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William Butler Yeats on Modern Poetry: A Rare 1936 BBC Recording
William Butler Yeats on Modern Poetry: A Rare 1936 BBC Recording

“Poetry must resemble prose, and both must accept the vocabulary of their time.”

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Richard Burton Reads John Donne’s Poem “The Flea”
Richard Burton Reads John Donne’s Poem “The Flea”

“Just so much honor, when thou yield’st to me, Will waste, as this flea’s death took life from thee.”

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Gertrude Stein Reads from “The Making of Americans” in a Rare Recording from the 1930s
Gertrude Stein Reads from “The Making of Americans” in a Rare Recording from the 1930s

“More and more then every one comes to be clear to some one.”

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The Best Music Books of 2012
The Best Music Books of 2012

From the neuroscience of talent to the illustrated Beatles, by way of Zen Buddhism and how creativity works.

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Adrienne Rich on Love, Loss, Public vs. Private Happiness, and the Creative Process
Adrienne Rich on Love, Loss, Public vs. Private Happiness, and the Creative Process

“No one’s fated or doomed to love anyone. The accidents happen.”

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Illustrator Sophie Blackall on Subversive Storytelling, Missed Connections, and Optimism
Illustrator Sophie Blackall on Subversive Storytelling, Missed Connections, and Optimism

What Aldous Huxley’s misogyny has to do with children’s books, darkness, and modern love.

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Happy Birthday, Robert Burns: Prince Charles Reads “My Heart’s in the Highlands”
Happy Birthday, Robert Burns: Prince Charles Reads “My Heart’s in the Highlands”

“My heart’s in the Highlands, my heart is not here…”

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Charles Olson Reads “Maximus, to Himself”: A Rare 1963 Recording
Charles Olson Reads “Maximus, to Himself”: A Rare 1963 Recording

“I have had to learn the simplest things last.”

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The Best Graphic Novels and Graphic Nonfiction of 2012
The Best Graphic Novels and Graphic Nonfiction of 2012

From music history to war trials by way of Hunter S. Thompson and Steve Jobs, with a side of Ancient China.

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Song Reader: Beck Revives the Romance of Sheet Music with 26 Illustrated Songs
Song Reader: Beck Revives the Romance of Sheet Music with 26 Illustrated Songs

“Each era finds something new to return to; things that seemed out of date have a way of coming back in new forms, and revealing aspects of themselves we might not have noticed before.”

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