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October 12, 2017

The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 413

Short story: Che Ti Dice La Patria by Ernest Hemingway, from Collected Short Stories. Highly Recommended.


Poem: Song by Muriel Rukeyser, listened to on the Poem of the Day podcast.


Essay: The Fallibility of Memory by Fiona Gabbert, listened to on the BBC’s The Essay podcast, from October 2017. Highly Recommended


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Published on October 12, 2017 02:59

October 11, 2017

The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 412

Short story: City Lazarus by Diana Rowland, from Dangerous Women, edited by George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois. Highly Recommended.


Poem: Salvation by Stephen Dunn, listened to on the Poem of the Day podcast, from October 2017. Recommended.


Essay: Touching the Void by Adam Zeman, listened to on the BBC’s The Essay podcast, from October 2017. Highly Recommended.


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Published on October 11, 2017 13:58

October 10, 2017

The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 411

Short story: When No One Knew Us by Matthew Fuchs, listened to on the Centropic Oracle podcast, from September 2017. Recommended.


Poem: Correspondance by Jacques Réda, listened to on the Poem of the Day podcast, from October 2017.


Essay: The Vela Incident, listened to on the Skeptoid podcast, from October 2017. Recommended.


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Published on October 10, 2017 11:46

October 9, 2017

The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 410

Short story: The Cobweb by H. H. Munroe, listened to on the Morning Short podcast.


Poem: They by Noelle Kocot, listened to on the Poety Now podcast, from October 2017. Recommended.


Essay: Paper, listened to on the BBC’s 50 Things that Made the Modern Economy podcast, from January 2017. Highly Recommended.


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Published on October 09, 2017 13:10

October 8, 2017

The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 409

Short story: Reunion by John Cheever, listened to on the New Yorker Fiction podcast, from October 2007. Highly Recommended.


Poem: Applesauce by Ted Kooser, listened to on the Poem of the Day podcast, from October 2017.


Essay: Lothair Crystal, listened to on the BBC’s A History of the World in 100 Objects, from June 2010. Recommended.


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Published on October 08, 2017 08:18

Jon’s Author Diary 001 – October 8 2017

http://traffic.libsyn.com/joncronshaw/001_-_October_8_2017.mp3

In today’s episode, Jon shares his author diary for the week ending October 8, 2017.


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Published on October 08, 2017 06:30

October 7, 2017

The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 408

Short story: Pherusa Among the Stars by Michael Haynes, listened to on the Centropic Oracle podcast, from October 2017. Recommended.


Poem: Fire and Ice by Robert Frost, listened to through Librivox. Highly Recommended.


Essay: The Apocalypse Hasn’t Happened Yet by Andrew Sullivan, listened to on the BBC’s A Point of View podcast, from October 2017. Highly Recommended.


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Published on October 07, 2017 04:27

October 6, 2017

The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 407

Short story: The Test by Olga Werby, listened to on the 600 Second Saga podcast, from October 2017. Recommended.


Poem: Perhaps the World Ends Here by Joy Harjo, listened to on the Poem of the Day podcast, from October 2017. Recommended.


Essay: How to Seek Truth in the Era of Fake News by Christiane Amanpour, listened to on the TEDTalks podcast, from October 2017. Highly Recommended.


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Published on October 06, 2017 11:53

October 5, 2017

The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 406

Short story: Don’t Turn on the Lights by Cassandra Khaw, from Nightmare magazine, October 2017. Recommended.


Poem: Still Life by Sharon Olds, listened to on the Poem of the Day podcast, from October 2017.


Essay: Gun Culture: Pistols at Dawn by John Gallagher, listened to on the BBC’s The Essay podcast, from January 2017. Recommended.


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Published on October 05, 2017 04:35