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Recordings of authors reading their works

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  • 16-09-2006 5:25pm
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    John
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    I recently got this CD of James Joyce reading a chapter each from Ulysses and Finnegans Wake and I've also got a great CD of Seamus Heaney reading his poetry while accompanied by Liam O'Flynn on the uileann pipe. Both are a delight to listen to.

    Anyone got any other good recordings of authors reading their works?

    I was listening to the best of Rattlebag on Thursday and they had a fantastic archive recording of Sylvia Plath reading Lady Lazurus. She had such an attention-demanding voice. I've only been able to find cassettes of her reading her works, does anyone know if there's any CDs available?


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    DublinWriter
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    John wrote:
    I recently got this CD of James Joyce reading a chapter each from Ulysses and Finnegans Wake and I've also got a great CD of Seamus Heaney reading his poetry while accompanied by Liam O'Flynn on the uileann pipe. Both are a delight to listen to.

    Anyone got any other good recordings of authors reading their works?

    I was listening to the best of Rattlebag on Thursday and they had a fantastic archive recording of Sylvia Plath reading Lady Lazurus. She had such an attention-demanding voice. I've only been able to find cassettes of her reading her works, does anyone know if there's any CDs available?
    I've an MP3 of Plath reading 'Daddy' - powerful stuff, she's nearly in tears at the end, poor thing.

    Where did you get the CD of Joyce? I always thought it was pretty strange how he had a very strong 'culchie' (sorry) accent for someone born into a middle-class family living in Dublin.

    I know it's hardly high-literature, but I have a CD of Lynn Truss reading an abridged 'Eats, Shoots and Leaves'. Also Bill Bryson reading his own work is pretty funny.


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    John
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    I got the Joyce CD from a store in Berlin called Staalplaat but it's not on their site for mail order. It's out of print so I'm not sure if it's easy to find.

    EDIT: Aquarius Records have the Joyce CD. Can't link directly to it, you'll have to search from their site directly.


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    Chinafoot
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    Been trying to get my hands on some readings by Frank O'Hara. One of my lecturers played 'The Day Lady Died' and 'Ave Maria' as read by O'Hara when I was in second year, and actually hearing the poet read his work puts a whole different spin on the piece.


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