Episode 215: Banned Books Week – Problematic by Brian Lawrence Hurrel(edit: This is also Episode 227, as Assistant Editor Dani Daly's Staff Pick for 2016!)• Narrated by
Tatiana Grey• Audio production by
Jeremy Carter• Banned Books Weeks 2016 photograph courtesy of
Jeremy Carter•
A Cast of Wonders original!Brian Lawrence Hurrel is a lifelong science fiction fan, and is especially fond of Golden Age stories from the forties and fifties. His fiction has appeared in the science journal Nature and magazines such as Daily Science Fiction and Bete Noir. A former high school English and History teacher, he now makes a living as a technical writer and communications consultant. His previous occupations over the years include machine assembler, carpet installer, cab driver, and US Marine. He lives in New Jersey with his wife and son. You can follow him on
Twitter.
Tatiana Grey is a critically acclaimed actress of stage, screen, and the audio booth. She has been nominated for dozens of fancy awards but hasn’t won a single damned thing. She went to NYU and lives in Brooklyn, New York. You can follow her
online or on
Twitter.
The Main Office is as spartan as the the rest of the campus. Three plain gray metal folding chairs arranged in front of Headmistress Dinali’s equally plain and unadorned wooden desk. In one of the chairs the slim ten-year- old frame of Luna Vega-MacPherson squirms restlessly, twisting strands of dark curly hair around a forefinger, and not at all trying to disguise her boredom. In the other two chairs sit her parents, looking equally uncomfortable but for different reasons.Click here to listen to Episode 215Click here to listen to Episode 227Click here to read the text of the story----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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