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Spoon River Anthology

by Edgar Lee MASTERS (1868 - 1950)

Tom Merritt

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 , Alfonso Churchill , Ami Green , Anne Rutledge , Arlo Will , Calvin Campbell , Captain Orlando Killion , Caroline Branson , Charles Webster , Columbus Cheney , Davis Matlock , Dow Kritt , Edith Conant , Elijah Browning , Elizabeth Childers , Elmer Karr , Epilogue, The , Faith Matheny , Father Malloy , Godwin James , Gustav Richter , Hamlet Micure , Hannah Armstrong , Harlan Sewall , Harry Wilmans , Henry Layton , Henry Phipps , Herman Altman , Imanuel Ehrenhardt , Ippolit Konovaloff , Isaiah Beethoven , J. Milton Miles , James Garber , Jennie M'Grew , Jeremy Carlisle , John Ballard , John Wasson , Joseph Dixon , Judson Stoddard , Julian Scott , Le Roy Goldman , Lucinda Matlock , Lydia Humphrey , Lyman King , Mabel Osborne , Many Soldiers , Maria Bateson , Mrs. Merritt , Plymouth Rock Joe , Rebecca Wasson , Russell Kincaid , Rutherford McDowell , Samuel Gardner , Scholfield Huxley , Spooniad, The , Tennessee Claflin Shope , Village Atheist, The , Wallace Ferguson , Webster Ford , William Goode , William H. Herndon , William Jones , Willie Metcalf , Willie Pennington , Zilpha Marsh