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Hannah Lavery鈥檚 meditative story inspired by Alice Moore Dunbar-Nelson鈥檚 poem on what being idle might actually teach us.

Writers choose poems as inspiration for new stories.

The Idler

Poet, essayist and activist, Alice Moore Dunbar-Nelson was a mixed-race American born in Louisiana a decade after the Civil War.

Hannah Lavery takes inspiration from her poem about an idle man to create a moving and timely meditation on the value of taking life at a slower pace.

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Writer 鈥�.. Hannah Lavery
Reader 鈥�.. Anneika Rose
Producer 鈥�.. Kirsty Williams

A 大象传媒 Scotland Production for 大象传媒 Radio 4

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Sun 2 Aug 2020 00:30
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