Introducing Irony
Maxwell Bodenheim
Read by VfkaBT
Subtitled 'A Book of Poetic Short Stories and Poems', this collection reads years ahead of its time. Set mainly in Jazz Age New York City, the poems and tales are a series of profiles of people in seedier parts of town, along with bizarre love songs and even a trip to Mars. Not for the easily offended.
( Matt Pierard) (2 hr 29 min)
Chapters
| Jack Rose | 2:40 | Read by VfkaBT |
| Seaweed From Mars | 6:50 | Read by VfkaBT |
| Turmoil in a Morgue | 4:41 | Read by VfkaBT |
| Condensed Novel | 3:01 | Read by VfkaBT |
| Manners | 2:15 | Read by VfkaBT |
| An Acrobat, A Violinist, and A Chambermaid | 3:46 | Read by VfkaBT |
| Novel Conversation | 2:49 | Read by VfkaBT |
| The Scrub-Woman | 2:36 | Read by VfkaBT |
| Meditations in A Cemetery | 3:15 | Read by VfkaBT |
| Simple Account of a Poet's Life | 4:47 | Read by VfkaBT |
| Candid Narrative, Unliterary and Shameless | 4:05 | Read by VfkaBT |
| Two Sonnets to My Wife | 2:03 | Read by VfkaBT |
| Finalities, I-VIII | 8:28 | Read by VfkaBT |
| Imaginary People, I-IV | 3:42 | Read by VfkaBT |
| Uneasy Reflections | 1:41 | Read by VfkaBT |
| Summer Evening - New York Subway Station | 1:52 | Read by VfkaBT |
| Garbage Heap | 1:16 | Read by VfkaBT |
| Impulsive Dialogue | 3:53 | Read by VfkaBT |
| Emotional Monologue | 3:21 | Read by VfkaBT |
| Pronounced Fantasy | 2:36 | Read by VfkaBT |
| When Spirits Speak of Life | 3:11 | Read by VfkaBT |
| Insanity | 8:12 | Read by VfkaBT |
| Poetry | 8:26 | Read by VfkaBT |
| Religion | 6:29 | Read by VfkaBT |
| Scientific Philosophy | 5:48 | Read by VfkaBT |
| Art | 7:40 | Read by VfkaBT |
| Music | 8:31 | Read by VfkaBT |
| Ethics | 7:39 | Read by VfkaBT |
| History | 8:22 | Read by VfkaBT |
| Psychic Phenomena | 8:35 | Read by VfkaBT |
| Love | 7:26 | Read by VfkaBT |
Reviews
A LibriVox Listener
If you believe explenative iterations on every subject in every sentence defines good/ironic literature, then this is your most excellent listen!