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Spoon River Anthology

by Edgar Lee MASTERS (1868 - 1950)

Walter Simmons

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 , Alfonso Churchill , Alfred Moir , Ami Green , Anne Rutledge , Archibald Higbie , Arlo Will , Calvin Campbell , Captain Orlando Killion , Caroline Branson , Charles Webster , Columbus Cheney , Davis Matlock , Dillard Sissman , Dippold the Optician , Dow Kritt , E. C. Culbertson , Edith Conant , Edmund Pollard , Elijah Browning , Elizabeth Childers , Elliott Hawkins , Elmer Karr , English Thornton , Enoch Dunlap , Epilogue, The , Faith Matheny , Father Malloy , Felix Schmidt , Godwin James , Granville Calhoun , Gustav Richter , Hamlet Micure , Hannah Armstrong , Harlan Sewall , Harry Wilmans , Henry C. Calhoun , Henry Layton , Henry Phipps , Henry Tripp , Herman Altman , Hildrup Tubbs , Hiram Scates , Ida Frickey , Imanuel Ehrenhardt , Ippolit Konovaloff , Isaiah Beethoven , J. Milton Miles , James Garber , Jeduthan Hawley , Jennie M'Grew , Jeremy Carlisle , John Ballard , John Wasson , Jonathan Houghton , Joseph Dixon , Judson Stoddard , Julian Scott , Le Roy Goldman , Lucinda Matlock , Lydia Humphrey , Lyman King , Mabel Osborne , Magrady Graham , Many Soldiers , Maria Bateson , Mrs. Merritt , Oaks Tutt , Peleg Poague , Percival Sharp , Perry Zoll , Plymouth Rock Joe , Rebecca Wasson , Richard Bone , 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 , Wallace Ferguson , Webster Ford , William Goode , William H. Herndon , William Jones , Willie Metcalf , Willie Pennington , Zilpha Marsh