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April 28, 2018
The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 608
Short story: A Last Dance by Fanni Suto, listened to on the 600 Second Saga podcast, from April 2018. Recommended.
Poem: Sonnet 2 by William Shakespeare. Highly Recommended.
Essay: Hoa Hakananai’a Easter Island Statue, listened to on the BBC’s A History of the World in 100 Objects, from September 2010. Recommended.
April 25, 2018
The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 606
Short story: A Rather Remarkable Man by Alexandra Grunberg, listened to on the Centropic Oracle podcast, from April 2018. Recommended.
Poem: The Mosquito by Rodney Jones, listened to on the Poem of the Day podcast, from April 2018. Recommended.
Essay: Statue of Huastec Goddess, listened to on the BBC’s A History of the World in 100 Objects, from July 2010. Recommended.
April 24, 2018
The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 605
Short story: Love by William Maxwell, from the New Yorker, January 2013. Highly Recommended.
Poem: Image of the Engine by George Oppen, listened to on the Poem of the Day podcast, from April 2018. Highly Recommended.
Essay: Max Weber and the Protestant Work Ethic by Justin Champion, listened to on the BBC’s A Point of View podcast, from April 2015. Recommended.
April 23, 2018
The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 604
Short story: The Sword of Tyraste by Cecilia Holland, from The Book of Swords, edited by George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois. Highly Recommended.
Poem: The Unreliable Narrator by Keith Waldrop, listened to on the Poem of the Day podcast, from April 2018. Recommended.
Essay: The Museum of Deportation by Stella Tillyard, listened to on the BBC’s A Point of View podcast, from April 2018. Highly Recommended.
April 22, 2018
The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 603
Short story: Waterfalling by Lavie Tidhar, from The Book of Swords, edited by George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois. Highly Recommended.
Poem: To Autumn by John Keats, listened to on the Poem of the Day podcast, from April 2018. Recommended.
Essay: Foley, listened to on the Twenty Thousand Hertz podcast, from April 2017. Highly Recommended.
Jon’s Author Diary – 029 – April 22, 2018
Jon’s had a frustrating week with his family getting ill with various bugs.
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April 21, 2018
The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 602
Short story: Treatments by Robert Coover, from the New Yorker, April 2018. Recommended.
Poem: Houdini by Kay Ryan, listened to on the Poem of the Day podcast, from April 2018. Recommended.
Essay: Alcohol Myths, listened to on the Skeptoid podcast, from April 2018. Recommended.
April 20, 2018
The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 601
Short story: Which Super Little Dead Girl Are You? Take Our Quiz and Find Out! by Nino Cipri, from Nightmare magazine, December 2017. Recommended.
Poem: You Know it as Spring by Jill Osier, listened to on the Poem of the Day podcast, from April 2018. Recommended.
Essay: The Mental Illness Metaphor by Tom Shakespeare, listened to on the BBC’s A Point of View podcast, from April 2018. Highly Recommended.
April 19, 2018
The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 600
Short story: The Exiles by Ray Bradbury, from The Illustrated Man and Other Stories. Highly Recommended.
Poem: Grief Sequence 7 by Prageeta Sharma, listened to on the PoetryNow podcast, from April 2018. Highly Recommended.
Essay: How we Need to Remake the Internet by Jaron Lanier, from the TED Talks podcast, April 2018. Highly Recommended.
April 18, 2018
The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 599
Short story: Five Wishes by Gary Alexander, from Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, November 2012. Recommended.
Poem: Burial Rites by Philip Levine, listened to on the Poem of the Day podcast, from April 2017. Recommended.
Essay: Space, listened to on the Twenty-Thousand Hertz podcast, from March 2017. Highly Recommended.
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