Answers to listeners' questions about the mysterious side of Chicago that lies beyond the soaring skyscrapers and the sheen of the Bean.
ABR's Poem of the Week - #8 – Maria Takolander Reads ‘Deja Vu’
In the final episode of ABR's 'Poem of the Week' for 2015 Maria Takolander discusses and reads her poem 'Deja Vu'.
Visit our website to read 'Deja Vu' and to find out more about Maria, ABR, and the 'Poem of the Week' podcast.
https://www.australianbookreview.com.au/
ABR's Poem of the Week - Bonus Episode – Judith Beveridge and Stephen Edgar in conversation with Peter Rose
What is it like being a poet married to another poet? ABR Editor Peter Rose talks to Stephen Edgar and Judith Beveridge about their different writing styles and processes and what happens when there are two poets under the one roof.
Visit our website to find out more about 'Poem of the Week' and to read poems by Judith Beveridge, Stephen Edgar, and Peter Rose.
https://www.australianbookreview.com.au/
the memory palace - Episode (M): Gallery 742
A special episode of the Memory Palace commissioned by the Metropolitan Museum of Art to coincide with the opening of Rockefeller-Worsham Dressing Room in Gallery 742 of The American Wing and with Artistic Furniture of the Gilded Age, an exhibition open now through May 1st, 2016.
This piece is ideally consumed on site, in Gallery 742 at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Written and Produced by Nate DiMeo of [The Memory Palace.](thememorypalace.us)
Musical score by Jimmy LaValle of The Album Leaf.
Executive Producer, Limor Tomer, General Manager of Concerts & Lectures, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Curious City - Ferry-tale: Could a Chicago-to-Michigan Ferry Return from Extinction?
Lake Michigan was once a passenger steamer superhighway. Could a Chicago-to-Michigan route make a comeback?
Curious City - Ferry-tale: Could a Chicago-to-Michigan Ferry Return from Extinction?
Lake Michigan was once a passenger steamer superhighway. Could a Chicago-to-Michigan route make a comeback?
ABR's Poem of the Week - #7 – Stephen Edgar reads ‘Man On The Moon’
Our seventh 'Poem of the Week' is 'Man on the Moon' by Stephen Edgar. ABR’s Poetry Editor, Lisa Gorton, introduces Stephen who then discusses and reads his poem which won the 2005 ABR Poetry Prize.
You can find out more about 'Poem of the Week', and read 'Man on the Moon', by visiting our website:
https://www.australianbookreview.com.au/abr-online/archive/2005/142-april-2005-no-270/2264-poem-of-the-week-man-on-the-moon-by-stephen-edgar-2005-porter-prize-winner
Curious City - The Swinging Times of Chicago’s Revolving Doors
Tempted to ignore the revolving door? Here are the revolutions that made the city a magnet for this seemingly simple device.
Curious City - Half Day Road and the Origins of a Semantic Slip-up
A half day from ... what? Why this suburban myth is not even half true, and why the same mistake was made again 600 miles away.
ABR's Poem of the Week - #6 – Judith Beveridge reads ‘As Wasps Fly Upwards’
Our sixth 'Poem of the Week' is 'As Wasps Fly Upwards' by Judith Beveridge. ABR’s Poetry Editor, Lisa Gorton, introduces Judith who then discusses and reads her poem which won the 2015 Peter Porter Poem Prize.
You can find out more about 'Poem of the Week', and read 'As Wasps Fly Upwards', by visiting our website: https://www.australianbookreview.com.au/abr-online/archive/2015/154-may-2015-no-371/2546-2015-peter-porter-poetry-prize-winner