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  • Poet and editor John Frederick Nims talks about Poetry Magazine

    Feb. 14, 1978

    Many of the great 20th century poets were published for the first time in Poetry Magazine. Among the poets discussed here are Robert Frost, e e cummings, Wallace Stevens, Ogden Nash, Richard Wilber, Gwendolyn Brooks, and W.H. Auden.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

  • An interview with John Frederick Nims ; part three

    Jun. 30, 1981

    Studs and John Nims continue along in their tour of the poems that make up the Harper Anthology of Poetry.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

  • An interview with John Frederick Nims ; part one

    Jun. 23, 1981

    The poet, educator, and editor joins Studs to discuss his process for selecting the English and American poems that made up the Harper Anthology of Poetry.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

  • A conversation with editors John Frederick Nims and Joseph Parisi

    Nov. 8, 1978

    The two editors give a brief history of Poetry Magazine and its founder, Harriet Monroe, upon the publication of their new collection, Poetry Anthology 1912-1977.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

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