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The Great Poets: Emily Dickinson, Emily Dickinson

The Great Poets: Emily Dickinson

By Emily Dickinson

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Born in Massachusetts in 1830, Emily Dickinson composed over 1770 poems; but apart from her closest friends, no-one knew she was writing at all. Only after her death was her astonishing output... read more

Town Down the River, Edwin Arlington Robinson

The Town Down the River

By Edwin Arlington Robinson

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In 1910, when Edwin Arlington Robinson published The Town Down The River, he included what has become one of his most famous poems: "Miniver Cheevy." His portrait of this man, a "child of scorn" who... read more

Murders in the Rue Morgue, Edgar Allan Poe

The Murders in the Rue Morgue

By Edgar Allan Poe

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The Murders in the Rue Morgue" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe published in Graham's Magazine in 1841. It has been recognized as the first detective story; Poe referred to it as one of his "tales... read more

Oblong Box, Edgar Allan Poe

The Oblong Box

By Edgar Allan Poe

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Oblong Box is Poe's shipboard tale of a pleasure cruise to New York that progresses from odd to horribly... read more

System of Dr. Tarr and Professor Fether, Edgar Allan Poe

The System of Dr. Tarr and Professor Fether

By Edgar Allan Poe

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One Voice Recordings presents a classic, comedic short story by Edgar Allan... read more

Captain Craig, Edwin Arlington Robinson

Captain Craig

By Edwin Arlington Robinson

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In 1921, Edwin Arlington Robinson was only 52 and many of the pieces in his Collected Poems were written long before that. Yet he shows gifted understanding of old age, the passage of time, the slow... read more

Pit and the Pendulum, Edgar Allan Poe

The Pit and the Pendulum

By Edgar Allan Poe

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In "The Pit And The Pendulum" author Edgar Allan Poe weaves the story of a prisoner of the Spanish Inquisition, tried and condemned to death and locked in a horrific torture chamber to meet his doom... read more

Black Cat, Edgar Allan Poe

The Black Cat

By Edgar Allan Poe

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Edgar Allan Poe's horrific short story is the account of a man's irreversible journey into madness as he awaits his execution by hanging the next morning. Fueled by bouts of alcoholism and what seems... read more

Tell-Tale Heart, Edgar Allan Poe

The Tell-Tale Heart

By Edgar Allan Poe

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Actor David Ian Davies' telling of Poe's Gothic horror tale "The Tell-Tale Heart" captures this classic narrative of the unnamed murderer in all its exquisite vileness, its self-effacing insanity... read more

Poetic License: 100 Poems/100 Performers, Various Artists

Poetic License: 100 Poems/100 Performers

By Various Artists

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Why a Poetry Album? Easy answer: I love poetry. I love reading it. I love memorizing it. I love hearing great actors recite it. As the poet Mark Strand wrote, "Ink runs from the corners of my mouth /... read more