Books to Listen To Substitutes for Traditional Reads
Neal Austin reviews growing nonmusical recordings from poetry to drama and prose. Dylan Thomas and Mark Twain readings enrich appreciation of literature, with standout performances from Basil Rathbone James Mason Robert Donat and Tyrone Power enhancing classic texts.
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Vachel Lindsay
T. S. Eliot
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Hell
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Benet
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First Drama Quartet
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Old Vic
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Judith Anderson
Raymond Massey
Tyrone Power
Hal Holbrook
Neal Austin
Joy To Read Review Praises High Point Poet
The Indian PEN reviews Dr. Walter Blackstock head of English at High Point College North Carolina, praising his 41 poem collection Mira Cle of Flesh as serious unobscure poetry with craft and sensitive music. He has led the English Department since last fall.
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Walter Blackstock
High Point College
P.E.N
Bombay
India
Prema Nandakumar
Dr. Blackstock
N.C
Blackstock
Reading list of FICTION NONFICTION and notable titles
A catalog of books including Hawaii by Michener and To Kill a Mockingbird on the fiction side alongside Advise and Consent by Drury and The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by Shirer in non fiction. The note lists titles such as The Last of the Just Schwarz-Bart Fate is the Hunter Gann and The White Nile Moorehead among others.
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Hawaii
Michener
Drury
Schwarz-Bart
Delphi
Mac Innes
Shirer
Amory
Packard
White Nile
Moorehead
Gann
National Book Awards to Announce Winners in New York City
The 12th annual National Book Awards for fiction non fiction and poetry will be announced in New York City. Thirty eight books contend with 12 fiction 13 non fiction and 13 poetry volumes. Marya Mannes will speak at the awards event and the New English Bible translation launches in world bookshops.
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New York City
American Book Publishers Council
American Booksellers Assn
Book Manufacturers Institute
National Book Committee
Marya Mannes
Reporter Magazine
America
David Mannes
New York
Walter
Knowles Wins Faulkner Foundation Award for Debut Novel
John Knowles, author of A Separate Peace, has been named winner of the William Faulkner Foundation Award for a notable first novel published in 1960. Robert Scholes praises the book for its judged human insight, terse and evocative style. The news reached Knowles in New York as he finished his second novel, Robert Marks.
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John Knowles
Macmillan
William Faulkner Foundation
Robert E. Scholes
Foundation
Knowles
New York
Robert Marks
Sullivan Recovers Eyes Open to Tick of Silent Watch
Sullivan recalled regaining consciousness to only the ticking of his watch. Skeptics question how a standard timepiece could run two days without re winding, casting doubt on the account and prompting further investigation.
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Sullivan
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