Writing
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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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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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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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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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Scenes from a Marriage (A Jacke Wilson Objectino)
Back by popular demand… it’s an Objectino! This time, a scene from a marriage…. A JACKE WILSON OBJECTINO* HIM: Okay, I think I’ll head out to the dentist’s office. HER: Already? Your appointment’s not for twenty minutes. It takes ten minutes to get there. HIM: Well, by the time I park, get checked in… HER: You… Continue reading
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Good Luck NaNoWriMoers!
It’s National Novel Writing Month! And once again, I’m astounded by people who hate this project. (Has Laura Miller written her annual screed yet? I can’t wait.) Here’s a post from a while back: NaNoWriMo: A Full-Throated Defense What better way to tune up than to pull your favorite book off the shelf, study the… Continue reading
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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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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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A Contest! Tell Me Your Favorite First Line and Win a Free Book
Here we go! We’ve spent enough time agonizing over whether Literature Is Dying. Let’s put that on hold for now. Instead, let’s celebrate the greatest geniuses and most powerful books we can imagine. And let’s do that by focusing on the Greatest First Lines of all time. What’s the criteria for a great first line? It’s up… Continue reading
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Sneak Preview: Nietzsche Stands in Trembling Awe…
What inspired Nietzsche? Strong, powerful stories about strong, powerful characters. Seizers of the day. Grabbers of life by the throat. Wrestlers with the human condition. Where did he find them? In the Jewish `Old Testament’, the book of divine justice, there are men, things and speeches of so grand a style that Greek and Indian… Continue reading
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