KZYX For the Love of Reading

Jun 06 2024 21 ep. 50 mins 3
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For book lovers, Linda Pack brings her immensely popular 50 minute public radio program, For the Love of Reading. She reads for you great writing, showcasing classic Novels, complete Short Stories, extraordinary Poetry, and thought-provoking Non-fiction, with background information and commentary, New episodes every month.

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A Truly Grand Tour

Jun 06 2024 44 mins  
A Truly Grand Tour!Vivid first person accounts and Brilliant nature writing:"A visit to Niagara Falls", by Fanny Trollope, from Domestic Manners of Americans, 1832"The Approach to the Valley" and "The Ancient Yosemite Glaciers: How the Valley Was Formed," by John Muir, from The Yosemite. 1912"The Grand Canyon" by Major John Wesley Powell, from Exploration of the Colorado River of t

Eve's Diary

May 02 2024 54 mins  
Originally published in Harper’s Magazine, Christmas 1905, it is widely believed that "Eve's Diary, (with interpolated extracts from Adam's Diary)" is Mark Twain’s tribute to his late, beloved wife, Olivia Langdon Clemons. BONUS: this episode includes a selection of the tender recollections of Elizabeth Scholl of Ukiah from "Mendocino County Remembered".

Utter Nonsense

Mar 07 2024 51 mins  
Selections from the genius of Edward Lear: Limericks, A Book of Nonsense, 1846; The Pobble Who has No Toes, Laughable Lyrics, 1877; To Make An Amblongus Pie, Nonsense Songs, Stories, Botany and Alphabets, 1871; “How Pleasant to Know Mr. Lear!” and Lewis Carroll: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, 1865; Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There, 1871

Kindred Spirits

Feb 08 2024 54 mins  
Meet Kindred Spirits: Great fiction featuring Unusual allies, Surprising companions, and Unlikely friendships of wonderful fictional characters: from the novel The Enchanted April by Elizabeth Von Arnim; Makes the Whole World Kin, a short story by O. Henry, and the poetry of archy & mehitiabel by Don Marquis.Read for you by Linda Pack

A Christmas Carol, being a Ghost Story for Christmas, by Mr. Charles Dickens

Dec 24 2023 53 mins  
A CHRISTMAS CAROL, Being a Ghost Story for Christmas, by Mr. Charles Dickens As originally broadcast on KZYX&Z on December 25, 2020. Brought to life with music and special effects in an original, 1-hour Radio adaptation by R. Bobby, Michael Ducharme, and Linda Pack This production was designed and directed by Linda Pack, and recorded by Alicia Bales at the KZYX Studio in Philo.

Journey to a New Home

Nov 02 2023 58 mins  
Featuring works by Carl Sandburg and Willa Cather, and the true story of Helen Carpenter’s "Journey by Ox Cart to Potter Valley in 1856." Read for you by Linda Pack and Special Guest Kate Magruder. Special Thanks to Judy Mayhan for her recording of "Everything Must Change".

The Blue Plate Special

Oct 05 2023 56 mins  
A literary feast about our greatest love, Food! A veritable smorgasbord of stories by Carl Sandburg, Saki (H.H. Munro) and O. Henry accompanied by some tasty tidbits of culinary history.

Challenged and Censored

Sep 07 2023 51 mins  
This program features selections from Banned Books. Hear what many people, over centuries, have not wanted you to hear! Featured authors include: Nicholas Copernicus, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Mark Twain,George Orwell, Ray Bradbury, James Joyce This program is in honor of Banned Books Week, an annual event sponsored each September by the American Library Association, celebrating the Fir

The Mystery of the Missing Necklace

Aug 03 2023 55 mins  
A tale from the Golden Age of Detective Fiction by one of the foremost creators of the classic mystery story, The Baroness Emma Orczy, and featuring The Old Man in the Corner, the first "armchair detective,” Intriguing, Entertaining, Ingenious!

Tales of Cats and Dogs

Jul 06 2023 55 mins  
Poems, memoirs, and short stories about Our Best Friends, featuring Rudyard Kipling’s "The Cat That Walked By Himself" and "Memoirs of a Yellow Dog", by O.Henry.