Listening to Literature

Fri. 12:06 – An epigram is a brief, interesting, memorable, and sometimes surprising or satirical statement (Wiki). You might call it a tweet that actually has something to say. 01/15/2021.

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Fri. 12:06 pm – Technically. literary epiphanies aren’t always epiphanies; sometimes, they’re anagnorises, moments of critical self-discovery. But literature is full of them. 01/08/2021.

Carol Andrews joints Leigh and P. T. for...

Fri. 12:06 – A Century or Two” – January 1, 2021 – 12:05 p.m. to 1 p.m. It’s a New Year and a new day! Many are ready to leave 2020 behind, but what does the next year hold? 01/01/2021.

It’s hard to tell (especially if we engaged...

Fri. 12:06 – “A Christmas Tale or Two” – It’s Christmas Day, and to celebrate, WRUU has decked out the studio … 12/25/2020.

not so much with lights (we have a...

Fri. 12:06 pm – Herman J. Mankiewicz was a talented screenwriter – his credits include the Wizard of Oz, Dinner at Eight, and Pride of the Yankees, as well as Citizen Kane. 12/18/2020.

Pre-Hollywood, he was a journalist and a member...

Fri. 12:06 – A straightforward, formal turn-of-year party in Edwardian Ireland – what could go wrong? But the man most in control runs into a series of difficulties. 12/11/2020.

This is the last story in James Joyce’s...

Fri. 12:06 – The evening of December 10 begins the Chanukkah season. Leigh and P. T. cover a few Chanukkah tales this week, including some very different interpretations of the meaning. Join us. 12/04/2020.

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Fri. 12:06 – James Baldwin wrote powerful and incisive commentary on his times, in novels, plays, essays, and poems. But he also wrote short stories, and Sonny’s Blues is one of his best. 11/27/2020.

It’s the story of teacher watching his brother...

Fri. 12:06 – Despite her troubled life, English writer Virginia Woolf has become an icon of modern literature, from her fantastic and acute novels to her essays about the times she saw. 11/20/2020.

An ardent champion of social justice and an...

Fri. 12:06 – In part two of a series examining E. B. White the essayist, Leigh, P. T., and Dr. Carol Andrews continue the conversation, reviewing three pieces: “On Freedom,” “The Ring of Time,” and “Death of a Pig.” 11/13/2020.

One cannot talk about White’s style with referencing...