Like a ghost from the past, Tennyson reads his poem “The Charge of the Light Brigade.” Like the Whitman recording, it too was taken from a wax cylinder Thomas Edison made in 1890. Tennyson can be hard to understand at times, especially at the poem’s most famous […]
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Here’s Flannery O’Connor reading her short story “A Good Man is Hard to Find\” at Vanderbilt University in 1959.
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Sylvia Plath Nationality: American Profession: Author Why Famous: Credited with advancing the genre of confessional poetry and is best known for her two published collections: \”Other Poems and Ariel\” and \”The Colossus\”. She won a posthumous Pulitzer Prize for The Collected Poems. Also well known for the semi-autobiographical work \”The Bell Jar\”. She suffered
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Here’s Walt Whitman reading his poem “America.” It was taken from a wax cylinder recording Thomas Edison made in 1889 or 1890—although the recording’s authenticity is somewhatdisputed. The last two lines of the poem are not read.
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In 1958, Ian Fleming, author of the James Bond series, interviewed crime writer Raymond Chandler for the BBC. This is the only recording of Chandler’s voice. Listening to their conversation is like eavesdropping on two master genre writers talk shop.
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Rather than forgive and forget, these wordsmiths used their poison pens to deliver a healthy dose of literary revenge. 1. NORMAN MAILER The honeymoon didn’t last long for the notoriously combative Mailer and Lady Jeanne Campbell, his third wife and sparring partner. The pair’s bickering was so fierce that Campbell joked they could clear
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The author of Peter Pan was famously short, as is evident in this 1931 footage, where Barrie unveils a statue of Henry James.
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Watch the famous poet from the Harlem Renaissance read his poem \”The Weary Blues,\” while the Doug Parker Band plays jazz in the background.
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Like a ghost from the past, Tennyson reads his poem “The Charge of the Light Brigade.” Like the Whitman recording, it too was taken from a wax cylinder Thomas Edison made in 1890. Tennyson can be hard to understand at times, especially at the poem’s most famous
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Some of these look more sculptural than cozy, but we’d be happy to have any of these genius bookish creations to furnish our apartment. 1. COMIC BOOK COLLECTOR’S DREAM This shadowbox frame overlaid with comics is perfect for displaying … comics 2. READ YOURSELF TO SLEEP The headboard of this vintage bedframe has
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