Context and illustrations: https://www.themarginalian.org/2022/11/10/love-at-first-sight-szymborska-queirazza/

CONTEXT

"Love at First Sight" by Wisława Szymborska (read by Maria Popova)

Poem text and context: https://www.themarginalian.org/2022/12/25/to-a-wreath-of-snow-patti-smith-emily-bronte

POEM TEXT / CONTEXT

"To a Wreath of Snow": Patti Smith Reads Emily Brontë

Poem text and context: https://www.themarginalian.org/2023/01/11/let-this-darkness-be-a-bell-tower-rilke

Music: Bach Cello Suite No. 5 in C Minor, performed by Colin Carr

Art: Arthur Rackham, 1926

"Let This Darkness Be a Bell Tower" by Rainer Maria Rilke (read by Maria Popova)

Poem text and context: https://www.themarginalian.org/2023/02/12/meditation-in-sunlight-may-sarton-amanda-palmer

"Meditation in Sunlight" by May Sarton (read by Amanda Palmer)

Poem text and context: https://www.themarginalian.org/2023/03/13/the-life-of-trees-dorianne-laux/

Music: "Optimist" by Zoë Keating from "Into the Trees": https://zoekeating.bandcamp.com/album/into-the-trees

"The Life of Trees" by Dorianne Laux

Poem text and context: https://www.themarginalian.org/2023/03/20/o-sweet-spontaneous-e-e-cummings/

Recorded at the fifth annual Universe in Verse: https://www.themarginalian.org/the-universe-in-verse/

[O sweet spontaneous] by e.e. cummings (read by Debbie Millman + Bach)

Poem text and context: https://www.themarginalian.org/2023/05/15/george-herbter-love/

Music: Bach Cello Suite No. 4 in E Flat, performed by Seraband Bourree (public domain)

"Love" by George Herbert (read by Maria Popova)

Poem text and context: https://www.themarginalian.org/2023/05/20/ada-limon-dead-stars/

Music: Bach Cello Suite No. 4 in E Flat, performed by Seraband Bourree (public domain)

"Dead Stars" by Ada Limón

Poem text and context: https://www.themarginalian.org/2023/05/27/some-thoughts-about-the-ocean-and-the-universe

"Some Thoughts about the Ocean and the Universe" by Rebecca Elson (read by Amanda Palmer)

Poem text and context: https://www.themarginalian.org/2023/06/28/may-sarton-the-work-of-happiness/

Music: "Optimist" by Zoë Keating (https://zoekeating.bandcamp.com/track/optimist-2)

"The Work of Happiness" by May Sarton (read by Maria Popova)

Former New York Times ‘Frugal Traveler’ Matt Gross finds himself alone (in Istanbul) for the first time in years.

Visit the site:
http://thelonelyhour.com

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https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/10-essay-episode-im-never/id1071977106?i=1000374757132&mt=2

Read the essay here:
http://www.thelonelyhour.com/stories/2016/8/31/alone-together-mini-series-matt-gross

Matt Gross on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/worldmattworld

The Lonely Hour #10: 'I'm Never Alone Anymore, and I Miss It' by Matt Gross

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