Poetry Winner: The Poems of T. S. Eliot
Without a doubt, poetry is having a moment right now, which is why we brought it back as a category this year. As Editor Rachel so eloquently notes in an episode of Audicted, there is a new generation of poets that are gaining prominence through social media, tapping into this old tradition and transforming it in new ways. But our winner this year is a collection of classic works elevated to new heights by a staggering and haunting performance. T.S. Eliot’s headier poems—The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock and The Waste Land especially—have always felt somehow voiced from a deity above, and Iron’s gravelly gravitas does them justice in a way to which my own inner monologue could never compare. —Emily, Audible EditorRunners-Up
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The Dark Between Stars
- Poems
- By: Atticus
- Narrated by: Atticus
- Length: 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall172
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Performance150
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Story149
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the internationally bestselling author of Love Her Wild comes The Dark Between Stars, a new illustrated collection of heartfelt, whimsical, and romantic poems from Instagram poetry sensation, Atticus. Atticus, has captured the hearts and minds ofnearly...
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Pretty Sure I Just Fell In Love ALL Over Again
- By M. A. G. on 12-10-18
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The Odyssey
- Audible Iliad & Odyssey, Book 2
- By: Homer, Emily Wilson - translator
- Narrated by: Claire Danes
- Length: 13 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4,115
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Performance3,625
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Story3,608
Acclaimed actress Claire Danes burnishes an epic story of heroes, gods, and monsters in a groundbreaking translation of The Odyssey, the first great adventure story in the Western literary tradition. When the wily warrior-king Odysseus sets off for home after the Trojan War, he doesn’t realize this simple undertaking will become a perilous journey of 10 years. Beset at every turn, he encounters obstacles, detours, and temptations—both supernatural and human—while his wife Penelope fends off would-be suitors desperate to take the throne.
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Much better than I originally thought
- By Tad Davis on 01-28-19
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If They Come for Us
- Poems
- By: Fatimah Asghar
- Narrated by: Fatimah Asghar
- Length: 1 hr and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall42
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Performance37
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Story37
“A debut poetry collection showcasing both a fierce and tender new voice.”—Booklist “Elegant and playful . . . The poet invents new forms and updates classic ones.”—Elle “[Fatimah] Asghar interrogates divisions along lines of nationality, age, and gender, illuminating the forces...
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Exceptional!
- By Kris De Leon on 04-10-20
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Taking the Arrow Out of the Heart
- By: Alice Walker
- Narrated by: Alice Walker
- Length: 2 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall38
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Performance33
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Story32
Winner of the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work – Poetry Alice Walker, author of the National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning The Color Purple—“an American novel of permanent importance” (San Francisco Chronicle)—reads the English-language editions of the poems in...
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Wonderful and Thank You
- By Judith G. on 10-21-18
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The Dark Between Stars
- Poems
- By: Atticus
- Narrated by: Atticus
- Length: 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall172
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Performance150
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Story149
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the internationally bestselling author of Love Her Wild comes The Dark Between Stars, a new illustrated collection of heartfelt, whimsical, and romantic poems from Instagram poetry sensation, Atticus. Atticus, has captured the hearts and minds ofnearly...
-
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Pretty Sure I Just Fell In Love ALL Over Again
- By M. A. G. on 12-10-18
-
The Odyssey
- Audible Iliad & Odyssey, Book 2
- By: Homer, Emily Wilson - translator
- Narrated by: Claire Danes
- Length: 13 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4,115
-
Performance3,625
-
Story3,608
Acclaimed actress Claire Danes burnishes an epic story of heroes, gods, and monsters in a groundbreaking translation of The Odyssey, the first great adventure story in the Western literary tradition. When the wily warrior-king Odysseus sets off for home after the Trojan War, he doesn’t realize this simple undertaking will become a perilous journey of 10 years. Beset at every turn, he encounters obstacles, detours, and temptations—both supernatural and human—while his wife Penelope fends off would-be suitors desperate to take the throne.
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Much better than I originally thought
- By Tad Davis on 01-28-19
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If They Come for Us
- Poems
- By: Fatimah Asghar
- Narrated by: Fatimah Asghar
- Length: 1 hr and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall42
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Performance37
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Story37
“A debut poetry collection showcasing both a fierce and tender new voice.”—Booklist “Elegant and playful . . . The poet invents new forms and updates classic ones.”—Elle “[Fatimah] Asghar interrogates divisions along lines of nationality, age, and gender, illuminating the forces...
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Exceptional!
- By Kris De Leon on 04-10-20
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Taking the Arrow Out of the Heart
- By: Alice Walker
- Narrated by: Alice Walker
- Length: 2 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall38
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Performance33
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Story32
Winner of the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work – Poetry Alice Walker, author of the National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning The Color Purple—“an American novel of permanent importance” (San Francisco Chronicle)—reads the English-language editions of the poems in...
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Wonderful and Thank You
- By Judith G. on 10-21-18