Ruth Stone Reads

Ruth Stone reading from Ordinary Words and Simplicity

Hear audio samples from the CD: Ordinary Words Play Male Gorillas Play Ripple Effect Play Looking for Signs Play

In this rare recording, Ruth Stone, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry, reveals her salty wit and powerful reading style. Many of Stone's most enthusiastic fans first encountered her work at poetry readings. Now people throughout the country can listen to her in their living rooms, classrooms, or cars. They can read along with Stone (the poems on the CD follow the order of the poems in Ordinary Words and Simplicity) or they can sit back, close their eyes, and listen to her captivating voice.

"One of the most exhilarating minds in contemporary poetry."
— Poetry Flash