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Podcast: A Reading Life, A Writing Life, with Sally Bayley
Episode: Rhapsody
Description: ‘I try to live my life as though I were stitching together a book of songs.’
This week, Sally offers us a tour through the stitched-together songs of her life, reflecting on the form of rhapsody. Join her for a series of vignettes on art, education, memory, and connection.
This text of this episode is based on an address Sally gave at Wadham College Chapel, part of an evening of ‘Taking Heart in Poetry & Song’ for St David's Day. More information can be found here.Â
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