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November 12, 2015

The Restless Mind Show 5 – Gar Discovers a Lost Recording of Walt Whitman!

Gar finds a lost recording of Walt Whitman reading his own poetry! Plus: Author Jacke Wilson gives an update on the Greatest First Lines contest. Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:27 — 20.5MB) Subscribe: iTunes | Android | RSS | More Subscribe Options Continue reading

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November 10, 2015

Well Now, This Changes Everything…

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man of Good Fortune must be in want to go. –Google Voice, attempting to transcribe the first line of what it believes to be “Pride and Prejudice: Fight in Action” [known to human beings as “Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen”] (And yes, this means I’m enjoying listening… Continue reading

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November 8, 2015

Swordfighting Without Civility

Think swordfighting is two people faced off, lightly tapping each others’ blades, highly choreographed – En garde SHING, SHING, ching ching ching ching ching ching ching, oh, I say, you got me, but ’tis a flesh wound… Right? A hundred taps, side to side, side to side, then maybe one thrust if a character is… Continue reading

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November 7, 2015

Sneak Preview: Homer in Ian McKellen’s English

Yesterday we brought you a snippet of the Iliad in the Original Greek. How about The Odyssey in Ian McKellen’s sonorous rendition? All there on Youtube, all for free. I love the twenty-first century so much. Come back Monday when The History of Literature takes a look at Homer. In the meantime, you can catch… Continue reading

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November 6, 2015

Sneak Preview: Hear How Homer Sounds in the Original Language

Remember when we brought you the Epic of Gilgamesh as it sounded in its original language? Well, next up in The History of Literature podcast series is Homer, who of course wrote in Ancient Greek, and we’re lucky to have another beautiful recording. That’s esteemed translator and Homeric scholar (and Zen Buddhist) Professor Stanley Lombardo. Continue reading

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November 5, 2015

The Restless Mind Show 4 – Signs and Symbols

Jacke and Gar take a break from the history of literature to look at the meaning of signs and symbols. Can we forgive the swastika? Should we? Plus: Gar reveals his three ideal dinner guests. Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 33:39 — 23.4MB) Subscribe: iTunes | Android | RSS | More Subscribe Options Continue reading

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November 3, 2015

Calling All NaNoWriMoers! Tell Us Your First Line and Win a Free Book!

Don’t cross the streams! Don’t cross the streams! Well, guess what? [waiting] I’m crossing the streams! What are these streams? First: the fabulous contest we’re running on the best opening sentences ever. You can still enter that one if you want. And second: our full-throated support for National Novel Writing Month, aka NaNoWriMo. We renewed our… Continue reading

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October 31, 2015

Halloween with Edgar Allan Poe (and Annette Jung)

Enjoy! And of course, don’t miss our own Edgar Allan Poe / Simpsons tribute. (No, not the one you’re thinking of. Think House of Usher, not The Raven.) Continue reading

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October 30, 2015

Greatest First Lines Ever – Contest Update!

Wow, the contest to win a free book by telling me your favorite first line is going really well. Thanks to everyone for your comments, emails, voicemails, and speakpipe recordings. The entries are fabulous, especially the ones I get to hear read in your own voice. And at the end I get to give away books –… Continue reading

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