A Literary Cornucopia
By Luisa Morales-Molina
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Episodes: 159
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A cozy literary nook where poems and essays wander in, tiny stories flutter by, author bios come alive, and bookish curiosities await discovery.
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Episode 158: Summertime Memories
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Jun 30, 2026 |
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Episode 157: Wedding Traditions: The Stories Behind the Ceremony
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Jun 16, 2026 |
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Episode 156: In Honor of Fathers' Day: A Memory
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Jun 02, 2026 |
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Episode 155: "Examination Day" by Henry Slesar: A Dystopian Story
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May 19, 2026 |
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Episode 154: Small Stories About Mothers
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May 05, 2026 |
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Episode 153: Poetry Part Two: The Healing Power of Poetry: Poems That Carry Us Through
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Apr 21, 2026 |
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Episode 152: Poetry Part One: The Power of Poetry
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Apr 07, 2026 |
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Episode 151: Freedom in an Hour: Kate Chopin’s "The Story of an Hour"
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Mar 24, 2026 |
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Episode 150: Doris Lessing: "Flight" and Letting Go
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Mar 10, 2026 |
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Episode 149: Love Potions in Literature: The Power of Aphrodisiacs
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Feb 24, 2026 |
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Episode 148: Micro Fiction: The Art of Compressing
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Feb 10, 2026 |
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Episode 147: Ernest Hemingway: "Hills Like White Elephants"
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Jan 27, 2026 |
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Episode 146: Toni Morrison: "The Work You Do, The Person You Are"
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Jan 13, 2026 |
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Episode 145: The Brothers Grimm and "The Robber Bridegroom"
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Dec 30, 2025 |
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Episode 144: J.R.R. Tolkien's "Letters from Father Christmas"
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Dec 16, 2025 |
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Epsidoe 143: Hans Christian Anderson: "The Little Match Girl"
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Dec 02, 2025 |
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Episode 142: James Baldwin: "Why He Carried the Turkey"
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Nov 18, 2025 |
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Episode 141: Luisa Morales: "The Wine Bottle: A Quest"
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Nov 04, 2025 |
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Episode 140: Luisa Morales: "The Lonely Trail: In Search of Angela"
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Oct 21, 2025 |
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Episode 139: Shirley Jackson: "The Witch"
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Oct 07, 2025 |
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Episode 138: O. Henry: "Hearts and Hands"
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Sep 23, 2025 |
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Episode 137: Katharine Brush: "Birthday Party"
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Sep 09, 2025 |
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Episode 136: Anton Chekov: "A Nincompoop"
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Aug 26, 2025 |
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Episode 135: Gwendolyn Brooks: "Home"
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Aug 12, 2025 |
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Episode 134: Shirley Jackson: "Charles"
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Jul 29, 2025 |
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Episode 133: James Thurber: "The Princess and the Tin Box"
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Jul 15, 2025 |
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Episode 132: Liam O'Flaherty: "The Sniper"
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Jul 01, 2025 |
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Episode 131: Mona Gardner: "The Dinner Party"
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Jun 17, 2025 |
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Episode 130: Leonard Q Ross: "The Path Through the Cemetery"
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Jun 03, 2025 |
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Episode 129: John Collier: "The Chaser"
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May 20, 2025 |
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Episode 128: Bertrand Russell: "How to Grow Old"
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May 06, 2025 |
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Episode 127: Quentin Reynolds: "A Secret for Two"
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Apr 21, 2025 |
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Episode 126: Eva-Lis Wuorio: "You Can't Take It With You"
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Apr 07, 2025 |
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Episode 125: Isaac Asimov: "The Fun They Had"
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Mar 25, 2025 |
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Episode 124: Edgar Allan Poe and "The Oval Portrait"
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Mar 10, 2025 |
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Episode 123: Ernest Hemingway: "The Old Man at the Bridge"
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Feb 25, 2025 |
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Episode 122: Toni Morrison: "Sweetness"
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Feb 11, 2025 |
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Episode 121: Oscar Wilde- "The Selfish Giant"
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Jan 28, 2025 |
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Episode 120: William Faulkner - "A Rose for Emily"
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Jan 14, 2025 |
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Episode 119: O. Henry and "The Gift of the Magi"
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Dec 24, 2024 |
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Episode 118: Thomas Hardy: "The Thieves Who Couldn't Help Sneezing"
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Dec 09, 2024 |
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Episode 117: Leo Tolstoy: Greed - "How Much Land Does a Man Need?"
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Nov 26, 2024 |
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Episode 116: Amy Tan and "Two Kinds"
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Nov 13, 2024 |
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Episode 115: Maya Angelou and "Mrs. Flowers"
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Nov 04, 2024 |
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Episode 114: Langston Hughes: "Thank You, Ma'am"
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Oct 28, 2024 |
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Episode 113: Ray Bradbury: A Master of Science Fiction and Fantasy
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Oct 17, 2024 |
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Episode 112: F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby and The Jazz Age
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Oct 01, 2024 |
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Episode 111: Richard Connell and his "Most Dangerous Game"
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Sep 16, 2024 |
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Episode 110: H.H. Munro (Saki) and "The Open Window"
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Sep 02, 2024 |
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Episode 109: Charlotte Brontë's World Through the Eyes of Jane Eyre
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Aug 26, 2024 |
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Episode 108: Lewis Carroll - A Mad Tea Party
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Aug 19, 2024 |
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Episode 107: J.R.R Tolkien: The Man Behind the Myth
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Aug 05, 2024 |
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Episode 106: C.S. Lewis: Influential Writer/Intellectual Giant
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Jul 23, 2024 |
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Episode 105: Neil Gaiman: The Master of Modern Fantasy
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Jul 09, 2024 |
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Episode 104: P.D. James: Crime Novelist
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Jun 25, 2024 |
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Episode 103: Agatha Christie: Mystery Writer Extraordinaire
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Jun 08, 2024 |
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Episode 102: Christina Rossetti: A Woman of her Time
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Apr 28, 2024 |
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Episode 101: April-National Poetry Month
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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Episode 100: The Twins' Night Out
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Mar 17, 2024 |
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Episode 99: The Sub
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Mar 03, 2024 |
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Episode 98: Love and Hate on the Playground
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Feb 13, 2024 |
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Episode 97: Adriana and Mia: Heavenly Thoughts
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Feb 10, 2024 |
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Episode 96: Another New Year (Resolutions)
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Jan 08, 2024 |
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Episode 95: The Ghosts of New Year's Eve
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Dec 31, 2023 |
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Episode 94: Revisiting We Have Always Lived in the Castle
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Dec 27, 2023 |
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Episode 93: Classroom Chronicles Advanced on Gothic Literature
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Nov 11, 2023 |
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Episode 92: "The Judge's House" Radio Drama: Reactions
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Oct 30, 2023 |
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Episode 91: Bram Stoker's "The Judge's House" - A Radio Drama
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Oct 28, 2023 |
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Episode 90: Scary Toys (Students' Experiences)
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Oct 26, 2023 |
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Episode 89: A Taste of Gothic
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Oct 25, 2023 |
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Episode 88: Pride and Prejudice: Jane Austen’s Universal Truths
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Sep 29, 2023 |
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Episode 87: "The Giver" by Lois Lowry - Reviewing a Dystopian Novel
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Sep 10, 2023 |
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(Bonus) Episode 86: Students' Endings to "An Old-Fashioned Knight and a Damsel in Distress" (12-Nil)
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Sep 03, 2023 |
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Episode 85: Percy Jackson and The Lightning Thief: A Review
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Aug 27, 2023 |
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Episode 84: The Chronicles of Narnia: A Review
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Aug 13, 2023 |
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Episode 83: The Scent of Orange
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Jul 10, 2023 |
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Episode 82: Upon Closing the School Year 2022-2023
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Jun 24, 2023 |
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Episode 81: Tuesdays with Morrie: On the topic of money
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Apr 10, 2023 |
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Episode 80: The Empty Chair
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Apr 10, 2023 |
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Episode 79: The Twins
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Feb 17, 2023 |
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Episode 78: The People in Our Lives (a reflective essay)
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Jan 29, 2023 |
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Episode 77: The Time Keeper Game Show (Group 3)
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Jan 28, 2023 |
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Episode 76: The Twelfth Hour
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Jan 04, 2023 |
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Episode 75: Upon Closing Season 3
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Dec 27, 2022 |
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Episode 74: A Matter of Time
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Dec 26, 2022 |
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Episode 54: Living 'la vida' with Tech (essay)
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Dec 26, 2022 |
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Episode 73: Ghosts in the Attic
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Dec 03, 2022 |
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Episode 72: An Old-Fashioned Knight and a Damsel in Distress
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Sep 26, 2022 |
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Episode 71: The Sands of Time in Mitch Albom's The Timekeeper
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Sep 06, 2022 |
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Episode 70: Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice: Views on Jews
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Jul 19, 2022 |
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Episode 69: Shirley Jackson's We Have Always Lived in the Castle: A Review
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Jul 12, 2022 |
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Episode 68: What should a Viking Warrior be able to do?
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Jul 01, 2022 |
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Episode 67: Upon Writing a Viking Tale
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Jun 20, 2022 |
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Episode 66: Wrapping Up Another School Year with Speeches
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May 01, 2022 |
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Episode 65: Mitch Albom's The Five People You Meet in Heaven - The Fifth Person
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Feb 26, 2022 |
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Episode 64: Mitch Albom's The Five People You Meet in Heaven - The Fourth Person
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Feb 26, 2022 |
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Episode 63: Mitch Albom's The Five People You Meet in Heaven - The Third person
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Feb 26, 2022 |
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Episode 62: Mitch Albom's The Five People You Meet in Heaven - The Second Person
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Feb 26, 2022 |
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Episode 61: Mitch Albom's The Five People You Meet in Heaven - The First Person
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Feb 26, 2022 |
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Episode 60: Treasured Times
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Feb 13, 2022 |
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Episode 59: I'm only dreaming
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Feb 07, 2022 |
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Episode 58: Reflections on the Topic of Resolutions Part Two
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Jan 19, 2022 |
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Episode 57: Reflections on the Topic of Resolutions Part One
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Jan 19, 2022 |
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Episode 56: Resolutions: A Fruitless Effort? (opinion)
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Jan 08, 2022 |
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Episode 55: Broken English (memoir)
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Jan 01, 2022 |
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Episode 53: Lovebirds in the Rain (memoir)
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Dec 24, 2021 |
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Episode 52: Bram Stoker: Discussions on "The Judge's House"
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Dec 15, 2021 |
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Episode 51: The Watching Game (narrative)
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Nov 30, 2021 |
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Episode 50: The Cottage - A Ghost Story
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Nov 03, 2021 |
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Episode 49: " Secrets" Part Five: The Recipe
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Nov 01, 2021 |
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Episode 48: " Secrets" Part Four: Michael
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Oct 25, 2021 |
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Episode 47: " Secrets" Part Three: The Pact
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Oct 17, 2021 |
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Episode 46: "Secrets" Part Two: The Book
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Oct 10, 2021 |
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Episode 45: Speculations on an Absent Father (Re: "Secrets" Part One)
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Oct 09, 2021 |
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Episode 44: Secrets (Part One)
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Oct 02, 2021 |
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Episode 43: Thoughts at 33,000 Feet
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Sep 13, 2021 |
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Episode 42: An Original American Indian Tale - The Wise Old Woman and the Young Mother
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Sep 05, 2021 |
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Episode 41: On the " whodunnits?" or the Art of Mystery Writing
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Aug 30, 2021 |
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Episode 40: Gertrude the Grandmother - A "Who 'dunnit'?" Mystery
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Jul 24, 2021 |
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Episode 39: Claire the Nanny - A "Who 'dunnit'?" Mystery
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Jul 18, 2021 |
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Episode 38: Nancy the Maid - A "Who 'dunnit'?"Mystery
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Jul 16, 2021 |
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Episode 37: Alex the Husband - A "Who 'dunnit'?" Mystery
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Jul 14, 2021 |
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Episode 36: Alice: The Wife and New Mom - A "Who 'Dunnit'?" Mystery
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Jul 12, 2021 |
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Episode 35: Recollection of a Ghost Story: Bram Stoker's "The Judges House"
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Jul 04, 2021 |
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Episode 34: Reflections on Shelly's Frankenstein
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Jul 02, 2021 |
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Episode 33: The Secret of the Umbrella (narrative)
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Jun 27, 2021 |
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Episode 32: Tuna Fish with Potato Chips (memoir)
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Jun 07, 2021 |
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Episode 31: Haiku for Mother's Day
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May 02, 2021 |
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Episode 30: April a Month of Poetry
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Apr 18, 2021 |
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Episode 29: Jane Austen on Social Media (essay)
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Apr 05, 2021 |
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Episode 28: April Showers with Flowers
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Apr 02, 2021 |
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Episode 27: Jumping into Spring
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Mar 26, 2021 |
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Episode 26: Pain and Punishment
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Mar 23, 2021 |
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Episode 25: Listening to the Other Side
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Mar 15, 2021 |
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Episode 24: Who is your favorite character in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird?
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Mar 05, 2021 |
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Episode 23: Nightmares
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Feb 23, 2021 |
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Episode 22: The Perfect Spot
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Jan 24, 2021 |
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Episode 21: Twenty-twenty-One
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Jan 02, 2021 |
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Episode 20: The Stranger in the White Coat (narrative)
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Dec 24, 2020 |
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Episode 19: Tears, Chiffon, and a Green Bow
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Dec 22, 2020 |
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Episode 18: Gnome for the Holidays
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Dec 21, 2020 |
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Episode 17: Lemon-Meringue Surprise
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Dec 21, 2020 |
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Episode 16: High Expectations
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Nov 15, 2020 |
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Episode 15: The Promise
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Nov 01, 2020 |
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Episode 14: A Baking Fantasy
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Oct 06, 2020 |
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Episode 6: The Routine and the Ordinary during a Pandemic
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Sep 13, 2020 |
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Episode 4: Our Virtual Reality
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Aug 25, 2020 |
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Episode 3: Pets in Times of a Pandemic
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Aug 09, 2020 |
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Episode 5: Pandemonium
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Jul 26, 2020 |
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Episode 7: Letter to a Cousin
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Jul 24, 2020 |
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Episode 9: My Days, My Dreams, My Life (a poem)
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Jul 23, 2020 |
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Introductory Episode to A Literary Cornucopia
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Jul 19, 2020 |
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Episode 8: The Deep Abyss (a poem)
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Jul 19, 2020 |
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Episode 10: Sand - A Tanka Poem
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Jul 19, 2020 |
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Episode 11: Silence of the Heart (Micro fiction)
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Jul 14, 2020 |
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Episode 12: Two Little Girls on a Ship (Micro nonfiction)
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Jul 12, 2020 |
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Episode 13: An Unwanted Guest (Micro Nonfiction)
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Jul 11, 2020 |
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Episode 2: Lost in Detroit (Narrative Essay)
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Jul 09, 2020 |
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Episode 1: The Covered Bridge (A Brief Essay on Life)
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Jul 08, 2020 |