Literary Lilt

Episodes

1. 11

   Rumi's Like This

   This is the only poem that really matters. Let the rest go and listen in to this 13th century classic by Rumi. Full text of the poem here: https://www.rumi.org.uk/love_poems/#IfAnyoneAsksYou More info on Rumi here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumi

   Mar 8, 2021

   3 min
2. 10

   Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Lady Geraldine's Courtship

   The poem that united Elizabeth Barrett with her husband, Robert Browning. Find the full text of the poem here: bartleby.com/371/511.html Read more about Elizabeth Barrett Browning here: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/elizabeth-barrett-browning

   Jan 19, 2021

   34 min
3. 9

   Kate Chopin's The Story of an Hour

   Listen here to the famous short story, The Story of an Hour, by Kate Chopin. Find the full text of the story here: https://archive.vcu.edu/english/engweb/webtexts/hour/ And read more about Kate Chopin here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Chopin

   Jan 11, 2021

   7 min
4. 8

   Kurt Vonnegut's 2 B R 0 2 B

   To Be or Naught to Be, a short story about a gas-chamber created Utopian future, by Kurt Vonnegut. Read the full text of this story here: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/21279/21279-h/21279-h.htm And more about Kurt Vonnegut here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Vonnegut

   Jan 4, 2021

   18 min
5. 7

   Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven

   Hear this famously dark and beautiful poem of haunting lost love, written by the great Edgar Allan Poe. Find the full text of this poem here: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/17192/17192-h/17192-h.htm Read more about this poem here:...

   Dec 28, 2020

   9 min
6. 6

   Charlotte Perkins Gilman's The Yellow Wallpaper

   My reading of the darkly enchanting, early feminist classic The Yellow Wallpaper, written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman in 1892. You can find the full text of this story here: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1952/1952-h/1952-h.htm Please find more info about Charlotte Perkins Gilman here:...

   Dec 21, 2020

   35 min
7. 5

   O. Henry's The Gift of the Magi

   Enjoy this beautiful Christmas classic with a cup of mulled wine, and a fire in the hearth, and count your many blessings. You can find the full text of this story here: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/7256/7256-h/7256-h.htm And more info about O. Henry here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O._Henry

   Dec 14, 2020

   13 min
8. 4

   Max Ehrmann's Desiderata

   The beautiful Desiderata, written in the early 1920s. This piece is a beacon for dark days. Read more info about Max Ehrmann here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Ehrmann You can find the full text of this poem here: https://www.desiderata.com/desiderata.html

   Dec 7, 2020

   3 min
9. 3

   Edgar Allan Poe's Annabel Lee

   I read the darkly beautiful love poem by Edgar Allan Poe. Find the full text of this poem here: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44885/annabel-lee And more info on Edgar Allen Poe here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Allan_Poe

   Nov 30, 2020

   2 min
10. 2

    The United States Bill of Rights

    A reading of the first 10 Amendments to the Constitution, written by James Madison. Find the full text of the Bill of Rights here: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/2/2-h/2-h.htm And more info about James Madison here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Madison

    Nov 24, 2020

    4 min
11. 1

    Jonathan Swift's A Modest Proposal

    I’ll be reading the full text of the satirical essay by Jonathan Swift, A Modest Proposal, written in the year 1729. "For preventing the children of poor people in Ireland, from being a burden on their parents or country, and for making them beneficial to the publick." Find the full text of this...

    Nov 19, 2020

    20 min