The Giant Book of Poetry Audio Edition

Publisher: Level 4 Press, Inc.

Winner or finalist in the Best Books National Book Award Poetry Anthology of the Year; Benjamin Franklin Audio Book of the Year; Foreword Magazine Audio Book of the Year; and the Bill Fisher Award for Best New Fiction. Be prepared for the unusual as professional actors bring the poems of The Giant Book of Poetry to life in these dramatic interpretations. Poems are grouped by Physical Abuse; Corporate Greed; Abortion; Motorcycle Helmets; Poverty; Change; Human Rights; Oppression and Discrimination; and Religion. Twenty-seven poems in total, including the full one act poem-play The Cardinal Detoxes.

About William Roetzheim

William Roetzheim is best known as the author of ten technical books on management, technology, and software along with over 150 technical articles. He founded two successful software companies (Marotz, Inc. and Cost Xpert Group, Inc.), winning numerous awards (Inc. 500, Deloitte and Touch Fast 50, Total Excellence in Management Award, Best Place to Work in San Diego, Borland Application of the Year, and many others). He sold both companies and retired from the world of technology to focus on his primary love, poetry. His poems have won numerous awards and recognition, including the Milford Fine Arts Council National Poetry Contest, Writers Challenge, Faulkner Society Poetry Award, Oberon Prize, Pagan Poetry Contest, Saturday Writers One Page Poetry Contest, and the Baltimore Science Fiction Convention Poetry Prize.

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