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Literary Studies June 11, 2021

Keats's Odes

A Lover's Discourse

Anahid Nersessian

Hosted by Britton Edelen
In this episode, I interview Anahid Nersessian, professor of English at UCLA, about her book, Keats’s Odes: A Lover’s Discourse (University of Chicago Press, 2021). In 1819, the poet John Keats …

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Poetry June 8, 2021

Broken Ballads

A Poetry Collection

Nicole Danielle

Hosted by Athena Dixon
For as often as it may seem to be the case, life doesn’t exist in extremes. Whatever pain, love, desire, or hurt, moving through life is a balancing act. We …
Literary Studies June 8, 2021

Elizabeth Bishop and the Literary Archive

Bethany Hicok

Hosted by Duncan McCargo
What more can we learn about legendary American writer Elizabeth Bishop (1911-79), dubbed by Bethany Hicok “the most stunning poet of the twentieth century”, by exploring the wonderful archives of her …
The Common Magazine June 4, 2021

The Couple

The Common magazine (Fall, 2020)

KC Trommer

Hosted by Emily Everett
KC Trommer speaks to managing editor Emily Everett about her poem “The Couple,” which appears in The Common’s fall issue. In this conversation, Trommer discusses writing about artwork she finds …
Middle Eastern Studies June 2, 2021

The Dangers of Poetry

Culture, Politics, and Revolution in Iraq

Kevin M. Jones

Hosted by Reuben Silverman
Poetry has long dominated the cultural landscape of modern Iraq, simultaneously representing the literary pinnacle of high culture and giving voice to the popular discourses of mass culture. As the …
Asian American Studies June 1, 2021

Association of Asian American Studies Book Awards 2021 (Part 2)

Benjamín Naka-Hasebe Kingsley and Jan-Henry Gray

Hosted by Christopher Patterson
This is the second episode of a four-part series featuring the winners and honorable mentions of the 2021 Book Awards for the Association of Asian American Studies. This episode features …
Islamic Studies May 21, 2021

The Translator of Desires

Poems

Muhyiddin Ibn 'Arabi

Hosted by Shobhana Xavier
In this ground-breaking work, Michael Sells (the Barrows Professor Emeritus of the History and Literature of Islam and Professor emeritus of comparative literature at the University of Chicago) translates sixty-one …
The Common Magazine May 21, 2021

California

The Common magazine

Jennifer Jean

Hosted by Emily Everett
Jennifer Jean speaks to managing editor Emily Everett about her poem “California,” which appears on The Common online, in a special portfolio of writing from the Lusosphere (Portugal and its …
Asian Review of Books May 20, 2021

Ghalib: a Wilderness at My Doorstep

A Critical Biography

Mehr Afshan Farooqi

Hosted by Nicholas Gordon
Mirza Ghalib is one of the most celebrated poets in the Urdu literary canon. Yet, at the time, Ghalib was prolific in both Urdu and Persian. His output in Persian …
Princeton UP Ideas Podcast May 17, 2021

After Callimachus

Poems

Stephanie Burt

Hosted by Marshall Poe
Callimachus may be the best-kept secret in all of ancient poetry. Loved and admired by later Romans and Greeks, his funny, sexy, generous, thoughtful, learned, sometimes elaborate, and always articulate …
Latin American Studies May 10, 2021

The Conquered

Byzantium and America on the Cusp of Modernity

Eleni Kefala

Hosted by Ethan Fredrick
Eleni Kefala's book The Conquered: Byzantium and America on the Cusp of Modernity (Dumbarton Oaks, 2021) probes issues of collective memory and cultural trauma in three sorrowful poems composed soon after the conquest of …
Performing Arts April 19, 2021

Owed

Joshua Bennett

Hosted by Andy Boyd
Owed (Penguin, 2020) is the second collection of poems by Dr. Joshua Bennett, poet, professor, and artist. This volume is a wide-ranging, celebratory book focused on what Bennett calls "the Black quotidian," …
Poetry April 13, 2021

Hotel Almighty

Sarah J. Sloat

Hosted by Andrea Blythe
Visually arresting and utterly one-of-a-kind, Sarah J. Sloat's Hotel Almighty (Sarabande Books) is a book-length erasure of Misery by Stephen King, a reimagining of the novel's themes of constraint and …
Literary Studies March 4, 2021

Empathy in Contemporary Poetry after Crisis

Anna Veprinska

Hosted by Britton Edelen
In this episode, I interview Anna Veprinska about her book Empathy in Contemporary Poetry after Crisis (Palgrave Macmillan, 2020) recently published by Palgrave Macmillan. In it, Veprinska examines the representation of empathy …
Dan Hill's EQ Spotlight February 4, 2021

Arias

Sharon Olds

Hosted by Dan Hill
This episode covers a range of topics from Old’s use of line breaks (enjambment that runs contrary to the tedious, end-stopped rhyming lines of hymnals) to the degree to which …
Poetry January 12, 2021

Descent

Lauren Russell

Hosted by Philip Lance
In 2013, poet Lauren Russell acquired a copy of the diary of her great-great-grandfather, Robert Wallace Hubert, a Captain in the Confederate Army. After his return from the Civil War …
The Common Magazine December 18, 2020

Offering

Tara Skurtu

Hosted by Emily Everett
Tara Skurtu is an American poet and writer, writing coach, and public speaker. She speaks to managing editor Emily Everett about “Offering,” her poem from Issue 19 of The Common …
Poetry December 2, 2020

Catrachos

Poems

Roy G. Guzmán

Hosted by Andrea Blythe
Roy G. Guzmán’s Catrachos (Graywolf Press, 2020) is a stunning debut collection of poetry that immerses the reader in rich, vibrant language. Described as being “part immigration narrative, part elegy …
Literature October 20, 2020

Leave It Raw

Shakira Croce

Hosted by Athena Dixon
Like a storm waiting to break over a plain, Shakira Croce pulls at tensions and heartstrings in a debut collection filled with longing, wit, and intelligence. Through masterful imagery, Croce …
Literature October 5, 2020

Freedom Knows My Name

Kelly Harris-DeBerry

Hosted by Athena Dixon
In Freedom Knows My Name (Xavier Review Press, 2020), Kelly Harris-DeBerry creates the world anew from scraps of memories and rhythm. She bounces between the pages, as well as the …