http://www.radio4all.net/program/62426Podcast for Program: Espadrilles are MortalSun, 26 Aug 2012 21:44:07 +0000240http://www.radio4all.net/program/62426"In northern Africa, there grows a strong, wiry grass used for making rope. The Spanish named it esparto. Rope made from African esparto is so tough it can be wound in a coil to form the sole of a shoe. Both the shoes and the word for the rope esparto migrated across the Mediterranean to southern France where such shoes came to be called espadrilles. Today I am going to read a sestina called "Espadrilles are Mortal" that was sent in by Lois Read. ... " Transcript: authorNancyCasey.com Nancy CaseySun, 26 Aug 2012 21:44:07 +0000