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Heads and Tales Jim Stovall
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Heads and Tales is about writers & writing, art and particularly caricature, baseball, beekeeping, and just about anything else that comes along that I think would be interesting.
The tales in the title refers to what I just mentioned -- good stories mainly from the realms of literature and writers, but from other places as well.
The heads refers to caricatures that I have drawn. You can see those if you go to my website JPROF.COM, or if you buy my book Heads and Tales: Characters and Stories of the Famous, the Infamous, and the Just Plain Interesting.
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Heads and Tales - The libraries of Andrew Carnegie
No name is more associated with public libraries than that of Andrew Carnegie.
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Heads and Tales - Double Indemnity, James Cain, and Billy Wilder
Double Indemnity, the book by James Cain and the movie directed by Billy Wilder, defines the genre that we call noir.
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Heads and Tales - Edward Bulwar-Lytton
Edward Bulwar-Lytton is one of the most reviled writers in English literature -- undeservedly so. Here we make the argument that he needs to be set free from this ignominy.
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Heads and Tales - Isaac Asimov - writing in all genres
Isaac Asimov was an extraordinarily prolific writer who covered many genres. This episode will tell you a little more about this extraordinary man.
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Arthur Ashe and his Hard Road to Glory
Arthur Ashe faced many challenges on his way to being a championship tennis player, but one of his toughest challenges came when he took on writing a history of black athletes in America.
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Heads and Tales - introduction
What is Heads and Tales, the podcast, all about? It's about anything that I find interesting -- but mostly it's about writers and writing.