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On Poetry and British Humor with Alison Larkin
On Poetry and British Humor with Alison Larkin
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Length:
16 minutes
Released:
Apr 27, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Alison Larkin is a narrator, comedian, actress, and novelist, and she joins host Jo Reed to share the ways English light verse has been a comfort to her in our present time of social isolation. Alison has narrated a wide range of award-winning audiobooks, including many classic favorites. She spoke with Jo about the limericks and nonsense poems she grew up with in Britain, many of which she’s narrated embedded within classic works for children. She reads favorite limericks and poems with all of her signature lively wit, sure to delight listeners of all ages. Find more of Alison’s narrations at AlisonLarkinPresents.com
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Celebrate poetry every day with Naxos AudioBooks’ Poem For Today project, where each weekday in April they share a poem from a classic poetry audiobook, including fantastic performances by Michael Sheen, Ian McKellen, and John Cleese.
Support for Behind the Mic for AudioFile Magazine comes from Naxos AudioBooks. Fiona Shaw reads A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, the original feminist manifesto, written by Mary Wollstonecraft; Wollstonecraft was the mother of Mary Shelley, who wrote Frankenstein.
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Released:
Apr 27, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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