Wednesday, April 17, 2013

April 18, 2013 Leonard Cohen

My wife came home with a wonderful book with the poem by Leonard Cohen, Dance me to the end of love as the text and pictures by Matisse. It was wonderful. I began wondering more about the writings of Leonard Cohen. His song Suzanne was a favorite of mine when I was a young teenager, and his Hallelujah has become a wonderful hit. But apart from his music, I know very little of his other writings.
I have known a little about him, that he was from Canada, but not much more. So, it became evident who I was going to read this Thursday. I was holding out for a local poet, but was instead blessed at the last minute by this wonderful writer.

Thursday, April 4, 2013

April 4 2013

Today is Maya Angelou's birthday.  The whole show will be dedicated to her  poetry. This is an example of why I started this show. When listening to the Writer's Almanac, I would hear of someone's birthday but never hear any of their work. This thought is what led to this radio show. It is an attempt to celebrate the words of those people we remember on their birthday, or some anniversary and as a way to discover their work, that I so often have only heard about but never read much.

march 28

Thursday, March 28 was a wonderful time to discover Maxim Gorky, the great Russian writer. I read from his diary various stories of his.
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