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Going Public: Xe Sands Reads ‘When You Are Old’ (AUDIO)
W.B. Yeats, as read by our favorite voice artist.This poem has lingered on the periphery of my awareness for quite a long time. And each time I read it, it seems to hold a different meaning for...
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Going Public: Xe Sands reads ‘The End’ by D.H. Lawrence
D.H. Lawrence never sounded so good.Who else owns my heart the way Lawrence does? Dunn? Pastan? Oh they own my soul and capture my poetic imagination, make me cry and often sum up my daily...
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Going Public: Xe Sands Reads ‘Courage’
The struggle of striving to survive. This piece comes out of the struggle of striving to survive wherever you find yourself, physical, emotional…whatever place in which you find yourself.Written by...
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Going Public: Xe Sands Reads ‘Love Song’ by William Carlos Williams
Just let it slide over you, around you, under you. Poets slip under my defenses by different means. Some pack a powerful punch, especially at the end…they can turn a phrase in such a way that I find...
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Going Public: Xe Sands Reads Beethoven’s ‘Immortal Beloved’
Xe Sands helps you hear another side of the lovely Ludwig. Such a terribly passionate man, Beethoven, not only in composing, but also in loving. This is the third in a series of three letters penned...
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Going Public: Xe Sands Reads Three Poems on Love and Loss
Loss hurts. Let a little poetry make it better.“I Am Not Yours” by Sara Teasdale“My Heart and I” by Elizabeth Barrett Browning“What Do I Care?” by Sara Teasdale These poems each have something...
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Going Public: Xe Sands Reads a Letter From Steinbeck to His Son
Now see? This is what a father should say, although free association will also get you pretty far… – Originally posted at Going Public. The post Going Public: Xe Sands Reads a Letter From Steinbeck...
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Going Public: Ansel Adams on Love, Friendship and Art
Xe Sands reads a letter from Ansel Adams to Cedric Wright.From Letters of Note comes this beautiful letter, composed by Ansel Adams to his dear friend, Cedric Wright. Adams had recently returned to...
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Going Public: Xe Sands Reads an Open Letter to a Lost Girlfriend
Of all the things to find on Craigslist, Xe Sands found this letter from a grieving boyfriend. For those who’ve found my, ahem, less professional pieces from Craigslist (gift to my husband), this...
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Going Public: The Mysterious Art of Eye Flirtation
Some helpful hints for how to wink, as read by the amazing Xe Sands.Something a little quirky this week. Came across this a few months back via the wonderful Lists of Note (partnered with Letters of...
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Going Public: Xe Sands Reads Walt Whitman
Whitman may not always be Mr. Happy, but Xe Sands makes us happy to listen to him.Whitman. I mean come on…I haven’t done any Whitman yet?? Wait..what’s my inner voice saying – that I never thought I...
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Going Public: Xe Sands Reads Some Musings From Edgar Degas
The great painter gets the Xe Sands treatment in this week’s installment of “Going Public.”—For the past week I’ve been completely consumed with my current narration project, The Art Forger, by...
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Going Public: Man Uses Tazer On Himself
Are you ready to laugh? This week Xe Sands reads the firsthand account of a curious fellow who zaps himself with a stun gun. This is the last piece I recorded for my husband, just before Christmas....
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Going Public: Xe Sands Reads D.H. Lawrence’s ‘Restlessness’
Feeling restless? You aren’t the first. Let our friend Xe Sands introduce you to Lawrence’s views on the topic.—-Oh David Herbert. Thank you. I came to you tonight, at a loss. I saw the corner of Lady...
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Going Public: Xe Sands Reads a Letter From Richard Feynman to His Departed Wife
Should a little thing like death stop you from writing to your sweetheart? This father of the atomic bomb didn’t think so. I came across this letter months back via Letters of Note and was immediately...
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Going Public: Xe Sands reads ‘Love Song’ by W.C. Williams
William Carlos Williams covered a lot more ground than cold plums and red wheelbarrows. Xe Sands reads his beautiful “Love Song.”Poets slip under my defenses by different means. Some pack a powerful...
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