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Title: good poetry, very poor readers
Review: The idea of this collection is fine, but a disastrous decision was made to have the poetry read by American poets. One of the readers, Anthony Hecht, does a good job, but most read no better than your next door neighbor, and some are dreadful, as for example, Jorie Graham. My advice is : save your money for audio poetry read by actors -- there are wonderful collections read by Richard Burton, Christopher Plummer, Alexander Scourby, et al. The Penguin English Poetry collection is also well read. Another problem with this collection is that there is more introductory material read on the tape than actual poetry. This material may be helpful the first time you listen, but will become increasingly annoying as you re-listen.
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