Dr. Shuldiner, author of Gifts and Works: Spiritual Life and Political Controversy in Seventeenth-Century Massachusetts, editor (I assume) of The Selected Writings of Mordecai Noah and all 'round swell mensch joined us on the show today. Dr. Schuldiner spoke at length about American poets of the 1960s in particular Sylvia Plath, Allen Ginsburg, and W.H. Auden (I know he wasn't American but what can I do it was a great story).
We heard an excellent recording of Sylvia Plath reading "Daddy" and "Lady Lazarus." The tape Dr. Shuldiner brought to the show was untouched and the quality phenomenal. I thought I had heard these recordings before. I was mistaken.
We heard an excellent recording of Sylvia Plath reading "Daddy" and "Lady Lazarus." The tape Dr. Shuldiner brought to the show was untouched and the quality phenomenal. I thought I had heard these recordings before. I was mistaken.
Dr. Schuldiner also performed (and I choose that verb specifically) "Ghost Tantra" which was by far the best-read poem on the show thus far.
Usually this is where I copy one of the poems shared on the air. However, not only can you hear the show (without the music sadly) as a podcast here, you really should listen to it for yourself.
I had more fun doing this show than I have any other. I hope Dr. Schuldiner will visit the show again soon.
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