Best Goldberry Studios Podcasts (2024)

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Gerard Manley Hopkins' "Morning, Midday, and Evening Sacrifice" 7:33

1h ago7:33

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G. K. Chesterton wrote: “Oscar Wilde said that sunsets were not valued because we could not pay for sunsets. But Oscar Wilde was wrong; we can pay for sunsets. We can pay for them by not being Oscar Wilde.” Perhaps Hopkins was anticipating that sentiment in today’s poem. Happy reading. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.subst…

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Tonight: July's Live Poetry Hour!

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The Sower, Vincent Van Gogh, 1888 Hey friends, It’s time for another edition of the Close Reads Poetry Hour! Tonight at 9 eastern we’ll be discussing Louise Gluck’s “Vespers.” Gluck, who died last autumn, was the winner of the 2020 Nobel Prize for literature, among many others awards. These live poetry hours have been delightful and I’m anticipatin…

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"The Lady of Shalott" Pt. 4 5:35

15m ago5:35

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Today’s poem is the fourth and final section of Tennyson’s Arthurian ballad. I have been reading his 1842 version and (I think) the final stanza is where it differs most from the 1832 original. You can compare both below to see for yourself how Tennyson’s alteration ramps up the pathos. Happy reading! 1832 conclusion: They cross'd themselves, their…

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"The Lady of Shalott" Pt. 3 3:45

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Today we come to the turning point for the Lady of Shalott. Happy reading. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribeBy Sean Johnson

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"The Lady of Shalott" Pt. 2 2:36

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In part two, the “Lady” sits, weaving, in a world of images but pines for the world of solid realities. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribeBy Sean Johnson

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Sing, Unburied, Sing: Chapters 1-3 54:06

4h ago54:06

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Jesmyn Ward’s 2017 novel, Sing, Unburied, Sing, has quickly emerged as one of the most highly regarded books of our young century, so on this episode we dig into what makes it so interesting. Plus we discuss why it’s a fruitful double feature alongside To Kill a Mockingbird. As always, happy reading! This is a public episode. If you’d like to discu…

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Sing, Unburied, Sing: Chapters 1-3

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Jesmyn Ward’s 2017 novel, Sing, Unburied, Sing, has quickly emerged as one of the most highly regarded books of our young century, so on this episode we dig into what makes it so interesting. Plus we discuss why it’s a fruitful double feature alongside To Kill a Mockingbird. As always, happy reading!…

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson's "The Lady of Shalott" Pt. 1 5:47

2h ago5:47

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Today is the first of four in which we’ll wend our way through Tennyson’s tragic Arthurian ballad. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribeBy Sean Johnson

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John Hollander's "A Watched Pot" 9:35

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Today’s poem is a shape poem dedicated to chefs, but (surprise?) it might be about more than cooking. John Hollander, one of contemporary poetry’s foremost poets, editors, and anthologists, grew up in New York City. He studied at Columbia University and Indiana University, and he was a Junior Fellow of the Society of Fellows of Harvard University. …

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William Blake's "The Divine Image" 8:10

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In today’s poem, from Songs of Innocence, we meet William Blake struggling to sort out his theological analogies. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribeBy Sean Johnson

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John Milton's "When I consider how my light is spent" 12:22

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In today’s poem, also known as “Sonnet 19,” Milton offers a pious alternative to “raging” against the dying of the light. Happy reading. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribeBy Sean Johnson

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning's "A Musical Instrument" 6:56

2h ago6:56

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Today’s poem muses on the sweet and awful creation of the poet. Happy reading! Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribeBy Sean Johnson

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To Kill a Mockingbird: Q&A Episode 1:14:58

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You’ve got questions about To Kill a Mockingbird, we’ve got conversation. Thanks to everyone who submitted questions and happy listening! This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit closereads.substack.com/subscribeBy David Kern, Sean Johnson, and Heidi White

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To Kill a Mockingbird: Q&A Episode

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You’ve got questions about To Kill a Mockingbird, we’ve got conversation. Thanks to everyone who submitted questions and happy listening!

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Ben Jonson's "Though I be young" 8:05

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Today’s poem is a song from Ben Jonson’s final play, The Sad Shepherd (1641). Happy reading. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribeBy Sean Johnson

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Amy Clampitt's "The Godfather Returns to Color TV" 8:43

23h ago8:43

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Just when you thought you were out, The Daily Poem pulls you back in–to poems about movies. Today’s charming and earnest poem imitates the medium it describes (film) by swapping memorable images and sensations for linear propositions. Happy reading. Amy Clampitt was born and raised in New Providence, Iowa. She studied first at Grinnell College in G…

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Siegfried Sassoon's "Picture-Show" 5:17

6d ago5:17

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Today’s poem–published in 1920–is one of the early intersections between poetry and cinema. Happy reading. Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967) is best remembered for his angry and compassionate poems about World War I, which brought him public and critical acclaim. Avoiding the sentimentality and jingoism of many war poets, Sassoon wrote of the horror an…

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Hart Crane's "Chaplinesque" 7:04

3d ago7:04

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In today’s poem, written a century ago, cinema (and Charlie Chaplin) is already supplying metaphors for the work and experience of modern poets. Happy reading. Harold Hart Crane was born on July 21, 1899, in Garrettsville, Ohio, and began writing verse in his early teenage years. Though he never attended college, Crane read regularly on his own, di…

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Joseph Stanton's "Edward Hopper's 'New York Movie'" 9:10

4d ago9:10

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Today’s poem (from an art scholar and master of ekphrastic poetry) features another classic Hopper painting and a contemplative trip to the movies. Happy reading! Joseph Stanton’s books of poems include A Field Guide to the Wildlife of Suburban O‘ahu, Cardinal Points, Imaginary Museum: Poems on Art, and What the Kite Thinks, Moving Pictures, and Li…

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To Kill a Mockingbird: The Final Chapters

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And so we’re at the end of another book. In this one, Boo Radley appears, Jem is a hero, Atticus faces a dilemma, and Scout begins to see things for herself. Join us as we dig in. Happy listening! Close Reads HQ is a community supported endeavor. To ensure we can keep making the content you value, please subscribe!…

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To Kill a Mockingbird: The Final Chapters 1:04:33

4d ago1:04:33

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And so we’re at the end of another book. In this one, Boo Radley appears, Jem is a hero, Atticus faces a dilemma, and Scout begins to see things for herself. Join us as we dig in. Happy listening! Close Reads HQ is a community supported endeavor. To ensure we can keep making the content you value, please subscribe! This is a public episode. If you’…

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Cornelius Eady's "Charlie Chaplin Impersonates a Poet" 9:34

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This week The Daily Poem heads to the movies. Cornelius Eady is the founder of the poetry group Cave Canem and his published collections include Victims of the Latest Dance Craze (Omnation Press, 1986), winner of the Lamont Poetry Prize from the Academy of American Poets; The Gathering of My Name (Carnegie Mellon University Press,1991), nominated f…

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Allison Adelle Hedge Coke's "America, I Sing You Back" 5:14

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Today’s poem both responds to and carries on the work of Walt Whitman and Langston Hughes. Happy reading! Allison Adelle Hedge Coke has written seven books of poetry, one book of nonfiction, and a play. Following former fieldworker retraining in the mid-1980s, the much-decorated poet began her writing and teaching career. She now serves as distingu…

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Two for the Fourth 5:38

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Today’s (frequently-paired) poems form an antiphonal song between Walt Whitman and Langston Hughes on the complicated ideal of “being American.” Happy Independence Day and Happy Reading! Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribeBy Sean Johnson

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Grace Schulman's "American Solitude" 17:40

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Today’s poem is lovely, dark, and deep. Loneliness, Americana, Edward Hopper, literary illusions, clams: it has it all. Happy reading! Poet and editor Grace Schulman (b. 1935) was born Grace Waldman in New York City, the only child of a Polish Jewish immigrant father and a seventh-generation American mother. She studied at Bard College and earned h…

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John Ciardi's "Mummy Slept Late and Daddy Fixed Breakfast" 2:21

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Today’s poem from John Ciardi goes out to all of the dads who can cook, all of the dads who can’t, all of the children who have endured the latter, and all of the moms who deserve to sleep late more often. Happy reading! Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe…

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To Kill a Mockingbird: Chapters 15-22

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This section of To Kill a Mockingbird includes some of the most memorable scenes in all of American literature. Join us as we dig in! (And happy listening!)

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To Kill a Mockingbird: Chapters 15-22 1:14:41

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This section of To Kill a Mockingbird includes some of the most memorable scenes in all of American literature. Join us as we dig in! (And happy listening!) This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit closereads.substack.com/subscribe…

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Edgar Allan Poe's "To Helen" 8:51

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In today’s poem, Poe offers us an ode to the Homeric beauty that is also definitely giving some Stacy’s-mom vibes. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribeBy Sean Johnson

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Emily Dickinson's "I felt a Funeral, in my Brain," 11:05

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On one of her darker days, Emily Dickinson dreams of a fate worse than death. Happy(?) reading. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribeBy Sean Johnson

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Paul Laurence Dunbar's "The Lawyers' Ways" 5:00

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Happy birthday to the trailblazing Paul Laurence Dunbar. For more meditations on “lawyers’ ways,” come join our discussion of To Kill a Mockingbird over on the Close Reads Podcast! Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribeBy Sean Johnson

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Adam's "Bone of My Bone" 6:05

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Though rarely anthologized or even contemplated as such, today’s poem is arguably the very first–and its a solid beginning. Happy reading. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribeBy Sean Johnson

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William Butler Yeats' "Brown Penny" 7:44

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Today’s poem is one of the purest and most earnest offerings from one of the most indefatigable lover-poets of the twentieth century. Happy reading! Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribeBy Sean Johnson

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To Kill a Mockingbird: Chapters 9-14 1:00:36

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During these chapters Harper Lee begins to shift gears, subtly expanding the thematic world of To Kill a Mockingbird, while also introducing us to both new characters and new plot. We discuss. Plus: more on Atticus, a reading of the church scene, and much more! Happy reading! Close Reads HQ is a community-supported endeavor. We need your suport to …

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To Kill a Mockingbird: Chapters 9-14

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During these chapters Harper Lee begins to shift gears, subtly expanding the thematic world of To Kill a Mockingbird, while also introducing us to both new characters and new plot. We discuss. Plus: more on Atticus, a reading of the church scene, and much more! Happy reading! Close Reads HQ is a community-supported endeavor. We need your suport to …

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Marianne Moore's "Silence" 9:51

19d ago9:51

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Marianne Craig Moore (November 15, 1887 – February 5, 1972) was an American modernist poet, critic, translator, and editor. Her poetry is noted for its formal innovation, precise diction, irony, and wit. She was nominated for the 1968 Nobel Prize in Literature. -bio via Wikipedia Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.co…

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Matthew Hollis' "The Diomedes" 10:12

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Today’s poem comes from Matthew Hollis’ remarkable collection, Earth House, which blends explorations of the four cardinal directions and original translations of Anglo-Saxon verse from the Exeter Book. Matthew Hollis was born in Norwich in 1971, and now lives in London. His debut Ground Water (Bloodaxe Books, 2004) was shortlisted for the Guardian…

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Jim Daniels' "Short-Order Cook" 8:09

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Today’s poem goes out to all the unsung heroes of the grease trap and the fry basket. Happy reading. Jim Daniels is the author of numerous collections of poetry, most recently The Middle Ages (Red Mountain Press, 2018) and Street Calligraphy (Steel Toe Books, 2017). His third collection, Places/Everyone (University of Wisconsin Press, 1985), won th…

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Lucille Clifton's "cutting greens" 9:43

24d ago9:43

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Lucille Clifton was born in Depew, New York, on June 27, 1936. Her first book of poems, Good Times (Random House, 1969), was rated one of the best books of the year by the New York Times. Clifton remained employed in state and federal government positions until 1971, when she became a writer in residence at Coppin State College in Baltimore, Maryla…

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7.9: Questionpalooza 7! 1:14:45

25d ago1:14:45

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We’ve come to the end of another delightful season of Withywindle. Endings are sad. You are allowed to be sad. But you’re only allowed to be sad for 13 seconds which is exactly the length it takes to read this sentence twice. Ok, did you do that? Are you done being sad now? Let’s move on to something happier: It’s Questionpalooza time!!In the 7th i…

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To Kill a Mockingbird: Chapters 1-8

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Welcome back to a new series of discussions on another beloved novel, this time on one of the best American novels ever written. In this episode, we talk about Harper Lee’s use of voice in telling the story (and why it’s somewhat similar to Jane Austen), the importance of the character of Jem, the Southerness of the book, and much more. Happy liste…

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To Kill a Mockingbird: Chapters 1-8 1:11:08

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Welcome back to a new series of discussions on another beloved novel, this time on one of the best American novels ever written. In this episode, we talk about Harper Lee’s use of voice in telling the story (and why it’s somewhat similar to Jane Austen), the importance of the character of Jem, the Southerness of the book, and much more. Happy liste…

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Robert Graves' "I'd Love to Be a Fairy's Child" 4:05

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Captain Robert von Ranke Graves (24 July 1895 – 7 December 1985) was an English poet, soldier, historical novelist and critic. His father was Alfred Perceval Graves, a celebrated Irish poet and figure in the Gaelic revival; they were both Celticists and students of Irish mythology. Robert Graves produced more than 140 works in his lifetime. His poe…

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Carl Sandburg's "Fog" 4:47

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Today’s economical little poem from Carl Sandburg is jam-packed with allusion and metaphor. Happy reading. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribeBy Sean Johnson

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Donald Davidson's "Lee in the Mountains" Pt. 2 5:04

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The conclusion to yesterday’s poem. Happy reading. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribeBy Sean Johnson

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Donald Davidson's "Lee in the Mountains" Pt. 1 6:24

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Today, while the host works in the mountains, we are featuring the first half of a longer poem by Fugitive poet Donald Davidson, imagining the inner agonies of a Robert E. Lee in retirement. Part 2 tomorrow. Associated with the Fugitives and Southern Agrarians, poet Donald (Grady) Davidson was born in Tennessee and earned both a BA and an MA from V…

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Robert Bly's "The Moon" 7:06

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Robert Bly (born December 23, 1926, in Madison, Minnesota) is the author of more than thirty books of poetry, including Stealing Sugar from the Castle: Selected Poems (W. W. Norton, 2013); Talking into the Ear of a Donkey: Poems(W. W. Norton, 2011); Reaching Out to the World: New and Selected Prose Poems (White Pine Press, 2009); My Sentence Was a …

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Jane Kenyon's "Otherwise" 7:34

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Jane Kenyon (1947–1995), former Poet Laureate of New Hampshire, was the author of four volumes of poetry. Her collected poems were published by Graywolf Press in 2007. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribeBy Sean Johnson

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7.8 Millie Florence Powers the Withywindle Machine 1:49:12

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The fabulous Millie Florence is our guest on this week’s Withywindle! Millie is the author of such wonderful stories as Honey Butter, The Balter of Ashton Harper and the forthcoming Beyond Mulberry Glen. We had a delightful time chatting with Millie and hearing her answers to all your questions!Plus, of course, the usual nonsense. You know what thi…

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An 1860's Book Draft

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What’s your favorite book from the 1860s? Something by Tolstoy or Dostoevsky? Dickens or Alcott? This week on Close Reads we’re drafting books from this very important decade in several categories—and you’ll get the final say on whose “roster” of titles is best. So click play and get ready to vote (poll coming soon). Happy listening!…

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