Stick a Book In Your Ear

It occured to me that you haven't a clue what beauty awaits you in "The Canterville Ghost"! This was subscriber-only audio which now lives in the Shoppe. It's such a hidden gem of Oscar Wilde's I started to feel bad that more...

Sections 1-3 of F. Scott Fitzgerald's story "Bernice Bobs Her Hair" here for you today, plus a bunch of nifty links: Defarge videos--you can start with this one,Homemade Milano Cookies, McSweeny's Huck Finn, Clara Castelar's ...

Some good blogs to check out (from SOAR attendees: Rachael Herron, Janine Bajus, and Brooke Sinnes, oh, and Stephanie...I think you know her); a really cool listener's site (Spinneret) regarding My Friend Irving; some pics (s...

Sleepy Hollow, part 3! Apologies! The original audio to this show was recorded—I believe—as my mic was dying. I've tried to remaster the hiss out, but couldn't get it all. However, the entire "Legend of Sleepy Hollow" has bee...

Sleepy Hollow, part 2! The entire "Legend of Sleepy Hollow" has been re-recorded and remastered and, along with a few other Halloweenie kinds of stories, appears in the Crafting-a-Life Shoppe. Skeeter Syndrome, and why I hate...

| New! | 1-206-350-1642—Call in and leave an audio comment! How to call from outside of the US. "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," part 1. Book talk begins at 15:20. Download 26 audio. | Shownotes | Learn the origins of the name ...

Yeah, But it's a Dry Heat, Right? Don't try this at home--eye-scraping dry eye! EW! This week! Beauty and the Beast. No, not this one Or this one This one! (sort of...) By the woman with the long French name (that would be Je...

This week we listen to "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gillman, and a little bit of "The Phantom Tollbooth" by Norton Juster. Gillman (here she is) is a particular favorite of mine. She wrote Herland which I'm (sl...

Return of the Chicks? Well, sorta...

Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, Second Coming, The Cask of Amontillado

The Lady or the Tiger The Story of an Hour War Prayer