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March 20, 2017

The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 207

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


Poem: Jim Limber, the Adopted Mullato Son of Jefferson Davis by Shane McRae, listened to on the Poem of the Day podcast, from March 2017. Recommended.


Essay: 3 Ways to Fix a Broken News Industry by Lara Setrakrian, listened to on the TEDTalks podcast, from February 2017. Highly Recommended.


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Published on March 20, 2017 01:35

March 18, 2017

The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 206

Short story: There are No Thieves in this Town by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, from No One Writes to the Colonel and Other Stories. Highly Recommended.


Poem: An Enigma by Edgar Allan Poe, listened to through Librivox. Recommended.


Essay: Everything is Full of Gods – Thales, listened to on the History of the Philosophy Without Any Gaps podcasts, from October 2010. Highly Recommended.


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Published on March 18, 2017 23:14

March 17, 2017

The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 205

Short story: Guy Walks Into Bar by Simon Rich, listened to on the Selected Short podcast, from September 2016. Highly Recommended.


Poem: Song of the Zeppelins by Violet D. Chapman, listened to on the Voice Before the Void podcast. Recommended.


Essay: Chinese Bronze Bell, listened to on the BBC’s A History of the World in 100 Objects, from February 2010. Highly Recommended.


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Published on March 17, 2017 23:04

March 16, 2017

The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 204

Short story: Beyond 550 Astronomical Units by Mike Brotherton, from Nature, January 2016. Recommended.


Poem: Loving in Truth by Chris Wallace-Crabbe, listened to on the Poem of the Day podcast, from March 2017. Recommended.


Essay: The Hebrew Bible by Jacke Wilson, listened to on The History of Literature podcast, from October 2015. Highly Recommended.


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Published on March 16, 2017 23:58

March 15, 2017

The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 203

Short story: The Call by Robert Westall, from The Call and Other Stories (1989). Recommended.


Poem: White Bridge Road by Joan Murray, listened to on the Poem of the Day podcast, from March 2017. Recommended.


Essay: To Raise Brave Girls, Encourage Adventure by Caroline Paul, listened to on the TEDTalks podcast, from March 2017. Highly Recommended.


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Published on March 15, 2017 23:54

March 14, 2017

The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 202

Short story: Glitch by Hugh Howey (2014). Highly Recommended.


Poem: Invocation to Convince a Baby Already Twelve days Overdue to Come Out of the Womb by Jeanne Murray Walker, listened to on the Poem of the Day podcast, from March 2017. Highly Recommended.


Essay: Burgess and the Morality of Contemporary Culture by A. L. Kennedy, listened to on the BBC’s The Essay podcast, from February 2017. Highly Recommended.


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Published on March 14, 2017 23:43

March 13, 2017

The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 201

Short story: Alice Fantastic by Maggie Estep, from USA Noir (2013) edited by Johnny Temple.


Poem: Have You Prayed Yet? by Li-Young Lee, listened to on the Poem of the Day podcast, from March 2017. Highly Recommended.


Essay: The Screensaver of Life, or the Idling Brain by Stella Tilyard, listened to on the BBC’s A Point of View podcast, from March 2017. Highly Recommended.


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Published on March 13, 2017 23:34

March 12, 2017

The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 200

Short story: The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury, from The Illustrated Man and Other Stories. Highly Recommended.


Poem: Earth’s Answer by William Blake, from Songs of Experience, listened to through Librivox. Highly Recommended.


Essay: Modernist Utopias, listened to on the BBC’s In Our Time podcast, from March 2006. Highly Recommended.


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Published on March 12, 2017 23:26

The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 199

Short story: Curing a Cold by Mark Twain, listened to on the Morning Short podcast. Recommended.


Poem: Wide Receiver by Mark Halliday, listened to on the Poem of the Day podcast.


Essay: Olmec Stone Mask, listened to on the BBC’s A History of the World in 100 Objects podcast, from February 2010. Highly Recommended.


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Published on March 12, 2017 08:10

March 11, 2017

The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 198

Short story: Real Ghosts by J. B. Park, from Clarkesworld, March 2017. Highly Recommended.


Poem: New Endymion by W. S. Di Piero, listened to on the Poem of the Day podcast, from March 2017.


Essay: The Epic of Gilgamesh by Jacke WIlson, listened to on the History of Literature podcast, from October 2015. Recommended.


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Published on March 11, 2017 03:05