Great American Authors
9 books in seriesGreat American Authors Read from Their Works, Volume 1 Summary
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Great American Authors Read from Their Works, Volume 1
- James Baldwin Reading from Giovanni's Room
- By: Calliope Author Readings, James Baldwin
- Narrated by: James Baldwin
- Length: 15 mins
- Unabridged
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James Baldwin gives an electrifying reading about a young gay American in Paris recalling a dramatic and transforming incident from his boyhood, as he struggles to accept his sexual identity.
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Heart-achingly beautiful
- By Schwep Fizz on 07-08-16
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Great American Authors Read from Their Works, Volume 1
- James Baldwin Reading from Giovanni's Room
- Narrated by: James Baldwin
- Length: 15 mins
- Release date: 04-04-14
- Language: English
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Great American Authors Read from Their Works, Volume 1
- James Baldwin Reading from Another Country
- By: Calliope Author Readings, James Baldwin
- Narrated by: James Baldwin
- Length: 15 mins
- Unabridged
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In the first passage James Baldwin reads with passion about the suicide of a young black man in despair. The second passage takes place at his funeral service, where Baldwin speaks with both anger and eloquence, in the voice of the minister attempting to comfort his friends and family.
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As James Baldwin reads...
- By m@chaka on 26-12-17
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Great American Authors Read from Their Works, Volume 1
- James Baldwin Reading from Another Country
- Narrated by: James Baldwin
- Length: 15 mins
- Release date: 04-04-14
- Language: English
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Great American Authors Read from Their Works, Volume 1
- Great 20th-Century Authors Read from Their Works
- By: Calliope Author Readings, James Baldwin, William Styron, and others
- Narrated by: Mr. James Baldwin, Mr. William Styron, Mr. James Jones, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 15 mins
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James Baldwin reading from Another Country and Giovanni's Room; WIlliam Styron reading from Lie Down in Darkness; James Jones reading from From Here to Eternity; and Philip Roth reading from Letting Go.
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Great American Authors Read from Their Works, Volume 1
- Great 20th-Century Authors Read from Their Works
- Narrated by: Mr. James Baldwin, Mr. William Styron, Mr. James Jones, Mr. Philip Roth
- Length: 1 hr and 15 mins
- Release date: 04-04-14
- Language: English
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Great American Authors Read From Their Works, Volume 1
- William Styron reading from Lie Down in Darkness
- By: Calliope Author Readings, William Styron
- Narrated by: William Styron
- Length: 15 mins
- Unabridged
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From the poignant novel about a troubled Southern family, written when he was 26, William Styron reads with tenderness about the disabled younger child finding joy in the magic tricks of a workman, as her mother looks on, knowing her child’s sad fate.
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Great American Authors Read From Their Works, Volume 1
- William Styron reading from Lie Down in Darkness
- Narrated by: William Styron
- Length: 15 mins
- Release date: 04-04-14
- Language: English
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Great American Authors Read from Their Works, Volume 1
- James Jones Reading from From Here to Eternity
- By: Calliope Author Readings, James Jones
- Narrated by: James Jones
- Length: 15 mins
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James Jones brings powerful emotion and expression to his reading of the famous passage from his celebrated World War II novel in which Private Prewitt plays a version of Taps that expresses "the requiem of the common soldier".
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Great American Authors Read from Their Works, Volume 1
- James Jones Reading from From Here to Eternity
- Narrated by: James Jones
- Length: 15 mins
- Release date: 04-04-14
- Language: English
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James Jones Reading from The Thin Red Line
- Great American Authors Read from Their Works, Volume 2
- By: Calliope Author Readings, James Jones
- Narrated by: James Jones
- Length: 23 mins
- Original Recording
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James Jones, who served in combat in the Pacific in World War II, creates a scene of confusion and brutal devastation, as American soldiers struggle against an invincible enemy, and valiant young lives are destroyed.
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James Jones Reading from The Thin Red Line
- Great American Authors Read from Their Works, Volume 2
- Narrated by: James Jones
- Length: 23 mins
- Release date: 17-04-14
- Language: English
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Great American Authors Read from Their Works, Volume 2
- John Updike Reading "Lifeguard" from Pigeon Feathers and Others
- By: Calliope Author Readings, John Updike
- Narrated by: John Updike
- Length: 17 mins
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The young John Updike’s portrayal of a haughty seminary student working as a lifeguard is witty and poetic, as the naïve hero surveys the beachgoers in his care, and contemplates a future of saving souls as well as bodies.
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Great American Authors Read from Their Works, Volume 2
- John Updike Reading "Lifeguard" from Pigeon Feathers and Others
- Narrated by: John Updike
- Length: 17 mins
- Release date: 14-04-14
- Language: English
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Great American Authors Read from Their Works, Volume 2
- Nelson Algren Reading from The Man With the Golden Arm
- By: Calliope Author Readings, Nelson Algren
- Narrated by: Nelson Algren
- Length: 17 mins
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Nelson Algren brings a deeply personal tone to his reading about Sophie, the doomed wife of card dealer and drug addict Frankie Machine, wanted for murder, as she waits futilely for him to return home.
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Great American Authors Read from Their Works, Volume 2
- Nelson Algren Reading from The Man With the Golden Arm
- Narrated by: Nelson Algren
- Length: 17 mins
- Release date: 14-04-14
- Language: English
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Great American Authors Read from Their Works, Volume 2
- By: Calliope Author Readings, Nelson Algren, James Jones, and others
- Narrated by: Nelson Algren, James Jones, John Updike, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 14 mins
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Nelson Algren reading from The Man With the Golden Arm, James Jones reading from The Thin Red Line, John Updike reading “Lifeguard” from Pigeon Feathers and Other, Bernard Malamud reading from “The Mourners” from The Magic Barrre.
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Great American Authors Read from Their Works, Volume 2
- Narrated by: Nelson Algren, James Jones, John Updike, Bernard Malamud
- Length: 1 hr and 14 mins
- Release date: 17-04-14
- Language: English
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