[W.F. Lantry]

Maryann,

I downloaded it last night, but when I went to click on it this morning I hesitated. I even had some little trepidation: what if there's a long intro by someone other than the poet? Not sure I could stand that. A few years ago, someone put out a series 7-10 minutes of podcasts with famous poets. More than half of each was an introduction, by someone else. If I want to hear J.V. Cunningham read, I just want to hear him read, I don't want to sit through five minutes of praiseful synopsis which says more about the speaker than the poet.

But I needn't have worried, I didn't hear any of that in yours. The commentaries weren't too long, and I even liked that I could hear the audience, it gave a feeling of reality to it. It was nice to finally match a voice to the words I see so often on my screen!

Thanks,

Bill