SPOTLIGHT

Crystal Ball

By Clellan Coe Wednesday, June 25, 2025

SPOTLIGHT

Crystal Ball

By Clellan Coe Wednesday, June 25, 2025

Portrait of the Artist

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Far over the misty mountains

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The Fair Fields

Only rarely did the outside world intrude on an idyllic Connecticut childhood, but in the tumultuous 1960s, that intrusion included an encounter with evil

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Just Yesterday

Read Me a Poem

“The Frog Prince” by Stevie Smith

Poems read aloud, beautifully

Smarty Pants Podcast

The Epic Viking Saga of the Everyday

Eleanor Barraclough on the ordinary people of Norse history

Book Reviews

All Talk

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Burned

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“The White Heart of God” by Jack Gilbert

Poems read aloud, beautifully

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Paige Ledom

Out of the ordinary

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Verse 31 from Gitanjali by Rabindranath Tagore

Poems read aloud, beautifully

Article

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In a time of anger, frustration, and anxiety, the humanities have much to teach us about how to deal with life

Book Reviews

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The life of Ireland’s towering literary figure became a work of art in its own right

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No Murder in the Mews

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Poems read aloud, beautifully

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Asturias Days

A Pair of Elephants

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