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Born in Boston, Stephen Bodio wandered into Magdalena, New Mexico, in the 1970s while on his way to Montana and never left. He was accompanied by Betsy Huntington, who was twenty years his senior; the couple had been inseparable from the day they met. After stumbling upon a vintage home along the highway, they settled into a country life; it was the perfect way for the two of them to make their lives together in an out-of-the-way place.

A brilliant biography of one of India’s greatest poets Mirza Mohammad Asadullah Khan Ghalib began writing poetry in Persian at the age of nine and the pre-eminent poet of the time, Mir, predicted a great future for the precocious genius when he was shown his verse. But success and material...

Author and humorist Faith Salie jumps heart-first into Romance literature to find out what makes a great love story - on and off the page. Hear your favorite authors, including Nicholas Sparks, Sophie Kinsella, and Toni Morrison, reflect on the positive power of Romance and how their own experiences with love, sex, and longing affect their work.

When you add Authorized: Love and Romance to your library you will receive all 15 episodes, plus a bonus episode, each with a runtime of approximately 25 minutes.

‘Extraordinarily powerful’ Emma Thompson There are a million love stories, and a million stories of addiction. This one is transcendent. Louisa Young met Robert Lockhart when they were both 17. Their stop-start romance lasted decades, in which time he became a celebrated composer and she, an...

From “a genuine American Dostoevsky” ( The Washington Post): A dazzling, funny, bittersweet exploration of the mysteries of relationship, both human and animal. When his favorite cat Biscuit goes missing, Peter Trachtenberg sets out to find her. The journey takes him 700 miles and many years into his past - into the history of his relationships with cats and the history of his relationship with his wife F., who may herself be on the verge of disappearing.

"Before I knew that I was Jewish or a girl I knew that I was a member of the working class." So begins Vivian Gornick's exploration of how the world of socialists, communists, and progressives in the 1940s and 1950s created a rich, diverse world where ordinary men and women felt their lives connected to a larger human project.

Bliv klogere på de tre Brontë-søstres korte, mytiske liv og de udødelige litterære værker, som de skrev på den isolerede hede i 1800-tallets England. I denne podcast fortæller Lise-Lotte Frederiksen indlevende og vidende om de tre Brontë-søstre; Charlotte, Emily og Anne. Du skal høre om deres opvækst på præstegården med sygdom og tab, deres lyrik og inspiration, og ikke mindst om de tre værker, der stadig i dag står som noget af det bedste fra den engelske litteraturskat; 'Jane Eyre', 'Stormfulde højder' og 'Fruen til Wildfell Hall'.

Marie-Henri Beyle, más conocido por su seudónimo Stendhal, fue un notable escritor francés del siglo XIX, autor de novelas portentosas como Rojo y negro y La cartuja de Parma. Valorado por su agudo análisis de la psicología de sus personajes y la concisión de su estilo, es considerado uno de los primeros y más importantes literatos del Realismo.