Literature Podcasts

Librivox: Summer's Afternoon, A by King, Ben show

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As the summer days wind down, LibriVox volunteers bring you 11 different recordings of A Summer’s Afternoon by Benjamin King. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of July 29th, 2007.

By LibriVox

Librivox: Holy War, The by Bunyan, John show

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The Holy War is perhaps John Bunyan's second most popular work, after The Pilgrim's Progress. It tells the story of afierce battle to take control of a city from its rightful ruler. (Summary by Thadine)

By LibriVox

The Bill / Shakespeare Project show

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Bill Walthall (UCLA '85 English), a once-and-future high school English, Shakespeare, and Drama teacher, will read and blog about each of Shakespeare's plays, from The Comedy of Errors through The Tempest and beyond!

By The Bill / Shakespeare Project

Nightlight: The Black Horror Podcast show

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NIGHTLIGHT is a horror fiction podcast featuring creepy and strange tales. All stories written by Black authors.

By Tonia Thompson

APM: Garrison Keillor's The Writer's Almanac Podcast feed show

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Each day, The Writer's Almanac features Garrison Keillor recounting the highlights of this day in history and reading a short poem or two. The Writer's Almanac is produced by Prairie Home Productions and presented by American Public Media.

By American Public Media

Longform show

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A weekly conversation with a non-fiction writer about how they got their start, how they work, and how they tell stories. Co-produced by Longform and The Atavist.

By Longform

Librivox: Decameron, The by Boccaccio, Giovanni show

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The Decameron (subtitle: Prencipe Galeotto) is a collection of 100 novellas by Italian author Giovanni Boccaccio, probably begun in 1350 and finished in 1353. It is a medieval allegorical work best known for its bawdy tales of love, appearing in all its possibilities from the erotic to the tragic. Many notable writers such as Shakespeare and Chaucer are said to have borrowed from The Decameron. (from Wikipedia)

By LibriVox

Reading And Writing Podcast show

Reading And Writing PodcastJoin Now to Follow

Reading And Writing Podcast — Interviews with authors and writers about their books, their writing habits, their favorite novels, and how they got started writing

By Jeff Rutherford

word balloon the comic book creators interview show show

word balloon the comic book creators interview showJoin Now to Follow

audio interviews featuring pop culture discussions of comic books, Films ,TV, DVDs, Animation, Novels, and other cult entertainment.

By john siuntres

Librivox: Famous Men of the Middle Ages by Haaren, John H. show

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These are biographical sketches of the men and one woman, Joan of Arc, who were famous during the Middle Ages.

By LibriVox