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Gwendolyn Brooks and Theodore Roethke are among the 14 influential 20th-century American poets whose recordings have been added to Britain's free online poetry archive, the BBC reported. A total of 61 recordings are being added to the archive as part of a collaboration between the Poetry Archive and the Poetry Foundation in Chicago. The project, which also includes Robert Pinsky, Ted Kooser, Philip Levine and Yusef Komunyakaa, will consist of more than 100 American poets reading their own work. The archive was started in 2005 by Andrew Motion, the British poet laureate, and the recording producer Richard Carrington. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Looks at the efforts to appoint a new poet laureate for Great Britain after the October 1998 death of Ted Hughes. Duties that are bestowed on the poet laureate; Candidates including Andrew Motion, Wendy Cope, Benjamin Zephaniah and U.A. Fanthorpe; Which candidate is considered most likely to receive the honor, according to William Hill, Britain's biggest betting agency.

Reports the death of British poet laureate Ted Hughes. Marriage to Sylvia Plath; Description of his poetry; His suffering from cancer; Influence of illness in his last work, 'Birthday Letters; Views of his illness by Matthew Evans, chairman of Faber and Faber, his publisher; Hughes's education; Description of his married life; His second marriage. INSET: A Sampler of Excerpts From the Poetry of Ted Hughes.

Reports the May 19, 1999 appointment of London poet Andrew Motion as poet laureate of Great Britain. Other possible candidates for a successor to Ted Hughes who died in October, 1998; Provisions of Motion's appointment; Requirements of the position.

Informs about the death of Stephen Spender, the British poet, critic and novelist, on July 16, 1995 at the age of 86. His background; Note on his survivors. INSET: A voice of compassion with a sense of history..

Informs about the death of Sir Stephen Spender, the British poet, critic and novelist, on July 16, 1995 at St. Mary's Hospital in London, at the age of 86. Focus on his style of writing; His works; Career details; Survivors. INSET: A voice of compassion with a sense of history..