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Background, context, and transcript highlights here: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/08/06/andy-warhol-bbc-interview-edward-lucie-smith/

Andy Warhol BBC interview (1981)

A rare 1929 recording by the Dominion Gramophone Company. Background and story here: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2014/02/13/a-a-milne-reads-winie-the-pooh-1929/

A.A. Milne reads from Winnie-the-Pooh, 1929

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 "City Psalm" (1965)

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/

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Seth Godin in conversation with Debbie Millman

Transcript and background: http://www.brainpickings.org/2014/09/25/william-faulkner-university-of-virginia-recording/

William Faulkner on writing

Hip Hop Guitar Loops Demo

World Music Bundle Demo

Background, transcribed highlights, and more: http://www.brainpickings.org/2015/03/26/sense-of-nonsense-alan-watts-tao-of-philosophy/

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Alan Watts: Sense of Nonsense

Background, context, and transcript: http://www.brainpickings.org/2015/05/01/jfk-amherst-speech/

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JFK on poetry and power (Amherst College, 1963)

Gambian Percussion Demo

Background, context, and poem text: http://www.brainpickings.org/2015/05/28/keeping-quiet-sylvia-boorstein-reads-pablo-neruda

Excerpted from https://soundcloud.com/onbeing/what-we-nurture-with-sylvia

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Sylvia Boorstein reads "Keeping Quiet" by Pablo Neruda

Background, context, and transcript: http://www.brainpickings.org/2015/06/12/elizabeth-gilbert-nypl

Photograph by Jori Klein for NYPL

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Elizabeth Gilbert on Tom Waits and creativity

Elizabeth Gilbert on inspiration

Commentary and transcript: http://www.brainpickings.org/2015/07/21/toni-morrison-wellesley-commencement/

Toni Morrison's Wellesley commencement address (2004)

Background and context: https://www.brainpickings.org/2015/11/13/tallulah-bankhead-reads-a-telephone-call-dorothy-parker/

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Tallulah Bankhead performs "A Telephone Call" by Dorothy Parker

Richard Strauss - Sonata in E-flat major
I. Allegro, ma non troppo II. Improvisation: Andante cantabile III. Finale: Andante - Allegro

Marie Schreer - violin
Maria Levandovskaya - piano

Full video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tA5_EF2DwTI

Recorded live at Milton Court Concert Hall, London on 18 June 2015.

R. Strauss: Violin Sonata in E-flat major / Marie Schreer & Maria Levandovskaya [LIVE]

Background and transcript in English: https://www.brainpickings.org/2015/10/23/gabriel-garcia-marquez-nobel-prize-acceptance-speech/

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Gabriel García Márquez's Nobel Prize acceptance speech

Text and context: https://www.brainpickings.org/2016/01/08/patti-smith-just-kids-swan/

Excerpted from NPR On Point. Photograph by Jesse Ditmar.

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Patti Smith reads from 'M Train'

Courtesy Anna Holmes. Background and context: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/02/22/dear-john-hell-hath-no-fury/

A "Dear John" breakup letter from the Vietnam War

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/

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