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  She Must Be Mad: The bestselling...

  Charly Cox

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  ‘Brave and beautiful.’ Stylist Magazine‘Social media’s answer to Carol Ann Duffy’ Sunday Times STYLE‘Divine.’ Cecelia Ahern 
  This audiobook includes exclusive introductions to a select number of Charly’s poems, an interview between herself and her friend, Jack Harries, and music from Tom Rosenthal. 
  She Must be Mad explores coming-of-age: the pain and beauty of love, the relief and the agony of turning from girl to woman, the isolation of an untethered mind and the power and subjugation of the body. 
  Charly captures the formative experiences of today’s young women from the poignant to the prosaic in writing that is at once witty, wry and heartfelt. Wayward nights out that don’t go as planned; the righteous anger at those men with no talent or skill or smarts who occupy the most powerful positions in the world; the strange banality of madness and, of course, the hurt and indecision of unrequited love. 
  For every woman surviving and thriving in today’s world, for every girl who feels too much; this is a call for communion, and you are not alone. 
  In She Must Be Mad, Charly Cox, one of the best English authors, delves into the themes of love, loss, and the transition from girl to woman. Her poetry, filled with grief and the complexities of the human mind, is a testament to her talent and the power of her words. 
  For fans of Ana Sampson (She is Fierce), Baek Sehee (I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki), Dolly Alderton (Everything I Know About Love), Rupi Kaur (Milk and Honey), and Courtney Peppernell (Watering the Soul).

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  Churchill: Shorts (NHB Modern...

  Caryl Churchill

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  Ten short plays for stage, radio and TV, selected by Caryl Churchill, opening up a little-known aspect of her writing, and demonstrating her considerable versatility and breadth of concern. Includes an introduction by the author.
  Abortive (Radio 3, 1971)
  The After-Dinner Joke (BBC TV, 1978)
  The Hospital at the Time of the Revolution
  Hot Fudge (Royal Court Theatre, 1989)
  The Judge's Wife (BBC TV, 1972)
  Lovesick (Radio 3, 1967)
  Not Not Not Not Not Enough Oxygen (Radio 3, 1971)
  Schreber's Nervous Illness (Radio 3, 1972)
  Seagulls
  Three More Sleepless Nights (Soho Poly Theatre, 1980)

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  Selected Ghazals of Ghalib

  Mirza Ghalib

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  Mirza Ghalib, full name Mirza Asadullah Khan Beig, pen name ‘Ghalib’ (1797-1869) was a famous Urdu- and Persian-language poet of India. He is best known for his lyrical and spiritual ghazals. Ghazal is a form of poetry in couplets. In a ghazal, each couplet is self-contained and generally unconnected with the next.Ghalib was born in Agra, in northern India, and was raised by his uncle. Ghalib had no formal education, but was tutored in Persian by Muhammad Mu'azzam, a noted scholar of the time. He was married in 1810 to Umrao Begum, the niece of Nawab Ahmad Baksh Khan who was the ruler of Ferozepur and Loharu at that time. Ghalib was introduced to the elite circle of intellectuals and artists that surrounded the Indian royal family in Delhi because of his father in law. In 1821 he compiled his first collection of Urdu verse. Deewan e Ghalib, Nuskha e Hamida was Published in 1828. soon after the publication of his Urdu poetry collection Ghalib switched to writing entirely in Persian, also known as Farsi. In 1826, on the death of Ghalib's uncle, the British government began providing Ghalib and his family with a small pension for the military services of his uncle. Despite this income, Ghalib remained nearly destitute for most of his life.Ghalib was also a poetry teacher of the King, Bahadur Sha Zafar, who himself was a very nice poet.Ghalib led a miserable life for he started taking wine at a very young age when he was just a boy whereas his financial condition was not good, and  moreover he had no children of his own. All of his children died during infancy. He then adopted his nephew called ‘Arif’ who also died at the age of 16. He collapsed emotionally because of the death of his adopted son. (Summary by Ahkam)This recording was made from a printed copy of Deewan e Ghalib, Nuskha e Hamida published in 1828.

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  Christmas Duet

  Joseph Ashby-Sterry

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  Joseph Ashby-Sterry was an English poet and novelist. He works include Boudoir Ballads, a collection of poetry, now out of print. This poem is taken from the 1888 edition of The Lazy Minstrel. - Summary by Wikipedia

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  Short Poetry Collection 072

  Various Various

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  This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers for the month of October 2008.

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  Shakespeare Tales of Wisdom

  William Shakespeare, Edith Nesbit

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  There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so. 
  Shakespeare is often referred to as the great teacher of life and for a good reason, too. His tales offer worldly wisdom on tap and a great abundance of it. 
  In this collection of Shakespeare tales, we offer those that perhaps more than others teach us important lessons. 
  The collection includes: 
  The Taming of the ShrewTimon of AthensAll's Well That Ends Well 
  Read in English, unabridged.

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