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Other People’s Words, Episode 13: Phenomenal Woman, by Maya Angelou

December 19, 2022 By Andy Wicks

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“Phenomenal Woman” was written by Maya Angelou and originally published in an issue of Cosmopolitan magazine in 1978, and then in And Still I Rise, her third volume of collected poetry, later that same year. Dr. Mica Mitchell tells of how this poem helped shape her as a girl moving into womanhood and continues to inspire her today. 

Filed Under: Other People's Words, Podcast Tagged With: Maya Angelou, Mica Mitchell, Other People's Words, Phenomenal Woman, poem, Poetry

Other People’s Words, Episode 12: Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front, by Wendell Berry

November 17, 2022 By Andy Wicks

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It seems we need reminders from time to time about what deserves our limited time and energy. Dr. Craig Bowrun reads “Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front,” by Wendell Berry, to help remind us to whom or what we should devote ourselves.

Filed Under: Other People's Words, Podcast Tagged With: Andy Wicks, Craig Bowrun, Mad Farmer, Manifesto, Other People's Words, Poetry, Wendell Berry

Other People’s Words, Episode 11: Works of Love, by Søren Kierkegaard

October 8, 2021 By Andy Wicks

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How do you define love? How do you describe it to someone else? Mark Joesting reads an excerpt from Søren Kierkegaard’s Works of Love to do just that. Some of Mark’s work can be found here. It’s wicked good.

Filed Under: Other People's Words Tagged With: Christian Existentialism, Kierkegaard, Mark Joesting, philosophy, Søren Kierkegaard, Works of Love

Other People’s Words Episode 10: Excerpt from “Letters to a Young Poet” by Rainer Maria Rilke

June 10, 2021 By Andy Wicks

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We are living a path blindly. Sarah Troedson Haynes relates how the advice from a revered figure gave her comfort and freedom at a time in her life, much like Franz Xaver Kappus did with Rainer Maria Rilke in the early 20th century. She reads an excerpt from Letters from a Young Poet.

Filed Under: Other People's Words Tagged With: Franz Xaver Kappus, Letters to a Young Poet, Rainer Maria Rilke, Rilke, Sarah Troedson Haynes

Other People’s Words Episode 9: Excerpt from The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, by CS Lewis

April 23, 2021 By Andy Wicks

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Have you ever been un-dragoned? Jeremy Nilson reads an excerpt from The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, the third book in The Chronicles of Narnia, by C.S. Lewis, in which the character of Eustace recounts how he was changed back from a dragon into a boy. Jeremy uses the tale as a parallel for his own experiences […]

Filed Under: Other People's Words Tagged With: CS Lewis, dragon, Eustace, Eustace Scrubb, Jeremy Nilson, Other People's Words, The Gaming Goat, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

Other People’s Words Episode 8: Excerpt from “The Year of Magical Thinking,” by Joan Didion

March 22, 2021 By Andy Wicks

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The Year of Magical Thinking is a memoir from Joan Didion, describing the time after her husband passed away. She gives clear and direct words to the tangle of emotions we experience during a period of mourning. The last year or so certainly hasn’t been magical, and for far too many people, it has involved the loss […]

Filed Under: Other People's Words Tagged With: death, grief, grieving, Joan Didion, Lyndsay LeClair, mourn, mourning, Other People's Words, The Year of Magical Thinking

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