Audio Recording Academy of American Poets fiftieth anniversary celebration

Title

• Academy of American Poets fiftieth anniversary celebration

Names

• Hecht, Anthony, 1923-2004
• Fitzgerald, Robert, 1910-1985
• Hoffman, Daniel, 1923-
• Hollander, John
• Kunitz, Stanley, 1905-2006
• Merrill, James, 1926-1995
• Nemerov, Howard, 1920-1991
• Van Duyn, Mona
• Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature (Library of Congress)
• Academy of American Poets

Created / Published

• 1983.

Contents

• Mr. Fitzgerald reads: "Portraits" from A wreath for the sea ; "Lightness in autumn" from Poems : 1956 ; Tyrolo ; "Colorado" from A wreath for the sea -- Mr. Hoffman reads: Himself ; The great American novel ; Night fishing ; "The old photo in an old life" from The center of attention ; The finish ; A felled tree ; Crossing Walt Whitman Bridge -- Mr. Hollander reads: from Powers of thirteen (12 selections) -- Mr. Kunitz reads: "Quinnapoxt" and "The quarrel" from The poems of Stanley Kunitz, 1928-1978 ; The abduction ; The long boat ; The wellfleet whale --
• Mr. Merrill reads: Sonnet, by Elizabeth Bishop ; "The broken home" from Nights and days ; A day on the Connecticut River ; In the dark -- Mr. Nemerov reads: "Again" from The western approaches ; "The blue swallows" from The blue swallows ; Poetics ; At the tomb of the unknown celebrity ; "Power to the people" from Gnomes & occasions ; The Makers -- Ms. Van Duyn reads: "Letters from a father" and "The learners" from Letters from a father.

Notes

• -  Anthony Hecht introduces the poets.
• -  Recorded for the Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature.

Medium

• 2 sound tape reels : analog, 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, mono. ; 10 in.

Call Number/Physical Location

• RGA 1234
• RWA 6756-RWA 6757

Library of Congress Control Number

• 98701131

Online Format

• audio

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/98701131

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