StoryWeb: Storytime for Grownups Podcast
1) 174: Chad Everett: "Medical Center"
This week on StoryWeb: Chad Everett’s TV show, Medical Center. If only I could start with the theme song to Medical Center! If I were telling you this story in person, I’d risk humming a few bars, com...Show More
2) 173: Cynthia Morris: "Chasing Sylvia Beach"
This week on StoryWeb: Cynthia Morris’s novel, Chasing Sylvia Beach. What do you get when you combine time travel, intriguing literary history, Paris, and romance? Why, Cynthia Morris’s novel, Chasing...Show More
3) 172: James H. Cone: "Martin & Malcolm & America: A Dream or a Nightmare"
This week on StoryWeb: James H. Cone’s book Martin & Malcolm & America: A Dream or a Nightmare. It has been more than 25 years since I read Rev. James H. Cone’s book Martin & Malcolm & America: A Drea...Show More
4) 171: Malcolm X and Alex Haley: "The Autobiography of Malcolm X"
This week on StoryWeb: Malcolm X and Alex Haley’s book, The Autobiography of Malcolm X. Malcolm X wrote his famed autobiography in collaboration with African American journalist Alex Haley (most famou...Show More
5) 170: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: "Letter from Birmingham Jail"
This week on StoryWeb: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s essay “Letter from Birmingham Jail.” In April 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was in Birmingham, Alabama, protesting racism and racial segregati...Show More
6) 169: Susan Glaspell: "Trifles"
This week on StoryWeb, Susan Glaspell’s play Trifles. Born in 1876, Susan Glaspell was a prominent novelist, short story writer, journalist, biographer, actress, and, most notably, playwright, winning...Show More
7) 168: Elizabeth Strout: "Olive Kitteridge"
This week on StoryWeb: Elizabeth Strout’s book Olive Kitteridge. Has there ever been a grimmer, more taciturn main character in a book than Elizabeth Strout’s Olive Kitteridge? We’ve all known someone...Show More
8) 167: Emily Dickinson: Poem 372, "After Great Pain, a Formal Feeling Comes"
This week on StoryWeb: Emily Dickinson’s Poem 372, “After great pain, a formal feeling comes –” For Patricia and our students Emily Dickinson’s Poem 372 is not – technically speaking – a story. And Di...Show More
9) 166: James Joyce: "The Dead"
This week on StoryWeb: James Joyce’s short story “The Dead.” James Joyce’s “The Dead” is widely considered to be his best short story, called by the New York Times “just about the finest short story i...Show More
10) 165: Richard Thompson: "1952 Vincent Black Lightning"
This week on StoryWeb: Richard Thompson’s song “1952 Vincent Black Lightning.” For Jim, in honor of his birthday My husband, Jim, and I love this song by Richard Thompson and its signature line, “red ...Show More