Meetings

Sunday, April 23, 2006

“With his windows rolled down, what things he saw on mild winter days, as he waited dreamily for the through freight.”
--Anthony Bukowski, “Time Between Trains”

Long journeys end in strange meetings.

Fair, Folk and Fierce

Sunday, April 16, 2006

“It was a long time since Mrs. Summers had been fitted with gloves…now, she reased her elbow on the cushion of the glove counter, and a pretty, delicate creature…drew a long-wristed kid over Mrs. Summers’ hand.
–Kate Chopin, “A Pair of Silk Stockings.”

Tales— short, long, folk, fairy, and fierce.

Hits and misses in baseball and life

Sunday, April 09, 2006

“As a young man, I saw myself diving to the left, graceful as a toppling tree, field high grounders like a cat leaping for butterflies...” –W.P. Kinsella, “The Thrill of the Grass.”

• James T. Farrell, "My Grandmother Goes to Comiskey Park," read by John Shea
• Philip Roth, Selection from Portnoy's Complaint, read by Isaiah Sheffer
• Rolfe Humphries, "Polo Grounds," read by David Strathairn
• Yusef Komunyakaa, "Glory," read by Isaiah Sheffer
• W.P. Kinsella, "The Thrill of the Grass," read by John Shea
• A. Bartlett Giamatti, "The Green Fields of the Mind," read by the author.

Three American Women

Sunday, April 02, 2006

“Westhall’s informal talks on “the new ethic” had drawn about him an eager following of the mentally unemployed.” –Edith Wharton, “The Reckoning.” Debra Weinstein, "What Is Poetry?," read by Laura Esterman Linda Pastan, "The City," read by Blair Brown Edith Wharton, "The Reckoning," read by Brenda Wehle