The Song of the Lark / Taking You Home / Ladyhawke

What does it take to be a world-class vocalist? Why are fairy tale curses so universally appealing? What’s with that 1980’s synthesizer music?

We explore these questions and more in writer Ann Claycomb’s favorite book, song and movie:

• The Song of the Lark by Willa Cather

• Taking You Home by Don Henley

• Ladyhawke directed by Richard Donner

Ann’s own novels, The Mermaid’s Daughter and Silenced, can be found here.