The Poet and the Echo

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Short story series in which writers choose poems as inspiration for new stories.

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Phil Crockett Thomas' portrait of a prison officer is inspired by Edgar Lee Masters.

Phil Crockett Thomas' powerful portrait of a prison officer is inspired by the tale of a lawman in Edgar Lee Master's Spoon River Anthology. 
Read by Carl Prekopp.

Writers choose poems as inspiration for an original short story. 

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The Town Marshal

An unusual event disrupts a training session in a prison. 

A powerful story inspired by Edgar Lee Masters briefly banned Spoon River Anthology. By Phil Crockett Thomas. 

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Writer: Phil Crockett Thomas
Reader: Carl Prekopp
Producer: Naomi Walmsley

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