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Ep. 96: "This afternoon, burn down the house" by Ray Bradbury
This is Episode 96 of Poems for the Speed of Life.
Today's piece is "This afternoon, burn down the house" by Ray Bradbury.
Ray Bradbury was a celebrated American novelist and screenwriter who died in 2012 at the age of 91. He wrote fantasy, science fiction, horror and mystery. Perhaps he is best known now for Fahrenheit 451, a dystopian novel where books have been made into people and are tortured and burned by the firemen appointed to that task.
This piece was not, actually, intended as a poem, but having seen it laid out as one on a social media post, it does fit the bill. It is a short segment from his book Zen in the Art of Writing, Bradbury’s collection of essays on creativity, which was published in 1990.
As an introduction to this segment, the line before it in the book reads: "The history of each story, then, should read almost like a weather report: Hot today, cool tomorrow."
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This is Episode 96 of Poems for the Speed of Life.
Today's piece is "This afternoon, burn down the house" by Ray Bradbury.
Ray Bradbury was a celebrated American novelist and screenwriter who died in 2012 at the age of 91. He wrote fantasy, science fiction, horror and mystery. Perhaps he is best known now for Fahrenheit 451, a dystopian novel where books have been made into people and are tortured and burned by the firemen appointed to that task.
This piece was not, actually, intended as a poem, but having seen it laid out as one on a social media post, it does fit the bill. It is a short segment from his book Zen in the Art of Writing, Bradbury’s collection of essays on creativity, which was published in 1990.
As an introduction to this segment, the line before it in the book reads: "The history of each story, then, should read almost like a weather report: Hot today, cool tomorrow."
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Subscribe to or follow the show for free wherever you listen to podcasts.
To leave the show a review:
Music Credit:
Once Upon a Time by Alex-Productions | https://onsound.eu/ | Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com