http://www.radioopensource.org/obamas-lincoln-the-writer-and-the-imperial-crisis/ Christopher Lydon in conversation on arts, ideas and politics Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:09:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.radioopensource.org/obamas-lincoln-the-writer-and-the-imperial-crisis/#comment-93100 rj43214 Fri, 27 Feb 2009 15:21:59 +0000 http://www.radioopensource.org/?p=2255#comment-93100 I enjoyed this very much but, tell me, was that a cat I heard at about the 56:40 mark? I enjoyed this very much but, tell me, was that a cat I heard at about the 56:40 mark?

]]> http://www.radioopensource.org/obamas-lincoln-the-writer-and-the-imperial-crisis/#comment-93099 hurley Fri, 13 Feb 2009 11:43:17 +0000 http://www.radioopensource.org/?p=2255#comment-93099 Shades of Alexander Theroux in Lincoln's spitefull send-up of his former love interest. But all redeemed by that remarkable description of the slaves on the riverboat -- the rhythm, the precision ("clevis"), the wonderfully apt scriptural quotation, the deeply moral imperative to distil meaning, even from squalor...Wonderful too to hear Chris swooning with delight in the background as Kaplan recited. Great stuff, great show. Shades of Alexander Theroux in Lincoln’s spitefull send-up of his former love interest. But all redeemed by that remarkable description of the slaves on the riverboat — the rhythm, the precision (“clevis”), the wonderfully apt scriptural quotation, the deeply moral imperative to distil meaning, even from squalor…Wonderful too to hear Chris swooning with delight in the background as Kaplan recited. Great stuff, great show.

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