The most important anthology of American poetry ever recorded, this essential document is now available in three volumes from Recorded Books, digitally remastered with introductions and brief poet biographies. This volume includes works from the following poets: Gwendolyn Brooks, William Jay Smith, William Meredith, May Swenson, Howard Nemerov, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Richard Wilbur, Howard Moss, Anthony Hecht, James Dickey, Louis Simpson, Denise Levertov, Philip Booth, W.D. Snodgrass, James Merrill, Robert Creeley, Allen Ginsburg, David Wagoner, Robert Bly, Galway Kinnell, John Ashbery, James Wright, Peter Davidson, Donald Hall, Anne Sexton, Adrienne Rich, Robert Pack, John Hollander, John Updike, Sylvia Plath, Mark Strand, and Robert Kelly.