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Frank O’Hara Reads “Metaphysical Poem” in a Rare 1964 Recording
Frank O’Hara Reads “Metaphysical Poem” in a Rare 1964 Recording

“I’m not sure I want to go there…”

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Neil Gaiman on Why Scary Stories Appeal to Us, the Art of Fear in Children’s Books, and the Most Terrifying Ghosts Haunting Society
Neil Gaiman on Why Scary Stories Appeal to Us, the Art of Fear in Children’s Books, and the Most Terrifying Ghosts Haunting Society

“Fear is a wonderful thing, in small doses.”

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David Foster Wallace on Leadership, Illustrated and Read by Debbie Millman
David Foster Wallace on Leadership, Illustrated and Read by Debbie Millman

“A leader’s real ‘authority’ is a power you voluntarily give him, and you grant him this authority not with resentment or resignation but happily.”

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The Project of Literature: Susan Sontag on Writing, Routines, Education, and Elitism in a 1992 Recording from the 92Y Archives
The Project of Literature: Susan Sontag on Writing, Routines, Education, and Elitism in a 1992 Recording from the 92Y Archives

“A writer is someone who pays attention to the world — a writer is a professional observer.”

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Kenneth Patchen Reads His Love Poem “Creation”
Kenneth Patchen Reads His Love Poem “Creation”

“Any person who loves another person, wherever in the world, is with us in this room…”

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Flannery O’Connor on Why the Grotesque Appeals to Us, Plus a Rare Recording of Her Reading “A Good Man Is Hard to Find”
Flannery O’Connor on Why the Grotesque Appeals to Us, Plus a Rare Recording of Her Reading “A Good Man Is Hard to Find”

“There is something in us, as storytellers and as listeners to stories, that demands the redemptive act, that demands that what falls at least be offered the chance to be restored.”

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Tara Brach Reads from Mary Oliver’s “Dog Songs”
Tara Brach Reads from Mary Oliver’s “Dog Songs”

The beauty of unconditional love, at its sweetest.

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A.A. Milne Reads from Winnie-the-Pooh in a Rare 1929 Recording
A.A. Milne Reads from Winnie-the-Pooh in a Rare 1929 Recording

“And then, all of a sudden, Winnie-the-Pooh stopped again, and licked the tip of his nose in a cooling manner, for he was feeling more hot and anxious than ever in his life before.”

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Neil Gaiman Reads Charles Dickens’s Original Performance Script for “A Christmas Carol”
Neil Gaiman Reads Charles Dickens’s Original Performance Script for “A Christmas Carol”

“No space of regret can make amends for one life’s opportunity misused.”

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Nelson Mandela’s Moving Inaugural Address and Timeless Wisdom from His Autobiography
Nelson Mandela’s Moving Inaugural Address and Timeless Wisdom from His Autobiography

“After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.”

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