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The second volume in our incredibly popular Audio Archive Anthology series contains twenty-two poems read by some of contemporary poetry's most influential authors. As on Volume I, every track on this CD has been excerpted from the full-length readings that make up the Academy's Audio Archive catalog. The Academy has been sponsoring public readings since 1963, and the recordings of these forty-plus years have yielded some stunning poetic treasures.

The authors who read their work on Volume II are: Margaret Atwood, Joseph Brodsky, Linda Gregg, Marilyn Hacker, Robert Hayden, June Jordan, Kenneth Koch, Yusef Komunyakaa, Maxine Kumin, Audre Lorde, Heather McHugh, James Merrill, W. S. Merwin, Sharon Olds, George Oppen, Czeslaw Milosz, William Stafford, Mark Strand, May Swenson, James Tate, Mona Van Duyn, and Rosanna Warren. The poems selected for the Anthology Archive series range from the humorous to the heartbreaking, and each has been carefully remastered to bring out the nuances of the authors' voices without changing the atmospheric tone of the original recordings.

Length: 61 min.

Track List:

1. Rosanna Warren (b. 1953): The Cormorant, 1988
2. Heather McHugh (b. 1948): What He Thought, 1992
3. Yusef Komunyakaa (b. 1947): My Father’s Love Letters, 1993
4. James Tate (b. 1943): Dream On, 1996
5. Sharon Olds(b. 1942): Last Words, 1993
6. Marilyn Hacker (b. 1942): Cleis, 1992
7. Linda Gregg (b. 1942): Chosen by the Lion, 1991
8. Joseph Brodsky (1940 –1996): Lullaby of Cape Cod, Part I (English translation ready by Mark Strand, Russian original read by Brodsky), 1980
9. Margaret Atwood (b. 1939): From an Italian Postcard Factory, 1978
10. June Jordan (1936 – 2002): Poem about Intelligence for My Brothers and Sisters, 1992
11. Mark Strand (b. 1934): From a Litany, 1978
12. Audre Lorde (1934 – 1992): Harriet, 1977
13. W. S. Merwin (b. 1927): The Child, 1966
14. James Merrill (1926 – 1995): The Smile, 1992
15. Maxine Kumin (b. 1925): The Hermit Wakes to Bird Sounds, 1979
16. Kenneth Koch (1925 – 2002): One Train May Hide Another, 1994
17. Mona Van Duyn (1921 – 2004 ): Endings, 1991
18. William Stafford (1914 – 1993): A Walk in the Country, 1970
19. Robert Hayden (1913 – 1980): The Broken Dark, 1976
20. May Swenson (1913 – 1989): I Look at My Hand, 1985
21. Czeslaw Milosz (1911 – 2004): Counsels, 1974
22. George Oppen (1908 – 1984): A Narrative, 1964