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  A Break in the Journey

  Anne Haverty

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  Infused with love, pathos, history and ideas, A Break in the Journey, Anne Haverty's new collection, is a moving exploration of the many kinds of journeys on which life takes us. Haverty has travelled great distances in intellectual curiosity as well as in the world and traces her tracks with superb eloquence, simplicity and a piercing humanity. With skill, grace and a masterful lightness of touch, these poems shimmer and float in the imagination long after the final page.

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  Time Flies

  David Ives

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  A series of short comic vignettes from playwright David Ives, In the title work, two houseflies try to make the most out of their brief time on earth. An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Fran Adams, Ed Begley Jr., Shannon Cochran, Evan Gore, Arye Gross and Victoria Principal.Directed by Ron West. Recorded before a live audience in March, 1998.

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  Hamlet

  William Shakespeare

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  Shakespeare’s timeless story of revenge, corruption, and murder is considered one of the greatest works in the English language. Prince Hamlet sets out to avenge his beloved father's death at the hand of his uncle Claudius - but Hamlet's spiral into grief and madness will have permanent and immutable consequences for the Kingdom of Denmark. Composed over 400 years ago, Hamlet remains one of the theater’s most studied and performed works, and is presented here in a stunning, sound-rich full-cast recording. An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring:Josh Stamberg as HamletStephen Collins as King ClaudiusJoBeth Williams as Queen GertrudeStacy Keach as GhostAlan Mandell as PoloniusEmily Swallow as OpheliaJD Cullum as LaertesMatthew Wolf as HoratioMark Capri as Ambassador and othersJosh Clark as Gravedigger, Voltemand and othersHenri Lubatti as Rosencrantz and othersJon Matthews as Guildenstern and othersDarren Richardson as Player Queen and othersAndré Sogliuzzo as Reynaldo and othersDirected by Martin Jarvis. Recorded at the Invisible Studios, West Hollywood in August, 2011.

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  I saw the Sun at Midnight rising...

  Joseph Mary Plunkett

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  LibriVox volunteers bring you 24 recordings of I saw the Sun at Midnight, rising red by Joseph Mary Plunkett. This was the weekly poetry project for February 8th, 2009.

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  Damon Runyon Theater - Touching...

  Damon Runyon

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  The Damon Runyon Theatre Hour.  Damon Runyon is acknowledged as one of the great writers to come out of twentieth century America.  Runyon's short stories are almost always told in the first person by a narrator who is never named, and whose role is unclear; he knows many gangsters and has no job that can be gleaned from his musings, nor does he admit to any criminal involvement; He’s a bystander, an observer, an average street-corner Joe.  Runyon described himself as "being known to one and all as a guy who is just around".  That line seems to say a lot about Runyon and his life.  It was like you were with him on some street corner hustle or some shady dive and he was filling you in on all the angles, all the gossip, all of life. He was who so many people wanted to be with……or so many people wanted to be.  Of course, the cliché about newspapermen and writers is that they are heavy drinkers, chain-smokers, gamblers and obsessively chase women with a sideline in the gathering of stories and facts and actually getting something written just before the deadline hits. That seems like Damon Runyon and his life summed up in one sentence.  His stories became legendary ways of looking that bit differently at America, of soaking up the atmosphere of a glamorous and rip-roaring age and distilling it into black and white type or, in our case, The Damon Runyon Theatre Hour.

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  A Rhyme A Dozen ― Beauty - 12...

  Elinor Wylie, Lord Byron, WB Yeats

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  ‘A dime a dozen’ as known in America, is perhaps equal to the English ‘cheap as chips’ but whatever the lingua franca of your choice in this series we hereby submit ‘A Rhyme a Dozen’ as 12 poems on many given subjects that are a well-rounded gathering, maybe even an essential guide, from the knowing pens of classic poets and their beautifully spoken verse to the comfort of your ears. 
  1 - A Rhyme A Dozen - 12 Poems, 12 Poets, 1 Topic - Beauty - An Introduction 
  2 - Beauty by Elinor Wylie 
  3 - For Beauty Being the Best of all We Know by Robert Seymour Bridges 
  4 - On Beauty by Khalil Gibran 
  5 - Ode To Beauty by Henry James Pye 
  6 - Ode to Beauty by Mary Robinson 
  7 - Ode To Beauty by Ralph Waldo Emerson 
  8 - The Fraility and Hurtfulness of Beauty by Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey 
  9 - She Walks in Beauty by Lord Byron 
  10 - Sonnet 54 - O! How Much More Doth Beauty Beauteous Seem by William Shakespeare 
  11 - He Remembers Forgotten Beauty by W B Yeats 
  12 - I Died for Beauty by Emily Dickinson 
  13 - Beauty of Truth by Khwaja Ghulam Farid

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