Literary Lilt

Literary Lilt

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Literary Lilt episodes

  • Rumi's Like This

    This is the only poem that really matters. Let the rest go and listen in to this 13th century classic by Rumi.

    Full text of the poem here: https://www.rumi.org.uk/love_poems/#IfAnyoneAsksYou
    More info on Rumi here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumi

    4 min
  • Kate Chopin's The Story of an Hour

    Listen here to the famous short story, The Story of an Hour, by Kate Chopin.

    Find the full text of the story here: https://archive.vcu.edu/english/engweb/webtexts/hour/

    And read more about Kate Chopin here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Chopin

    8 min
  • Kurt Vonnegut's 2 B R 0 2 B

    To Be or Naught to Be, a short story about a gas-chamber created Utopian future, by Kurt Vonnegut.

    Read the full text of this story here: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/21279/21279-h/21279-h.htm

    And more about Kurt Vonnegut here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Vonnegut

    19 min
  • Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven

    Hear this famously dark and beautiful poem of haunting lost love, written by the great Edgar Allan Poe.

    Find the full text of this poem here: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/17192/17192-h/17192-h.htm

    Read more about this poem here: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/70095/9-mournful-facts-about-edgar-allan-poes-raven


    10 min
  • Charlotte Perkins Gilman's The Yellow Wallpaper

    My reading of the darkly enchanting, early feminist classic The Yellow Wallpaper, written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman in 1892.

    You can find the full text of this story here: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1952/1952-h/1952-h.htm

    Please find more info about Charlotte Perkins Gilman here: 

    https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charlotte-Perkins-Gilman 

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte_Perkins_Gilman

    36 min
  • O. Henry's The Gift of the Magi

    Enjoy this beautiful Christmas classic with a cup of mulled wine, and a fire in the hearth, and count your many blessings.

    You can find the full text of this story here: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/7256/7256-h/7256-h.htm

    And more info about O. Henry here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O._Henry

    14 min
  • Max Ehrmann's Desiderata

    The beautiful Desiderata, written in the early 1920s. This piece is a beacon for dark days.

    Read more info about Max Ehrmann here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Ehrmann

    You can find the full text of this poem here: https://www.desiderata.com/desiderata.html

    4 min
  • Edgar Allan Poe's Annabel Lee

    I read the darkly beautiful love poem by Edgar Allan Poe.

    Find the full text of this poem here: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44885/annabel-lee

    And more info on Edgar Allen Poe here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Allan_Poe

    3 min
  • The United States Bill of Rights

    A reading of the first 10 Amendments to the Constitution, written by James Madison.

    Find the full text of the Bill of Rights here: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/2/2-h/2-h.htm

    And more info about James Madison here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Madison

    5 min

About Literary Lilt

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I bring timeless classics in literature to you: Dark, funny, important, or just interesting stories, essays, and poems. Listen to old favorites and discover new gems.