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"We make idols of our concepts but wisdom is born of wonder." Host Katie Marquette takes listeners on a sound-rich, audio adventure for your ears, exploring beauty, aesthetics, theology, literature, and art. www.bornofwonder.com
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Tuesday Oct 25, 2022
Tuesday Oct 25, 2022
In this episode, we explore the haunting, rich, complex poetry of Sylvia Plath. Katie shares some of her personal history with Plath and why she continues to be a source of inspiration and fascination. Also discussions of memento mori, shared mortality, and how to remember and pray for the Dead during the month of October.
*originally aired October 2021*
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"Of Life After Death:" At Last, a Plath Biography Worthy of its Subject
https://www.bornofwonder.com/home/of-life-after-death-sylvia-plath-biography
Offering Mass for Sylvia Plath and The Beauty of Allhallowtide
https://www.bornofwonder.com/home/mass-for-sylvia-plath-and-allhallowtide
Plath Reading Lady Lazarus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uq2LOhaf97o&t=3s
Plath Reading Daddy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hHjctqSBwM&t=85s
Plath Reading Tulips
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLNXOA9CzAQ
Plath Reading Nick and the Candlestick
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHJsJBm413U
Also referenced -
"Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath" by Heather Clark
"Birthday Letters" by Ted Hughes
Danse Macabre by Camille Saint-Saens
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyknBTm_YyM