Audioessays
Audioessays
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Joan Didion's famous commencement address (read by someone else)
You can find the text of the speech here: news.ucr.edu/articles/2022/01/10/joan-didions-lost-commencement-address-revealed
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Видео

The Best Picture He Ever Saw by Ian Jack (2004)
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The Best Picture He Ever Saw by Ian Jack (2004)
The Information by Adam Gopnik (2011)
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The Information by Adam Gopnik (2011)
I Remember, I Remember by Mary Ruefle (2012)
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I Remember, I Remember by Mary Ruefle (2012)
The Falling Man by Tom Junod (2003)
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An essay about a famous photo from 9/11.
Can You Say... Hero? by Tom Junod (1998)
Просмотров 846Год назад
An essay about Fred Rogers, inspiring the film 'A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood'.
You’ve Heard This One Before by Andrea Long Chu (2021)
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You’ve Heard This One Before by Andrea Long Chu (2021)
Putting Myself Together by Jamaica Kincaid (1995)
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Putting Myself Together by Jamaica Kincaid (1995)
The Bathroom by Zadie Smith (2018)
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The Bathroom by Zadie Smith (2018)
From The Baby Years by Emilie Pine (2019)
Просмотров 85Год назад
Audio recording of an essay by Emilie Pine from her book 'Notes To Self'. An essay about her experience of trying to have a baby and not being able to. Photo of Emilie Pine in thumbnail by Antonio Olmos/The Observer
Street Haunting: A London Adventure by Virginia Woolf (1927)
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Audio recording of an essay by Virginia Woolf. An essay about walking the streets of London, imagining different lives. Here is a link to the essay: talkcurriculum.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/woolf_virginia_1927_street_haunting.pdf
The White Album by Joan Didion (1979)
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Audio recording of an essay by Joan Didion. An essay about California in the 60s. It's hard to explain the point of this essay, which is kind of the point. Didion can’t make sense of things herself. Here is a link to the essay: www.reachcambridge.com/wp-content/uploads/Friday-5th-August-Afternoon-Session-Oversharing-Joan-Didion-The-White-Album.pdf Photo of Joan Didion in thumbnail by Kathleen B...
On Keeping a Notebook by Joan Didion (1966)
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Audio recording of an essay by Joan Didion. Here is a link to the essay: pdf-objects.com/files/00-On-Keeping-a-Notebook.pdf Photo of Joan Didion in thumbnail by Kathleen Ballard, Los Angeles Times - digital.library.ucla.edu/catalog/ark:/21198/zz0002w3wq, CC BY 4.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=128750039
Total Eclipse by Annie Dillard (1982)
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Audio recording of an essay by Annie Dillard. An essay on seeing a total eclipse. Here is a link to the essay: www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/08/annie-dillards-total-eclipse/536148/ Photo in thumbnail of Annie Dillard by Phyllis Rose - Annie Dillard's Official Website, GFDL, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=17512680 Photo of eclipse in video by Jon Olav Nesvold / Stringer / Get...
Against Joie de Vivre by Phillip Lopate (1986)
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Audio recording of an essay by Phillip Lopate. An essay on his distaste for the idea of constant joy in life, attacking, among other things, dinner parties and the call to ‘be present’. Photo in thumbnail of Phillip Lopate by University of Houston Digital Library - digital.lib.uh.edu/u?/p15195coll6,419, Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=19804423
Split at the Root: An Essay on Jewish Identity by Adrienne Rich (1982)
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Split at the Root: An Essay on Jewish Identity by Adrienne Rich (1982)
Air Guitar by Dave Hickey (1997)
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Air Guitar by Dave Hickey (1997)
Why I Write by George Orwell (1946)
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Why I Write by George Orwell (1946)
How Tracy Austin Broke My Heart by David Foster Wallace (1994)
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How Tracy Austin Broke My Heart by David Foster Wallace (1994)
The Story of My Life in 3,500 Words or Less by Nora Ephron (2006)
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The Story of My Life in 3,500 Words or Less by Nora Ephron (2006)
Thomas Nagel on the absurdity of life (1971)
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Thomas Nagel on the absurdity of life (1971)
On Self-Respect by Joan Didion (1961)
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On Self-Respect by Joan Didion (1961)
Goodbye To All That by Joan Didion (1967)
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Goodbye To All That by Joan Didion (1967)

Комментарии

  • @lenwelch2195
    @lenwelch2195 18 дней назад

    I agree with Wallace’s evaluation of Tracy herself and her book.

  • @lenwelch2195
    @lenwelch2195 18 дней назад

    Tracy’s book is that of a young girl who didn’t go to college yet was very bright, always knew how to cross the mark. Tracy divided people into either you were for her or against her- never in between or more complex than that . Either Tracy was for you or she wasn’t. Her insensitive lack of a consoling remark to Chris after Tracy won the 79 Open , after Tracy broke Chris’s streak of 4 straight wins . A year later and after a break Chris came back in 1980 open to wipe out Austin once she figured out Tracys game and then Tracy was never again a threat to Chris’s ranking . Tracy tried to fight back but refused to listen to BJKing in regards to stretching before practice. Tracy had OCD training routines that didn’t serve her well.Tracy needed to train to be quicker up and back where she was vulnerable to the drop shot and change of pace shots. Chris figured this puzzle out and once she did Tracy no longer rented space in Chris’s head .

  • @jmar2246
    @jmar2246 27 дней назад

    I love that she is being honored at Sacramento City College ❤

  • @andyk6792
    @andyk6792 2 месяца назад

    Thank you for recording this, this is the best version of the essay on RUclips by far. Your tone and mannerisms are a perfect compliment to the contents of the essay--except for the part about wanting to join a sorority which was a bit jarring, though I suppose this is outside your control.

  • @544CampStreet
    @544CampStreet 2 месяца назад

    I've probably listened to this video a dozen times. Thank you for taking the time to make it.

  • @JohnSmith-ox3gy
    @JohnSmith-ox3gy 4 месяца назад

    Every book is a failure, but I know whith a kind of book I want to write.

  • @willzimjohn
    @willzimjohn 4 месяца назад

    I'm sorry, but your accent is too thick for you to be doing this. (No, I'm not American.)

  • @544CampStreet
    @544CampStreet 5 месяцев назад

    Hey I really dig this channel. Are you still making content anywhere?

  • @29sasha
    @29sasha 5 месяцев назад

    Thank you again.

  • @29sasha
    @29sasha 5 месяцев назад

    Thank you for reading this. I truly appreciated finding it.

  • @LisaKelly-k8s
    @LisaKelly-k8s 6 месяцев назад

    My daughter insisted I listen to this after she. We watched the eclipse together with her boyfriend. Meaningful words to a too quick, stunning event. I felt like I must have imagined it. It’s more real today.

  • @alexisF1031
    @alexisF1031 6 месяцев назад

    thank you!! also ty for the link to the essay

  • @tanfina8348
    @tanfina8348 6 месяцев назад

    Thank you! Your Joan Didion readings made my day 🌞

  • @tanfina8348
    @tanfina8348 6 месяцев назад

    I want to tell you how truly grateful I am for your post! You are a beautiful reader adding life in all the right places. Thank you!

  • @MrUndersolo
    @MrUndersolo 6 месяцев назад

    Excellent! So glad to fund this here.

  • @Ry_DM
    @Ry_DM 6 месяцев назад

    Thank you for this! Helped me heaps on concentrating for my upcoming essay project on this! Your narration is wonderful!

  • @LittleMew133
    @LittleMew133 7 месяцев назад

    Is she just describing random people and sceneries she sees on her walk? Is there a common underlying meaning to them all, or no?

  • @HamCubes
    @HamCubes 7 месяцев назад

    Just what the doctor ordered. Thank you

  • @Jakob-u9m
    @Jakob-u9m 8 месяцев назад

    Thank you for recording your reading! This essay is one of my favourites and your way of reading it and your voice just make it so relaxing and calming to listen to it. Have probably listened to it more than 30 times already. ✨

  • @thetazerface4071
    @thetazerface4071 9 месяцев назад

    Great job, this was read well and was super helpful! Thank you

  • @williambillybutcher4374
    @williambillybutcher4374 9 месяцев назад

    Thanks for this

  • @narqiez4669
    @narqiez4669 10 месяцев назад

    Thank you

  • @ElRonDeTexas
    @ElRonDeTexas 10 месяцев назад

    You said Rio 🎉

  • @renatohofer
    @renatohofer 10 месяцев назад

    One of best texts concerning city walking.

  • @suzieoh1
    @suzieoh1 10 месяцев назад

    Great voice thank you

  • @Emily-qr1pb
    @Emily-qr1pb 11 месяцев назад

    Have to read this for a class. I appreciate you posting an audio version for free, makes it so much easier to read. Thank you!

  • @kroe27
    @kroe27 11 месяцев назад

    Intro 0:00 Part I 0:29 Part II 5:39 Part III 13:51 Part IV 18:05 Part V 20:25 Part VI 27:50 Conclusion 32:42

  • @GNeis7345
    @GNeis7345 Год назад

    Interesting . i just learn about ! thank you for sharing <3

  • @goo3ychipmunk322
    @goo3ychipmunk322 Год назад

    I read this as jidion died 😢