Introducing Irony: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Introducing Irony, credited to Maxwell Bodenheim, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

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LibriVox recording of Introducing Irony by Maxwell Bodenheim. Read in English by Shashank Jakhmola; Eva Davis; Nemo; April6090; Lilian Elizabeth; Jordan Owen; Larry Wilson; Wes Freeman; Jason in Panama; Sarah Brown; Stefan Von Blon; Slyma12; Paula Crosley Maxwell Bodenheim was once known as the King of Greenwich Village Bohemians after moving to New York after being one of the founders of the The Chicago Literary Times. But his life took a downward spiral and he became a panhandler and led a desultory life, finally ending in his murder along with his third wife in a Bronx apartment. The title of this book characterizes the tone of these 22 poems and 10 small stories, full of dark cynicism and twisted irony, with titles such as “Seaweed From Mars” and “ Insanity.” - Summary by Larry Wilson

Recording facts

• Recording title: Introducing Irony
• Author credits: Maxwell Bodenheim
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 32
• Listed recording duration: 2:21:28

Catalogue topics

• satire
• New York
• verse
• American Literature
• bohemia
• irony

Opening tracks: first 24 of 32

1. 01 - Jack Rose — 2:23
2. 02 - Seaweed From Mars — 7:21
3. 03 - Turmoil in a Morgue — 3:55
4. 04 - Condensed Novel — 2:51
5. 05 - Manners — 2:02
6. 06 - An Acrobat, a Violinist, and a Chambermaid Celebrate — 3:24
7. 07 - Novel Conversation — 2:42
8. 08 - The Scrub-Woman — 2:52
9. 09 - Meditations in a Cemetery — 2:50
10. 10 - Simple Account of a Poet’s Life — 4:17
11. 11 - Candid Narrative — 2:25
12. 12 - Unliterary and Shameless — 1:30
13. 13 - Two Sonnets to My Wife — 2:05
14. 14 - Finalities — 8:01
15. 15 - Imaginary People — 3:26
16. 16 - Uneasy Reflections — 1:30
17. 17 - Summer Evening: New York Subway Station — 1:44
18. 18 - Garbage Heap — 1:03
19. 19 - Impulsive Dialogue — 3:50
20. 20 - Emotional Monologue — 4:39
21. 21 - Pronounced Fantasy — 2:18
22. 22 - When Spirits Speak of Life — 3:04
23. 23 - Insanity — 7:26
24. 24 - Poetry — 7:41

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