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This week, we pay homage to each of the five senses with the sounds of a game boy, the sight of a subway burial, the taste of music, the smell of poetry and the touch of Judy Garland. Plus, Jerry Adler brings to life the character of Bill Fleishmann, an aging New Yorker whose memories are very much alive.
Chocolate Donuts and Cologne
Smells Like Poetry
Each year the list of national days, weeks and months gets longer. In April, Americans are observing National Poetry Month, Stress Awareness Month, Education Advocacy Week and National Sense of Smell Day, to name a few. Producer Curtis Fox wonders if a few alliances might not be forged, and resources ...
Smelly People
What do you get when you google the words "odor" and "poem"? It's this little ditty by English schoolteacher Roger Stevens.
New Old Sounds
A Sight to Behold
A Touch of Judy
You know those people you meet, on a bus or at the bar, whom you can immediately sense are itching to tell a story? Bill Fleischman is one of them. He is a New Yorker in his 70s. He springs from the imagination of writer David Cale, and is brought ...
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