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Reads tagged with “poetry”

Walt Whitman’s “Song of Myself,” Reimagined in Beautiful Illustrations by Artist Allen Crawford
Walt Whitman’s “Song of Myself,” Reimagined in Beautiful Illustrations by Artist Allen Crawford

“He exalted the nature around and within us. His work is an expression of primal joy: He celebrated our animal senses, and the pleasures of being alive.”

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Six Rare Recordings of Denise Levertov Reading Her Poetry, Illustrated by Artist Ohara Hale
Six Rare Recordings of Denise Levertov Reading Her Poetry, Illustrated by Artist Ohara Hale

“Love is a landscape the long mountains / define but don’t / shut off from the / unseeable distance.”

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Herman Melville on Art
Herman Melville on Art

On the mystical mastery of wrestling with the angel.

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Mary Oliver on the Mystery of the Human Psyche, the Secret of Great Poetry, and How Rhythm Makes Us Come Alive
Mary Oliver on the Mystery of the Human Psyche, the Secret of Great Poetry, and How Rhythm Makes Us Come Alive

“Rhythm is one of the most powerful of pleasures, and when we feel a pleasurable rhythm we hope it will continue. When it does, it grows sweeter.”

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Frank O’Hara Reads “Metaphysical Poem” in a Rare 1964 Recording
Frank O’Hara Reads “Metaphysical Poem” in a Rare 1964 Recording

“I’m not sure I want to go there…”

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Carson McCullers’s Little-Known 1964 Illustrated Children’s Book
Carson McCullers’s Little-Known 1964 Illustrated Children’s Book

Refreshingly direct verses with a strong existential bend and an undercurrent of science and astronomy.

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Three Delightful Poems About Dogs from E.B. White
Three Delightful Poems About Dogs from E.B. White

A charming celebration from literary history’s premiere champion of the canine.

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Dorothy Parker Reads “Inscription for the Ceiling of a Bedroom” in a Rare 1926 Recording
Dorothy Parker Reads “Inscription for the Ceiling of a Bedroom” in a Rare 1926 Recording

An ode to the unflinching comfort of the bed, our most reliable sanctuary of safety.

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Maya Angelou Recites Her Poem “Phenomenal Woman”
Maya Angelou Recites Her Poem “Phenomenal Woman”

Beautiful recording brings to life a cultural classic.

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Tara Brach Reads from Mary Oliver’s “Dog Songs”
Tara Brach Reads from Mary Oliver’s “Dog Songs”

The beauty of unconditional love, at its sweetest.

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