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Created by Remakers Mark-er Andy Wicks, Other People’s Words features his friends reading some of their favorite poetry or literature, with some insight as to what attracted them to that piece in the first place. His hope is that it exposes you to something you haven’t heard before, or let’s you experience the words in a new way, and that it brings you a little peace.

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Other People’s Words, Episode 11: Works of Love, by Søren Kierkegaard

2021/10/09

How do you define love? How do you describe it to someone else? Mark Joesting reads an excerpt from Søren Kierkegaard’s Works of Love to do just that. Some of Mark’s work can be found here. It’s wicked good.

Other People’s Words Episode 10: Excerpt from “Letters to a Young Poet” by Rainer Maria Rilke

2021/06/10

We are living a path blindly. Sarah Troedson Haynes relates how the advice from a revered figure gave her comfort and freedom at a time in her life, much like Franz Xaver Kappus did with Rainer Maria Rilke in the early 20th century. She reads an excerpt from Letters from a Young Poet.

Other People’s Words Episode 9: Excerpt from The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, by CS Lewis

2021/04/23

Have you ever been un-dragoned? Jeremy Nilson reads an excerpt from The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, the third book in The Chronicles of Narnia, by C.S. Lewis, in which the character of Eustace recounts how he was changed back from a dragon into a boy. Jeremy uses the tale as a parallel for his own experiences […]

Other People’s Words Episode 8: Excerpt from “The Year of Magical Thinking,” by Joan Didion

2021/03/22

The Year of Magical Thinking is a memoir from Joan Didion, describing the time after her husband passed away. She gives clear and direct words to the tangle of emotions we experience during a period of mourning. The last year or so certainly hasn’t been magical, and for far too many people, it has involved the loss […]

Other People’s Words Episode 7: “Behind Each Number, One Beloved Face,” by Malcolm Guite

2021/02/07

“One death is a tragedy, a million deaths is a statistic.” Versions of this quote, sometimes attributed to Joseph Stalin in 1947 or a French diplomat or German satirist in 1925, depending on who you ask, succinctly explains the numbness that the world feels at the death toll from the COVID-19 pandemic, which stands at […]

Other People’s Words Episode 6: “A Wanderer,” by Hashim ZK.

2021/01/25

Art can be visual, auditory, tactile, or kinetic. Dr. Edward Mathis tells us how a simple bike ride can be an expression of art, and reads “A Wanderer,” by Indian poet Hashim ZK. Music in this episode by Andy Wicks.

Other People’s Words Episode 5: “Variation on the Word ‘Sleep,'” by Margaret Atwood

2021/01/02

Words can take you down the same path multiple times to different destinations. Words are a time machine. In this episode, we hear from two wonderful people: Alex Oana and Chris Collin. Alex and Chris were college classmates, and he recorded her reading Margaret Atwood’s poem “Variation on the Word ‘Sleep'” as a part of his major. […]

Other People’s Words Episode 4: “Prayer for My Children”

2020/12/06

Janna Boomstra shares a Dutch poem called “Prayer for My Children” and how it has held power and comfort for her family, even when she didn’t understand the foreign words. Music in this episode by Kai Engel via the Free Music Archive. We heard “Blur” (at 1:16) and “Waltzing in the Rye” (at 4:10). Find […]

Other People’s Words Episode 3: “The Slip,” by Wendell Berry

2020/11/22

Change, good or bad, has some element of loss. Learning how to mourn the loss and incorporate it into our experience is tricky. Jeffrey Petersen, pastor at Third Reformed Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan, has much experience walking with people through change and loss. He uses the words of Wendell Berry’s poem “The Slip” to talk about […]

Other People’s Words Episode 2: “Praying” by Mary Oliver

2020/11/08

Sometimes prayers are rituals, said at specific times and in specific ways. Sometimes they are only a word or two said in a fleeting moment. Becca Williams is a nurse who knows about the power of prayer in those brief times when life can balance on a knife’s edge. She reads “Praying,” by Mary Oliver. […]

Other People’s Words Episode 1: “Above Pate Valley,” by Gary Snyder

2020/10/12

Welcome to Other People’s Words, a project where some of my favorite people read their favorite poems or selections of literature. I hope that this podcast exposes you to pieces you hadn’t heard before, or in ways you hadn’t considered, and that it brings you a measure of peace. Our first episode features Emily Kent reading “Above […]