John Ciardi - Why Read? / Ciardi reads on New Letters on the Air
May 8, 1986 - Midday presents the late John Ciardi delivering an address called "Why Read?"
Following speech, a segment of New Letters on the Air with Ciardi reading some of his poetry (The Collectors; The Glory; Happiness; For Myra, John L. and Benn; Mutterings; Obsolescence; Habitat; and Perversity).