Content Warning: Death of a child

In this episode we hear the story of complex parent child relationships. What makes a mother? Is it love and care? And what do we take for granted? 

We apologise for any mispronunciations in the narration of this story.  

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In this episode we are delighted to present a non fiction piece by Harper Walton. In it they discuss the complex relationship between identity, transition and names.

To hear more from Harper: Instagram: harperwalton_

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Yorick is back from our break and bringing you fantastic new stories! 

In this episode we have a beautiful and poignant non fiction piece by Emily L Quint Freeman. She tells us about the life of the Lesbian, German-Jewish artist Gertrude Sandmann and the impact she had on her community.  

This piece was originally published in Mocking Owl Roost.

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In this episode we read two collections of poetry. The first, by Vasiliki Petroudi, examines folklore and literature through a new lens. The second, by Birgit Itse, takes life observations and spins them into funny ditties!

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In this episode we read a beautifully tragic tale of pain and endurance by Shannon Frost Greenstein.

Shannonis the author of “Pray for Us Sinners,” a fiction collection with Alien Buddha Press, and “An Oral History of One Day in Guyana,” a chapbook from Bullsh*t Lit.

Follow Shannon at shannonfrostgreenstein.com or on Twitter at @ShannonFrostGre. Insta: @zarathustra_speaks

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We're ringing in the New Year with a celebration of all of our goofs and gaffs! We hope that you enjoy looking back at our silliest moments with us! 

Thank you so much to the authors and actors who worked with us, to the whole Yorick Team and, of course, our lovely listeners! 

We look forward to bringing you more creative chaos in 2024!

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In our festive episode we read a story by Chief Jester Rosie Beech. 
We follow Eunice into the forest to play a strange game with stranger team mates. You have to keep your wits about you when you encounter living folklore!

This piece was originally published in Crab Apple Literary Magazine. 

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In this episode we read three wonderful stories!
The Academy of Avian Excellence by Elynor Kamil (Content warning: animal cruelty) 
Homecoming by Fenja Hill
Elsa’s Pig by Zusana Storrier

Includes music by Kevin Macleod (Evening Melodrama) 

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In this episode we speak to author Dr Nancy Glass. She has been published in Intima: A Journal of Narrative Medicine, in The Journal of Narrative Visions, and won the 2022 Writer’s League of Texas Manuscript Contest in General Nonfiction. She retired from clinical practice after forty years as Distinguished Emeritus Professor of Pediatrics in 2022.  

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Content warning: Infant death

In this episode we read a profound and thoughtful piece by Nancy L. Glass. It follows a doctors experience of providing hospice care and all the little moments that are so important for both the family and the doctor.

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