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April 16, 2017

The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 235

Short story: Wither and Blossom by Suvi Kauppila, from Strange Horizons, March 2017. Highly Recommended.


Poem: Rudie Can’t Fail in South Padre by Quraysh Ali Lansana, listened to on the Poetry Foundation’s Poetry Now podcast, from March 2017. Highly Recommended.


Essay: Addiction is a Disease. We Should Treat it Like One by Michael Botticelli, listened to on the TEDTalks podcast, from March 2017. Highly Recommended.


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Published on April 16, 2017 23:20

The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 234

Short story: A Scandal in Bohemia by Arthur Conan Doyle, from the Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Highly Recommended.


Poem: To Helen by Edgar Allan Poe, listened to through Librivox. Recommended.


Essay: Created in Our Image, listened to on the History of Philosophy without any Gaps podcast, from October 2010. Highly Recommended.


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Published on April 16, 2017 03:53

April 15, 2017

The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 233

Short story: Torching the Dusties by Margaret Atwood, from Stone Mattress: Nine Wicked Tales. Highly Recommended.


Poem: April by Alicia Ostriker, listened to on the Poem of the Day podcast, from March 2017. Recommended.


Essay: The Rosetta Stone, listened to on the BBC’s A History of the World in 100 Objects, from May 2010. Highly Recommended.


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Published on April 15, 2017 03:49

April 14, 2017

The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 232

Short story: Stone Mattress by Margaret Atwood, from Stone Mattress: Nine Wicked Tales. Highly Recommended.


Poem: To Helen by Edgar Allan Poe, listened to through Librivox. Recommended.


Essay: The Power and Peril of Stories by Tom Shakespeare, listened to on the BBC’s A Point of View podcast, from March 2017. Highly Recommended.


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Published on April 14, 2017 03:44

April 13, 2017

The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 231

Short story: Tachy Psyche by Andy Dudak, from Clarkesworld magazine, May 2013. Recommended.


Poem: Tracking by Eleanor Wilner, listened to on the Poem of the Day podcast, from March 2017. Highly Recommended.


Essay: Everything You Think You Know About Addiction is Wrong by Johan Hari, from TEDTalks, July 2015. Highly Recommended.


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Published on April 13, 2017 03:40

April 12, 2017

The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 230

Short story: Laura by Saki, listened to on the Morning Short podcast.


Poem: Eponymous by Paul Killebrew, listened to on the Poem of the Day podcast. Highly Recommended.


Essay: Buring the Ghosts of Flight 401, listened to on the Skeptoid podcast from March 2017. Recommended.


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Published on April 12, 2017 03:36

April 11, 2017

The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 229

Short story: The Dead Hand Loves You by Margaret Atwood, from Stone Mattress: Nine Wicked Tales. Highly Recommended.


Poem: A Red, Red Rose by Robert Burns, listened to on the Classic Poetry Aloud podcast. Highly Recommended.


Essay: Why Prisons Fail by Will Self, listened to the BBC’s A Point of View, from October 2011. Highly Recommended.


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Published on April 11, 2017 03:31

April 10, 2017

The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 228

Short story: The Princess and the Puma by O Henry, listened to on the Morning Short podcast.


Poem: When I Have Fears by John Keats, listened to through Librivox Recommended.


Essay: Monks, Models and Medieval Time by Seb Falk, listened to on the BBC’s The Essay podcast, from March 2017. Highly Recommended.


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Published on April 10, 2017 03:23

April 9, 2017

The Ray Bradbiry Challenge: Day 227

Short story: Herman Melville: Volume I by Victor Lodato, from the New York, March 2017. Highly Recommended.


Poem: Flatirons by David Yezzi, listened to on the Poem of the Day podcast, from March 2017. Recommended.


Essay: The Racial Politics of Time by Brittany Cooper, listened to on the TEDTalks podcast, from February 2017. Recommended.


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Published on April 09, 2017 02:52

April 8, 2017

The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 226

Short story: I Dream of Zenia with the Bright Red Teeth by Margaret Atwood, from Stone Mattress: Nine Wicked Tales. Recommended.


Poem: Requiescat by Oscar Wilde, listened to on The Voice Before the Void podcast. Recommended.


Essay: The Perils of Belief by John Gray, listened to on the BBC’s A Point of View podcast, from January 2014. Recommended.


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Published on April 08, 2017 02:41