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Voices of Poetry - Volume 1 Audiobook
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Hear rare recordings from some of the world's most-respected poets reading their own works: J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hoard ; ee cummings, Prose Jottings ; Archibald Macleish, The Old Man To The Lizard ; Ted Hughes, Six Young Men ; May Swenson, Naked In Borneo ; Marilyn Hacker, The Dark Twin ; Kenneth Patchen, 23rd Street Runs Into Heaven ; Edith Sitwell, An Old Woman ; Theodore Roethke, The Bat . Recording obtained and published by Rick Sheridan.
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"I love books that manage to make you forget all about everyday problems and at the same time keep you in touch with reality. This is one of the few books that travelled me non stop all through the night and the next day.Just great "
— Xeimera (5 out of 5 stars)
Voices of Poetry - Volume 1 Listener Reviews
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" after i read ... i hated the movie "
— Ivete, 5/21/2011 -
" I went to another world when I was reading this. It is a bit difficult to understand because it has a difficult language. "
— Berfu, 5/21/2011 -
" Tolkein is very detailed and a great writer. I had a hard time reading this book though. I felt like half of it was in the shire talking about Hobbit relations and life. Once I got past that it was much easier to get into. Still a great book. "
— Jessica, 5/20/2011 -
" Great story and the introduction of characters is done well as I never felt overwhelmed with differentiating the large number of hobbits, elves, humans that make appearances "
— Jeremy, 5/20/2011 -
" Awesome fantasy. It has all the things that fantasy should- strong characters, a journey, a complicated plot, a fantastical location, and magical being. A classic epic. "
— Maggiy, 5/20/2011 -
" Amazing details, an awesome start to an epic adventure. "
— Andy, 5/20/2011 -
" I really like the Lord of the Rings. It is really good read. "
— Mysterylady, 5/18/2011 -
" When I was much younger I read a lot of Sci-fi and Fantasy. I've always loved Tolkien and keep coming back to the amazing universe and stories. "
— Josephine, 5/16/2011 -
" It's a shame I never got to read the rest of the series. "
— Mercedes, 5/15/2011 -
" That was a bag of suspence. simply wonderful "
— Eze, 5/15/2011
About the Authors
J. R. R. Tolkien (1892–1973), beloved throughout the world as the creator of The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and other tales of Middle-earth, was a professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford, a fellow of Pembroke College, and a fellow of Merton College until his retirement in 1959. His chief interest was the linguistic aspects of the early English written tradition, but even as he studied these classics he was creating a set of his own. His books have been translated into more than fifty languages and have sold many millions of copies worldwide.
Edward Estlin Cummings (1894–1962), known as E. E. Cummings, with the abbreviated form of his name often written by others in lowercase letters as e e cummings (in the style of some of his poems), was an American poet, painter, essayist, author, and playwright. His body of work encompasses approximately 2,900 poems, two autobiographical novels, four plays, and several essays, as well as numerous drawings and paintings. He is remembered as an eminent voice of twentieth century poetry.
Xe Sands has more than a decade of experience bringing stories to life through narration, performance, and visual art, including recordings of the Nightwalkers series from Jaquelyn Frank. She has received several honors, including AudioFile Earphones Awards and a coveted Audie Award, and she was named Favorite Debut Romance Narrator of 2011 in the Romance Audiobooks poll.