20 - Poetry Week

From the archive (1946): Our boys have come home from war. Weather: "Tiny Little Octopus" by The PDX Broadsides⁠⁠ The voice of Leonard Burton is James Urbaniak The voice of Dottie is Meg Bashwiner Original episode art by Jessica Hayworth Episode transcripts Order Night Vale's sig ...  Show more

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This week, Parul Sehgal and Gregory Cowles discuss the year in poetry; Alexandra Alter has news from the publishing world; George Saunders talks about children’s books; and Cowles has best-seller news. Pamela Paul is the host.

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Coming up:

Good evening  0:00:40

Mea culpa  0:01:13

A Tour of the Abattoir with Mike Allen  0:03:02

Poetry: “Whitestone Grove Hotel” by Robert Payne Cabeen, narrated by Robert Neufeld  0:17:05

Fiction: “Lorscapedia” by Edward Ahern, narrated by Wi ...

Your Hosts: Mary Robinette, Dan, Amal, and Howard For the last seven episodes we've explored language, meaning, and their overlap with that thing we mean when we use language to say "poetry." In this episode we step back to some origins, including, at a meta-level, the origins of ...  Show more

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