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Chapter A Day

Started in 1931, “Chapter a Day” is WPR’s longest-running program. Jim Fleming, Norman Gilliland, Michele Good, Melvin Hinton, Baron Kelly and Susan Sweeney read a chapter from a book for a half hour each weekday. Genres are predominately contemporary and range from works of fiction, history and biography.

Schedule

WPR Music, 7 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., WPR News, 9:30 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Hosted by

Michele Gerard Good

CURRENTLY READING

The Invisible Man by H G Wells

Monday, October 14 through Friday, November 1, 2024
Read by Jim Fleming

Setting the mood for Halloween, it’s HG Wells’ science fiction/horror classic! A strange man comes to stay at the “Coach and Horses” in Iping. The man is covered in bandages. The owner of the establishment, a Mrs. Hall, assumes the man was in an accident and is horribly disfigured and ashamed. But the bandages are hiding something much more sinister.

“Gnomus”, “Catacombes”, and “Con mortuis in lingua mortua” from Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition; Seiji Ozawa & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Readings are archived for just one week after their broadcast due to publisher  copyright restrictions.

Latest Episodes

The Invisible Man 7 of 15 – Marvel’s Escape
The news of an invisible man is traveling like wildfire through the area. In a nearby town, Marvel nearly betrays the Invisible Man to a townsperson. Later Marvel escapes near […]
October 22, 2024
The Invisible Man 6 of 15 – The Invisible Man Gets Mad
Mr. Hall and Teddy Henfrey notice an unpleasant chemical smell and unusual sounds coming from the Invisible Man’s former room and decide to investigate. The Invisible Man and Marvel barely […]
October 21, 2024
The Invisible Man 5 of 15 – Enlisting the Tramp
The Invisible Man comes upon a tramp sleeping on the side of the road and decides to “enlist” his help in securing clothes, food, and money. But the tramp, Mr. […]
October 18, 2024
The Invisible Man 4 of 15 – The Unveiling Of The Stranger
After the burglary at the vicarage, Mrs. Hall confronts the mysterious stranger who reveals himself to be invisible. The villagers react in horror and call for the stranger’s arrest.
October 17, 2024
The Invisible Man 3 of 15 – The Burglary At The Vicarage
The vicar’s wife awakens him in the middle of the night when she hears a burglar in the hallway. But when the vicar goes to investigate, he finds nothing. Later, […]
October 16, 2024

Chapter A Day Booklist

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Coming Next

The Good War: An Oral History of World War Two by Studs Terkel

Monday, November 4 through Friday, November 15, 2024
Read by karl schmidt

“The Good War” is a testament not only to the experience of war but to the extraordinary skill of Studs Terkel as an interviewer and oral historian. From a pipe fitter’s apprentice at Pearl Harbor to a crew member of the flight that dropped the atomic bomb on Nagasaki, his subjects are open and unrelenting in their analyses of themselves and their experiences.