In this second reading (of three) of the letters of Willa Cather, we find her in Pittsburgh and then New York, doing mostly (to her regret) journalism. But she takes a trip to the southwest, publishes a few short stories
Willa Cather’s letters – # 2
Greg Williard reads his prize winning story, MHW
Gregg Williard’s fiction, non-fiction and visual art have been published in Shenandoah, New England Review, The Iowa Review, The Rupture, Into the Void and Diagram, among others. He teaches English to refugees and does a book reading show on WORT
Robert Ingersoll delivers Walt Whitman’s funeral eulogy
Robert Ingersoll speaking the eulogy at Walt Whitman’s funeral Robert Ingersoll, called The Great Agnostic, was one of the premier orators of the second half of the 19th century, and gave the funeral eulogy for Walt Whitman on March 30,
Love Poems of Pablo Neruda for Valentine’s Day
Love Poems by Pablo Neruda Read by husband and wife team Juan Egea and Sarli Mercado, from the UW-Madison Department of Spanish and Portuguese. Sarli we just featured in our Podcast, Women in Translation. Juan is is professor
Living Poetry – Women in Translation
Lori DiPrete Brown Sarli Mercado Lori DiPrete Brown is founding director of UW-Madison’s 4W Women and Well-Being Initiative, which develops and supports a
Shakespeare’s women – alone together
Shakespeare’s scenes with two women alone. What do Shakespeare’s women say when they are out of the hearing of men? Mya Kahler and Maggie Schenk, two of our favorite Shakespearean actresses, in scenes from Twelfth Night, As You Like it,
Franz Kafka’s story “A Hunger Artist”
Franz Kafka’s dark and disturbing short story, A Hunger Artist Alex Hancock and Nick Barovic-Hancock read the Muir translation of one of the strangest of Kafka’s works. “A Hunger Artist” (“Ein Hungerkunstler”) is one of the last short
James Baldwin’s essay – Why I Stopped Hating Shakespeare
Photo: Allen Warren – Wikimedia Commons Melvin Hinton reads James Baldwin’s essay, Why I Stopped Hating Shakespeare Audio from this reading is being reworked … thanks for your patience. Madison’s Melvin Hinton reads this wonderful essay and
Eugene V Debs – A Graphic Biography
Eugene V. Debs – A Graphic Biography by Paul Buhle and Steve Max, illustrated by Norm Van Sciver Historian Paul Buhle relates the history of America’s most important and popular socialist and adds some personal thoughts about socialism and
A Gold Slipper – A short story by Willa Cather
A Gold Slipper – a short story by Willa Sibert Cather – first published in Harper’s Monthly Magazine #134, January 1917. We continue our examination of the life and works of Willa Cather with this wonderful short story. Samra