Radio Show
The beauty of the Chesapeake Bay area quenches many thirsts. A
glorious sunset paints the heart pink and gold. The liquid tattoo
of waves on sand washes clean a worry-stained mind. A singing
bird, a bright blue sky, a gasp of white sail on the horizon can
gladden or inspire or bring peace to a soul. Can make a body
thrill to be alive again.
"Elizabeth Ayres is Claude Monet with words, an
Impressionist of language. Up close you are dazzled by the deft,
perfect strokes of color and rhythm. Step back, and you see the
picture in its living entirety, as the words melt into light and
shimmering air. The wonder, of course, lies in the melting: in
Elizabeth's ability to conjure up sounds, smells, heat, cold,
hope and memory so instantly, and so perfectly, and make you feel
alive, and there. Her essay collection, American Dreamscape,
is "armchair travel" for people who want to relish
their emotions, as well as their senses, and the best antidote I
know for too much city living." (Paula Cohen, Gramercy Park,
a 2002 Literary Guild and Book of the Month Club selection) |
SOUNDINGS is a spoken word radio
program that invites its listeners to discover what matters most
to them in nature, as Elizabeth Ayres performs pithy, thought-provoking
essays from her forthcoming book, American Dreamscape:
Reflections from Chesapeake Bay Country. Elizabeth has been
called "the poet of the mundane." Tune into this spoken
word program and find out for yourself just how extraordinary the
ordinary can be!
"I love Elizabeth’s elegant, insightful
celebrations of moons and clouds, her memories of weathered piers
and keen observations of how wind sounds in treetops or how waves
advance and retreat along a sandy shore. She writes in a
wonderful style that's spare, but rich with meaning. Her work is
a real contribution to the literature of nature writing."
(Tom
Horton, Bay Reflections, a 1988 John Burroughs Medal
winner) |
When? Saturdays, 6-6:30 p.m. eastern time (same time zone as
Washington, D.C.). Premiere performances of this spoken word radio
show air on the 2nd Saturday of the month. Encore presentations
broadcast on all other Saturdays.
Where? http://www.wryr.org
How? On WRYR's home page, you'll see an "on the air"
button. Just click on that and you'll be listening to the station's
streaming audio.
What? 4 essays per spoken word program, each exploring a
common theme.
Why? The poet Robert Frost said, “The land was ours
before we were the land’s.” Our yearnings for the good,
the beautiful and the true can be satisfied right here, right now,
in the beauties of the natural world that surround each of us,
wherever we live. Contemporary society is characterized by deep
social, economic and political fissures, but an intimate
encounter with the place that makes us one people -- this earth
and all her riches -- will help us find our true, our common
identity as inhabitants of one global village.
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