April is National Poetry Month and 1431 would like to take this opportunity to celebrate the rich history as well as the vibrant contemporary world of poetry. 1431 offers recordings of influential masters of verse reading their own writings in addition to lectures, biographies and informational recordings about the poets and their art. Click on a title to check the catalog for availability or call us at 929-3450 for assistance. 

Join us on April 19th for our Lunch & Listen concert with poet/singer Eboniramm.

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• The Augustan Poets
• Furious Flower II: Regenerating the Black Poetic Tradition
• Langston Hughes: His Life and Times
• The Poetry Lounge
• The Romantic Poets
• Sylvia
• The Victorian Poets

Digital Audiobooks (Net Library)

• Archaeology and the Illiad: the Trojan War in Homer and History
• Emily Dickinson, Poems  & Letters

From The Voice of the Poet (on Compact Disc)

• Allen Ginsberg
• E. E. Cummings
• Essential Brooks - Gwendolyn Brooks
• Five American Women – Gertrude Stein, H.D., Edna St. Vincent Millay, Louise Bogan,                & Muriel Rukeyser
• The Maya Angelou Poetry Collection
• The Nikki Giovanni Poetry Collection
• Poetry For the Beat Generation
• Robert Frost
• The Voice of Langston Hughes

History and Criticism (on Compact Disc)

• How to Read and Understand Poetry
• The Lives and Works of the English Romantic Poets   
• Walt Whitman and the Birth of Modern American Poetry