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Jan 19: English- Alona on Edgar Allan Poe

From: Alona Suvórova
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Default-piece-image-1 History with a smile: some data on this person, whose birthday it is today. You can add music if you like, but otherwise it is a finished product. We are always at your disposal for any comment, customisation etc. Also see my page on PRX.org (username: Alona) for more information). The idea is to be light, entertaining but still historically correct. At present we only bring out the russian and english versions, a spanish and a ukranian version are foreseen in the near future. We are also establishing a connection with a website so radio stations can broadcast the audio, and listeners can download the actual text. This we feel would be a good way to learn English for ESL people. See not only username alona, but also username alona2 for a new program!!! This one is for russian and ukranian people living abroad getting a bit of information on the rodina (motherland), and enables them to post messages. The messages then get broadcast, together with light and modern music.

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History with a smile: some data on this person, whose birthday it is today. You can add music if you like, but otherwise it is a finished product. We are always at your disposal for any comment, customisation etc. Also see my page on PRX.org (username: Alona) for more information). The idea is to be light, entertaining but still historically correct. At present we only bring out the russian and english versions, a spanish and a ukranian version are foreseen in the near future. We are also establishing a connection with a website so radio stations can broadcast the audio, and listeners can download the actual text. This we feel would be a good way to learn English for ESL people. See not only username alona, but also username alona2 for a new program!!! This one is for russian and ukranian people living abroad getting a bit of information on the rodina (motherland), and enables them to post messages. The messages then get broadcast, together with light and modern music.

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Review of Jan 19: English- Alona on Edgar Allan Poe

This biographical sketch of Edgar Allen Poe leaves you frustrated because you expect to get a taste of his poetry/prose and you never do. Without hearing Poe's words we don't get an appreciation for the way his life events informed his literary sensibility. Since Alona doesn't offer this kind of synthetic thinking this portrait of Poe falls flat. It might be unfair to make the comparison to Garrison Keillor's daily gem but in contrast to his work this sounds like a poor man's "Writer's Almanac."