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| NEW! | 1-206-350-1642 Call in and leave an audio comment! | Current Book | Chapter 39 (Vol 2, ch 14) of  by Elizabeth Gaskell, with many thanks to our reader, . Book talk begins at 23:18. . If the iTunes feed ever goes down, please head over to the . | BOOK TALK | Now you can see  (not too shabby, eh?). Sarah sent in the . Want a button?  

1-206-350-1642 Call in and leave an audio comment! | Current Book | Chapter 39 (Vol 2, ch 14) of  by Elizabeth Gaskell, with many thanks to our reader, . Book talk begins at 23:18. . If the iTunes feed ever goes down, please head over to the . | Links | . Twice daily a tour guide fires up the machines and explains how they work. Also, is being renovated and will open in October 2014 for tours. — courtesy of Phyllis  — courtesy of Maia Sarah sent in the . Want a button?

| NEW! | 1-206-350-1642 Call in and leave an audio comment! | Current Book | Chapter 38 (Vol 2, ch 13) of  by Elizabeth Gaskell, with many thanks to our reader, . Book talk begins at 17min. . If the iTunes feed ever goes down, please head over to the . | This Week | Literary Links-n-Stuff Dr Drew's commentary: Take this pic—or    Want a button?

| NEW! | 1-206-350-1642 Call in and leave an audio comment! | Current Book | Chapter 37 (Vol 2, ch 12) of  by Elizabeth Gaskell, with many thanks to our reader, . Book talk begins at 18:05. . If the iTunes feed ever goes down, please head over to the . | This Week | Literary Links-n-Stuff  in the Tacony neighborhood of Philadelphia London up, Milton down? The ,  Take this pic—or    Want a button?

| NEW! | 1-206-350-1642 Call in and leave an audio comment! | Current Book |  by Elizabeth Gaskell. . If the iTunes feed ever goes down, please head over to the  | This Week | POETRY Child's Christmas in Wales Walter the Farting Dog CDB 13 Clocks , Page number and book: p366 Paul Celan Death Fugue /In German below, or read in . Listen in German: "Do not go gentle into that good night" by Dylan Thomas is a  Death shall have no dominion Their Eyes Were Watching God read by Ruby Dee  Want a button?

***NEW!*** 1-206-350-1642 Call in and leave an audio comment! | Current Book | Chapter 36 (Vol 2, ch 11) of  by Elizabeth Gaskell, with many thanks to our reader, . Book talk begins at 29 minutes. . If the iTunes feed ever goes down, please head over to the . | This Week | Literary Links-n-Stuff M'appen = May Happen (perhaps, maybe) welly = nearly (e.g., "Fire's welly out") would fain = with pleasure, gladly aught = various uses (everything, anything, nothing) so Higgins', "There he went, ossing to promise aught, and pledge himsel' to aught—to tell a' he know'd on our proceedings, the food-for-nothing Judas!" means "There he went, trying to promise everything and pledge himself to everything and tell everything he knew about our union business." a-that-ens = to those ends, that way —poem by Robert Burns read by Craftlit's Resident Scotsman (the Awesome ) with a proper burr (and Scottish bróg)! Images in the video: "" by Original uploader was  at  - Transfered from . Licensed under Public domain via . His

| New! | 1-206-350-1642—Call in and leave an audio comment! | Current Book | Chapter 35 (VOL 2, ch 10) of  by Elizabeth Gaskell, with many thanks to our reader, . Book talk begins at 3:25 & 32:27 minutes. . If the iTunes feed ever goes down, please head over to the  | This Week | Literary Links  (behave or be smote... smoted?... smitten?...) , and what they done did. Indigo Girls: Strange Fire Fun Stuff The Car Doctor: Curtains Closed Curtains Open-as-far-as-they'll-squish Before boxes, art supplies, ceiling, and all-the-walls... Books. Ceiling. Want a button?  

1-206-350-1642 ***NEW!*** Call in and leave an audio comment! | Current Book | Chapters 32–34 (VOL 2, chs 7–9) of Elizabeth Gaskell's  with many thanks to our reader, . Book talk begins at 19:44 minutes. . If the iTunes feed ever goes down, please head over to the . | This Week | Literary Links  film A Dissertation on (no joke)  Want a button?

1-206-350-1642 ***NEW!*** Call in and leave an audio comment! | Current Book | Chapter 31 (VOL 2, ch 6) of Elizabeth Gaskell's  with many thanks to our reader, . Book talk begins at 23:12 minutes. . If the iTunes feed ever goes down, please head over to the . | This Week | Literary Links Link to —Philip Hamburger is the guy I heard. Want a button?

1-206-350-1642 ***NEW!*** Call in and leave an audio comment! Chapters 29-30 (VOL 2, chs 4–5) of Elizabeth Gaskell's , with many thanks to our reader, . Book talk begins right away. The . If the iTunes feed ever goes down, please head over to the . Literary Links of Interest for this Chapter Want a button?

1-206-350-1642 ***NEW!*** Call in and leave an audio comment!   Chapter 28 (VOL 2, ch 3) of Elizabeth Gaskell's , with many thanks to our reader, . Book talk begins at 15:30 minutes. The . If the iTunes feed ever goes down, please head over to the . Literary Links of Interest for this Chapter ossed = tried 'varsal = universal dreed = endured brossen = broken "sour grapes/teeth on edge" from  Want a button?  

We are reading Elizabeth Gaskell's , chapters 26-27 (VOL 2, chs 1-2) with many thanks to our reader, . Book talk begins at 15:30 minutes. The . If the iTunes feed ever goes down, please head over to the . Literary Links of Interest for this Chapter —the patterning you see is made of variations in the way the warp and weft interact. It's pretty amazing.   Quote re the creation of Eve, in Genesis: "the woman was made of a rib out of the side of Adam; not made out of his head to rule over him, nor out of his feet to be trampled upon by him, but out of his side to be equal with him, under his arm to be protected, and near his heart to be beloved."  and  and a  (And .)  I mentioned (and here's the ) Want a button?

We are reading Elizabeth Gaskell's , chapter 25, with many thanks to our reader, . Book talk begins at 19:20 minutes. The . If the iTunes feed ever goes down, please head over to the . Literary Links of Interest for this chapter Knobhead = "scab" - crosses picket line to work Purring = "kicking" as in a fight "Clem" = "starve" Re: Pebbles—de·no·ta·tion (dēnōˈtāSHən) noun — the literal or primary meaning of a word, in contrast to the feelings or ideas that the word suggests. "beyond their immediate denotation, the words have a connotative power" con·no·ta·tion (känəˈtāSHən) noun — an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning. "the word “discipline” has unhappy connotations of punishment and repression" Want a button?

We are reading Elizabeth Gaskell's , chapters 23-24, with many thanks to our reader, . Book talk begins at 13:54 minutes. The . If the iTunes feed ever goes down, please head over to the  Want a button?

We are reading Elizabeth Gaskell's , chapter 22, with many thanks to our reader, . Book talk begins at 8:20 minutes. The . If the iTunes feed ever goes down, please head over to the . Want a button?  

We are reading Elizabeth Gaskell's , chapters 20–21, with many thanks to our reader, . Book talk begins at 16:30. The . If the iTunes feed ever goes down, please head over to the . Literary Links of Interest for this chapter Want a button?

We are reading Elizabeth Gaskell's , chapters 18–19, with many thanks to our reader, . Book talk begins at 10:40 minutes. The . If the iTunes feed ever goes down, please head over to the  for . Literary Links of Interest for this chapter The Lyceum in N&S is a bit like the . —iffin you want to read about Lazarus and the Rich Man. In 1799 and 1800 laws that banned unionizing were passed, then repealed in 1824, so there's nothing illegal about what Higgins and the men are doing.

We are reading Elizabeth Gaskell's , chapter 17, with many thanks to our reader, . Book talk begins at 8:45 minutes. The . If the iTunes feed ever goes down, please head over to the . Literary Links of Interest for this chapter A taste of  (to show to your kids when they think they've got it bad). Want a button?

We are reading Elizabeth Gaskell's , chapter 16, with many thanks to our reader, . Book talk begins at 7:11 minutes. The . If the iTunes feed ever goes down, please head over to the .    Literary Links of Interest for this chapter     Forgot to tell you what a  , A tour of the British Isles in accents Want a button?  

We are reading Elizabeth Gaskell's , chapter 15, with many thanks to our reader, . Book talk begins at 27:30 minutes. The . Want a button?