The Musical Bard

A turn through the musical museum of folk song and family

Burning or Being Burned?

“Seth Compton” by Edgar Lee Masters

Poems read aloud, beautifully

That Time of the Month

Kate Clancy takes the mystery out of menstruation

The World at the End of a Line

The grandson of one of American literature’s Lost Generation novelists reflects on his namesake’s love of the sea

“A Hand Not Ready for Birds” by Muhammed Ali Chamseddine

Poems read aloud, beautifully

Remembering Alison

A writer who relished the extremes in life and found humor in the darkest regions

Twenty Years of War

Ghaith Abdul-Ahad on the invasion of Iraq and the turmoil that followed in his homeland

Huevos Pintos

“The Flower-School” by Rabindranath Tagore

Poems read aloud, beautifully

Casa Gorín

“The Purse-Seine” by Robinson Jeffers

Poems read aloud, beautifully

Birthday Boy

“The Horses” by Ted Hughes

Poems read aloud, beautifully

Amy Wetsch

Life, magnified

New Year, Old Year

“The Horses” by Edwin Muir

Poems read aloud, beautifully

The Snow Maiden

Our final episode of 2018 is a send-off to the solstice

Ho Ho Horror

Why not make this Christmas a little darker?

A Story for Christmas

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