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Memento Mori and The Motherless Bear

The award-winning American essayist on the consequences of buying your partner an antique skeleton and a dark fable about mourning. From July 2011.

The multi-award winning American essayist brings his wit and charm to BBC Radio 4 for a second series of audience readings. This week: The consequences of buying your partner an antique skeleton in "Memento Mori" and a dark fable about mourning: "The Motherless Bear".

Producer: Steve Doherty
A Boomerang production for BBC Radio 4.

30 minutes

Broadcasts

  • Mon 11 Jul 201109:00
  • Mon 11 Jul 201123:00
  • Tue 12 Jul 201102:00
  • Sun 17 Jul 201107:30
  • Sun 17 Jul 201122:00
  • Mon 22 Aug 201111:30
  • Sun 4 Mar 201219:15
  • Sun 14 Apr 201322:30
  • Sun 10 Aug 201423:00