Paying Attention

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From Rachel Carson finding solace in noticing 'the exceeding beauty of the earth', via the deductions of Sherlock Holmes and a dog walk with poet Mark Doty to Joyce Sutphen's advice on How to Listen: today's programme celebrates paying attention to the variety of life. Walt Whitman hears the 'grand opera' of the city, Mr. Darcy can't help but notice Elizabeth Bennett, Audre Lorde speaks her truth to those who might listen, and Taylor Mali fights for his students' Undivided Attention. Our readers are Nathan Osgood and Sarah Slimani and our music ranges from Purcell and Byrd to Sondheim and Erroll Garner. Producer: Rachel Gill READINGS: How To Listen by Joyce Sutphen Exceeding Beauty of the Earth by Rachel Carson Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Song of Myself by Walt Whitman A Scandal in Bohemia by Arthur Conan Doyle Upstream by Mary Oliver The Pale King by David Foster Wallace Great Expectations by Charles Dickens Undivided Attention by Taylor Mali Noticing by William Stafford A Woman Speaks by Audre Lorde To Sir With Love by E.R. Braithwaite Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller Golden Retrievals by Mark Doty