Word & Song by Anthony Esolen

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"Bridge over Troubled Water"
Paul Simon can be described as a poet with a head full of music. He was heavily influenced by the ballads of his early youth and the folk music revival…
 • Debra Esolen
Prayer for My Daughter
The poet is awake late at night overlooking the sea, as a storm rages outside. It’s not that he fears for himself, but his little child, a baby girl…
 • Anthony Esolen
8:29
PATRICK
You may be surprised to learn that Patrick was not an Irish name, but was a common Roman name, Patricius, meaning fatherly, or holding the authority of…
 • Anthony Esolen
6:50
What Wondrous Love Is This?
When I arrived in Chapel Hill, NC, as a new graduate student in English, I had never heard a single Appalachian hymn, nor was I aware that there were…
Tony Esolen reads "Saint Peter"
For Good Friday we are opening this Poetry Aloud to everyone, Tony's reading of the 6th dramatic monologue from The Hundredfold. The speaker is St…
 • Anthony Esolen
8:48
My New Year's Resolution
Anthony Esolen Speaks / Read or listen now.
 • Anthony Esolen
9:21
"Mama Tried"
What better place to look for "justice" than in a good old-fashioned Country & Western song?  Give a listen!
 • Debra Esolen
MELANCHOLY
Great characters in fiction are often prone to melancholy and need someone to brighten their days and keep them from indulging too much in sweet…
 • Anthony Esolen
7:12
MUSIC
Plato said that education is about getting the right music into your soul, or having your soul be formed and fashioned by it.
 • Anthony Esolen
5:19
Sea-Fever
All I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by!
 • Anthony Esolen
4:51
The Searchers (1956)
Many people say this is the greatest western of all time.  We prefer another, but this one will tear at your insides -- and it is meant to.
 • Anthony Esolen
HOLY
Holiness implies more than separateness. It implies a kind of perfection that goes beyond our what our words can describe of goodness, power, wisdom.
 • Anthony Esolen
5:59
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