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Same, seagulls, same. "Five seagulls became ill and were diagnosed by the veterinarian as suffering emotional exhaustion. From that point, the birds were only used every other day; however, problems with the production continued because of the filmmakers’ lack of knowledge about seagulls."

AFI|Catalogcatalog.afi.com A seagull, Jonathan Livingston, yearns to fly faster and higher than any gull has flown before. Toward this goal he works hard, despite the disapproval of his parents, who worry about him, and the oth...

Ep 657 - Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach

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Tag yourself Thérèse: melancholic Laurent: Sanguine! Camille: Phlegmatic? Mme Raquin: CHOLERIC

Thérèse Raquin by Émile Zola (1868), as told by Laurent

A real Lens Lad, if we may

Émile Zola, the photographer: personal collection goes under the hammerwww.theguardian.com Thousands of photographs and equipment belonging to writer’s grandson expected to fetch up to £53,000 at auction

That's entertainment!!

@overduepod.bsky.social I just listened to the Térèse Raquin episode and you talked about people going to view the bodies at the morgue. That was a thing people really used to do. Atlas Obscura has a fun article on it www.atlasobscura.com/articles/par...

Death as Entertainment at the Paris Morguewww.atlasobscura.com In the late 19th century, tourists flocked to see bodies and guess how they got there.

Ep 656 - Thérèse Raquin by Émile Zola

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“Ephron’s recipes were fabulous. Almost every dish was either the best version of its kind I’d ever made, or a fresh, simple take on a classic.” www.theparisreview.org/blog/2022/08...

Cooking with Nora Ephron - The Paris Reviewwww.theparisreview.org “The food in the novel reflected a transitional time in American cuisine, when cooking from cans was still respectable but the from-scratch movement was in its embryonic stages.”

A film by Nora Ephron

When you know you’re about to write a Heartburn forward, but in a sexy way

“Everything is copy,” her mother once said…The lesson was not lost on Ms. Ephron, who seldom wrote about her own children but could make sparkling copy out of almost anything else: the wrinkles on her neck, her apartment, cabbage strudel, Teflon pans and the tastelessness of egg-white omelets.”

Nora Ephron Dies at 71; Writer and Filmmaker With a Genius for Humor (Published 2012)www.nytimes.com Among Ms. Ephron’s best-known films were “When Harry Met Sally...,” “Sleepless in Seattle” and “Julie & Julia.”

Ep 655 - Heartburn by Nora Ephron overduepodcast.com/episodes/202...

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Stumpy cutting down George Washington is one of the endings we didn't get to, but you can see it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=33_U...

The fact that we didn't use this obvious joke for the Ghost Train CYOA will haunt us forever. To make up for it, please imagine the chosen train is a Revolution-era boisterous ship captain or a mysteriously cloaked figure out to get the Knight Errant.

*at the top of McGillicutty’s lungs* Aye, thank ye fer these kindly words! We’ll be choosin’ to remember ‘em!

Somehow, you guys outdid yourselves on the voice work. Bravo! I'm in physical pain from laughing

Ep 654 - Spy for George Washington (Choose Your Own Adventure), by Jay Leibold

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Consider this our Happy Belated Bloomsday card, of which there is strangely little selection?? rosenbach.org/the-2024-blo...

The 2024 Bloomsday Festivalrosenbach.org Livestream Information If you’re unable to join us in-person on Sunday, The Bloomsday Festival readings can be streamed live via Rosenbach’s YouTube channel here:Part 1 (starting at 11:…

James Joyce, secret Amy March stan

"Joyce’s novel remains vital...because he forcefully strived toward an idiosyncratic form of expression, a language intrinsic to the story he wanted to tell...in which uniqueness was the very point and the question of what constitutes the individual was the issue posed."

On Reading ‘Portrait of the Artist’ as a Young Man (Published 2016)www.nytimes.com For years, I thought literature belonged only to others. James Joyce taught me I was wrong.

Our July poll is live for $7+ patrons! Help us choose a book for next month — polls are open until Saturday! www.patreon.com/posts/patron...

Patron's Choice Poll for July 2024 - Authors, Revisited | Overduewww.patreon.com Get more from Overdue on Patreon

Ep 653 - A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce

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"In a touching introduction to Virginia Spencer Carr's biography...[Tennessee] Williams said this of his dear friend, 'Carson's heart was often lonely and it was a tireless hunter for those to whom she could offer it, but it was a heart that was graced with light that eclipsed the shadows.'"

Carson's Literary Crowdwww.oprah.com Photos and stories of Carson McCullers and some of the contemporary writers and artists she knew.

Make a book milder: The Heart Is a Contentedly Introverted Hunter

"To me the most impressive aspect of 'The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter' is the astonishing humanity that enables a white writer...to rise above the pressures of her environment and embrace white and black humanity in one sweep of apprehension and tenderness." - Richard Wright, 1940

Carson McCullers Understood Human Naturenewrepublic.com Inner LandscapeAugust 5, 1940Out of the tradition of Gertrude Stein’s experiments in style and the clipped, stout prose of Sherwood Anderson and Ernest Hemingway comes Carson McCullers' "The Heart Is ...

Ep 652 - The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers

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Bernarda Alba Lady Caroline Collingwood 🤝 A woman with a complex relationship to her own maternity, devastating those she was meant to raise, played to the hilt by Harriet Walter www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3Tn...

The House of Bernarda Alba | Official Trailer | National Theatre at Homewww.youtube.com Stream Harriet Walter in The House of Bernarda Alba on National Theatre at Home. https://www.ntathome.com/the-house-of-bernarda-alba-- Subscribe on YouTube: ...