Listening to Literature

Fri. 12:06 pm EDT Listening To Literature 2 – Leigh Rich chats with author Susan Orlean about her runaway best seller The Library Book. Susan Orlean will speak at the Armstrong Campus of Georgia Southern University Friday evening, and Leigh will chat with her about the book and the writing life. Join us. 09/27/2019

Fri. 12:06 pm EDT-An essay is “an analytic or interpretative literary composition, in the 20th Century, it became a popular and informative writing category. This week, on Listening to Literature 2, special guest Carol Andrews and P. T. Bridgeport sample essays that exemplify the best of the American writer.

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Fri. 12:06 pm EDT-Listening To Literature 2 – What makes a good short story? Can a short story really have the power and emotional content of a linger piece? 09/13/2019

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Fri. 12:06 pm EDT-Listening To Literature 2 – An Irish critic, playwright and (later) recluse, Shaw constructed plays that questioned what everyone else knew was true. He explored, among other things, feminism, the nature of good and evil, war, and the relationship between men and women. Join Leigh and P.T. for a discussion of Shaw and his plays. 08/30/2019

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Fri. 12:05 EDT-Listening To Literature 2 – August 23, 2019, 12:06 – 1:00 pm. American literature expert Carol Andrews joins Leigh and P.T. for the second show on the life and work of Toni Morrison. 08/23/2019

Last week, we explored some of the poetry...

Fri. 12:05 pm EDT- On Listening To Literature, Leigh and P.T. recall the life and works of Toni Morrison. Guest Carol Andrews, a former professor of American literature helps us establish a context for Ms. Morrison’s literature and times. 08/16/2019

Toni Morrison recently left us. She was a...

Fri. 12:06 pm EDT-Listening To Literature – Sir Tom Stoppard is a distinguished playwright and movie screenwriter/script doctor (Steven Spielberg’s go-to man for many of his films). This week, Leigh and P.T. discuss the life (so far) and works of Sir Tom Stoppard, who has a very different view of the Bard. 08/09/2019

Sir Tom Stoppard is a distinguished playwright (Rosencrantz...

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Fri. 12:06 pm EDT-Conrad Aiken’s poems and short stories tell the story of the inner mind as lived in Savannah, New England, New York, and the UK. His book Ushant puts him in the picture – it’s largely autobiographical. Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize winner, he continued his lyrical approach and exploration of the human psyche in Ushant. Orlando Montoya, who has studied Aiken extensively, joins us for a discussion of Aiken and his works.08/02/2019

Hwaet! Beowulf, on of the most argued-about texts in the English language, even if it is Old English. Did Grendel’s mother really look like Angela Jolie? C’mon and listen to the lullaby of Vasterjutland, this week on Listening to Literature 2 . 07/26/2019

Dr. Carol Andrews, retired Professor of English at...