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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

A Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold

Monday, March 3 through Friday, March 7, 2025

Read by Jim Fleming

In Celebration Of Aldo Leopold Day on March 1st! Many credit ASCA with launching a revolution in land management. Written as a series of sketches based principally upon the flora and fauna in a rural part of Wisconsin, the book gathers informal pieces written by Leopold over a forty-year period as he traveled through the woodlands of Wisconsin.

THEME: Charles Tomlinson Griffes: Poem; Stephanie Jutt, flute; Randall Hodgkinson, piano (GM Recordings GM 2026 CD)

(Oxford; ISBN: 019505928X)

Tune in to the Larry Meiller Show on Wednesday, March 5 at 12:30 pm when Larry is joined by the Executive Director and President of the Aldo Leopold Foundation.

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

Latest Episodes

A Sand County Almanac 5 of 5 – December
In December, Leopold is determined to discover the home range of the wildlife on his farm. He also reflects on the act of creation that occurs when planting a tree. […]
March 07, 2025
A Sand County Almanac 4 of 5 – September, October, November
By September most birds sing less at daybreak, but the quail lend their voices to the opening song of the day. October sees the smoky golds of the tamaracks, time […]
March 06, 2025
A Sand County Almanac 3 of 5 – June, July, August
June finds Leopold fly fishing and a chance to further examine the importance of wilderness in our environment. A dawn walk in July causes him to reflect on boundaries, both […]
March 05, 2025
A Sand County Almanac 2 of 5 – March, April, May
The return of the geese allows Leopold to further expand the concept of “ecosystem” to one that spans a continent. April brings high water, the blooming of the Draba flower, […]
March 04, 2025
A Sand County Almanac 1 of 5 – Introduction, January, February
Leopold briefly lays out his philosophy on nature conservation. We hear his observations on the natural world during a January thaw. February sees the felling of a “good oak.”
March 03, 2025

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Coming Next

Paris 1944 by Patrick Bishop

monday, march 10 through friday, march 21, 2025
Read by Norman Gilliland

The liberation of Paris on August 25, 1944 was the biggest party of the century: champagne flowed freely, total strangers embraced—it was a celebration of life renewed against the backdrop of the world’s favorite city, as experienced by the likes of Ernest Hemingway and J. D. Salinger. But there was nothing preordained about this happy ending. Had things transpired differently, Paris might have gone down as a ghastly monument to Nazi nihilism.