Eudora Welty discussing A Worn Path with Beth Henley (1994).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2fh37fzsOg
Voices from the Grave #30: Eudora Welty Discussing ‘A Worn Path’
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Category Archives: Voices from the Grave
Voices from the Grave #29: James Joyce Reading from Ulysses
James Joyce reading from Ulysses, 1924.
Voices from the Grave #28: E.E. Cummings Reading ‘somewhere i have never travelled, gladly beyond’
E.E. Cummings reading somewhere i have never travelled, gladly beyond.
in your most frail gesture are things which enclose me
Voices from the Grave #27: Cornelia Otis Skinner on What’s My Line?
This one’s a bit different. It features Cornelia Otis Skinner, co-writer (along with Emily Kimbrough) of Our Hearts Were Young and Gay, as the mystery celebrity on What’s My Line? in 1959.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlVbsG3DITk
If you have never read the book Our Hearts Were Young and Gay (or watched the charming film adaptation), you should go rectify that now.
Voices from the Grave #26: Truman Capote Reading an Excerpt from ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’
Truman Capote reading an excerpt from Breakfast at Tiffany’s. From April 7, 1963.
How old is W. Somerset Maugham?
Voices from the Grave #25: O. Henry’s Message to His Readers
O. Henry’s Message to his readers, ca. 1908.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGqXk66yE4A
To my way of thinking, that’s a waste of good time!
Voices from the Grave #24: Ray Bradbury on Writing Persistently
Ray Bradbury
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlYAhSffEDM&feature=related
“She’s been there and left the metaphor for death.”
Voices from the Grave #23: An Interview with George Plimpton
An interview with George Plimpton, December 1998. He discusses his life and his biography of Truman Capote.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WOK5_I1LwU&feature=related
It’s a bit long but well worth a listen, even if you are not a George Plimpton fan.
Voices from the Grave #22: Sylvia Plath Reading ‘The Stones’
‘The Stones’ by Sylvia Plath.
This is the city where men are mended
Voices from the Grave #21: Kurt Vonnegut Interview
Kurt Vonnegut interview from 1991.
“It’s the only art that requires skill on the part of the audience.”
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