…
- Contributor: Ferry, David - Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature (Library of Congress) - Strand, Mark - Gene Berry and Jeffrey Campbell Collection (Library of Congress) - Bidart, Frank - Pinsky, Robert - Koch, Kenneth
- Date: 2000