Audio

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This page is designed to orient you with the audio aspect of The Cortland Review

This site features a collection of audio recordings exclusive to The Cortland Review. The bulk of the audio appears in TCR Issues, where poets and writers read their own work.

Occasionally audio content is provided for a monthly feature, a portion of an interview, or a broadcast poetry event.  An example may be found in Issue Six, where audio clips of Henry Taylor discussing poetic form are provided.

In some instances, a substitute reader may be asked to read if the author is unavailable for a recording.

To search for an author's work in realaudio, visit the Author Index

To listen to the audio on this site, you will need:

• at least a Pentium-class processor with a sound card and speakers

• at least a 28.8 modem

• RealAudio Player version 5.0 or higher.

If you do not already have a copy, download a FREE RealPlayer G2, the latest version realaudio player from RealNetworks.

Once installed, the RealPlayer will allow you to stream audio clips from this site. This means that you will be able to listen instantaneously without having to wait for a download.

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For additional information on computer requirements visit RealNetworks' System requirements page.

Academy of American Poets Listening Booth
An excellent selection of audio recordings of well known poets such as W.S. Merwin, Philip Levine and Charles Simic reading their own work.

Atlantic Monthly Audible Anthology
With recordings by R.T. Smith, W.S. Merwin and Philip Levine, Atlantic Monthly is certainly one of the best places on the web to hear audio.

Audible.com
Certainly worth a look/listen, these guys have a pretty good selection of audio that will keep you listening for a long time.

BBC Education National Poetry Day
Audio of eight British celebrities (including Terry Waite) reading poems by D. H. Lawrence, Phillip Larkin and Seamus Heaney, among others.

BookWire
Audio, Interviews, peer workshops. Bookwire offers a jolly time for all those who stop by.

Bold Type
Includes interviews, audio readings and excerpts with such authors as John Updike, Ron Suskind.

Electronic Poetry Center — Robert Creeley
Charles Bernstein interviews Robert Creeley on LINEbreak, as well as recordings of Creeley reading selected poems in RealAudio, MP2, and .WAV formats.

HarperAudio!
With greats like T.S. Eliot, Kurt Vonnegut, and Robert Frost, you can't go wrong here. Clips are available in several audio formats.

Mouth Almighty Records
Offering Ginsberg and Burroughs on CD (as well as many others) Mouth Almighty has an impressive selection of recording for sale.

New York Times Poetry Readings
The complete recordings of the Farrar Straus Giroux 50th Anniversary reading.   Includes audio clips of John Ashbery, Frank Bidart, James Fenton, Thom Gunn, Seamus Heaney, Paul Muldoon, Robert Pinsky, Derek Walcott.

A Prairie Home Companion
From Minnesota Public Radio, this is the home site of Garrison Keillor's weekly radio show.  It provides live netcasts, as well as archived audio from past broadcasts.  We highly recommend a listen.

Rhino Records Catalog
The online counterpart of the poetry friendly record company. You can order from their huge catolog or browse their site to see whats new.

Rykodisc
Rykodisc offers several great spoken word CDs from such writers as Kerouac.

 

If you know that you are capable of hearing realaudio but cannot listen to sound clips on this site, let us know. However, keep in mind that certain clips are more popular than others, and may be difficult to stream during peak hours.

If you receive a specific error message, please visit RealNetworks' Error Messages site for a complete explanation of common errors and their solutions.

If you are still unable to hear the audio, email us with an exact description of the error message, your computer specifications, and what realaudio file you clicked on that caused this problem.