RN Documentary: For Every Atom Belonging to Me?
Series: RN Documentaries
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Length: 00:29:30
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Coinciding with the 150th anniversary of the first publication of Walt Whitman?s ?Leaves of Grass,? Pulitzer Prize winning author Michael Cunningham invokes the spirit of Whitman in his latest work ?Specimen Days.? It?s considered part of a new wave of post-9/11 fiction. But some critics say it?s too soon after the catastrophic event to create great literature. The program features an interview with Cunningham, short excerpts from his book and readings of Whitman, as well as a visit to his home.
Transcript
?For Every Atom Belonging to Me??
150 years after Walt Whitman first published ?Leaves of Grass,? the 19th century American poet is celebrated anew ? with Dutch translations of his poetry and a post-9/11 novel by Pulitzer Prize winning author Michael Cunningham.
Interviews: Michael Cunningham, author ?Specimen Days?
Margaret O?Neill, curator Walt Whitman house
Recordings: Poetry International 2005 ? Whitman in Dutch translations??
1889 Edison recoding of Whitman(?) reading his work
Music: ?The Hours? soundtrack ? Philip Glass
?Song of Myself? ? Special Delivery (Poetry International 2005)
SCRIPT
RN presents Vox Humana presented by David Swatling.
MUSIC1: ?The Hours? - ?For Your Own Benefit?
DAVID: Walt Whitman?s autobiographical jottings called ?Specimen Days? begins in the summer of 1881 with ?a week?s jau...
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Musical Works
The Poet Acts ?The Hours? Nonesuch 7559-79693-2 Lyric Quartet Philip Glass 10?00? (+ others included in total time, all same info)
Live Recording Song of Myself RNW arch Poetry International Special Delivery H. de Ligt 2?30?
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