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Essential Brooks
Author/Reader: Gwendolyn Brooks, Gwendolyn Brooks

She was the first African-American to win the Pulitzer Prize. This collection of 27 of her best-loved and most evocative poems represents her technical mastery, her compassionate and illuminating response to a world both special and universal, and her warm humanity. Includes poems from A Street in Bronzeville, Annie Allen, The Bean Eaters, Black Expression Vol. 1 and In the Mecca.

Audio Orig, 1 CD, Poetry, D2H876, 9780060878764, $12.95
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Essential Cummings
Author/Reader: e.e. cummings, e.e. cummings

The master of experimental and abstract poetry, e.e. cummings reads a collection of some of his finest poems. These works stir and excite, amuse and sometimes enrage. "Essential listening for those who love his work... Cummings's quizzicalintrospections on various topics are filled with his questioning and idiosyncratic imagination."—AudioFile

Audio Orig, 1 CD, Poetry, D1H693, 9780061336935, ~~$12.95~~ Now $8.42
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Essential Dickinson
Author: Emily Dickinson, Performer: Julie Harris

This beautifully read poetry and the luminous, fascinating letters of the Belle of Amherst give us a rich portrait of the brilliant poet. Hear the rapture and despair, the beautiful and inventive language of this eloquent writer. "One can hear the affinity Harris had for the material in her calm, alluring, and focused performance."—AudioFile

Audio Orig, 1 CD, Poetry, D1H421, 9780061124211, $12.95
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The Essential Dylan Thomas
Author: Dylan Thomas, Readers: Dylan Thomas, Richard Burton, Philip Madoc, Jason Hughes, Michael Sheen, and Richard Bebb

The best of the brilliant Welsh poet. Includes the classic Richard Burton recording of Under Milk Wood, as well as Thomas and others reading Fern Hill, Do Not Go Gentle, and Poem in October. Short stories include The Outing, Peaches,and The Fight. Audie Award finalist. "Saturated in the musical speech of Wales, they dazzle with lush imagery, cascading sonorities, heady earthiness, and bold flourishes."—AudioFile

Audio Orig, 4 CDs, Poetry, D4E343, 9789626343432, $28.98
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Essential Eliot
Author/Reader: T.S. Eliot, T.S. Eliot

These poems, selected by the author, include The Waste Land; The Hollow Men; Journey of the Magi; La Figlia che Piange; Landscapes: New Hampshire; Virginia; Usk; Rannoch by Glencoe; Cape Ann; Morning at the Window; Difficulties of a Statesman; Sweeney Among the Nightingales; Whispers of Immortality; and Macavity: the Mystery Cat. He recorded them in London in 1947 and 1955. "Enlightening... When Eliot reads, the complex rhythms of the poems tug at the listener's attention."—AudioFile

Audio Orig, 1 CD, Poetry, D1H420, 9780061124204, $12.95
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Essential Emerson
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson, Reader: Archibald MacLeish

Although Emerson's poetry reveals that he regarded life as a tragedy, he also had a belief in humanity, a pride in human life. This collection includes many of his best-known works – including Each and All, The Problem, and Hamatreya– read by Archibald MacLeish, a distinguished poet himself. "A rare treasure... enlightening."—AudioFile

Audio Orig, 1 CD, Poetry, D1H336, 9780061663369, $12.95
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The Essential John Milton
Author: John Milton, Readers: Anton Lesser, Samantha Bond, and Derek Jacobi

This collection offers an ideal overview of John Milton's work that has affected and influenced generations of poets and poetry lovers. Includes selections from Paradise Lost, the complete Paradise Regained, excerpts from other major worksincluding Comus and Samson Agonistes, as well as sonnets and famous shorter poems. Also includes a biography of Milton. "A model for how to do a great writer honor... illuminating."—The Times (of London)

Abridged, 8 CDs, Poetry, D8E885, 9789626348857, $54.98
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Essential Langston Hughes
Author/Reader: Langston Hughes, Langston Hughes

A rare and exceptional recording of Hughes reading his own poetry, as well as his own commentary and reflections. Hear the quintessential poet of the Harlem Renaissance. "The spirit of the poet, his ability to observe human behavior yet not despair, and his æbluesification’ of his experiences into poetry are beautifully captured in this truly essential recording."—AudioFile

Audio Orig, 1 CD, Poetry, D1H694, 9780061336942, $12.95
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