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Background, context, and poem text: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2014/02/24/tara-brach-reads-mary-oliver/

Excerpted from Tara Brach's lecture "Universal Faces of Love": http://traffic.libsyn.com/tarabrach/2014-02-05-Part1-Universal-Faces-of-Love-TaraBrach.mp3 

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Tara Brach reads from Mary Oliver's "Dog Songs"

Recorded at TED 2014. Transcript and context: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2014/03/20/neil-gaiman-ghost-stories/

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Neil Gaiman on why scary stories speak to us

Neil Gaiman on why there is no such thing as "children's" books

Recorded at TED 2014 in Vancouver. Background and context: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2014/03/20/neil-gaiman-ghost-stories/

Neil Gaiman on the haunting ghost of dead ideas

Background and poem text: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2014/04/11/dorothy-parker-reads/

Dorothy Parker reads "Inscription For The Ceiling Of A Bedroom"

From the Criterion Collection disc 'Wise Blood.' Context and more: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2014/03/25/flannery-o-connor-grotesque-reading/

Flannery O'Connor reads "A Good Man Is Hard to Find"

Background and poem text: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2014/03/27/frank-ohara-reads-metaphysical-poem/

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Frank O'Hara reads his "Metaphysical Poem"

Background, transcript, and related reading: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2014/03/28/angela-duckworth-grit-success/

Excerpt from NPR's TED Radio Hour: http://www.npr.org/programs/ted-radio-hour/?showDate=2014-03-21

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Angela Duckworth on grit and success

Background, transcript and discussion: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2014/04/21/patti-smith-pratt-commencement/

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Patti Smith Pratt Commencement Address (May, 2010)

Part of a Brain Pickings collaboration with the 92Y and artist Ohara Hale – see illustrated interpretations of the poems here: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2014/04/28/denise-levertov-92y-ohara-hale

Recorded live at the https://soundcloud.com/92y

Audio exclusively available courtesy of the 92Y Unterberg Poetry Center and the Denise Levertov estate. 

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Denise Levertov reads "The Certainty" (1991)

Denise Levertov reads "To The Muse" (1963)

Denise Levertov reads "The Ache of Marriage" (1963)

Denise Levertov reads "Love Song" (1963)

Denise Levertov reads "Open Secret" (1991)

Denise Levertov reads "City Psalm" (1965)

Recorded at the Books at Noon program at The New York Public Library. Details and transcript: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2014/05/19/eve-ensler-nypl/

Subscribe to the Books at Noon podcast here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/new-york-public-library-podcast/id804982781?mt=2

Eve Ensler on how trauma makes us disconnect from ourselves

Seth Godin in conversation with Debbie Millman about courage, anxiety, change, creative integrity,  how to dance with the fear, and more. Background and transcribed highlights: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2014/05/20/seth-godin-debbie-millman-interview/

Seth Godin in conversation with Debbie Millman

Background and context: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/03/18/tolstoy-reading-rare-1909-recording/

The fascinating story of A Calendar of Wisdom, with selected highlights: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/03/15/a-calendar-of-wisdom-tolstoy/

Leo Tolstoy reads from "A Calendar of Wisdom," 1909

Excerpt from Orwell's fantastic 1946 essay outlining his 11 "golden" rules of tea perfection: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/05/14/george-orwell-a-nice-cup-of-tea/

George Orwell on how to make the perfect cup of tea

An inspiring commencement address delivered to the graduating class at San Jose State University. Transcript and discussion: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/05/15/debbie-millman-look-both-ways-fail-safe/

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