Eudora Welty discussing A Worn Path with Beth Henley (1994).
Eudora Welty discussing A Worn Path with Beth Henley (1994).
James Joyce reading from Ulysses, 1924.
E.E. Cummings reading somewhere i have never travelled, gladly beyond.
in your most frail gesture are things which enclose me
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.
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.
Truman Capote reading an excerpt from Breakfast at Tiffany’s. From April 7, 1963.
How old is W. Somerset Maugham?
O. Henry’s Message to his readers, ca. 1908.
To my way of thinking, that’s a waste of good time!
Ray Bradbury
“She’s been there and left the metaphor for death.”
An interview with George Plimpton, December 1998. He discusses his life and his biography of Truman Capote.
It’s a bit long but well worth a listen, even if you are not a George Plimpton fan.
‘The Stones’ by Sylvia Plath.
This is the city where men are mended
Kurt Vonnegut interview from 1991.
“It’s the only art that requires skill on the part of the audience.”