The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe's
The Raven
plus
The Adventures of Baby Snooks

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Dear Friends,

Well, after four weeks of coughs and stuffy noses around here, I THINK we are all just about through with the flu around these parts. It has been fun to snuggle down on the couch with some hot tea and listen to some radio shows more often than usual, though it still doesn't make up for feeling generally yucky most of the day. Hope you and yours are staying well. (PS. Make the kids wash their hands often!)

Okay... Now, on to the programs of the week:

The Raven
by Edgar Allan Poe

“The Raven”, first published in the New York Evening Mirror on January 29, 1845, isone of America’s most famous poems, partly as a result of its easily remembered refrain, “Nevermore.” The speaker, a man who pines for his deceased love, Lenore, has been visited by a talking bird who knows only the word, “Nevermore.”  The narrator feels so grieved over the loss of his love that he allows his imagination to transform the bird into a prophet bringing news that the lovers will “Nevermore” be reunited, not even in heaven. This excellent recitation by Nelson Olmstead features a brief introduction about Poe andhis work, and has a nice, creepy musical accompaniment. Try reading along as Olmstead performs this classic American poem. This was originally broadcast on "World's Greatest Stories" WAY back in 1939!

Resource: The text of "The Raven". Read along!
Resource: Here's a fine resource page about Poe and his works.

Baby Snooks Goes to the Opera

Next, on a much lighter note, we have a fun 15 minute edition of the US Treasury Department's classic radio program, "Guest Star", featuring the one and only Fanny Brice as Baby Snooks. In this program, Daddy wants to broaden Snooks' cultural horizons and decides to take her to the opera.But in true Snooks fashion, disaster soon follows.

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Thank you so much!

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