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Spoon River Anthology

by Edgar Lee MASTERS (1868 - 1950)

Unknown, The

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 , Alexander Throckmorton , Alfonso Churchill , Alfred Moir , Ami Green , Anne Rutledge , Archibald Higbie , Arlo Will , Batterton Dobyns , Bert Kessler , Calvin Campbell , Captain Orlando Killion , Carl Hamblin , Caroline Branson , Charles Webster , Clarence Fawcett , Columbus Cheney , 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 , English Thornton , Enoch Dunlap , Epilogue, The , Eugene Carman , Faith Matheny , Father Malloy , Felix Schmidt , Godwin James , Granville Calhoun , Gustav Richter , 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 Frickey , Imanuel Ehrenhardt , Ippolit Konovaloff , Isaiah Beethoven , J. Milton Miles , Jacob Godbey , James Garber , Jeduthan Hawley , Jennie M'Grew , Jeremy Carlisle , John Ballard , John Wasson , Jonathan Houghton , Jonathan Swift Somers (Author of the Spooniad) , Joseph Dixon , Josiah Tompkins , 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 , Mickey M'Grew , Mrs. Kessler , Mrs. Merritt , Mrs. Purkapile , Oaks Tutt , Oscar Hummel , Peleg Poague , Percival Sharp , Perry Zoll , Plymouth Rock Joe , Professor Newcomer , Ralph Rhodes , Rebecca Wasson , Richard Bone , Roscoe Purkapile , Rosie Roberts , Roy Butler , Russell Kincaid , Rutherford McDowell , Samuel Gardner , Scholfield Huxley , Schroeder the Fisherman , Searcy Foote , Seth Compton , Shack Dye , Silas Dement , Spooniad, The , Tennessee Claflin Shope , Thomas Trevelyan , Tom Beatty , Tom Merritt , Village Atheist, The , Voltaire Johnson , W. Lloyd Garrison Standard , Wallace Ferguson , Walter Simmons , Webster Ford , Widow McFarlane , William Goode , William H. Herndon , William Jones , Willie Metcalf , Willie Pennington , Zilpha Marsh