Half of this audio is me talking about the writer Leonora Carrington first, a Surrealist artist (painter and writer, trilingual! She does/did that in English, French and Spanish!) and then comes her story “The Debutante,” so you can listen to it in two 5-minute sessions!
More on Leonora Carrington at Talking People (Literature).
Download “Stories. The Debutante, by Leonora Carrington”
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Read the lyrics here (from her album “not so soft”, 1991)
Language notes: “to wane” is something the moon does, because the moon waxes and wanes! “To toe the line” is ‘to conform to a rule or standard’.
More on Ani Difranco at the Talking People Website (Music)
Download “Poems. Brief Bus Stop, by Ani Difranco”
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A story which is hard to read, especially if you want to teach students to pronounce the endings and the consonant clusters!!! 🙂
Read the story.
Download “Stories. A Tree, a Rock, a Cloud, by Carson McCullers”
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Read the poem at Dian Million’s webpage on Talking People, and find out more about her
Download “Poems. The Housing Poem, by Dian Million”
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Gertrude Stein, a vital explorer of life and art, tried to write like Cezanne painted. It’s hard to explain.
Ada is a story to her lifelong loved one.
Read Ada and read about Gertrude Stein.
Download “Stories. Ada, by Gertrude Stein”
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Download “Poems. Autobiography in 5 short chapters, by Portia Nelson”
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Read the story (2 pdf pages)
Download “Stories. Dishwashers, by michelle”
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Read this poem and find more info/activities.
Tell yourself this poem when you are waiting to enter an examination room! It’ll lull you a bit, soothe you down, and you’ll be able to concentrate and focus better! 🙂
Download “Poems. Wild Geese, by Mary Oliver”
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Welcome to our poetry segment!
Read this poem, watch videos where Joy Harjo reads other poems or plays music…
More on American Indians
More on Billie Holiday – “Strange Fruit” and more
Download “Poems. Strange Fruit, by Joy Harjo”
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