Navigation
To access the poetry and recordings, click on a poet's name. A page will open listing the featured poems, the poet's bio, literary influences, and other information. Click the name of a poem to read it. Click the poem notes link to show questions that open up notes in the side windows.
Several MP3 recordings, denoted by the 
icon,
follow each poem. Although some of the side notes link to recordings for
convenience, it is possible to listen to all of the recordings on this
website without viewing the side notes.
Downloading
This website features 79 recordings in MP3 format. The speed of your internet connection determines the rate at which you can download them. This site offers each recording in a high fidelity, CD quality format, and a low-fidelity, radio-quality format that is faster to download.
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connection type
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average data transfer rate
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2 min. recording at radio quality (16 kbps)
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2 min. recording at CD quality (128 kbps)
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| 56K modem | 2 kbps | 1-2 minutes | 18-30 minutes |
| residential DSL modem | 144-kbps | 2 seconds | 10-15 seconds |
| residential cable modem | 1 to 2 mbps | instantaneous | 2 seconds |
The start page has a link that allows you to switch back and forth between the CD quality site and the radio-quality site.
MP3 Software
Download any of the following software applications to play MP3 files on your PC or Mac. If you own a newer computer, this software may already be installed.
Saving the Recordings
We encourage you to save and duplicate the recordings for educational
use. To save a recording on a PC, right click a link with the symbol
and choose Save Target As... Save the MP3 file to your hard drive,
zip disk, or CD-R.
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