Postcards from Gravelly Beach – Global literature pod dispatches

With a head full of cold medicine, Dave reads a haibun poem for Remembrance day and then enjoys John Cairney reading from Robert Burns’ exploits and indiscretions in Edinburgh in a mighty brogue.

https://archive.org/download/Postcard17RobertBurnsRemembranceDay/Postcard-17-Robert-Burns-Remembrance-Day.mp3

Dof yer cap for: Robert Burns on Remembrance Day – Postcard #17 (17:04, 17MB, .mp3)

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On a rainy day in North Van, Dave – with strong coffee – reads two more “Letters from Russia” plus a breathy bit of Hemingway’s “For Whom the Bell Tolls.”

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Ring the bell for: Rainy Day with Letters and Tolling Bells – Postcard #16 (14:06, 13MB, .mp3)

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Dave – on a couch with red wine – reads short story snippets by Gordon Cavenaile and himself, plus a poem by John Barta and part of Hans Brinker to celebrate his new hockey skates.

https://archive.org/download/IceSkatesAndVancouverWriters-Postcard15/Postcard-15-Ice%20Skates-Vancouver%20Writers.mp3

Lace ’em up for: Ice Skates and Vancouver Writers – Postcard #15 (.mp3, 16:46, 15MB)

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Dave – from a porch in Vancouver’s North Shore – dedicates his favourite part of James Joyce’s “Ulysses” to a friend, plus reads some of his own short story called “About Being Stabbed in the Forehead.”

https://archive.org/download/StreamingConsciousnessWithJoyceFromANorthShorePorch-Postcard14/Postcard-14-Streaming-Consciousness-James-Joyce.mp3

Open your head for: Streaming Consciousness from a North Shore Porch – Postcard #14 (.mp3, 9:32, 11MB)

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Dave starts the reading on a pier at Capitol lake and continues days later at Bill Lenker’s woodshed on Steamboat Island where he reads original free verse written in German countryside as well as works by French poet, Arthur Rimbaud.

https://archive.org/download/GermanCountrysideVerseAndRimbaudInBillsSteamboatWoodshed-Postcard13/Postcard-13-German-Countryside-Verse%20-Rimbaud.mp3

Cross the Atlantic for: German Countryside Verse and Rimbaud in Bill’s Steamboat Woodshed – Postcard #13 (11:48, .mp3, 13MB)

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DaveO – feeling relaxed – reads from Kerouac’s Some of the Dharma, Bukowski’s Barfly and some of his own love junk while Christopher provides guitar and vocal stylings from the backyard at the Puget house.

https://archive.org/download/BarflysInTheBackyardReadingBukowskiAndKerouac-Postcard12/Postcard-12-Barflys-in-Backyard-Reading-Bukowski-Kerouac.mp3

Pull up a chair for: Barflys in the Backyard Reading Bukowski and Kerouac – Postcard #12 (12:09, .mp3, 11MB)

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From Queen Elizabeth Park in beloved Vancouver, DaveO reads from J.D. Salinger’s “For Esme with Love and Squalor” and part of a “Letter from Russia”… until disc-golf hi-jinx ensue!

https://archive.org/download/InVancouverWithSalingerAndDiscGolfHi-jinx-Postcard11/Postcard-11-In-Vancouver-%20Salinger-Disc-golf-Hi-jinx.mp3

Heads-up for: In Vancouver with Salinger and Disc-golf Hi-jinx – Postcard #11 (10:27, .mp3, 10MB)

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From a backyard in OlyWa, Dave reads from Jack Kerouac’s “On the Road” and a bit of hitch-hike narrative of his own recounting a trip up from North Carolina to Rhode Island during a cold November – backed with more smoking jazz tracks by Joe Williamson and colleagues in Banff circa 1990.

https://archive.org/download/KerouacRidesWestAndDaveHitchesNorth-Postcard10/Postcard-10-Kerouac-rides-west-Dave-hitches-north.mp3

Stick out your thumb for: Kerouac rides west and Dave hitches north – Postcard #10 (10:18, .mp3, 10MB)

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Dave O reads a Utah writer variety pack from Pe Ell, Washington featuring Françios Camoin, Levi Peterson, and Ed Abbey (more Ed – interview and article in Canyon Country Zephyr) plus an original essay about Glen Canyon Dam.

Then, Lewis and Clark check in from their homestretch after scoring some whiskey, and Dave enlists the Jerry Garcia Band‘s help to send evocative empathy to the post-Katrina, Gulf Coast.

https://archive.org/download/AerogrammesToUtahSt.LouisAndTheGulfCoast-Postcard9/Postcard-9-Aerogrammes-Utah-St-Louis-Gulf-Coast.mp3

Apply postage for: Aerogrammes to Utah, St. Louis and the Gulf Coast – Postcard #9 (27:30, .mp3)

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In Volume 8, while in Pe Ell, WA, DaveO reads from Lewis and Clarks’ journals as they lose horses on Sept. 3rd, then Ed Abbey foretells the future in his modern classic, “Desert Solitaire”, then the Uncle Weed story continues with jovial demonstrations of eco-sabotage and desert enjoyment while camping with kids .

https://archive.org/download/LewisAndClarkMoveWestEdAbbeysWisdomAndUncleWeedsStory-Postcard8/Postcard-8-Lewis-Clark-Ed-Abbey-Uncle-Weed.mp3

Saddle up for: Lewis and Clark move west, Ed Abbey’s wisdom and Uncle Weed’s story – Postcard #8 (14:57, .mp3)

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