I narrate the poem “O Captain! My Captain!” by Walt Whitman on my Audio Literature Odyssey podcast.  This poem is an elegy honoring the death of the 16th American president Abraham Lincoln, who was assassinated on April 14, 1865. O CAPTAIN! my Captain! our fearful trip is done; The ship has weather’d every rack, the […]

I’ve compiled a list of my narrations that suit the Halloween mood.  These stories range from the classic to the contemporary.  Most of them are not graphic, but not all are suitable for children.  With the exception of The Turn of the Screw (a novella), these are all short stories. Classic Tales: (From Audio Literature […]

I narrate the haunting poem “Annabel Lee” by Edgar Allan Poe on my podcast Audio Literature Odyssey. In this poem the narrator mourns the loss of a woman he dearly loved. He believes that envious angels took his love from him, but he will not allow death to part them.   “It was many and […]

My podcast Audio Literature Odyssey has been updated with the poem To Hope by John Keats.  The poet solicits Hope to turn his dark days into brighter ones. To listen to this episode and to learn more, visit the Audio Literature Odyssey blog. TO HOPE BY JOHN KEATS (Excerpt) Published in 1817 When by my […]