Out Loud! presents compelling audio readings of interesting, published prose, verse, or playwriting as well as interviews of artists and editors.
What determines a good reading? Think about this statement from Nobel Prize–winning Derek Walcott: “You don’t orchestrate the poem; the poem orchestrates you.” Whatever the genre, we’re interested in how the text, with all its elements of craft, speaks through the reader. For example, listen to Franz Kafka’s “The Bucket Rider,” read by Kevin Hong. To submit, please consult the TBPO Writers’ Guidelines.
| To Kill a Mockingbird [Harper Lee] |
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"She called us all by our names, and when she grinned she revealed two minute gold prongs clipped to her eyeteeth."
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| “The Naturalists” [Erica Berry] |
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The author of the winning verse from the 2009 Bishop Prizes reads her work ...
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| “The Bucket Rider” [Kafka] |
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Coal all spent; the bucket empty; the shovel useless; the stove breathing out cold; the room freezing; the leaves outside the window rigid, covered with rime; the sky a silver shield against anyone who looks for help from it. I must have coal; I cannot freeze to death.
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| “And Sometimes” [Bök] |
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NYM NYMPHS
WHY
WYRMS
HMM MY ZZZ
(If this doesn't make you want to listen, we don't know what will.)
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