| Charles Tomlinson (b. 1927), since his first publication in 1951, has built a career that has seen more notice in the international scene than in his native England; this may explain, and be explained by, his international vision of poetry. The influence of American poetry, which is acknowledged in his introduction to the first poem on this CD, 'Above Manhattan', and his work as a translator from languages including Italian, Spanish and Russian, testify to that vision, as do his friends, who have included William Carlos Williams, Octavio Paz, Vasko Popa and Philippe Jaccottet. He also works as a critic, a university professor and an artist, and has been rewarded with the Bennett Award, the International Ennio Flaiano Prize and the International Attilio Bertolucci Poetry Award, plus membership of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, and the British CBE.
1 Above Manhattan 2.04
2 Fountain 2.02
3 Revolution, Piazza di Spagna 2.02
4 To Vasko Popa in Rome 2.44
5 Winter Journey I 2.12
6 Winter Journey IV 1.30
7 To My Daughter 1.48
8 Jessica Learned to Kiss 0.55
9 After the Poetry Reading 1.07
10 Colloquy with a Grandchild 0.52
11 A Given Grace 1.08
12 A Rose for Janet 1.27
13 Event 0.51
14 Paring the Apple 1.02
15 The Picture of J.T. in a Prospect of Stone 2.41
16 John Mayhew, or The Allotment 3.25
17 At Stoke 1.21
18 Etruria Vale 1.29
19 The Marl Pits 1.57
20 News 1.20
21 Epidauros 1.09
22 Against Travel 2.11
23 Las Trampas, U.S.A. 1.45
24 Jemez 0.58
25 A Death in the Desert 1.37
26 Arroyo Hondo 1.17
27 Mr. Brodsky 1.53
28 Assassin 4.21
29 On the Late Plane 1.27
30 A Sense of Distance 1.17
31 During Rain 1.09
32 Drawing down the Moon 1.15
33 The Door 1.41
Total length of the recording 56.13
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