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Voices from the Grave #49: Gregory Corso Discusses Jack Kerouac

Posted on December 10, 2012 by maedez
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Beat poet and interesting character Gregory Corso discusses Jack Kerouac.

Posted in Voices from the Grave | Tagged Beat Generation, Gregory Corso, Interview, Jack Kerouac, Poetry, Poets, Writers, Writing | 2 Replies

Voices from the Grave #48: Iris Murdoch on Philosophy and Literature

Posted on December 3, 2012 by maedez
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The introduction is slow, so feel free to skip straight to the good stuff: Iris talking. She’s fascinating.

 

Posted in Voices from the Grave | Tagged Books, Interviews, Iris Murdoch, Reading, Writers, Writing | 5 Replies

Voices from the Grave #47: W.H. Auden Reading ‘Talking to Myself’

Posted on November 26, 2012 by maedez
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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!

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-J1g9cTet2A

Posted in Voices from the Grave | Tagged Performance, Poetry, Poets, Reading, Writers, Writing | 4 Replies

Voices from the Grave #46: Truman Capote on The Dick Cavett Show

Posted on November 19, 2012 by maedez
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Truman Capote (and Groucho Marx!) on The Dick Cavett Show, May 25, 1971.

 

Posted in Voices from the Grave | Tagged Books, Celebrities, Comedians, Dick Cavett, Groucho Marx, Interviews, Reading, Television, Truman Capote, Writers, Writing | 4 Replies

Voices from the Grave #45: John Masefield Reading ‘The West Wind’

Posted on November 12, 2012 by maedez
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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.

Posted in Voices from the Grave | Tagged Animation, Performance, Poems, Poetry, Poets, Reading, Writers, Writing | Leave a reply

Voices from the Grave #44: F. Scott Fitzgerald Reading Shakespeare

Posted on November 5, 2012 by maedez
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F. Scott Fitzgerald reading from Othello.

Posted in Voices from the Grave | Tagged F. Scott Fitzgerald, Fiction, Performance, Plays, Playwrights, Reading, William Shakespeare, Writers, Writing | 4 Replies

Voices from the Grave #43: Sylvia Plath Reading ‘The Applicant’

Posted on October 29, 2012 by maedez
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Sylvia Plath reading The Applicant.

Posted in Voices from the Grave | Tagged Books, Performance, Poetry, Poets, Reading, Sylvia Plath, Writers, Writing | 2 Replies

Voices from the Grave #42: Gwendolyn Brooks Reading ‘A Song in the Front Yard’

Posted on October 22, 2012 by maedez
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Gwendolyn Brooks reading A Song in the Front Yard.

Posted in Voices from the Grave | Tagged Books, Entertainment, Performance, Poetry, Poets, Reading, Writers, Writing | 2 Replies

Voices from the Grave #41: Sylvia Beach Interview

Posted on October 15, 2012 by maedez
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Sylvia Beach owned the legendary Paris bookshop Shakespeare and Company.

Posted in Voices from the Grave | Tagged 1920s, Books, Bookstores, History, Interview, Paris, Reading, Sylvia Beach, Writers, Writing | Leave a reply

Voices from the Grave #40: Tennessee Williams Interview

Posted on October 8, 2012 by maedez
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Tennessee Williams Interview with Bill Boggs.

Posted in Voices from the Grave | Tagged Creativity, Inspiration, Interviews, Plays, Playwrights, Tennessee Williams, Writers, Writing | Leave a reply

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