Episode Four: Stanley Kunitz

Episode Four: Stanley Kunitz

In this episode, TIPP looks at the work of Stanley Kunitz (1905-2006) and I experiment with pronunciations of the great American poet's name. Contact us at thisisplanetpoetry@gmail.com

1. On Your Side -- Dunn/Lang Trio

2. "The Daughters of the Horse Leech" by Stanley Kunitz, read by the author, from the recording The Original Read-In for Peace in Vietnam (Folkways, 1967).

3. Excerpt from the preface of Field Guide by Robert Hass, read by MD Dunn

4. "Halley's Comet" by Stanley Kunitz, read by the author, from Essential American Poets (Poetry Foundation) podcast

5. Excerpt from "Reflections" by Stanley Kunitz, read by MD Dunn

6. "King of the River" by Stanley Kunitz, read by the author, from the recording 100 Great Poems

7. "The Testing Tree" by Stanley Kunitz, read by the author, from from Essential American Poets (Poetry Foundation) podcast


Stanley Kunitz (1905-2006), photo from The Poetry Foundation

Poets House in NYC, co-founded by Stanley Kunitz in 1985.

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