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Hear it!	"What Do Women Want?" by Kim Addonizio "I want a red dress...."
	Read by the author August 29, 2007 Oakland, California From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Salmon by Kim Addonizio "In this shallow creek..."
	Read by the author August 29, 2007 Oakland, California From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Primogeniture by Julie Agoos "Someone put that basket under the dresser..."
	Read by the author April 23, 2008 New York Public Library, Mulberry Branch From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	In Memoriam Mae Noblitt by A. R. Ammons "This is just a place: / we go around, distanced,..."
	Read by the author October 28th, 1996 92nd St. Y From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Still by A. R. Ammons "I said I will find what is lowly..."
	Read by the author October 28th, 1996 92nd St. Y From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Scumble by Rae Armantrout "What if I were turned on by seemingly innocent words..."
	Read by the author March 1, 2007 AWP Conference, Atlanta From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Yonder by Rae Armantrout "Anything cancels..."
	Read by the author March 1, 2007 AWP Conference, Atlanta From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	My Philosophy of Life by John Ashbery "Just when I thought there wasn't room enough..."
	Read by the author March 08, 1994 New School University From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook Buy the CD

Hear it!	You Begin by Margaret Atwood "You begin this way:..."
	From the Academy Audio Archive Recorded on April 11, 1978 Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Add to Notebook Buy the CD

Hear it!	First Things First by W. H. Auden
	Read by the author First Things First (Audio Only) Add to Notebook Buy the CD

Hear it!	Friday's Child by W. H. Auden
	Read by the author March 12, 1964 Guggenhiem Museum From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook Buy the CD

Hear it!	On the Circuit by W. H. Auden "Among pelagian travelers,..."
	Read by the author March 12, 1964 Guggenhiem Museum From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook Buy the CD

Hear it!	Patriotics by David Baker "Yesterday a little girl got slapped to death by her daddy,..."
	Read by the author March 2, 2007 AWP Conference, Atlanta From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Catastrophe Theory II by Mary Jo Bang "The foot goes forward, yes..."
	Read by the author November, 2007 Washington University From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Catastrophe Theory III by Mary Jo Bang "Now we sit and play with a tiny toy..."
	Read by the author November, 2007 Washington University From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	The Eye Like a Strange Balloon Mounts Toward Infinity by Mary Jo Bang
	Read by the author November, 2007 Washington University From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Transcript: Mary Jo Bang in Conversation by Mary Jo Bang
	Read by the author November, 2007 Washington University From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	A Defense of Poetry by Charles Bernstein
	Read by the author July 20, 2001 Philosophy Hall Lounge, Columbia University From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Death Is The Cool Night by Charles Bernstein
	Read by the author July 20, 2001 Philosophy Hall Lounge Columbia University From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Explicit Version Number Required by Charles Bernstein
	Read by the author July 20, 2001 Philosophy Hall Lounge, Columbia University From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Laurel's Eyes by Charles Bernstein
	Read by the author July 20, 2001 Philosophy Hall Lounge, Columbia University From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Thank You For Saying Thank You by Charles Bernstein
	Read by the author July 20, 2001 Philosophy Hall Lounge Columbia University From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Dream Song 1 by John Berryman "Huffy Henry hid the day,..."
	Read by the author October 31, 1963 Guggenhiem Museum From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook Buy the CD

Hear it!	An American in Hollywood by Frank Bidart
	Read by the author April 10, 2008 Affinia Hotel, New York City From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	If See No End In Is by Frank Bidart
	Read by the author April 10, 2008 Affinia Hotel, New York City From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	The Old Man at the Wheel by Frank Bidart
	Read by the author October 18, 2007 The Times Center From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	To the Dead by Frank Bidart
	Read by the author November 17, 1992 French Institue Alliance Fran‡aise From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook Buy the CD

Hear it!	For the Sake of Retrieval by Linda Bierds
	Read by the author March 23, 1993 Alliance Francaise From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	The Grandsire Bells by Linda Bierds
	Read by the author March 23, 1993 Alliance Francaise From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	The Armadillo by Elizabeth Bishop "This is the time of year..."
	Read by the author November 29, 1977 Guggenheim Museum from the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Advice From the Geese by Robert Bly
	Read by the author February 1, 2008 AWP Conference, Hilton Hotel, New York City From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Poem for Andrew Marvell by Robert Bly
	Read by the author February 1, 2008 AWP Conference, Hilton Hotel, New York City From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Silent in the Moonlight by Robert Bly
	Read by the author February 1, 2008 AWP Conference, Hilton Hotel, New York City From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	The Greek Ships by Robert Bly
	Read by the author February 1, 2008 AWP Conference, Hilton Hotel, New York City From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	The Dragonfly by Louise Bogan
	Read by the author November 12, 1968 Guggenhiem Museum From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook Buy the CD

Hear it!	Stillbirth by Laure-Anne Bosselaar "On a platform, I heard someone call out your name..."
	Read by the author April 5, 2007 Marymount College, New York From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	from The Rwanda Poems by Kamau Brathwaite
	From the Academy Audio Archive Recorded Oct. 6, 1994 New School University Add to Notebook Buy the CD

Hear it!	Periodic Table of Ethereal Elements by Lucie Brock-Broido
	Read by the author April 28, 2004 Poets House From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	A Season by Joseph Brodsky
	Read by the author December 18, 1980 Donnell Library Center From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook Buy the CD

Hear it!	We Real Cool by Gwendolyn Brooks "We real cool. We..."
	Read by the author May 03, 1983 Guggenhiem Museum From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook Buy the CD

Hear it!	Diamonds by Christian Bök
	Read by the author February 1, 2008 AWP Conference, Hilton Hotel, New York City From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Noyta CCCP by Christian Bök
	Read by the author February 1, 2008 AWP Conference, Hilton Hotel, New York City From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Ten Maps of Sardonic Wit by Christian Bök
	Read by the author February 1, 2008 AWP Conference, Hilton Hotel, New York City From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Vowels by Christian Bök
	Read by the author February 1, 2008 AWP Conference, Hilton Hotel, New York City From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Of Distress Being Humiliated by the Classical Chinese Poets by Hayden Carruth "Masters, the mock orange is blooming in Syracuse without..."
	Read by the author May 9, 1989 From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	The Cows At Night by Hayden Carruth "The moon was like a full cup tonight..."
	Read by the author May 9, 1989 From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	A Hermit Thrush by Amy Clampitt "Nothing's certain. Crossing, on this longest day,..."
	Read by the author December 01, 1987 Pierpont Morgan Library From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook Buy the CD

Hear it!	homage to my hips by Lucille Clifton "these hips are big hips...."
	Read by the author May 03, 1983 Guggenhiem Museum From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook Buy the CD

Hear it!	Oil & Steel by Henri Cole "My father lived in a dirty dish mausoleum..."
	Read by the author April 17, 2007 Housing Works Bookstore Café From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Clementene by Jane Cooper "I always thought she was white, I thought she was an Indian..."
	Read by the author December 15, 1997 92nd St. Y, Unterberg Poetry Center From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Rent by Jane Cooper "If you want my apartment, sleep in it..."
	Read by the author December 15, 1997 92nd St. Y, Unterberg Poetry Center From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Seventeen Questions About KING KONG by Jane Cooper "Is it a myth? And if so, what does it tell us about ourselves?..."
	Read by the author December 15, 1997 92nd St. Y, Unterberg Poetry Center From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	The Blue Anchor by Jane Cooper "The future weighs down on me..."
	Read by the author December 15, 1997 92nd St. Y, Unterberg Poetry Center From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	What the Seer Said by Jane Cooper "She said I would see the future..."
	Read by the author December 15, 1997 92nd St. Y, Unterberg Poetry Center From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Kore by Robert Creeley "As I was walking..."
	Read by the author April 16, 1964 From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	The Heart by Robert Creeley
	Read by the author July 17, 2001 Columbia University From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	from Helen in Egypt: Pallinode, Books I & III by H. D.
	Read by the author from Watershed Records Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Demolition Derby by Mónica de la Torre "Sonya's so good that all the guys..."
	Read by the author The Academy Offices June 24, 2003 From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	On Translation by Mónica de la Torre "Not to search for meaning, but to reedify a gesture, an intent...."
	Read by the author The Academy Offices June 24, 2003 From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Telling the Bees by Deborah Digges "It fell to me to tell the bees..."
	Read by the author April 28, 2004 Poets House From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Reunion 2005 by Rita Dove
	Read by the author October 18, 2007 The Times Center From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Weathering Out by Rita Dove
	Read by the author April 26, 1988 Donnell Library Center From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook Buy the CD

Hear it!	On Looking for Models by Alan Dugan "The trees in time..."
	Read by the author Academy Audio Archive 1974 Add to Notebook Buy the CD

Hear it!	My Mother Would Be a Falconress by Robert Duncan "My mother would be a falconress,..."
	1969 From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook Buy the CD

Hear it!	I'm A Fool To Love You by Cornelius Eady "Some folks will tell you the blues is a woman,..."
	Read by the author March 1, 2007 AWP Conference, Atlanta From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	La Figlia Che Piange by T. S. Eliot "Stand on the highest pavement of the stair--..."
	Read by the author from Caedmon Add to Notebook

Hear it!	All Their Stanzas Look Alike by Thomas Sayers Ellis "All their fences..."
	Read by the author August 9, 2006 Bryant Park, New York City From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Artifact by Claudia Emerson
	Read by the author February 1, 2008 AWP Conference, New York City From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Homecoming by Claudia Emerson
	Read by the author February 1, 2008 AWP Conference, New York City From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Influenza by Claudia Emerson
	Read by the author February 1, 2008 AWP Conference, New York City From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Physical Plant by Claudia Emerson
	Read by the author February 1, 2008 AWP Conference, New York City From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Stringed Instrument Collection by Claudia Emerson
	Read by the author February 1, 2008 AWP Conference, New York City From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Transcript: C. K. Williams and Robert Fagles by Robert Fagles
	Read by the author Episode 30: A Tribute to Robert Fagles December 6, 2007 The Poets.org Poetcast Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Cutthroat Christ by James Fenton
	Read by the author November 29, 1994 The New School From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	In Paris With You by James Fenton
	Read by the author November 29, 1994 The New School From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Jerusalem by James Fenton
	Read by the author November 29, 1994 The New School From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Landing Under Water, I See Roots by Annie Finch "All the things we hide in water..."
	Read by the author October 19, 2006 Academy of American Poets Offices From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Wild Yeasts by Annie Finch "Rumbling a way up my dough's heavy throat to its head,..."
	Read by the author October 19, 2006 Academy of American Poets Offices From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Father Outside by Nick Flynn "A black river flows down the center..."
	Read by the author March 3, 2007 AWP Conference, Atlanta From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Swarm by Nick Flynn "When you see us swarm — rustle of..."
	Read by the author March 3, 2007 AWP Conference, Atlanta From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	For the Stranger by Carolyn Forché
	Read by the author December 07, 1978 Guggenhiem Museum From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook Buy the CD

Hear it!	The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost "Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,..."
	Read by the author from Caedmon Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Voiced Stops by Forrest Gander
	Read by the author July 18, 2001 From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	By Small and Small: Midnight to Four A.M. by Jack Gilbert
	Read by the author April 12, 2005 The New School, Wollman Hall, New York From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	The Forgotten Dialect of the Heart by Jack Gilbert
	Read by the author April 12, 2005 The New School, Wollman Hall, New York From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	A Supermarket in California by Allen Ginsberg "What thoughts I have of you tonight, Walt Whitman, for I walked..."
	Read by the author from Rhino/Word-Beat Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Bolshevescent by Peter Gizzi "You stand far from the crowd, adjacent to power..."
	Read by the author March 1, 2007 AWP Conference, Atlanta From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	It Was Raining In Delft by Peter Gizzi "A cornerstone. Marble pilings. Curbstones and brick...."
	Read by the author March 1, 2007 AWP Conference, Atlanta From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	The Red Poppy by Louise Glück "The great thing..."
	Read by the author March 17, 1992 French Institue Alliance Fran‡aise From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook Buy the CD

Hear it!	Embodies by Jorie Graham "Deep autumn; the mistake occurs, the plum tree blossoms, twelve..."
	Read by the author April 3, 2008 The New Museum, New York City From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Just Before by Jorie Graham "At some point in the day, as such, there was a pool. Of..."
	Read by the author April 3, 2008 The New Museum, New York City From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Nearing Dawn by Jorie Graham "Sunbreak. The sky opens its magazine. If you look hard..."
	Read by the author April 3, 2008 The New Museum, New York City From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	A Slice of Wedding Cake by Robert Graves
	December 03, 1966 Hunter College From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook Buy the CD

Hear it!	To Juan at the Winter Solstice by Robert Graves
	Read by the author December 03, 1966 Hunter College From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook Buy the CD

Hear it!	Narrow Flame by Linda Gregerson "Dark still. Twelve degrees below freezing...."
	Read by the author March 3, 2007 AWP Conference, Atlanta From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Chosen by the Lion by Linda Gregg
	Academy Audio Archive Recorded October 8, 1991 at the French Institute Alliance Francaise Add to Notebook Buy the CD

Hear it!	Death's Door by Thom Gunn
	1988 From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook Buy the CD

Hear it!	The Sweetwater Caverns by Kimiko Hahn
	Read by the author June 26, 2007 Bryant Park Reading Series From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Gold by Donald Hall "Pale gold of the walls, gold..."
	Read by the author Academy Audio Archive 1970 Add to Notebook Buy the CD

Hear it!	First Things at the Last Minute by Robert Hass
	Read by the author October 18, 2007 The Times Center From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Privilege of Being by Robert Hass "Many are making love. Up above, the angels..."
	From the Academy Audio Archive Recorded on May 3, 1988 Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Add to Notebook Buy the CD

Hear it!	Soledad by Robert Hayden "Naked, he lies in the blinded room..."
	Read by the author November 09, 1976 Guggenhiem Museum From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook Buy the CD

Hear it!	Chorus from Oedipus at Colonos by Anthony Hecht "What is unwisdom but the lusting after..."
	Read by the author January 24, 1991 Pierpont Morgan Library From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook Buy the CD

Hear it!	The Transparent Man by Anthony Hecht "I'm mighty glad to see you, Mrs. Curtis,..."
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