Reading, Short and Deep

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Share the joys-and sharpen the skills-of deep reading. In each weekly half-hour podcast, Eric Rabkin and Jesse Willis mine together the riches of another marvelous short story, poem, or video. Each work, freely available on the RSD website, can be read in half an hour or less, and discussed for hour…

Eric S. Rabkin and Jesse Willis


    • Dec 7, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
    • weekly NEW EPISODES
    • 32m AVG DURATION
    • 335 EPISODES

    4.7 from 22 ratings Listeners of Reading, Short and Deep that love the show mention: ahead of time, virginity, show notes, jesse, tho, discussion, short, reading, story, engaging, deep, stories, always, fun, great, eric rabkin, ooooooh, what's a bastard.



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    357 A Voyage To Sfanomoë by Clark Ashton Smith

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2022 36:22


    A Voyage To Sfanomoë by Clark Ashton Smith

    356 The Gates Of Nineveh by Robert E. Howard

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2022 30:35


    The Gates Of Nineveh by Robert E. Howard

    355 A Vision Of Judgement by H.G. Wells

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2022 33:26


    A Vision Of Judgement by H.G. Wells

    354 Course Of Empire by Richard Wilson

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2022 33:01


    Course Of Empire by Richard Wilson

    353 A Telepathic Wooing by James Buckham

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2022 28:36


    A Telepathic Wooing by James Buckham

    352 A Wedding Gift by H. Rider Haggard

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2022 31:19


    A Wedding Gift by H. Rider Haggard

    351 The Diamond Necklace by Guy de Maupassant

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2022 34:10


    The Diamond Necklace by Guy de Maupassant

    350 Ode On The Death Of A Favourite Cat, Drowned In A Tub Of Gold Fishes by Thomas Gray

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2022 31:11


    Ode On The Death Of A Favourite Cat, Drowned In A Tub Of Gold Fishes by Thomas Gray

    349 Freedom Of Space by Arthur C. Clarke

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2022 31:49


    Freedom Of Space by Arthur C. Clarke

    348 The Spider And The Fly by Don Mark Lemon

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2022 32:51


    The Spider And The Fly by Don Mark Lemon

    347 The Stroller by Margaret St. Clair

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2022 35:19


    The Stroller by Margaret St. Clair

    346 The Bus-Conductor by E.F Benson

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2022 28:29


    The Bus-Conductor by E.F. Benson

    345 The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2022 32:17


    The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe

    344 At The Bend Of The Trail by Manly Wade Wellman

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2022 32:45


    At The Bend Of The Trail by Manly Wade Wellman

    343 The Fearsome Touch Of Death by Robert E. Howard

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2022 32:19


    The Fearsome Touch Of Death by Robert E. Howard

    342 The Tinder-Box by Hans Christian Andersen

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2022 30:34


    The Tinder-Box by Hans Christian Andersen

    341 Fluorocarbons Are Here To Stay! by Donald E. Westlake

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2022 33:02


    Fluorocarbons Are Here To Stay! by Donald E. Westlake

    340 The Dogs Of Salem by David H. Keller

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2022 35:11


    The Dogs Of Salem by David H. Keller

    339 I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud by William Wordsworth

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2022 30:05


    I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud by William Wordsworth

    338 The Green Door by A.A. Milne

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2022 37:12


    The Green Door by A.A. Milne

    337 Awakening by Willis Conover

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2022 30:29


    Awakening by Willis Conover

    336 The Crowning Moment by May McHenry

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2022 28:09


    The Crowning Moment by May McHenry

    335 Collapsing Cosmoses by R.H. Barlow and H.P. Lovecraft

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2022 36:10


    Collapsing Cosmoses by R.H. Barlow and H.P. Lovecraft

    334 A Dark-Brown Dog by Stephen Crane

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2022 32:36


    A Dark-Brown Dog by Stephen Crane

    333 Break-Out by Donald E. Westlake

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2022 32:04


    Break-Out by Donald E. Westlake

    332 The Forbidden Forest by Clark Ashton Smith

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2022 31:05


    The Forbidden Forests by Clark Ashton Smith

    331 The Wood by H.P. Lovecraft

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2022 31:13


    The Wood by H.P. Lovecraft

    330 Day Of The Hunters by Isaac Asimov

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2022 34:20


    Day Of The Hunters by Isaac Asimov

    329 The Typewriter by David H. Keller

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2022 35:20


    The Typewriter by David H. Keller

    328 The One Black Stain by Robert E. Howard

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2022 34:15


    The One Black Stain by Robert E. Howard

    327 The Hole Book by Peter Newell

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2022 32:04


    The Hole Book by Peter Newell

    326 The Power Of Words by Edgar Allan Poe

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2022 32:27


    The Power Of Words by Edgar Allan Poe

    325 Nackles by Donald E. Westlake

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2022 35:12


    Nackles by Donald E. Westlake

    324 Package Deal by Lawrence Block

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2022 34:01


    Package Deal by Lawrence Block

    323 Valley Of Bones by David H. Keller

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2022 31:03


    Valley Of Bones by David H. Keller

    322 Professor Kate by Margaret St. Clair

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2022 33:00


    Professor Kate by Margaret St. Clair

    321 Armaments Race by Arthur C. Clarke

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2022 31:57


    Armaments Race by Arthur C. Clarke

    320 High Beams by Anonymous

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2022 33:28


    High Beams by Anonymous

    319 Legends For Lionel by Walter Crane

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2022 58:32


    Legends For Lionel by Walter Crane

    318 Fishhead by Irvin S. Cobb

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2022 32:20


    Fishhead by Irvin S. Cobb

    317 Heil! by Robert A. Heinlein

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2022 33:53


    Heil! by Robert A. Heinlein

    316 Death And The Compass by Jorge Luis Borges

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2022 33:19


    Death And The Compass by Jorge Luis Borges

    315 Incidents On B Street by Paul W. Fairman

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2022 33:31


    Incidents On B Street by Paul W. Fairman

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    314 The Men Who Murdered Mohammed by Alfred Bester

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2022 31:11


    The Men Who Murdered Mohammed by Alfred Bester

    313 The Pipes Of Pan by Adrian Ross

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2022 32:00


    The Pipes Of Pan by Adrian Ross

    312 The Stolen Bacillus by H.G. Wells

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2022 30:12


    The Stolen Bacillus by H.G. Wells

    311 Bridal Ballad by Edgar Allan Poe

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2022 34:34


    Bridal Ballad by Edgar Allan Poe

    310 The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty by James Thurber

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2022 33:26


    The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty by James Thurber

    309 Meem by Margaret St. Clair

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2022 32:15


    Meem by Margaret St. Clair

    308 A Pair Of Silk Stockings by Kate Chopin

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2021 34:34


    A Pair Of Silk Stockings by Kate Chopin

    307 To See Ourselves by Robert F. Young

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2021 33:35


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