Colin Mahoney

White Ash Flies

Arts EN ↓ 85 episodes

White Ash Flies is an audible, on-line anthology drawn from that abiding and rich sea of content, the public domain. I’ll select and serialize recordings of myself reading my favorite poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and correspondence, sacred and profane, in as heterogeneous a mix as I can passably manage. I’ll also be sharing original content from time to time.

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Colin Mahoney

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Arts

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Latest episode

Mar 18, 2024

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Episodes

The Dead 18.03.2024

White Ash Flies closes out this St. Patrick's Day with The Dead, a short story by James Joyce, from his collection, Dubliners. Read by Colin Mahoney.

Zander's Sunday Sauce - Psalm 22 - Psalm 34 26.02.2024

Zander’s Sunday Sauce: Tonight we’re serving up Psalm 22 from the Revised Standard Version of the Old Testament, which could fairly be called a lamentation with ramifications.

He Named His Boat Clover - The Strange Death of the Count de Foix 23.01.2024

White Ash Flies presents another installment of Zander’s Appendix following up on our previous episode: Another set of three shorter poems, written and read by Colin Mahoney: 4 min, 25 sec - He Named His Boat Clover 5 min, 15 sec - The Strange Death of the Count de Foix 7 min, 38 sec - A Letter From Here

Monday with Dad - Ecce Homo - The Agency to End Agency 07.01.2024

White Ash Flies opens its fourth season with another installment of Zander's Appendix, an occasional series of original work, featuring three short poems written and read by Colin Mahoney. 4 min, 10 sec - Monday with Dad 6 min, 53 sec - Ecce Homo 8 min, 23 sec - The Agency to End Agency 4 min, 10 sec

The Elixir of Life 13.12.2023

White Ash Flies Presents The Elixir of Life, a short story by Honore de Balzac (1799-1850), translated by Clara Bell, and read by Colin Mahoney.

The Sorrows of Niobe 25.10.2023

White Ash Flies presents The Sorrows of Niobe, from Book 6 of Ovid’s Metamorphoses, published in 8 CE, in which the goddess Latona makes Niobe pay dearly for her presumption, just as in the preceding story, Arachne was punished by Minerva for her presumption: surpassing the goddess in a weaving competition. The translation into English from Latin is Arthur Golding’s, published in 1567.

Zander's Appendix - The House of the Stare - Will You Join My Carpool? 05.04.2023

White Ash Flies presents another installment of Zander's Appendix: The House of the Stare and Will You Join My Carpool?, written and read by Colin Mahoney. 4 min, 40 sec, The House of the Stare 8 min, 15 sec, Will You Join My Carpool?

Zander's Sunday Sauce - Psalm 17 06.03.2023

White Ash Flies is back with another installment of Zander's Sunday Sauce: Psalm 17, translated by Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1586), read by Colin Mahoney.

Cyclops In Love - Idyll XI of Theocritus 14.02.2023

On this Valentine's Day, White Ash Flies presents Cyclops in Love: Idyll XI of Theocritus (c. 270 BC), translated by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861) and read by Colin Mahoney.

Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address 28.01.2023

White Ash Flies presents Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address, read by Colin Mahoney.

Salem - a selection from the writings of Cotton Mather 01.11.2022

White Ash Flies presents, Salem: a selection of Cotton Mather's reporting on the Salem witch trials of 1692-93, read by Colin Mahoney.

Zander's Sunday Sauce - Good Friday, 1613. Riding Westward 15.04.2022

White Ash Flies presents a Good Friday edition of Zander's Sunday Sauce: Good Friday, 1613. Riding Westward, written by John Donne (1572-1631), and read by Colin Mahoney.

Zander's Appendix - First and Latest Things 26.03.2022

White Ash Flies is back with another installment of Zander's Appendix and Other Gratuitous Organs: First and Latest Things, two poems written and read by Colin Mahoney. 2 min, 12 sec, He Appeared at our Gate, A Moron 6 min, 18 sec, Saturn Devouring His Son

Paste 12.02.2022

White Ash Flies presents Paste, a short story by Henry James (1843-1916), read by Colin Mahoney.

Notes From Underground 08.12.2021

White Ash Flies presents Chapter 7 from Part 1 of Fyodor Dostoyevsky short novel, Notes From Underground, read by Colin Mahoney.

The Wizard of Oz - Episode 7 19.11.2021

No wolves, crows, or black bees were hurt during this taping of Episode 7 of The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum (1856-1919), read by Colin Mahoney on White Ash Flies. However, a witch did melt.

Jabberwocky, and Other Nonsense 10.11.2021

White Ash Flies presents Jabberwocky, and Other Nonsense: Works by Edward Lear (1812-1888) and Lewis Carroll (1832-1898), read by Colin Mahoney, with special guests!

The Star 31.10.2021

A happy Halloween to all of you on Planet Earth this Sunday morning, a perfect morning for some catastrophe fiction from one of the masters of the form, Herbert George Wells (1866-1946): his short story, "The Star", published in 1897, read by Colin Mahoney.

Goblin Market 19.10.2021

In a nod to the spooky season, White Ash Flies presents Goblin Market by Christina Rossetti (1830-1894), read by Colin Mahoney.

Zander's Sunday Sauce - Ezekial 37 10.10.2021

White Ash Flies presents another installment of Zander's Sunday Sauce: Chapter 37 of the Book of Ezekiel, read by Colin Mahoney.

The Wizard of Oz - Episode 6 26.08.2021

White Ash Flies presents Episode 6 of The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum (1856-1919), read by Colin Mahoney.

The Nose 20.08.2021

White Ash Flies presents The Nose, written by Nikolai Gogol (1809-1849), translated by Constance Garnett, and read by Colin Mahoney.

Phaeton's Ride from Ovid's Metamorphoses, Arthur Golding trans. 10.08.2021

White Ash Flies presents the Phaeton episode from Ovid's Metamorphoses, translated by Arthur Golding (1536-1606), and read by Colin Mahoney.

Zander's Appendix - Two Remarks on National Parks - The Sisters Dolor 06.06.2021

White Ash Flies presents another installment of Zander's Appendix, and Other Gratuitous Organs: Two Remarks on National Parks and The Sisters Dolor (the Price Sisters at Brixton Prison), written and read by Colin Mahoney. 2 min, 23 sec, The Sisters Dolor (the Price Sisters at Brixton Prison) 4 min, 23 sec, Two Remarks on National Parks

"Come, my Corinna, Come..." - Songs by Robert Herrick 02.06.2021

White Ash Flies presents "Come, my Corinna, Come...": Five songs by Robert Herrick (1591-1674), read by Colin Mahoney. 1 min, 48 sec, Delight in Disorder 2 min, 33 sec, To Daffodils 3 min, 23 sec, Upon Julia's Clothes 3 min, 50 sec, The Coming of Good Luck 4 min, 15 sec, Corinna's Going A-Maying

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