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Listen to Donald Hall's selection of classic American poets reading from their work. These recordings are being made available as the result of a collaboration between US and UK poet laureates Donald Hall and Andrew Motion.
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James Tate: Essential American Poets

Archival recordings of poet James Tate, with an introduction to his life and work. Recorded at the Library of Congress in 1976.

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