Frau Wilke: Audio Recording

Here’s something special to celebrate my return to Walser-blogging: I recorded a guest spot on Miette’s Bedtime Story Podcast.

In the guest spot, I read one of my favorite Walser stories, “Frau Wilke.”

    If you know Sam Jones from various internet outlets, you will be neither surprised nor disappointed that he chose to read Walser for his guest stint here. However, if you know Sam Jones from various internet outlets alone, you might not know that his is not unlike the disembodied voice in your head that reads you to sleep … [more]

Ahem, it seems appropriate to stop quoting right there.

Thanks to Miette for prompting me to do something I’ve wanted to do for a very long time …

Sam :: Sep.20.2011 :: Audio :: 3 Comments »

3 Responses to “Frau Wilke: Audio Recording”

  1. on 22 Sep 2011 at 9:36 pm1Iñaki

    Good to see ya back online, Sam!

  2. on 23 Sep 2011 at 1:49 pm2Sam

    Thanks, Iñaki – good to be back!

  3. on 01 Oct 2011 at 7:22 am3Chris King

    My favorite Walser piece; with Rilke’s “Young Workman’s Letter” and Katherine Anne Porter’s “Flowering Judas,” my favorite short fiction by anyone. I recommend or assign it to anyone suffering any form of loss. That final movement so perfectly captures the moods one goes through when struggling for the energy and will to return to the bright spaces of the living.

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