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Between the Essays: Like Steps of Passing Ghosts

In response to Adelaide Crapsey's five-line poem November Night, radio producer Kaitlin Prest explores how we can remain haunted by past loves.

Listen...
With faint dry sound,
Like steps of passing ghosts,
The leaves, frost-crisp'd, break from the trees
And fall

Five radio producers from around the world hijack The Essay to offer a series of Radio 3's innovative Between the Ears features in miniature, in response to the five-line poem 'November Night'.

In tonight's edition, the Prix Italia-winning radio producer Kaitlin Prest, the woman behind Radiotopia's intimate podcast 'The Heart', explores how we can remain haunted by past loves 'Like Steps of Passing Ghosts'.

A Falling Tree Production for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3.

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Wed 2 Dec 2015 22:45

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