The Icebox: fiction & poetry

Dupont Manual student, Fadlan Sheikh makes his debut as a host on The Icebox. The four hosts deliver an in-depth analysis of the timeless enigma, "A Good Man is Hard to Find." 

Mayukha Bhamidipati reads "A Good Man is Hard to Find," by Flannery O'Connor. This story first appeared in the 1953 anthology, "The Avon Book of Modern Writing." In 1956, O'Connor's short story collection, also titled "A Good Man is Hard to Find," was a finalist in The National Book Awards. After again placing among finalists in both 1961 and 1966, O'Connor was named winner of the 1972 National Book Awards for her anthology, "The Complete Stories." Also among her most notable short stories are "Everything that Rises Must Converge," "A Temple of the Holy Ghost," "The Life You Save May Be Your Own," and "The River." If you like "A Good Man is Hard to Find," be sure to check out short stories by Shirley Jackson and Raymond Carver. 

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WARNING: graphic descriptions of historic race-based violence (Part 1: "Soil Horizon") and animal abuse (Part 2: "The Yellow") 

Mayukha Bhamidipati reads "Soil Horizon," by Tiana Clark from her poetry anthology, "I Can't Talk About the Trees Without the Blood." The anthology was published by The University of Pittsburgh Press in 2018 and won the 2017 Agnes Lynch Starret Poetry Prize as well as the 2020 Kate Tufts Discovery Award. Clark's other book of poems "Equilibrium" was published in 2016. If you like "Soil Horizon" in this episode, be sure to check out poets, Terrance Hayes and Roger Reeves.