Tag: Edgar Allen Poe
Kids Can Press Poetry
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Kids-Can-Poetry.mp3 Author Lola Haskins Air Date 4/18/2007 Kids Can Press Poetry Transcript Over the past few years, a Canadian publishing house called Kids Can has brought out a series of books, each containing a single narrative poem. They’re all poems you will have heard of, if not at some point […]
Edgar Allen Poe
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Edgar-Allen-Poe-2.mp3 Author Kevin Shortsleeve Air Date 1/21/2003 Edgar Allen Poe Transcript Edgar Allen Poe–as master of the macabre–is not usually considered an author who connects deeply with the concerns of childhood. Poe produced a canon in which death, decay and madness were central themes. Stories like “The Cask of Amontillado” […]
Edgar Allen Poe
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Edgar-Allen-Poe.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 1/31/2001 Edgar Allen Poe Transcript It’s the birthday this month of Edgar Allen Poe, and you’ve been hearing Ted Jacobs’ fine musical interpretation of one of Poe’s poems, “Alone,” from a CD called “The Days Gone By — Songs of the American Poets.” This […]