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March 12, 2017

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

March 10, 2017

The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 197

Short story: White Trash by Jerome Charyn, from USA Noir (2013) edited by Johnny Temple. Recommended.


Poem: The Name by Gerald Stern, listened to on the Poem of the Day podcast, from March 2017. Highly Recommended.


Essay:Tales by Aleks Krotoski, listened to on the Digital Human podcast, from October 2012. Recommended.


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Published on March 10, 2017 00:50

March 8, 2017

The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 196

Short story: Duck Duck Duck by Samantha Murray, from Nature, February 2016. Recommended.


Poem: Hope is the Thing With Feathers by Emily Dickinson, listened to through Librivox. Highly Recommended.


Essay: Beethoven’s Hair, listened to on the Skeptoid podcast, from March 2017. Recommended.


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Published on March 08, 2017 22:05

The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 195

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 Murray, listened to on the TEDTalks podcast, from March 2017. Highly Recommended.


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Published on March 08, 2017 12:02

March 7, 2017

The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 195

Short story: Solstice by Anne Enright, from the New Yorker, March 2016. Recommended.


Poem: Feather in Bas-Relief by Allen Edwin Butt, listened to on Poem of the Day podcast, from March 2017. Recommended.


Essay: I Grew Up in the Westboro Baptist Church, Here’s Why I Left by Megan Phelps-Roper, listened to on the TEDTalks podcast , from March 2017. Highly Recommended.


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Published on March 07, 2017 00:39

March 6, 2017

The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 194

Short story: Adjenia by Natalia Theodoridou, from Nature, March 2016. Recommended.


Poem: Dust Poem by Philip Jenks, listened to on Poetry Foundation’s Poetry Now podcast, from March 2017. Highly Recommended.


Essay: Basse Yutz Flagons, 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 06, 2017 07:47

March 5, 2017

The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 193

Short story: One of these Days by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, from No One Writes to the Colonel and Other Stories. Recommended.


Poem: Ye Elves of Hills by William Shakespeare, listened to on the Poem of the Day podcast, from March 2017. Recommended.


Essay: Burgess and Language by Kevin Jackson, listened to on the BBC’s The Essay podcast, from March 2017. Highly Recommended.


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Published on March 05, 2017 03:57

The Ray Bradbury: Day 193

Short story: One of these Days by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, from No One Writes to the Colonel and Other Stories. Recommended.


Poem: Ye Elves of Hills by William Shakespeare, listened to on the Poem of the Day podcast, from March 2017. Recommended.


Essay: Burgess and Language by Kevin Jackson, listened to on the BBC’s The Essay podcast, from March 2017. Highly Recommended.


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Published on March 05, 2017 03:57

March 4, 2017

The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 192

Short story: Still Air by Terrance Hayes, from USA Noir (2013) edited by Johnny Temple. Highly Recommended.


Poem: What is it to be Human? by Waldo Williams, listened to on the Poem of the Day podcast, from March 2017. Highly Recommended.


Essay: Flying Saucers and an Uncertain World by John Gray, listened to on the BBC’s A Point of View podcast, from March 2017. Highly Recommended.


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Published on March 04, 2017 01:03