I'm Nobody

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The Lovers

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She sweeps with many-colored Brooms

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Mother Nature (Dickinson)

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Emily Dickinson on Death

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I Stepped from Plank to Plank

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Poems: Series One

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Because I Could Not Stop For Death

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Selected Poems of Emily Dickinson

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The Railway Train

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The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson

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Forgiveness (Whittier)

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If I Can Stop One Heart From Breaking

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There's a certain slant of light

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Hope

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15 Minutes Of Love Poems - Volume 10 - "The Passionate Sheperd" & Many More: A history of love poems ready to squeeze into any moment of your day.

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Poems: Series Two

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A Word Is Dead

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Poets on Poets: Famous poets write poems about other famous poets. About as classy and creative a form of celebrity gossip/tribute to exist.

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Becoming Light: Poems New and Selected

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Shakespeare in Life

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Selected Stories of Bret Harte

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All Waiting Is Long

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The Poetry of Dogs

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The Poetry Of Heaven

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Thalia Kids' Book Club: Gene Luen Yang's Paths & Portals

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Holy Bible General Letters Volume 29

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The Female Poet: Volume 2

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Spoon River Anthology

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Trifles

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Fifty Shades of Christmas: 50 of the best poems about everyones favourite holiday

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The Strength In Our Scars

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Rumi's Little Book of Life: The Garden of the Soul, the Heart, and the Spirit

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Poetry Unbound: 50 Poems to Open Your World

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The Raven

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Pretty Boys Are Poisonous: Poems

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Good Poems: Selected and Introduced by Garrison Keillor

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The Inferno of Dante

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The Classic Hundred Poems: All-Time Favorites

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Tao Te Ching: A New English Version

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The Prophet

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Heart Talk: Poetic Wisdom for a Better Life

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I Would Leave Me If I Could.: A Collection of Poetry

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The Sun and Her Flowers

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The Poetry of Walt Whitman

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The Iliad: A New Translation by Caroline Alexander

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The Inferno

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Milk and Honey

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Home Body

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Beowulf

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Beowulf: Translated by Seamus Heaney

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Goldenrod: Poems

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The Poems of T.S. Eliot Read by Jeremy Irons

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W. B. Yeats: Poems

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Leaves of Grass: 1855 Edition

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Promises of Gold

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Gilgamesh: A New English Version

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Metamorphoses

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The Odyssey: The Fitzgerald Translation

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Beowulf

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The Rime of the Ancient Mariner: Classic Tales Edition

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023: “There Will Come Soft Rains” by Ray Bradbury: In this episode, we discuss “There Will Come Soft Rains” by Ray Bradbury.  What can we learn from a story with no apparent characters?  How can we establish a POV without characters?  How does language introduce hidden personifications?

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From He To She In First Grade | With Jennifer Beals: Jennifer Beals ("Taken") reads Laurie Frankel's essay, about facing a challenging parenting dilemma.

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Dante for Today: Mary Jo Bang on her 15-year long translation effort to remake Dante’s Divine Comedy for the modern ear. 

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Liv Reads Ovid: The Metamorphoses, Book I (Part 1): Ovid, Ovid, Ovid.

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Episodes We Love: The Empty Chair, Part 2: The Sugars conclude a two-part series on early childhood death. In Part 2, they read letters from parents who worry that their grief may overshadow their surviving children. They are joined by the writer Emily Rapp Black, who decided to have another child after learning that her son had a fatal congenital disorder.

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173 The Yellow Wallpaper (with Evie Lee)

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285: Chapter 14 -- Jane Eyre: Unto Tears

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Laura Dern: Actor Laura Dern's co-written a new memoir with her mother, fellow actor Diane Ladd, called "Honey, Baby, Mine".

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Workshop 44: Anita Shreve: Anita Shreve had a small, but devoted following as a literary author when her second novel, The Pilot's Wife was named an Oprah Book Club pick. The recognition propelled her into a New York Times bestselling novelist. Two days after her 18th novel, The...

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Welcome to Poetry Unbound: Poetry Unbound features an immersive exploration of a single poem, guided by Pádraig Ó Tuama. Short and unhurried; contemplative and energizing. Anchor your week with new episodes on Monday and Friday, beginning January 27. Season one features poetry from a diverse cast of poets: current and former poets laureate Joy Harjo and Tracy K. Smith; T.S. Eliot Prize winner Ocean Vuong; classic poets like Emily Dickinson and Patrick Kavanagh; spoken-word artists like Raymond Antrobus; and more. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Overcast, or wherever you find your podcasts.

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85. The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and perfectly psychological pairings

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Episode 52: Intro to Greek Drama and The Trojan Women: Welcome to the first episode in our series on Greek drama and The Trojan Women by Euripides. Classicist Thomas Banks will be leading the discussion with Angelina Stanford and Cindy Rollins asking questions and adding their own thoughts along the way....

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A Rose for Emily

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Trailer: THE DISCOVERY ADVENTURES Winner: Most Original Podcast, The British Podcast Awards 2018. Introducing an all-star mystery drama for the whole family, recorded on location in binaural sound and featuring the UK’s leading outdoor adventure experts. Featu...

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Ep 138 - Reading Books Set In Another Country: Brea and Mallory talk about reading books set in another country and give advice about library holds frustration! Use the hashtag #ReadingGlassesPodcast to participate in online discussion! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Links - ...

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Guess What SHOULDN'T Replace Libraries?: Answer: anything! Frank and Gwen discuss why for-profit businesses cannot and should not take libraries' place in society. Plus, recommendations for two small books that contain very big worlds. Book Recommendations Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka...

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Jonathan Lethem Reads “The Crooked House”: Jonathan Lethem reads his story from the March 8, 2021, issue of the magazine. Lethem is the author of seventeen books of fiction, including the novels “Motherless Brooklyn,” “The Feral Detective,” and, most recently, “The Arrest,” which was published la

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Ep. 7 - Terry Tempest Williams

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Jerry Stahl Was Mistaken for ‘Kramer’ While at Auschwitz: Author Jerry Stahl didn’t know what his experience visiting Auschwitz would be like, but taking selfies with teenage strangers who had mistaken him for actor Michael Richards, who played Cosmo ‘Kramer’ on Seinfeld, was definitely not on the list.&n...

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Nikky Finney, Ross Gay, and Adrian Matejka on Cataloging Time with Artifacts and Heartbeats: This week, Poetry’s new editor, Adrian Matejka, sits down with Nikky Finney and Ross Gay for a joy-filled conversation about time and how we catalogue it with artifacts, heartbeats, and, of course, poems.   Nikky Finney was born by the sea in South Carolina and raised during the Civil Rights, Black Power, and Black Arts Movements, and we’ll hear from her most recent collection, Love Child's Hotbed of Occasional Poetry. Ross Gay was born in Youngstown, Ohio, in 1974, and we’ll hear from his new collection of essays, Inciting Joy. Both Finney and Gay are featured in the October 2022 issue of Poetry, which marks the magazine’s 110th anniversary.

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Interview with Anissa Gray

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Ep 567 - Wide Sargasso Sea, by Jean Rhys

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Episode 53: The Trojan Women, Part 2: Welcome to the second part of our discussion of Euripides’ here on The Literary Life podcast. This week Angelina, Cindy and Thomas really get into the meat of the play. If you missed last week’s , you will want to go back and listen to that first...

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The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe: Struggling to fall asleep? Drift off to two chilling tales by Edgar Allan Poe - The Cask of Amontillado and the Masque of the Red Death. If you like this episode, please remember to follow on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your favourite podcast app.

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Lisa Halliday on 'Asymmetry'

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Appetizer 1: Unreliable Narrators: Marlon & Jake are back to discuss the narrators they love but can't trust. From the delusional to the uninformed, the sociopathic to the sympathetic, they explore the characters that charm as much as they trick, begging the question: is there such a thing as a reliable narrator? So tune in to hear if Jake has warmed to Great Expectations (spoiler alert: he hasn’t) and so much more!

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Ferlinghetti

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Ruby Wax: Sue Lawley's castaway is broadcaster and comedian Ruby Wax

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Idra Novey, author of TAKE WHAT YOU NEED: Idra Novey’s new novel is Take What You Need, published by Viking. She is also the author of Those Who Knew, a New York Times Editors’ Choice. Her first novel Ways to Disappear, received the 2017 Sami Rohr Prize, the 2016 Brooklyn Eagles Prize, and was a finalist for the L.A. Times Book Prize for First Fiction. Her poetry collections include Exit, Civilian, The Next Coun­try, and Clarice: The Visitor, a collaboration with the artist Erica Baum. Her fiction and poetry have been translated into a dozen languages and she’s written for The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, New York Magazine, and The Paris Review. She is the recipient of awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, Poets & Writ­ers Mag­a­zine, the PEN Trans­la­tion Fund, and the Poetry Foundation. Her works as a translator include Clarice Lispector’s novel The Pas­sion Accord­ing to G.H. She teaches fiction at Princeton University. On the show Barbara talked with Idra about

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Mary Olivier: A Life with Nancy Pearl: Librarian, author, and critic Nancy Pearl joins us to discuss May Sinclair's Mary Olivier: A Life, originally published in 1919. We talk controlling mothers, Victorian roles, and the mysterious passage of time. Listeners unfamiliar with the plot may want to read the book before tuning in. References:Virago Modern ClassicsThe Little ReviewUlysses by James JoyceTold by an Idiot by Rose MacaulayJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Mill on the Floss by George EliotPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenVilletteThe Grand Sophy by Georgette HeyerI'm Not Complaining by Ruth AdamsExcellent Women by Barbara PymMary OliverUp the Down Staircase by Bel KaufmanDolores by Ivy Compton-BurnettA House and Its HeadLolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend WarnerA School for Fools by Sasha SokolovElizabeth Taylor To purchase books we've covered, please visit our digital bookshop. Buying them here helps to support the show.