A smart house outlasts humanity in Ray Bradbury's 1950 short story "There Will Come Soft Rains." Tex describes the annual "experience camp" for authors, Writers in the Field.

Contents
Author, teacher and Lone Star State original Arianne “Tex” Thompson joins our discussion.

(00:00) A smart house outlasts humanity in Ray Bradbury’s 1950 short story “There Will Come Soft Rains.”
(24:05) Longswords and lockpicks! Poisons and ponies! Tex describes these and other hands-on experiences at the annual Writers in the Field event in Dallas.
(40:55) Spoiler-free recommendations: “Speech Sounds,” Assassin’s Apprentice, Junction

Thanks to Tijana Stojković for reciting the poem by Sara Teasdale.

Links

• “There Will Come Soft Rains” 1984 animated short by Tulyakhodzayev
• Arianne “Tex” Thompson’s author website, The Tex Files
• Writers in the Field