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July 10, 2017
The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 320
Short story: Saint Pantaleone by Tony Tulathimutte, listened to on the Selected Shorts podcast, from June 2017. Recommended.
Poem: I Wanna Be Ur Lover (1979) by Douglas Kearney, listened to on the Poetry Now podcast, from July 2017. Highly Recommended.
Essay: My Year Living Biblically by A. J. Jacobs, listened to on the TEDTalks podcast, from July 2017. Highly Recommended.
What is the Ray Bradbury Challenge?


July 9, 2017
The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 319
Short story: The Descent of Man by Christopher Weber, from Nature, June 2017. Recommended.
Poem: The Operation by Anne Sexton, listened to on the Poem of the Day podcast, from July 2017. Highly Recommended.
Essay: Gold Coin of Kumaragupta I, listened to on the BBC’s A History of the World in 100 Objects, from June 2010. Highly Recommended.
What is the Ray Bradbury Challenge?


July 8, 2017
The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 317
Short story: Her Big Chance by Alan Bennett, from Talking Heads. Highly Recommended.
Poem: Buddy Caesar and his Starlighters by W. S. Di Piero, listened to on the Poem of the Day podcast, from July 2017. Recommended.
Essay: Resisting Tyranny by Jonathan Healey, listened to on the BBC’s The Essay podcast, from July 2017. Recommended.
What is the Ray Bradbury Challenge?


July 7, 2017
The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 316
Short story: Fresh and Finite by Aaron Moskalik, listened to on the Centropic Oracle podcast, from June 2017.
Poem: 67P/C-6 by John Tipton, listened to on the Poetry Now podcast, from June 2017. Highly Recommended.
Essay: Noam Chomsky by Barry Smith, listened to on the BBC’s A History of Ideas podcast, from January 2015. Recommended.
What is the Ray Bradbury Challenge?


July 6, 2017
The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 315
Short story: Mortal Eyes by Ann Chatham, from Beneath Ceaseless Skies, June 2017. Recommended.
Poem: Hot by Cislyn Smith, from Strange Horizons, May 2017. Recommended.
Essay: Being Transgender by Juno Dawson, listened to on the BBC’s Four Thought podcast, from July 2017. Highly Recommended.
What is the Ray Bradbury Challenge?


July 5, 2017
The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 314
Short story: Ex Oblivione by H. P. Lovecraft, listened to on the Voice Before the Void podcast.
Poem: She Lived by Lucille Clifton, listened to on the Poem of the Day podcast, from June 2017. Recommended.
Essay: The Mark of a Man by Will Self, listened to on the BBC’s A Point of View podcast, from July 2017.
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July 4, 2017
The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 313
Short story: Requiem for Solo Cello by Damien Angelica Walters, from Apex Magazine, February 2015. Highly Recommended.
Poem: I Fight Monsters by Richard Ford, from Strange Horizons, May 2017. Highly Recommended.
Essay: What are the Chances You’re Psychic, listened to on the Skeptoid podcast, from June 2017.
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July 3, 2017
The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 312
Short story: Two Ruminations on a Homeless Brother by David Means, from the New Yorker, May 2017. Highly Recommended.
Poem: How to Breathe on Venus by Symanatha Reagor, from Strange Horizons, May 2017.
Essay: Seated Buddha from Gandhara, listened to on the BBC’s A History of the World in 100 Objects, from May 2010. Highly Recommended.
What is the Ray Bradbury Challenge?


July 2, 2017
the Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 311
Short story: Soldiering On by Alan Bennett, from Talking Heads. Recommended.
Poem: Time to Want by E. Kristin Anderson, from Strange Horizons, May 2017. Recommended.
Essay: How to Design a Library the Makes Kids Want to Read by Michael Bierut, listened to on the TEDTalks podcast, from June 2017. Recommended.
What is the Ray Bradbury Challenge?


July 1, 2017
The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 310
Short story: Silver Blaze by Arthur Conan Doyle, from the Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. Highly Recommended.
Poem: To Milton by Oscar Wilde, listened to through Librivox. Recommended.
Essay: After Grenfell by Will Self, listened to on the BBC’s A Point of View podcast, from June 2017. Recommended.
What is the Ray Bradbury Challenge?

