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Spoon River Anthology

by Edgar Lee MASTERS (1868 - 1950)

Francis Turner

This is a collection of poems, in the form of an entire community speaking from beyond the grave about their lives, and, in some cases, gossiping about their neighbors' lives. It's interesting to hear how other people perceive a particular character, and how that character responds.

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Listen next episodes of Spoon River Anthology:
Aaron Hatfield , Abel Melveny , Adam Weirauch , Albert Schirding , Alexander Throckmorton , Alfonso Churchill , Alfred Moir , Amelia Garrick , Ami Green , Amos Sibley , Anne Rutledge , Anthony Findlay , Archibald Higbie , Arlo Will , Barney Hainsfeather , Batterton Dobyns , Bert Kessler , Calvin Campbell , Captain Orlando Killion , Carl Hamblin , Caroline Branson , Charles Webster , Clarence Fawcett , Columbus Cheney , Daniel M'Cumber , Davis Matlock , Dillard Sissman , Dippold the Optician , Dow Kritt , E. C. Culbertson , Edith Conant , Editor Whedon , Edmund Pollard , Elijah Browning , Elizabeth Childers , Elliott Hawkins , Elmer Karr , Elsa Wertman , English Thornton , Enoch Dunlap , Epilogue, The , Ernest Hyde , Eugene Carman , Eugenia Todd , Ezra Bartlett , Faith Matheny , Father Malloy , Felix Schmidt , Franklin Jones , Georgine Sand Miner , Godwin James , Granville Calhoun , Gustav Richter , Hamilton Greene , Hamlet Micure , Hannah Armstrong , Harlan Sewall , Harmon Whitney , Harry Wilmans , Henry C. Calhoun , Henry Layton , Henry Phipps , Henry Tripp , Herman Altman , Hildrup Tubbs , Hiram Scates , Hortense Robbins , Ida Chicken , Ida Frickey , Imanuel Ehrenhardt , Ippolit Konovaloff , Isa Nutter , Isaiah Beethoven , J. Milton Miles , Jacob Godbey , James Garber , Jeduthan Hawley , Jefferson Howard , Jennie M'Grew , Jeremy Carlisle , Jim Brown , John Ballard , John Cabanis , John Hancock Otis , John M. Church , John Wasson , Jonas Keene , Jonathan Houghton , Jonathan Swift Somers (Author of the Spooniad) , Joseph Dixon , Josiah Tompkins , Judge Selah Lively , Judson Stoddard , Julian Scott , Lambert Hutchins , Le Roy Goldman , Lillian Stewart , Lucinda Matlock , Lydia Humphrey , Lyman King , Mabel Osborne , Magrady Graham , Many Soldiers , Maria Bateson , Mary McNeely , Mickey M'Grew , Mrs. Charles Bliss , Mrs. George Reece , Mrs. Kessler , Mrs. Merritt , Mrs. Purkapile , Mrs. Sibley , Oaks Tutt , Oscar Hummel , Paul McNeely , Pauline Barrett , Peleg Poague , Penniwit, the Artist , Percival Sharp , Perry Zoll , Petit, the Poet , Plymouth Rock Joe , Professor Newcomer , Ralph Rhodes , Rebecca Wasson , Rev. Abner Peet , Rev. Lemuel Wiley , Richard Bone , Robert Davidson , Roger Heston , Roscoe Purkapile , Rosie Roberts , Roy Butler , Russell Kincaid , Russian Sonia , Rutherford McDowell , Samuel Gardner , Scholfield Huxley , Schroeder the Fisherman , Searcy Foote , Seth Compton , Shack Dye , Silas Dement , Spooniad, The , Tennessee Claflin Shope , Thomas Rhodes , Thomas Ross, Jr. , Thomas Trevelyan , Tom Beatty , Tom Merritt , Unknown, The , Village Atheist, The , Voltaire Johnson , W. Lloyd Garrison Standard , Wallace Ferguson , Walter Simmons , Washington McNeely , Webster Ford , Widow McFarlane , William Goode , William H. Herndon , William Jones , Willie Metcalf , Willie Pennington , Yee Bow , Zilpha Marsh