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	Advanced Search > ABOUT THE AUTHOR James Wright James Arlington Wright was born in Martins Ferry, Ohio, on December 13, 1927. His father worked for fifty years at a glass factory, and his mother left school at fourteen to work... More > FURTHER READING Related Prose Groundbreaking Book: The Branch Will Not Break by James Wright (1963) Poetry Landmark: James Wright's hometown of Martins Ferry, OH Audio Archive Notable Books Academy Exclusives Video Collection Priced Under $20 Gift Ideas New & Bestselling Adopt a Poet | Add to Notebook | E-mail to Friend | Print James Wright CD   Price: $17.00 1964/1978. Introduced by Mark Strand (1978). "Hearing him in 1978, his anguish and intensity are unmistakable. Issued back-to-back with his 1964 reading emphasizing his quiescent poems of rural Minnesota, we hear two remarkably different voices of the same poet." --Library Journal Booklist said of this tape that "a precious treasure chest has been unearthed with these historic recordings." A rare collection of James Wright's radiant poems of astonishment. Length: 85 min.
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