Audio Archives
Poetry Foundation: Audio & Podcasts
Person Describing Archive | Celyn Harding Jones (2010) ; Chelsea Obodoechina (2020) |
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Is this primarily a poetry audio site? | Y |
Sponsoring Person or Institution | Poetry Foundation, Poetry magazine |
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Site Last Updated | |
Date Visited | 20202020/08/18 |
General Description of Archive | There are 9 different "Shows" featuring poets reading their work. I won't do a separate entry for each, as their formats are the same regardless of content. The shows are as follows: Poetry Off the Shelf, Poetry Magazine Podcast, Poem of the Day, Poetry Radio Project, Essential American Poets, Poetry Lectures, Avant-Guarde All the TIme, Poem Talk, Chicago Poetry Tour Podcast. Each program page shows the latest episode (all podcasts), with a short description of the show's purpose and then a list of all podcasts.
UPDATE (Chelsea Obodoechina): This page has been relocated to https://www.poetryfoundation.org/podcasts |
Description of archive history or URL | In 2004, the president's letter (John Barr) states that their internet initiative to create a major website for contemporary poetry. Poetry magazine's site was launched in April 2005 and continued to grow since. By 2006, there was a 'family' of related websites run by the Poetry Foundation. Podcasts were also started in 2006. |
Contact information | Poetry Foudnation, 444 North Michigan Ave, Suite 1850, Chicago, Illinois, 60611-4034, mail@poetryfoundation.org |
Searchable options | THere is a general search bar, that searches the entire site, a list of All Audio and an option to search audio by keyword and Show, |
Relation from the audio to the text | None, unfortunately because there are a lot of poems written in text on this site already. |
Date/Time/Length/Context info about the audio items | Date the podcast was posted, but not recorded. Context is not available. |
Author bios and context within literary history | There is a link to the author's profile on the Poetry Foundation page. |
Audio file type: streaming, download, file format, audio file compression quality (WAV, MP3, bitrate) | Mp3 podcast |
Multimedia integration (pictures, video, etc.) | None. |
Audio playback setup (opens in Flash player, on new blank screen, etc.) | Player is embedded in the main site. |
Mobile access (i.e. accessible on smart phones, tablets, etc.) | Yes, iPhone App: text of poem only. |
Browsing | Browsing is standard, viewer is able to search through lists of recordings/podcastsby poet and title of the podcast. No summary of the recording is available so that we know what is in the recording before we listen to it. |
Discovery features (pre-made playlists; dynamic lists: lists of recent additions, featured items, related items, etc). | |
Interactivity and Web 2.0 features | Iphone App. |
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