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Also by Billy Collins:

Aimless Love, November 2013
Hardcover / e-Book
Ballistics, September 2008
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Poetry on Record, June 2006
Audio CD
The Trouble with Poetry: And Other Poems, October 2005
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POETRY ON RECORD
By: Billy Collins

98 Poets Read Their Work 1886-2006

Shout Factory
June 2006
ISBN: 0738934437
Audio CD
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Fiction Poetry

Poetry On Record: 98 Poets Read Their Work (1888-2006) is an engrossing collection of poems read by the people who wrote them, from the dawn of sound recording to the current day. Over the course of four CDs and an info-packed book, it tells the story of the past 120 years of poetry in English, from Romanticism (Dylan Thomas) to Modernism (T.S. Eliot), from the Harlem Renaissance (Langston Hughes) to Black Arts (Amiri Baraka), from rhyme and meter (Alfred, Lord Tennyson) to free verse (Adrienne Rich), and beyond. Equally important, it allows listeners to understand exactly how the poets intended their poems to be read aloud. Poetry On Record is the most comprehensive collection of its kind and is a must-have for any fan of poetry, or for anyone who wants an expertly chosen overview as a starting point.

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Fresh Air - NPR - June 7, 2006