Beat poet and interesting character Gregory Corso discusses Jack Kerouac.
Category Archives: Voices from the Grave
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Voices from the Grave #48: Iris Murdoch on Philosophy and Literature
The introduction is slow, so feel free to skip straight to the good stuff: Iris talking. She’s fascinating.
Voices from the Grave #47: W.H. Auden Reading ‘Talking to Myself’
This video is really short, as it’s a clip of Auden reading the final stanza, but he packs a lot in :27 seconds. Enjoy!
Voices from the Grave #46: Truman Capote on The Dick Cavett Show
Truman Capote (and Groucho Marx!) on The Dick Cavett Show, May 25, 1971.
Voices from the Grave #45: John Masefield Reading ‘The West Wind’
This animation is a bit, shall we say, weird. I like it, but then no one has ever called me normal. I’m including it here because it features audio of John Masefield reading his poem, The West Wind.
Voices from the Grave #44: F. Scott Fitzgerald Reading Shakespeare
F. Scott Fitzgerald reading from Othello.
Voices from the Grave #43: Sylvia Plath Reading ‘The Applicant’
Sylvia Plath reading The Applicant.
Voices from the Grave #42: Gwendolyn Brooks Reading ‘A Song in the Front Yard’
Gwendolyn Brooks reading A Song in the Front Yard.
Voices from the Grave #41: Sylvia Beach Interview
Sylvia Beach owned the legendary Paris bookshop Shakespeare and Company.
Voices from the Grave #40: Tennessee Williams Interview
Tennessee Williams Interview with Bill Boggs.