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Tennessee Williams Reads Two Stirring Poems by Hart Crane
Tennessee Williams Reads Two Stirring Poems by Hart Crane

Bringing to life one of literary history’s most tragic yet influential heroes.

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T.S. Eliot Reads T.S. Eliot: “The Ad-dressing of Cats,” 1947
T.S. Eliot Reads T.S. Eliot: “The Ad-dressing of Cats,” 1947

“A Dog is, on the whole, what you would call a simple soul.”

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James Earl Jones Reads from Walt Whitman’s “Song of Myself”
James Earl Jones Reads from Walt Whitman’s “Song of Myself”

“The proof of a poet is that his country absorbs him as affectionately as he has absorbed it.”

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Patti Smith’s Lettuce Soup Recipe for Starving Artists
Patti Smith’s Lettuce Soup Recipe for Starving Artists

“We hadn’t much money, but we were happy.”

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How to Make the Perfect Cup of Tea: George Orwell’s 11 Golden Rules
How to Make the Perfect Cup of Tea: George Orwell’s 11 Golden Rules

“One strong cup of tea is better than twenty weak ones. All true tea lovers not only like their tea strong, but like it a little stronger with each year that passes.”

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Philosopher Judith Butler on the Value of the Humanities and Why We Read
Philosopher Judith Butler on the Value of the Humanities and Why We Read

“We lose ourselves in what we read, only to return to ourselves, transformed and part of a more expansive world.”

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Patti Smith Reads Her Poetic Tribute to Robert Mapplethorpe
Patti Smith Reads Her Poetic Tribute to Robert Mapplethorpe

“Blessedness is within us all.”

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Be All Your Selves: Joss Whedon’s 2013 Wesleyan Commencement Address on Embracing Our Inner Contradictions
Be All Your Selves: Joss Whedon’s 2013 Wesleyan Commencement Address on Embracing Our Inner Contradictions

“Identity is something that you are constantly earning. It is a process that you must be active in.”

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Fail Safe: Debbie Millman’s Advice on Courage and the Creative Life
Fail Safe: Debbie Millman’s Advice on Courage and the Creative Life

“Imagine immensities, don’t compromise, and don’t waste time.”

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Greil Marcus on How the Division of High vs. Low Robs Culture of Its Essence
Greil Marcus on How the Division of High vs. Low Robs Culture of Its Essence

“What art does … is tell us, make us feel that what we think we know, we don’t.”

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