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3 days ago · As a July 4th tradition, I’ve posted an excerpt from Stephen Vincent Benet’s poem Listen to the People. The title I originally used for these posts was It Shall Be Sustained, which is from the last line of Benet’s poem. Narrator: This is Independence Day, Fourth of July, the day we mean to keep, Whatever happens and whatever falls
3 days ago · Summary: The plot of "By the Waters of Babylon" follows John's journey of self-discovery in a post-apocalyptic world. Key events include John's decision to explore the...
16 hours ago · Yale has produced numerous award-winning authors and influential writers, like Nobel Prize in Literature laureate Sinclair Lewis and Pulitzer Prize winners Stephen Vincent Benét, Thornton Wilder, Doug Wright, and David McCullough.
3 days ago · Pulitzer Prize, any of a series of annual prizes awarded by Columbia University, New York City, for outstanding public service and achievement in American journalism, letters, and music. The prizes are highly esteemed and have been awarded each May since 1917.
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5 days ago · Stephen Vincent Benét’s poem is narrated by Emily Wong. While “When I Heard at the Close of the Day” offers a folk dance atmosphere with bass clarinet at the front, while “Five Bells” veers from jazzy to noise rock, driven by Baggetta’s saturated sounds.
4 days ago · Penzler follows up 2023’s Golden Age Bibliomysteries with another stellar anthology that places stories from the likes of F. Scott Fitzgerald and Stephen Vincent Bénet beside works from the biggest names in 1920s and ’30s detective fiction. Bénet impresses with “The Amateur of Crime,” an ingenious closed-circle puzzle about a college ...
5 days ago · St. Vincent has an unshakeable confidence about her, in both her physical presence and creative exploits. She explains how, in her solo production pioneering for the making of All Born Screaming , she built out her home studio, got a Neve console, set up her modular synths and analog drum machines, and “finally figured out how to MIDI clock ...
