Billy Collins Live
A Performance at the Peter Norton Symphony Space April 20, 2005
Written by Billy Collins
Read by Billy Collins
Introduction by Bill Murray

Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: August 2, 2005
Price: $19.95

In this exclusive audio publishing event, Billy Collins, former U.S. Poet Laureate, shares an evening of his poetry in a benefit reading for WNYC, New York Public Radio. Often compared to Robert Frost, his poetry has been embraced by people of all ages and backgrounds, and his readings are most often... Read more >

The Voice of the Poet: Robert Frost

Written by Robert Frost
Read by Robert Frost

Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: March 18, 2003
Price: $19.95

A remarkable series of audiobooks, featuring distinguished twentieth-century American poets reading from their own work. A first in audiobook publishing--a series that uses the written word to enhance the listening experience--poetry to be read as well as heard. Each audiobook includes rare archival recordings and a book with the text of... Read more >

The Voice of the Poet: T.S. Eliot

Written by T.S. Eliot
Read by T.S. Eliot

Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: March 29, 2005
Price: $19.95

Featuring rare archival recordings of the featured poet reading his own work! Each program in Random House Audio Voices' exclusive THE VOICE OF THE POET series is accompanied by a book containing the text of the poems and a commentary by J.D. McClatchy. Read more >

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Written by Maya Angelou
Read by Maya Angelou

Format: Abridged Compact Disc
On Sale: September 3, 1996
Price: $22.95

2 CDs / 3 hours
Read by the Author, Maya Angelou

Also available on cassette


Superbly told--with the poet's gift for language and observation, and charged with the unforgettable emotion of remembered anguish and love--this remarkable autobiography by an equally remarkable black woman from Arkansas captures, indelibly, a world of which most Americans are... Read more >

Celebrations
Rituals of Peace and Prayer
Written by Maya Angelou
Read by Maya Angelou

Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: October 24, 2006
Price: $19.95

Grace, dignity, and eloquence have long been hallmarks of Maya Angelou’s poetry. Her measured verses have stirred our souls, energized our minds, and healed our hearts. Whether offering hope in the darkest of nights or expressing sincere joy at the extraordinariness of the everyday, Maya Angelou has served as our common... Read more >

And Still I Rise
A Selection of Poems Read by the Author
Written by Maya Angelou
Read by Maya Angelou

Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: August 28, 2001
Price: $12.00

These new poems are powerful, distinctive and as always, full of lifting rhythms of love and remembering.


From the Hardcover edition. Read more >

The Voice of the Poet: e.e. cummings

Written by E.E. Cummings
Read by E.E. Cummings

Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: March 29, 2005
Price: $19.95

Featuring rare archival recordings of the featured poet reading his own work! Each program in Random House Audio Voices' exclusive THE VOICE OF THE POET series is accompanied by a book containing the text of the poems and a commentary by J.D. McClatchy. Read more >

The Voice of the Poet: W.H. Auden

Written by W. H. Auden
Read by W. H. Auden

Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: March 16, 2004
Price: $19.95

Some of the most enduring poetry of the twentieth century, read by the legendary Auden himself. This collection features such favorites as "As I Walked Out One Evening," "Musee des Beaux Arts" and "The Shield of Achilles," among many others.

A companion book is included with these never-before-released recordings. Read more >

The Voice of the Poet: Langston Hughes

Written by Langston Hughes
Read by Langston Hughes

Format: Abridged Compact Disc
On Sale: March 26, 2002
Price: $19.95

THE VOICE OF THE POET

A remarkable series of audiobooks, featuring distinguished twentieth-century American poets reading from their own work. A first in audiobook publishing--a series that uses the written word to enhance the listening experience--poetry to be read as well as heard. Each audiobook includes rare archival recordings and a book... Read more >

The Knopf National Poetry Month(TM) Collection

Written by Various
Read by Various

Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: March 20, 2007
Price: $19.95

Since 1998, the Alfred A. Knopf Publishing Group has celebrated National Poetry Month™ by emailing a poem-a-day throughout the month of April to over 25,000 devoted poetry fans. In April 2006, Knopf introduced the Poem-a-Day podcast, which featured poets including Kevin Young and James Merrill reading their own poems, as well... Read more >