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In asking "Who, as a writer, am I?" e.e. Cummings's affirmation of life resolved into serenity as he described himself as someone "whose only happiness is to transcend himself, whose every agony is to grow." This collection of Cummings reading his own poetry embodies this in an unforgettable way.

While perhaps best remembered for his use of such visual d

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Analog Audio Cassette, Abridged, 5 pages
Published April 1st 2001 by Caedmon
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Peggy Crawford
While it was very interesting to hear the author read his own works, it was also difficult to follow while driving to and from work. I would very much like to have had the poems in front of me to follow along, or even better to have read them recently so as to follow along better. The reading was clear, but the poems are hard to follow while just listening.
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E E Cummings reads: a poetry collection (audio tape)
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Edward Estlin Cummings, popularly known as e.e. cummings, was an American poet, painter, essayist, and playwright. His body of work encompasses more than 900 poems, several plays and essays, numerous drawings, sketches, and paintings, as well as two novels. He is remembered as a preeminent voice of 20th century poetry, as well as one of the most popular.
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