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Rev. Marta Morris Flanagan, Lead Minister, preaching Worship service given May 18, 2025 Prayer by Rev. Erica Federspiel Richmond, Parish Minister, preaching Reading: "Mrs. George Reece" by Edgar Lee Masters from Spoon River Anthology https://firstparish.info/ First Parish A liberal religious community, welcoming to all First gathered 1739 This Sunday Marta Flanagan offers her last sermon as Lead Minister at First Parish. Marta has served First Parish since 2009. On June 8 she is retiring from full-time parish ministry after 39 years of serving Unitarian Universalist congregations. On Saturday, May 31 First Parish is honoring her in a celebration. All are invited. Offering and Giving First The Giving First program donates 50% of the non-pledge offering each month to a charitable organization that we feel is consistent with Unitarian Universalist principles. The program began in November 2009, and First Parish has donated over $200,000 to more than 70 organizations. For May 2025, Massachusetts Bail Fund will share half of the plate. Massachusetts Bail Fund (MBF) pays bail to secure freedom from pre-trial incarceration so that those who cannot afford their bail can be in their community to fight their case. Pre-trial freedom allows individuals, families, and communities to stay productive, together, and stable. Massachusetts jails are filled with people awaiting trial simply because they cannot afford bail. Sitting in jail on bail leads to longer incarceration times, lost jobs, lost housing, and devastating disruption to families. The remaining half of your offering supports the life and work of this Parish. To donate using your smartphone, you may text “fpuu” to 73256. Then follow the directions in the texts you receive. About our Lead Minister: Rev. Marta Flanagan began her ministry as our twentieth called minister at First Parish in the fall of 2009. She is a genuine and forthright preacher. In conversation she is direct and engaging. She speaks of prayer with as much ease as she laughs at human foibles. We call her “Marta.” Marta is a religious liberal, a theist, a feminist, and a lover of the woods. As a student of American history at Smith College she was captivated by the stories of social reformers who were motivated and sustained by their faith. That led her to consider the ministry and to study at Harvard Divinity School from where she was graduated in 1986. She was the first woman minister in the city of Salem, Massachusetts, serving at the First Universalist Church there (1987-1997). She served in a co-ministry at South Church (Unitarian Universalist) in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, (1997-2005) from where she is minister emerita. Marta served as interim minister in Montpelier, Vermont (2008-2009). She is trained as a spiritual director. For three years she lived in the Vermont woods practicing voluntary simplicity and the spiritual life. Marta enjoys the vitality of First Parish and our strong sense of community. She celebrates the yearning for depth and the desire to make a difference in the world that she finds here.
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Welcome to Episode 206 where we have a fantastic conversation with Rebecca Rego Barry, author of THE VANISHING OF CAROLYN WELLS: Investigations into a Forgotten Mystery Author. One reviewer referred to Barry's book as a “process biography.” It is true, Barry takes you along on her investigation into the life of Carolyn Wells who, it turns out, wrote more than mysteries. She wrote poetry, plays, screenplays, puzzles, children's books, and a YA series. Wells was also a serious book collector in a time when that pursuit was considered the domain of men. With Mother's Day just around the corner, this biography would make a great gift. Along with our friend Kate, we did a buddy read of Carson McCullers' novella, REFLECTIONS IN A GOLDEN EYE. This was part of our Biblio Adventure to Nyack, NY where McCuller's lived for the last 30 years of her life (which wasn't a very long long life: she died at 50, so she actually lived most of her life in Nyack). We explored the grounds of her home (it is not a public author home at this time) and paid our respects at the Oak Hill Cemetery where Carson is buried next to her mother. We visited Big Red Books, a Little Free Library, Pickwick Books, and the gorgeous Nyack Public Library. (Check out our social media for some pics.) We also recap our Biblio Adventure to NYC which was metamorphosed by an earthquake in New Jersey that was felt throughout the Northeast. As always, we talk about what we've read, are reading, and want to read. Highlights include PIGLET by Lottie Hazell, THE STOLEN CHILD by Ann Hood (out 5/7), MOBY DICK by Herman Melville, HOW TO READ by Monica Wood (out 5/7), SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY by Edgar Lee Masters, BLESS YOUR HEART by Lindy Ryan, THE EDITOR: How Publishing Legend Judith Jones Shaped Culture in America by Sara B. Franklin (out 5/28), and two short stories: “Touchless Bidet” by Omar El Akkad from the collection SMALL ODYSSEYS: Selected Shorts Presents 35 New Stories edited by Hannah Tinti and “A Simple Question” from the collection OLD CRIMES: And Other Stories by Jill McCorkle. If you've been enjoying our podcast, please share it with a friend and consider leaving a review on iTunes or whatever app you use to listen. Thanks for listening, and Happy Reading! Chris & Emily
This week, another very-important-poet-with-three-names-the-first-of-which-is-Edgar... That's right! It's Edgar Lee Masters. Masters was known for his innovative poetry, specifically, Spoon River Anthology. He challenged the understanding of small town America with his more scandalous writing and put the Midwest on the map as a home for serious Poets.
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December 7, 2022--On “For the Love of Reading” POEMS WE LOVE": Comforting, Funny, Epic, and Passionate–poetry by Edgar Lee Masters (from Spoon River Anthology), Robert Frost, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Dorothy Parker (from Enough Rope), Walt Whitman (from Leaves of Grass), and many more. Read for you by Linda Pack, Kate Magruder, and Nichole Phillips-Rakes.
En symbol i en dödsannons, ett vajande strå i motljus på sociala medier. Boel Gerell reflekterar över de utskurna fragmenten som vi och andra gör till berättelsen om vårt liv. ESSÄ: Detta är en text där skribenten reflekterar över ett ämne eller ett verk. Åsikter som uttrycks är skribentens egna. Ursprungligen publicerad 2021-03-22. Hörrudu, ska du inte ta en bild? Det är helt fantastiskt ju!Mitt sällskap pekar pockande mot horisonten och havsbandet där solen just är på väg att gå ner. Och jag lyfter motvilligt mobilen, bara för att sänka den igen. Det går inte, är för ljust, för långt borta och för mycket. I stället sätter jag mig på huk i strandrågen och fokuserar på ett enda glänsande strå i motsol och försöker hålla mobilen alldeles stilla så att varje blänk i den egentligen oansenliga växten ska gå fram.Kvar efter kvällens timslånga promenad blir det ensamt vajande strået, putsat, filtrerat och arkiverat i Instagrams herbarium av komprimerade och hårt beskurna minnen. En behändig kvadrat, kant i kant med andra kvadrater som tillsammans bildar något slags berättelse om ett liv. Från promenaden vid havet saknas inte bara den alltför höga himlen utan också skavsåret på vänster lilltå, efter sandalerna som aldrig suttit riktigt bra.Det alltför stora och det alltför lilla hamnar gärna utanför bilden tillsammans med allt annat som spretar åt olika håll och är stort och litet samtidigt. I prydliga rader lägger sig rutorna efter varandra tills det sista fotografiet oundvikligen tagits och det blivit dags att summera resultatet. Vilken av alla dessa bilder representerar bäst helheten? Är det den bästa bilden? Det oftast förekommande motivet? Det som enkelt och lättfattligt kan begripas eller det som vi tror oss veta att fotografen kände mest för?På just detta centrala och mest viktiga tänker jag när jag bläddrar genom tidningens söndagsbilaga och låter blicken vandra över dödsannonserna, som fyller bakvagnen av papperstidningen. En symbol, en vers och några personliga rader: vår älskade, vår mycket älskade, vår far, bror, morfar, farfar, farfarsfar. Mitt allt. Komplexa känslor kokade ner till några enstaka ord, decenniers relationer reducerade till en handfull roller. Och så symbolen på det, som i en enda stiliserad silhuett ska summera ett helt liv.Hur väljer man egentligen? Vad var det viktigaste? Fotbollsföreningen? Partiet? Hunden, den älskade taxen. Kanske veteranbilen, som polerades högblank inför premiärturen i vårsolen. Golfklubborna? Trumpeten eller jaktgeväret. Eller den där ensamma blomman i motljus, dagen på stranden när himlen tycktes för stor. I samma ögonblick som människan går ur tiden rämnar den motsägelsefullt sammanfogade helheten i skärvor, svartsjukt förvaltade av dem som blir kvar. I brist på verklig kunskap antar vi, jämkar samman och lägger till rätta tills det som vi uppfattar som ett faktum i hög grad också är en lögn. Sanningen, om någon sådan finns, får i stället sökas i detaljerna.I det lilla och fortfarande skarpa. I slitaget på knäna i trädgårdsbyxorna, efter ett oändligt antal timmars lukande i rabatterna. I doften som dröjer sig kvar i en morgonrock och de sju raderna på ett vykort som skickades för snart femtio år sedan. Människan är inte längre där men i stilen finns handens rörelser och i ordvalet rösten och för ett kort ögonblick kan något återigen komma till liv.När författaren och kulturjournalisten Marit Kapla tar sig för att skildra den värmländska orten Osebol och dess invånare i boken med samma namn, är det till språkets potential att härbärgera verkligt liv hon sätter sin lit. Den stora berättelsen saknas, det som ges är fragment och brottstycken som talar lika mycket genom sitt innehåll som genom sina glapp och tystnader. Luften går igen i det grafiska uttrycket och sättningen av texten som mest påminner om prosalyrik.Klassificeringen av boken är intressant, för när den gav Marit Kapla Augustpriset 2019 var det i kategorin skönlitteratur. Men på landets bibliotek sorteras verket ofta in som lokalhistoria och i bokhandeln går det att hitta under memoarer och biografier. Glidningen säger något om det bedrägliga i perspektivet, på ytan en samling till synes rakt återgivna citat från byns invånare. Och samtidigt ett hårt beskuret urval, som bara lämnar en bråkdel kvar av det som ursprungligen sagts.Så vad är då det viktigaste, i en människas berättelse? I Osebol är det ofta det till synes ovidkommande som består. Tillfälligheterna, som gör livet. Små företeelser som i förlängningen får stora konsekvenser. Butiken som slår igen i byn, ett pulserande hjärta ska det visa sig, som hållit orten vid liv. Vattenpölen som lastbilen väjer för den där dagen, för att inte stänka ner den gamle mannen. Varvid släpet kränger över till andra sidan vägen och krockar med en mötande bil. Små saker, som en vattenpöl. Och samtidigt, om inte pölen varit.Ett efter ett lyfts minnena upp på kaffebordet, vänds och vrids och det är inte bråttom. Strax bakom de levandes ryggar dröjer de döda kvar. Närvarande i tingen, som nyss var deras. Husen och marken som människorna brukat i generationer. Tiden är ingenting. Som verk har Osebol mer gemensamt med den grekiska antologin än med dagens hastigt förbiflimrande litterära klotterplank täckta av läppstiftsmärken, selfies och krognotor.Platsen är periferin, vinkeln retrospektiv och just i det specifika och intimt privata blir erfarenheterna allmängiltiga. Fast förankrade i just dessa människor och denna ort och ändå till synes tidlösa, tyngdlöst svävande över sidorna. I den grekiska antologins gravskrifter för jaget ordet och genom ett liknande perspektiv gör sig den amerikanske författaren Edgar Lee Masters till tolk för de döda som vilar i sina gravar i den numera kanoniserade och drygt sekelgamla samlingen Spoon River Anthology.En besläktad berättarmodell använder Börje Lindström i lyriksamlingen På kyrkogården i södra Lappland från 2020. Ur jagets djup klingar de dödas vittnesmål om hårt arbete, gamla oförrätter, svek och svunnen kärlek. Allt silat genom lager av tid och mull och med bara återskenet av den en gång bländande dramatiken kvar. Liksom i Osebol får vi förståelsen för glesbygdens villkor på köpet. Den stora ledan och lyckan i att höra till en plats och vara den som stannar när andra går.Också i Kjell Espmarks senare författarskap väcks de döda till liv igen. I samlingsvolymen En sky av vittnen från 2020 skildras världshistoriens stora händelser genom ögonen på dem som var med. Greppet är effektivt och texterna virtuosa och ändå blir de mänskliga konturerna märkligt vaga. Så är det heller inte på skärpan i detaljerna författaren fokuserar, utan på det större perspektivet. Av människorna blir exempel som ger dramatiken ett ansikte som det heter. Medan Kapla och för den delen Lindström utgår från ansiktet och låter det tala för sig själv.En fråga om fokus och perspektiv, alltså. Grässtrået eller himlavalvet. Den stora berättelsen eller skärvan av ett liv. I sprickorna ges utrymme för läsaren att gå in och göra världen till sin. Var och en med sina vattenpölar, som så lätt hade kunnat undvikas. Om vi bara vetat. I efterhand växer pölen och blir något mer än en pöl. Blir en symbol och en punkt som förblir skarp när allt annat grumlas, slätas ut och går upp i vartannat. Och som vi först när allt är förbi, förstår var det verkligt viktiga.Boel Gerell, författare och kritikerLitteraturMarit Kapla: Osebol, Teg Publishing, 2019Edgar Lee Masters: Spoon River Anthology, Macmillan & Co, 1915Börje Lindström: På kyrkogården i södra Lappland, Heidruns förlag, 2020Kjell Espmark: En sky av vittnen: Låna mig din röst, Norstedts förlag, 2020
In honor of the new Netflix series, we're re-releasing our episode about Christopher Pike's The Midnight Club.In this episode, Andy and Alyssa venture into their first non-Stine book: Christopher "Kevin" Pike's The Midnight Club (1994). They discuss conversation ventures into chain letters, Starvation Heights, Boccaccio's Decameron (ca. 1353), deals with the devil, Edgar Lee Masters's Spoon River Anthology (1915), messages from beyond the grave, alternative medicine, mall bookstores, Buddhism,, Stephen King's Carrie (1974), orientalism, 90s AIDS narratives, memento mori, Six Feet Under (2001-05), 1,001 Nights, Bedazzled (1967, 2000), Beatrice Sparks's Go Ask Alice (1971), Bret Easton Ellis's American Psycho (1991), Jack Kerouac's Dharma Bums (1958), Frances Hodgson Burnett's A Little Princess (1905) and The Secret Garden (1911), the X-Files episode "All Things" (2000), racial cross-dressing fantasies, sick lit, John Green's The Fault in Our Stars (2012), Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go (2005), Goethe's Faust (1790), supernatural love stories, Cat People (1942, 1982), The Mummy (1932, 1999) and The Mummy Returns (2001), Candyman (1992), William Peter Blatt's The Exorcist (1971), Personal Shopper (2016), Gabrielle Moss's Paperback Crush: The Totally Radical History of 80s and 90s Teen Fiction (2018), Poland, and Ladybug House hospice for children and young adults. // Music by Haunted Corpse // Follow @saypodanddie on Twitter and Instagram, and get in touch at saypodanddie@gmail.com Follow @saypodanddie on Twitter and Instagram, and get in touch at saypodanddie@gmail.com
Special edition conversation about the merits of producing older shows. Shout out to Shaun and Shannon for inspiring this convo.
A literary and cultural milestone, Spoon River Anthology captured an idea of the rural Midwest that became a bedrock myth of life in small-town America. Jason Stacy places the book within the atmosphere of its time and follows its progress as the poetry took root and thrived. Published by Edgar Lee Masters in 1915, Spoon River America: Edgar Lee Masters and the Myth of the American Small Town (U Illinois Press, 2021) won praise from modernists while becoming an ongoing touchstone for American popular culture. Stacy charts the ways readers embraced, debated, and reshaped Masters's work in literary controversies and culture war skirmishes; in films and other media that over time saw the small town as idyllic then conflicted then surreal; and as the source of three archetypes—populist, elite, and exile—that endure across the landscape of American culture in the twenty-first century. A wide-ranging reconsideration of a literary landmark, Spoon River America tells the story of how a Midwesterner's poetry helped change a nation's conception of itself. Jason Stacy is a professor of history and social science pedagogy at Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville. He is the author of Walt Whitman's Multitudes: Labor Reform and Persona in Whitman's Journalism and the First Leaves of Grass, 1840–1855 and editor of Leaves of Grass, 1860: The 150th Anniversary Facsimile Edition. Daniel Moran earned his B.A. and M.A. in English from Rutgers University and his Ph.D. in History from Drew University. The author of Creating Flannery O'Connor: Her Critics, Her Publishers, Her Readers, he teaches research and writing at Rutgers and co-hosts the podcast Fifteen-Minute Film Fanatics, found at https://fifteenminutefilm.podbean.com/ and on Twitter @15MinFilm. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network
Ghosts from the fictional town of Spoon River dish dirt on the other inhabitants of the town. This renowned anthology demystifies America's rural life through tales of murder, rape, revenge, joy, love, war, crime, marriage, birth and so much more. Today's readers are:Dr. Siegfried Iseman--Bruno VannieuFiddler Jones--Donald GuadagniDora Williams--Johanna CollierMrs. Williams--Ellen FryerWendell P. Blood--Michael RhysRussian Sonia--Katherine QuevedoPauline Barrett--Luisa PiemonteseMrs. Charles Bliss--Marian HaraRev. Lemuel Wiley--Timothy GouldElsa Wortman--Janice RyanAmos Sibley--Timothy GouldMrs. Sibley--Marian HaraAmelia Garrick--Sarah GreavesJohn Hancock Otis--Charles KowalskiAnthony Findlay--Timothy GouldAlexander Throckmorton--Charles KowalskiJonathan Swift Somers--Renata PavreyEugene Carman--Andi BrooksRoscoe Purkapile--Linda GouldMrs. Purkapile--Vicky MuehlheisenMrs. Kessler--Enne TesseBurt Kessler--Linda GouldLillian Stewart--Katherine QuevedoEdmund Pollard--Radhika IyerIda Frisky--Peggy OtakeSeth Compton--Tim LawRichard Bone--Johanna CollierTom Merritt--Joshua St. ClairMrs. Merritt--Jill TradeElizabeth Childers--Renata PavreyEdith Conant--Snigdha AgrawalHarry Williams--Michael RhysJohn Wasson--J.L. ShortLyman King--Lily ThukralAnn Rutledge--Peggy OtakeRebecca Wasson--Vicky MuehleisenHannah Armstrong--Sarah DittmoreLucinda Matlock--Linda K. Vandermeer KadotaDavis Matlock--Linda GouldHerman Altman--Donald GuadagniWallace Ferguson--Herve SuysSamuel Gardner--Joan Lambert BaileyDow Kritt--Yutaka Jay Miura (age 6)William Goode--J.L. ShortScholfield Huxley--Rebecca OtowaAlfonso Churchill--Sarah GreavesGustav Richter--Joan Lambert BaileyWilliam and Emily--Timothy and Linda GouldYou can read Spoon River Anthology at https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1280Follow us on twitter at: Japanese Ghost Stories @ghostJapanese Instagram: WhiteEnsoJapanFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/kaidankai100/Help me pay the contributors for their work. Donate to the Kaidankai through Ko-Fi. Thank you!https://ko-fi.com/kaidankaighoststories
Ghosts from the fictional town of Spoon River dish dirt on the other inhabitants of the town. This renowned anthology demystifies America's rural life through tales of murder, rape, revenge, joy, love, war, crime, marriage, birth and so much more. Ollie McGee read by Eucharia DonneryAmanda Barker read by Luisa PiemonteseChase Henry & Judge Somers read by Charles KowalskiPetit the Poet read by Snigdha AgrawalBenjamin Pantier & Andy the Nightwatch ready by Andi BrooksMinerva read by Sharlene OyagiIndignation Jones read by Timothy GouldDoctor Meyers read by Joshua St. ClairMrs. Meyers read by Jill TradeKnowlt Hoheimer read by Herve SuysPercy Bysshe Shelley read by Enne TesseJulia Miller read by Ellen FryerZenas Witt read by Taishin Frances MatsuzakiMargaret Fuller Slack read by Rebecca OtowaAce Shaw read by Bruno VannieuLois Spears read by Lily ThukralThe Hill, Hod Putt, Cassius Hueffer, Serepta Mason, Daisy Fraser, Mrs. Benjamin Pantier, Butch Weldy, Lydia Puckett, Sarah Brown and Justice Arnett read by Linda GouldYou can read Spoon River Anthology at https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1280Follow us on twitter at: Japanese Ghost Stories @ghostJapanese Instagram: WhiteEnsoJapanFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/kaidankai100/Help me pay the contributors for their work. Donate to the Kaidankai through Ko-Fi. Thank you!https://ko-fi.com/kaidankaighoststories
Spoon River…wider than a mile. Okay, now that we have that out of our way, join Lisa Schmeiser as we discuss Edgar Lee Master’s poetic collection *Spoon River Anthology *(1915). John McCoy with Lisa Schmeiser.
Spoon River…wider than a mile. Okay, now that we have that out of our way, join Lisa Schmeiser as we discuss Edgar Lee Master’s poetic collection *Spoon River Anthology *(1915). Host John McCoy with Lisa Schmeiser.
It's the birthday of the author who gave us "The Spoon River Anthology," Edgar Le Masters (1868). The work lost him friends in Spoon River, but earned him enough to live as a writer.
My favorite novel is Gilead by Marilynn Robinson. It is up there in my pantheon with Les Miserables and Spoon River Anthology by Edgar Lee Masters. Spoon River Anthology is a dialogue from the grave, short one-page, free-verse statements from the deceased about their lives. After a while you realize they are interacting with each other, in death as they did in life. It is one of the most creative books I have ever read. All three of these are books I have read more than once. Each time, they are new. (Which is a characteristic of world-class literature). Gilead is about a Congregationalist minister, John Ames. He is an older man who lost his beloved wife and daughter during childbirth. He has never quite gotten over that loss but then, decades later, a young woman appears in his church one morning. A March-October marriage? Can this possibly work? In fact, it does and they have a son. But then John gets a diagnosis. He has a heart condition that will soon take his life. "Why do you have to be so old? his loving young wife asks. She would have loved having another 30 years with John. But he recognizes reality. He realizes that he will never be able to tell his son, now six, all the stories of his family history that he would ordinarily tell him. Nor will his son have more than a fleeting memory of his father. John decides to write a letter to the son telling him all the things he would have told him had he had the time, and discussing with him all the issues -- religious, philosophical, historical, personal – that he would have discussed with him as he got older. Gilead is the note that John left for his son. Those who know me know that I spend a lot of time in graveyards. I frequently lead graveyard walks for friends and students. When I discuss gravestones I always say that a gravestone is not about death. It is about life. It is about who we were, what was important to us, and how we want to be remembered. This letter is the gravestone that Ames leaves for his son. Who I was, what was important to me, how I want to be remembered. By the way, Jane and I put our gravestone into place a few years ago. It has the normal information: names, dates, professions. It includes the names of our two sons and our four grandchildren. It has the date of our marriage. And it has the slogan, “We were given the gift of time, and used it well.” I stole the first part of that from Ted Kennedy's memoir. He had three older brothers, all of whom died violently (one in war, two from assassination). He said, “I was given the gift of time,” which his brothers were not. His memoir is a reflection on his life, the achievements that would never have occurred had he died at the age that his brothers died. We added the last part to our stone to make it clear that we were grateful for our time. John Ames was not given that gift. Do you have a thought? You can send me a reaction at Stocktonafterclass@gmail.com
Andy and Alyssa venture into their first non-Stine book: Christopher "Kevin" Pike's The Midnight Club (1994). They discuss conversation ventures into chain letters, Starvation Heights, Boccaccio's Decameron (ca. 1353), deals with the devil, Edgar Lee Masters's Spoon River Anthology (1915), messages from beyond the grave, alternative medicine, mall bookstores, Buddhism,, Stephen King's Carrie (1974), orientalism, 90s AIDS narratives, memento mori, Six Feet Under (2001-05), 1,001 Nights, Bedazzled (1967, 2000), Beatrice Sparks's Go Ask Alice (1971), Bret Easton Ellis's American Psycho (1991), Jack Kerouac's Dharma Bums (1958), Frances Hodgson Burnett's A Little Princess (1905) and The Secret Garden (1911), the X-Files episode "All Things" (2000), racial cross-dressing fantasies, sick lit, John Green's The Fault in Our Stars (2012), Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go (2005), Goethe's Faust (1790), supernatural love stories, Cat People (1942, 1982), The Mummy (1932, 1999) and The Mummy Returns (2001), Candyman (1992), William Peter Blatt's The Exorcist (1971), Personal Shopper (2016), Gabrielle Moss's Paperback Crush: The Totally Radical History of 80s and 90s Teen Fiction (2018), Poland, and Ladybug House hospice for children and young adults. // Music by Haunted Corpse // Follow @saypodanddie on Twitter and Instagram, and get in touch at saypodanddie@gmail.com
En symbol i en dödsannons, ett vajande strå i motljus på sociala medier. Boel Gerell reflekterar över de utskurna fragmenten som vi och andra gör till berättelsen om vårt liv. ESSÄ: Detta är en text där skribenten reflekterar över ett ämne eller ett verk. Åsikter som uttrycks är skribentens egna. Hörrudu, ska du inte ta en bild? Det är helt fantastiskt ju! Mitt sällskap pekar pockande mot horisonten och havsbandet där solen just är på väg att gå ner. Och jag lyfter motvilligt mobilen, bara för att sänka den igen. Det går inte, är för ljust, för långt borta och för mycket. I stället sätter jag mig på huk i strandrågen och fokuserar på ett enda glänsande strå i motsol och försöker hålla mobilen alldeles stilla så att varje blänk i den egentligen oansenliga växten ska gå fram. Kvar efter kvällens timslånga promenad blir det ensamt vajande strået, putsat, filtrerat och arkiverat i Instagrams herbarium av komprimerade och hårt beskurna minnen. En behändig kvadrat, kant i kant med andra kvadrater som tillsammans bildar något slags berättelse om ett liv. Från promenaden vid havet saknas inte bara den alltför höga himlen utan också skavsåret på vänster lilltå, efter sandalerna som aldrig suttit riktigt bra. Det alltför stora och det alltför lilla hamnar gärna utanför bilden tillsammans med allt annat som spretar åt olika håll och är stort och litet samtidigt. I prydliga rader lägger sig rutorna efter varandra tills det sista fotografiet oundvikligen tagits och det blivit dags att summera resultatet. Vilken av alla dessa bilder representerar bäst helheten? Är det den bästa bilden? Det oftast förekommande motivet? Det som enkelt och lättfattligt kan begripas eller det som vi tror oss veta att fotografen kände mest för? På just detta centrala och mest viktiga tänker jag när jag bläddrar genom tidningens söndagsbilaga och låter blicken vandra över dödsannonserna, som fyller bakvagnen av papperstidningen. En symbol, en vers och några personliga rader: vår älskade, vår mycket älskade, vår far, bror, morfar, farfar, farfarsfar. Mitt allt. Komplexa känslor kokade ner till några enstaka ord, decenniers relationer reducerade till en handfull roller. Och så symbolen på det, som i en enda stiliserad silhuett ska summera ett helt liv. Hur väljer man egentligen? Vad var det viktigaste? Fotbollsföreningen? Partiet? Hunden, den älskade taxen. Kanske veteranbilen, som polerades högblank inför premiärturen i vårsolen. Golfklubborna? Trumpeten eller jaktgeväret. Eller den där ensamma blomman i motljus, dagen på stranden när himlen tycktes för stor. I samma ögonblick som människan går ur tiden rämnar den motsägelsefullt sammanfogade helheten i skärvor, svartsjukt förvaltade av dem som blir kvar. I brist på verklig kunskap antar vi, jämkar samman och lägger till rätta tills det som vi uppfattar som ett faktum i hög grad också är en lögn. Sanningen, om någon sådan finns, får i stället sökas i detaljerna. I det lilla och fortfarande skarpa. I slitaget på knäna i trädgårdsbyxorna, efter ett oändligt antal timmars lukande i rabatterna. I doften som dröjer sig kvar i en morgonrock och de sju raderna på ett vykort som skickades för snart femtio år sedan. Människan är inte längre där men i stilen finns handens rörelser och i ordvalet rösten och för ett kort ögonblick kan något återigen komma till liv. När författaren och kulturjournalisten Marit Kapla tar sig för att skildra den värmländska orten Osebol och dess invånare i boken med samma namn, är det till språkets potential att härbärgera verkligt liv hon sätter sin lit. Den stora berättelsen saknas, det som ges är fragment och brottstycken som talar lika mycket genom sitt innehåll som genom sina glapp och tystnader. Luften går igen i det grafiska uttrycket och sättningen av texten som mest påminner om prosalyrik. Klassificeringen av boken är intressant, för när den gav Marit Kapla Augustpriset 2019 var det i kategorin skönlitteratur. Men på landets bibliotek sorteras verket ofta in som lokalhistoria och i bokhandeln går det att hitta under memoarer och biografier. Glidningen säger något om det bedrägliga i perspektivet, på ytan en samling till synes rakt återgivna citat från byns invånare. Och samtidigt ett hårt beskuret urval, som bara lämnar en bråkdel kvar av det som ursprungligen sagts. Så vad är då det viktigaste, i en människas berättelse? I Osebol är det ofta det till synes ovidkommande som består. Tillfälligheterna, som gör livet. Små företeelser som i förlängningen får stora konsekvenser. Butiken som slår igen i byn, ett pulserande hjärta ska det visa sig, som hållit orten vid liv. Vattenpölen som lastbilen väjer för den där dagen, för att inte stänka ner den gamle mannen. Varvid släpet kränger över till andra sidan vägen och krockar med en mötande bil. Små saker, som en vattenpöl. Och samtidigt, om inte pölen varit. Ett efter ett lyfts minnena upp på kaffebordet, vänds och vrids och det är inte bråttom. Strax bakom de levandes ryggar dröjer de döda kvar. Närvarande i tingen, som nyss var deras. Husen och marken som människorna brukat i generationer. Tiden är ingenting. Som verk har Osebol mer gemensamt med den grekiska antologin än med dagens hastigt förbiflimrande litterära klotterplank täckta av läppstiftsmärken, selfies och krognotor. Platsen är periferin, vinkeln retrospektiv och just i det specifika och intimt privata blir erfarenheterna allmängiltiga. Fast förankrade i just dessa människor och denna ort och ändå till synes tidlösa, tyngdlöst svävande över sidorna. I den grekiska antologins gravskrifter för jaget ordet och genom ett liknande perspektiv gör sig den amerikanske författaren Edgar Lee Masters till tolk för de döda som vilar i sina gravar i den numera kanoniserade och drygt sekelgamla samlingen Spoon River Anthology. En besläktad berättarmodell använder Börje Lindström i lyriksamlingen På kyrkogården i södra Lappland från 2020. Ur jagets djup klingar de dödas vittnesmål om hårt arbete, gamla oförrätter, svek och svunnen kärlek. Allt silat genom lager av tid och mull och med bara återskenet av den en gång bländande dramatiken kvar. Liksom i Osebol får vi förståelsen för glesbygdens villkor på köpet. Den stora ledan och lyckan i att höra till en plats och vara den som stannar när andra går. Också i Kjell Espmarks senare författarskap väcks de döda till liv igen. I samlingsvolymen En sky av vittnen från 2020 skildras världshistoriens stora händelser genom ögonen på dem som var med. Greppet är effektivt och texterna virtuosa och ändå blir de mänskliga konturerna märkligt vaga. Så är det heller inte på skärpan i detaljerna författaren fokuserar, utan på det större perspektivet. Av människorna blir exempel som ger dramatiken ett ansikte som det heter. Medan Kapla och för den delen Lindström utgår från ansiktet och låter det tala för sig själv. En fråga om fokus och perspektiv, alltså. Grässtrået eller himlavalvet. Den stora berättelsen eller skärvan av ett liv. I sprickorna ges utrymme för läsaren att gå in och göra världen till sin. Var och en med sina vattenpölar, som så lätt hade kunnat undvikas. Om vi bara vetat. I efterhand växer pölen och blir något mer än en pöl. Blir en symbol och en punkt som förblir skarp när allt annat grumlas, slätas ut och går upp i vartannat. Och som vi först när allt är förbi, förstår var det verkligt viktiga. Boel Gerell, författare och kritiker Litteratur Marit Kapla: Osebol, Teg Publishing, 2019 Edgar Lee Masters: Spoon River Anthology, Macmillan & Co, 1915 Börje Lindström: På kyrkogården i södra Lappland, Heidruns förlag, 2020 Kjell Espmark: En sky av vittnen: Låna mig din röst, Norstedts förlag, 2020
Join Jennie and Dianne as they read select and rather juicy poems from The Spoon River Anthology by Edgar Lee Masters. These poems are written from the perspective of those buried in the cemetery of the fictional town of Spoon River. Meet husbands and wives who drive each other crazy, the madam of a brothel who must pay regularly to support the public school, the tragic story of a young woman whose "virtue" is stolen and dies a tragic death at the hands of the doctor who was only trying to help and how it all drove her father to his own grave. Happy listening and happy new year!
Autobio....commentary on "Spoon River Anthology" collection of poems
Spoon River Anthology collection. Masters shouts out the dead & gives them the last word from beyond the grave.
Spoon River Anthology collection of poems. Title of the poems are taken from the names on the gravestones. Masters shouts out the dead & gives them a voice.
Spoon River Anthology collection of poems. Masters gives the dead the last word from beyond the grave. Their names appear as the titles of his poems.
Spoon River Anthology collection. Masters shouts out & gives voices to the dead in the local cemetery
In this wide-ranging and fun episode, John and Jude share books with some of the most wild, weird and original premises they've come across. Mind-bending dystopian epics, imaginative speculations on the nature of time and mortality, harebrained schemes hatched in the jungle and picaresque novels featuring murderous mutants - it's all here in this bizarre bouillabaisse of a show! Bon áppetit!! BOOKS DISCUSSED/MENTIONED/RECOMMENDED IN THIS EPISODE: From John Current read: The Thirty Years War, C. V. Wedgwood Wild/imaginative books: Toilers of the Sea, Victor Hugo; Einstein's Dreams, Alan Lightman; The Financial Lives of the Poets, Jess Walter; Madness is Better Than Defeat, Ned Beauman; The Postmortal, Drew Magary; Our Town, play by Thornton Wilder; The Spoon River Anthology, Edgar Lee Masters; Moravagine, Blaise Cendrars; The Memory of Fire trilogy, Eduardo Galeano Next read: The Plague, Albert Camus From Jude Current read: Moby , Herman Melville Wild/imaginative books: Inverted World, Christopher Priest; Railsea, China Miéville; The Stone Raft and Death with Interruptions, José Saramago; M31: A Family Romance, Stephen Wright; Conquest of the Useless, Werner Herzog Next read: Get That N----- Off the Field: An Oral History of the Negro League, Art Rust, Jr.
In this episode, acting coaches Brian, Gary and Andrea dig into the classic actor's tool OBJECTIVES: What is the want/need/doing of the scene. We also talk about empathy, how to select which take to send from your selftape, the Spoon River Anthology and much more! We want to hear from you! Follow, share, like, rate and comment! @vagabondactors on Instagram, twitter and facebook.
Kellee Stall is the founder and Artistic Director of Inhabit Theater Company. Since 2009, Inhabit has been creating and performing immersive theater. Plays are written with an actor's and musician's talent in mind then performed in sight specific locations. Prior to moving to Charlotte from Chicagoland in 2018, Kellee was a guest director for both professional theaters and local Universities. Directing highlights include God of Carnage, Our Town, A Midsummer's Night Dream, and Spoon River Anthology. Kellee's adaptation of Spoon River Anthology has been performed at Judson University and Moody Bible Institute of Chicago. Recent Film credit includes Casting Director for the soon to be released short film “Sophia” and casting director for commercials throughout Charlotte. Kellee was Assistant Director for The Wanting which was featured at the 2019 Aiken Film Festival. Kellee is a contributing writer for Creative Mornings The Biscuit, an online magazine for Charlotte is Creative. In her spare time, Kellee creates art from found objects. Her recent piece, Covenant, can be seen at New City Gallery Through January then at Myers Park United Methodist Church in February 2020. ... Get exclusive access to even more inspiring and helpful content by becoming a patron! Find us on Patreon at patreon.com/thecollectedpodcast. The Collected Podcast is sponsored by The Gebhardt Schleipp Group at Baird Financial— delivering personalized financial advice that helps clients reach their long term goals. Contact David at dgebhardt@rwbaird.com to learn more! To learn more about Collected Workshops email hello@collectedworkshops.com. Collected workshops are centered on worship, restorative creativity, and designated time for reflection, evaluation, and setting intentions. We provide a safe environment for practicing low-stakes creative risk-taking that will spur participants on to have the grit and courage to embrace their gifting and step further into their calling. For access to all episodes and show notes, please visit thecollectedpodcast.com. Follow us on Instagram! Tia @TiaMcNellyNotes- Blogging about digging for the divine in the everyday. Are you longing to hear from God? Visit tiamcnelly.com for Five Ways God Speaks in Everyday Life Jes @sprezzafoundry- Use code ‘podcast' for 10% off your order of hand lettered art at sprezzafoundry.etsy.com Mikala @thecreativespaceNC Collected @collectedworkshops This episode of The Collected Podcast was recorded and edited by Jacob Early.
The character from Spoon River Anthology that most clearly invokes music has his epitaph performed with music. For more about this and other combinations of various words and original music visit frankhudson.org
One of the hundreds of Midwestern characters' lives described in Edgar Lee Masters landmark "Spoon River Anthology". For more about this and other combinations of various words and original music visit frankhudson.org
Episode 328 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Sneakers." We have Part 3 of our Edgar Lee Masters Project including excerpts from his work titled "the Spoon River Anthology"as prepared and read by our Associate Producer Dr. Michael Pavese. " We have an EW poem called "Harmony." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephan Grapelli, Melanoid, Marvin Gaye, Madison Cunningham, Donovan, First Aid Kit, Branford Marsalis and Terrence Blanchard. Commercial Free, Small Batch Radio Crafted In the Endless Mountains of Pennsylvania... Heard All Over The World. Tell your Friends and Neighbors..
Spoon River Anthology by Edgar Lee Masters is a famous work of Modernist American poetry. This episode analyzes the poems using Sigmund Freud's theory of psychopathology, explores Freud's idea of the Oedipus Meta-narrative, and compares his work against Carl Jung's competing psychoanalytic theory.
The deceased residents of Spoon River, Illinois, reflect on their lives, recounting their stories from beyond the grave. Together, they paint a picture of a quintessential American town at the turn of the 20th century. Part 2 of 5. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The deceased residents of Spoon River, Illinois, reflect on their lives, recounting their stories from beyond the grave. Together, they paint a picture of a quintessential American town at the turn of the 20th century. Part 2 of 5.
Host Pete Lutz brings us the lineup of this week's Matinee with Sonic Society #393, Narada Radio's "By Order of Buck Brady" and Chatterbox Audio Theater's "Spoon River Anthology #1". More on Mutual! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The deceased residents of Spoon River, Illinois, reflect on their lives, recounting their stories from beyond the grave. Together, they paint a picture of a quintessential American town at the turn of the 20th century. Sponsored by Karen Strachan. Part 1 of 5. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The deceased residents of Spoon River, Illinois, reflect on their lives, recounting their stories from beyond the grave. Together, they paint a picture of a quintessential American town at the turn of the 20th century. Sponsored by Karen Strachan. Part 1 of 5.
Talking cemeteries, poetry, Spoon River Anthology, Nightdance, and Charlie Bowles.
Troubadours & Raconteurs, Do You Know Any Good Men? We have for your listening pleasure Episode 259 of "Troubadours and Raconteurs with E.W. Conundrum Demure" Small Batch Radio crafted In North Eastern Pennsylvania... Heard All Over The World. Episode 259 features a conversation with regular contributor - Writer, Community Activist, Baker & Candlestick Maker Kitty Belle Burbank. Kitty Belle and I delve into Our Little Drama, What Friendship Looks Like, Fear, Being Brave, How People Who Pass Are Still With Us, Carrying the Banner, Don, How Expectations are Crazy, Being Overbooked... This episode's sixty minutes includes an EW Essay titled "Good Man." Our Associate Producer Dr. Michael shares several pieces written by Edgar Lee Masters from his Spoon River Anthology. We have poem called "Mystery." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephan Grapelli, Tyler Childers, Jimmy Cliff, Kelli O'Hara, Jake Lucas, the Ted Sperling Orchestra, Langhorne Slim, Jim James, Branford Marsalis and Terrence Blanchard. Commercial Free, Community Radio at its finest.Tell your Friends and Neighbors... Become a friend via facebook - Freespeakandsome Withewconundrum. Follow us on Twitter @FreespeakWit. Email us ewconundrum@radiofreebrooklyn.org
The deceased residents of Spoon River, Illinois, reflect on their lives, recounting their stories from beyond the grave. Together, they paint a picture of a quintessential American town at the turn of the 20th century. Part 2 of 5.
The deceased residents of Spoon River, Illinois, reflect on their lives, recounting their stories from beyond the grave. Together, they paint a picture of a quintessential American town at the turn of the 20th century. Sponsored by Karen Strachan. Part 1 of 5.
Los Tres Humanistas respond to a variety of listener emails. Among the topics covered (and when we cover them) are as follows: [03:05] Mark Heard and listener feedback about listener feedback. [04:29] Karl Barth's Evangelical Theology and "A Primer on Religious Existentialism." [06:41] Spoon River Anthology and A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. [08:47] A case for stupid songs and Grubbs's Dick Van Dyke moment. [12:08] Non-Trinitarian Christianity. [16:05] Postmodernism vs. Bertrand Russell. [20:52] American political theory. [29:44] A defense of Francis Schaeffer. [33:30] The Bible and The Christian Humanist Podcast. [46:33] The best philosophical works? [55:04] Podcast recommendations. [57:09] Jaws and Rabbits. [1:01:11] A physics lesson on Mark Heard. [1:04:09] War and technology.
Los Tres Humanistas respond to a variety of listener emails. Among the topics covered (and when we cover them) are as follows: [03:05] Mark Heard and listener feedback about listener feedback. [04:29] Karl Barth's Evangelical Theology and "A Primer on Religious Existentialism." [06:41] Spoon River Anthology and A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. [08:47] A case for stupid songs and Grubbs's Dick Van Dyke moment. [12:08] Non-Trinitarian Christianity. [16:05] Postmodernism vs. Bertrand Russell. [20:52] American political theory. [29:44] A defense of Francis Schaeffer. [33:30] The Bible and The Christian Humanist Podcast. [46:33] The best philosophical works? [55:04] Podcast recommendations. [57:09] Jaws and Rabbits. [1:01:11] A physics lesson on Mark Heard. [1:04:09] War and technology.
In this episode of Everything, Justin and Keith discss the social and economic commentary of Bong Joon-Ho's Snowpiercer, starring Chris Evans, John Hurt, Tilda Swinton, and Ed Harris. They end the show with discussion on last episodes recommendation of the Spoon River Anthology, and Justin recommends Moon Hooch's performance on NPR's Tiny Desk Concert.
In this episode of Everything, Justin and Keith dive into their expectations for the upcoming HBO drama The Leftovers. After the break, they discuss the in and outs of creativity on Twitter. Finally, Keith shares his thoughts on Justin's recommendation of the podcast Song Exploder and recommends the book Spoon River Anthology. Show Rundown: The Leftovers: 15m 59s Twitter: 40m 35s Recommendations: 01h 06m 06s This episode will also be shared on the Everything Leftover podcast feed. If you are going to watch The Leftovers be sure to subscribe separately to that feed to stay up to date with the newest episodes. If you have any questions or feedback, please email us at justin@brownbluewhite.com or keith@brownbluewhite.com, or you can leave a review in iTunes or check out our Facebook page.
Gerry Kowarsky and guest host Mark Bretz interview actors Laurie McConnell and Alan Knoll after reviewing (1) DEAD MAN WALKING, by Jake Heggie & Terrence McNally, at Union Avenue Opera, (2) MISTAKES WERE MADE, by Craig Wright, at The Midnight Company, (3) SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY, by Edgar Lee Masters, Soundstage Productions, (4) THE CONVERSATION, by Dennis Corcoran, at The Black Mirror Theatre Co., (5) HAIRSPRAY, by Mark O'Donnell & Thomas Meehan, Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman, at Take Two Productions.
AIS students perform Spoon River, an anthology by Edgar Lee Masters. Students present a collection of short free-form poems that collectively describe the life of the fictional small town of Spoon River, named after the real Spoon River that ran near Masters' home town.