Poems read aloud bring a new resonance to bare words and familiar texts; poems performed by their authors expand meaning further, enhancing the rightness of cadences and the exactness of language. In Classic New Zealand Poets in Performance some of New Zealand’s favourite poems, by our most celebrated poets, come vividly to life. It is exciting to hear R. A. K. Mason reading lines from ‘Be Swift O Sun’; fascinating to hear James K. Baxter declaiming ‘Poem in the Matukituki Valley’; and moving to hear Janet Frame reading new poems just months before her death.
Editors Jack Ross and Jan Kemp have selected and presented on two CDs material from the Waiata Recordings Archive, collected in 1974, and the Aotearoa New Zealand Poetry Sound Archive, completed in 2004. There are two hours of poets reading their own work and the accompanying book prints the texts of the poems as they have been read. Selected bibliographies and short biographies for each poet are also included, as well as an appendix of variant readings.
The readings in Classic New Zealand Poets in Performance are some of the highlights of New Zealand’s poetic history, and these performances will refresh the interest of those to whom the poems are familiar and inspire those who are encountering these classic poems for the first time.
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Jack Ross is a former professor at Massey University and the University of Auckland. He is the author of City of Strange Brunettes, Nights with Giordano Bruno, Pounds Fascist Cantos, and A Town Like Parataxis. Jan Kemp is a poet whose collections include Against the Softness of Women, Diamonds and Gravel, The Only Hemisphere, and Only One Angel.
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Vendeur : The Poetry Bookshop : Hay-on-Wye, Hay-on-Wye, POWYS, Royaume-Uni
Card Wrappers. Etat : Near Fine. Reprint. xiii, 146pp. Prints the text of the performances from the accompanying CDs. Selected bibliographies, short biographies & a list of variant readings included. N° de réf. du vendeur PB121830
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Vendeur : Jaycey Books, Ruislip, Royaume-Uni
Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. 146 pages. Includes both accompanying CDs. Paperback in very good condition. No inscriptions. Minor rubbing to back cover. --- General information: please email for any more information or condition photos. There may be other minor faults not included here, but this description should include all important points and convey accurately the overall conditon of the book(s). We are happy to give a more detailed description (by volume where applicable) on request. Posted next day (Mon-Fri) from the UK. We normally post by Royal Mail 1st class within the UK, but may use a slower service for books over 1kg or multiple orders or a tracked service for higher value orders. We normally post by tracked mail for overseas deliveries, and may request additional postage (at cost) for heavier books (buyers always have the option to cancel the order if we do so). N° de réf. du vendeur 007881
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Vendeur : The Secret Bookshop, Tararua, Nouvelle-Zélande
Soft cover. Etat : As New. As new with both CD's present. Classic New Zealand Poets in Performance is a 2-CD set of 27 classic New Zealand poets, from Fairburn to Brian Turner, reading their own work. The CDs are accompanied by a book of the texts of the poems reproducing them exactly as read, as well as brief biographies of and bibliographies for each poet. The poets are arranged chronologically by date of birth and each reads for about five minutes (2-5 poems) in recordings made in 1974 and/or 2004. The poets include the leading voices of New Zealand poetry, Mason, Curnow, Glover, Baxter, Edmond, Tuwhare, Frame, Campbell, Smither, Turner, Stead, and were chosen for the quality and significance of their work and for their commitment to voice and performance as an integral part of their poetry. The text has been edited by Jack Ross. The poems were selected by Jack Ross and Jan Kemp from recordings held in the Waiata Recordings Archive (1974), collected and edited by Jonathan Lamb, Jan Kemp and Alan Smythe, and the Aotearoa New Zealand Poetry Sound Archive (2004) and all recordings have been cleaned and remastered for CD by Wayne Laird of Atoll Ltd. N° de réf. du vendeur 039577
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Vendeur : Archway Books, Mana, Nouvelle-Zélande
Soft Covers. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : None. First Edition. 22.5 cm, 146 pp, two small CDs, soft covers. VG copy - appears unused. A real who's who of New Zealand poetry. N° de réf. du vendeur 005509
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