Literature
Sunday Feature. X-Ray Vision: Rudolph Fisher in Harlem. Audio, 44 minutes
Lindsay Johns makes the case for writer Rudolph Fisher's portraits of Black American life.
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- Posted14 March 2023
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- Posted13 March 2023
Sunday Feature. Heinrich Heine: The First Modern European. Audio, 44 minutes
Michael Goldfarb tells the story of playwright, poet and essayist Heinrich Heine.
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- Posted2 March 2023
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- Posted2 March 2023
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- Posted27 February 2023
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- Posted26 February 2023
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- Posted20 February 2023
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- Posted16 February 2023
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- Posted13 February 2023
Archive on 4. My Sylvia Plath. Audio, 57 minutes
Emily Berry presents a personal meditation on the life and afterlife of Sylvia Plath.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
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The Essay. Stories to Keep Space for on the Bookshelves, 1000 Coils of Fear. Audio, 14 minutes
Tom Smith reads Olivia Wenzel’s novel, which was longlisted for 2020's German Book Prize.
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The Essay. Stories to Keep Space for on the Bookshelves, The Heir of Redclyffe. Audio, 14 minutes
Clare Walker-Gore revisits Charlotte M Yonge's best-selling novel from 1853.
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- Posted8 February 2023
The Essay. Stories to Keep Space for on the Bookshelves, Tales from the Garbage Hills. Audio, 14 minutes
Sarah Jilani reads Latife Tekin’s magical realist novel about 1960s Istanbul shanty towns.
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The Essay. Stories to Keep Space for on the Bookshelves, Iola Leroy. Audio, 14 minutes
Xine Yao reads the first novel by African American writer Frances EW Harper (1825-1911).
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- Posted6 February 2023
The Essay. Stories to Keep Space for on the Bookshelves, The Paradise Crater. Audio, 14 minutes
Sarah Dillon tells us about the nuclear short story by atomic energy adviser Philip Wylie.
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- Posted5 February 2023
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- Posted31 January 2023
Profile. Hanif Kureishi. Audio, 15 minutes
The writer whose updates from his hospital bed are captivating the world.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
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- Posted16 January 2023
