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How the West was written
FromThe TLS Podcast
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Length:
46 minutes
Released:
Jul 15, 2020
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Podcast episode
Description
Geoff Dyer on why Larry McMurtry’s novel Lonesome Dove was one of the most memorable reading experiences of his life (a taster from his essay: “There was no book and no reader. There was just this world, this huge landscape and its magnificently peopled emptiness”); In April 1939, the black contralto Marian Anderson stood in front of the Lincoln Memorial and performed to a crowd of 75,000 people. Carol J. Oja sheds light on the twists and turns behind a moment when the history of Civil Rights intersected with that of classical music. Read more at the-tls.co.uk
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Released:
Jul 15, 2020
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Titles in the series (100)
Hermione Lee discusses Virginia Woolf: 100 years since its publication, Hermione Lee discusses The Voyage Out by Virginia Woolf. In discussion with Thea Lenarduzzi from the TLS. Find out more: www.the-tls.co.uk See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. by The TLS Podcast