To continue our monthly series of book lists and celebrate National Poety Month, the Washington Talking Book & Braille Library would like to recommend the following guidebooks for tourists in the land of poety.
Good Poems For Hard Times selected by Garrison Keillor. Anthology of 185 poems by American and British poets. Selected by Keillor from works he recited on the public radio show The Writer's Almanac. Cassette book RC 62393. Large print book LP 21875.
The Metaphysical Poets edited by Helen Gardner. Selected poems by seventeenth-century English poets, including John Donne and George Herbert. Contains an introduction and biographical notes. Cassette book RC 46856.
How to Read a Poem: And Fall In Love With Poetry by Edward Hirsch. A poet explores the nature of poetry by quoting and explaining a broad range of international poems written across many centuries. Cassette book RC 48477. Braille book BR 12211.
On Poets and Poetry by T. S. Eliot. A collection of essays, including studies of individual writers and poets, which illuminate the author's own creative processes. Cassette book RC 34111.
Fooling With Words: A Celebration of Poets And Their Craft by Bill Moyers. In interviews with eleven poets, Moyers probes the experiences and creative processes that led to particular poems by each of them. Cassette book CBA 7174. Braille book BR 14341.
Eight American Poets: An Anthology edited by Joel Conarroe. Selected works by eight diverse postmodern poets, including Theodore Roethke and Sylvia Plath. Includes profiles of each author. Cassette book RC 45780.
Americans' Favorite Poems: The Favorite Poem Project Anthology edited by Robert Pinsky. Two hundred poems selected by Americans as their favorites in response to an appeal from poet laureate Pinsky to mark the bicentennial of the Library of Congress. Each work is preceded by comments on why it was chosen. Cassette book RC 50000. Braille book BR 14510.
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