Excerpts from _Into Terrible Light_

Fri, 05/31/2019 - 12:00 Excerpts from _Into Terrible Light_ Just Listen Podcast His work has appaeared in Alaska Quarterly Review: Forklift, Ohio; Kenyon Review Online; The Massachusetts Review; The Sun; Waxwing; …

"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," Part I

Fri, 07/19/2019 - 12:00 "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," Part I Just Listen Podcast Criticized by many Americans during his own lifetime for relocating to Europe, where he wrote travelogues, he claimed that any good he might do the new republic would come from his…

"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," Part II

Sun, 07/21/2019 - 12:00 "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," Part II Just Listen Podcast In our last encounter with our protagonist Ichabod Crane, we find him summarily compared to his rival Brom Bones, a rough and rustic practical joker—both of them competing for the…

"One Thousand Dollars"

Sun, 08/18/2019 - 12:00 "One Thousand Dollars" Just Listen Podcast William Sydney Porter, known to posterity as the author O. Henry, is famous for stories that have surprise endings.  A very adventurous life, including an imprisonment of three years for…

"A Modest Proposal"

Sun, 08/04/2019 - 12:00 "A Modest Proposal" Just Listen Podcast Published anonymously by Jonathan Swift in 1729, “A Modest Proposal” is a satirical essay. It suggests that the impoverished Irish might ease their economic troubles by selling their children as…

"The Masque of the Red Death"

Thu, 08/29/2019 - 12:00 "The Masque of the Red Death" Just Listen Podcast In Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Masque of the Red Death, Prince Prospero attempts to avoid a dangerous plague, known as the Red Death, by hiding in his abbey. He, along with many other wealthy…

"A Wagner Matinee"

Wed, 09/04/2019 - 12:00 "A Wagner Matinee" Just Listen Podcast A young Bostonian named Clark receives word that his Aunt Georgiana is coming to visit from Nebraska to settle an estate. Thirty years have passed since Georgiana has seen Boston. Clark recalls…

"The Most Dangerous Game"

Sun, 09/15/2019 - 12:00 "The Most Dangerous Game" Just Listen Podcast Widely anthologized, and the author's best-known work, "The Most Dangerous Game,” also published as "The Hounds of Zaroff”, is a short story by Richard Connell, first published in C…

From A Journal of the Plague Year

Wed, 09/18/2019 - 12:00 From A Journal of the Plague Year Just Listen Podcast Perhaps more famous for his novel Robinson Crusoe, Defoe was an eyewitness to the horrors of the plague, and it is through his observations that we come to know, perhaps, the…

"To Build a Fire"

Sun, 08/25/2019 - 12:00 "To Build a Fire" Just Listen Podcast Jack London was born John Griffith Chaney on January 12, 1876, in San Francisco, California. After working in the Klondike during its gold rush, London returned home and began publishing stories. His…

Flood 2010 Collection

About the Collection During May 1-2, 2010, Nashville received more than 13 inches of rainfall, forcing the Cumberland River, and several others, over their banks. Flooding devastated areas throughout Nashville and surrounding counties, taking lives and destroying homes, businesses, and roadways. A massive community…

Naff Collection

About the Collection The Naff Collection is named after Lula Naff, the manager of the Ryman Auditorium from 1920-55, having previously been a booking agent for the venue years prior. Dating from 1901-1955, this collection is an array of items Ms. Naff kept and later bestowed to Francis Robinson, then assistant manager of…

Nashville Banner Collection

About the Collection The Nashville Banner was a daily run newspaper in Nashville, Tennessee. It served as an afternoon update in local and global news, running in publication from April 10, 1876 to February 20, 1998. Nashville Banner owners Irby Simpkins and Brownlee Currey donated this collection to the Nashville Public…

Veterans History Project

About the Collection The Nashville Public Library’s Veterans History Project Collection is a collection of various first-hand experiences of specific wars by Davidson County veterans. These histories are provided by veterans of World War I, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War, Persian Gulf, Iraq War, and Afghanistan War.…

NPL Digital Collection

About the Collection Selections from Nashville Public Library's Collections are available online through the Nashville Public Library Digital Collections. Materials from Special Collections, Metro Archives, and the Wilson Collection are all centrally located on this site. Visitors can view items from the Albert Hadley…