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October 4, 2017

The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 405

Short story: Krace is Not a Highway? by Scott Vaynur, from Strange Horizons, October 2017. Recommended.


Poem: Rock Records by Joyce Peseroff, listened to on the Poem of the Day podcast, from October 2017. Recommended.


Essay: Harem Wall Painting Fragments, listened to on the BBC’s A History of the World in 100 Objects. Highly Recommended.


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Published on October 04, 2017 13:14

October 3, 2017

The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 404

Short story: “Likes” by Sarah Shun-lien Bynum, from the New Yorker, October 2017. Recommended.


Poem: Tree Frogs by William Logan, listened to on the Poem of the Day podcast, from October 2017. Recommended.


Essay: Ouija Boards, listened to on the Skeptoid podcast, from October 2017. Recommended.


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Published on October 03, 2017 13:32

October 2, 2017

The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 403

Short story: The Clown and Bard by Karen Karbo, from USA Noir (2013) edited by Johnny Temple. Recommended.


Poem: Temptation of the Rope by Reginald Dwayne Betts, listened to on the Poetry Now podcast, from October 2017. Highly Recommended.


Essay: Lessons from the Longest Study on Human Development by Helen Pearson, listened to on the TED Talks podcast, from October 2017. Highly Recommended.


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Published on October 02, 2017 14:51

October 1, 2017

The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 402

Short story: Warmth by Geoff Ryman, from Clarkesworld magazine, September 2017. Highly Recommended.


Poem: DetoNation by Ocean Vuong, listened to on the Poem of the Day podcast, from September 2017.


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


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Published on October 01, 2017 02:06

September 30, 2017

The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 401

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


Poem: Lepanto by G. K. Chesterton, listened to through Librivox.


Essay: The Triumph of Tribalism by Andrew Sullivan, listened to on the BBC’s A Point of View podcast, from September 2017. Highly Recommended.


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Published on September 30, 2017 14:28

September 29, 2017

The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 400

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


Poem: The White Room by Charles Simic, listened to on the Poem of the Day podcast, from September 2017. Recommended.


Essay: Grayson Perry on Nikolaus Pevsner, listened to on the Reith Lectures podcast, from September 2017. Recommended.


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Published on September 29, 2017 15:40

September 28, 2017

The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 399

Short story: When Wind Catches by Tori V. Rann, listened to on the 600 Second Saga podcast, from September 2017. Recommended.


Poem: Arms and the Boy by Wilfred Owen, listened to through Librivox. Highly Recommended.


Essay: Maya Relief of Royal Blood-letting, listened to on the BBC’s A History of the World in 100 Objects, from June 2010. Recommended.


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Published on September 28, 2017 07:12

September 27, 2017

The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 398

Short story: The Adventure of the Reigate Squire by Arthur Conan Doyle, from the Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. Recommended.


Poem: Majolica Lament, or “Australopithecus” by Linda Kunhardt, listened to on the Poem of the Day podcast, from September 2017.


Essay: Reclaiming Power, listened to on the Sincerely, X, podcast, from September 2017. Recommended.


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Published on September 27, 2017 13:08

September 26, 2017

The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 397

Short story: Dire Wolf by Michael J. DeLuca, from Beneath Ceaseless Skies, September 2017. Highly Recommended.


Poem: Living Among the Dead by Williams Matthews, listened to on the Poem of the Day podcast, from September 2017. Highly Recommended.


Essay: Scepticism vs. Cynicism, listened to on the Skeptoid podcast, from September 2017. Recommended.


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Published on September 26, 2017 14:17

September 25, 2017

The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 396

Short story: Bobo by Tom Howard, listened to on the Centropic Oracle podcast, from September 2017. Recommended.


Poem: Who’s That? by Ana Božičević, listened to on the Poetry Now podcast, from September 2017. Recommended.


Essay: How a Video Game Might Help us Build Better Cities by Karoliina Korppoo, listened to on the TEDTalks podcast.


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Published on September 25, 2017 13:07