New Books Network

Poetry May 13, 2022

Daughters of Harriet

Poems

Cynthia Parker-Ohene

Hosted by Deidre Tyler

Drawing inspiration from the life of Harriet Tubman, Cynthia Parker-Ohene's poetic narratives follow a historical arc of consciousness of Black folks: mislaid in potters' fields and catalogued with other misbegotten …

Recall This Book May 5, 2022

We are Not Digested

A Conversation with Rajiv Mohabir (Ulka Anjaria, JP)

Rajiv Mohabir

Hosted by Elizabeth Ferry and John Plotz

Rajiv Mohabir is a dazzling poet of linguistics crossovers, who works in English, Bhojpuri, Hindi and more. He is as prolific as he is polyglot (three books in 2021!) and …

Eastern European Studies May 4, 2022

Czesław Miłosz's Faith in the Flesh

Body, Belief, and Human Identity

Stanley Bill

Hosted by Piotr Kosicki

In Czesław Miłosz’s Faith in the Flesh: Body, Belief, and Human Identity (Oxford University Press, 2021), Cambridge professor Stanley Bill offers a profoundly original, fine-grained, and rich interpretation of the …

Poetry April 29, 2022

Today in the Taxi

Poems

Sean Singer

Hosted by Robert Snyder

The first poem in Sean Singers’ new collection of poetry, Today in the Taxi, published by Tupelo Press, begins with, “Today in the taxi, I brought a man from midtown …

The Common Magazine April 22, 2022

The Sea Dreams of Us

The Common magazine (Fall, 2021)

Romeo Oriogun

Hosted by Emily Everett

Romeo Oriogun speaks to managing editor Emily Everett about his poem “The Sea Dreams of Us,” which appears in The Common’s fall issue. In this conversation, Romeo talks about his …

Poetry April 20, 2022

You Still Look the Same

Farzana Doctor

Hosted by Jori Krulder

Farzana Doctor is a Toronto-based author, activist and a psychotherapist. She has written four critically acclaimed novels. Her latest, Seven, which Ms. Magazine described as “fully feminist and ambitiously bold” …

Poetry April 19, 2022

Machluta

Sigal Naor Perelman

Hosted by Yakir Englander

This episode is part of a series of recordings I do with artists and scholars from Israel and Palestine. To allow people from the conflict to make their voices heard …

Princeton UP Ideas Podcast April 15, 2022

A Vertical Art

On Poetry

Simon Armitage

Hosted by Mark Klobas

In A Vertical Art: On Poetry (Princeton UP, 2022), acclaimed poet Simon Armitage takes a refreshingly common-sense approach to an art form that can easily lend itself to grand statements …

Philosophy April 12, 2022

Wittgenstein's Artillery

Philosophy as Poetry

James C. Klagge

Hosted by Carrie Figdor

“One should really only do philosophy as poetry.” What could Ludwig Wittgenstein have meant by this? What was the context for this odd remark? In Wittgenstein’s Artillery: Philosophy as Poetry …

Irish Studies March 25, 2022

About: Blank

Adam Wyeth

Hosted by Bridget English

The city of Dublin, with its ancient cobblestones, historic pubs, and legendary river Liffey, has been a source of inspiration for writers and poets for centuries. Though it might provide …

Literature March 22, 2022

The Benefits of Eating White Folks

Leslie T. Grover

Hosted by Yakir Englander

Today I talked to Leslie T. Grover about her book The Benefits of Eating White Folks (Jaded Ibis Press, 2022). The Sickness, a disease with unknown origins, is killing white children in …

Popular Culture March 16, 2022

Speaking Truths

Young Adults, Identity, and Spoken Word Activism

Valerie Chepp

Hosted by Rebekah Buchanan

In Speaking Truths: Young Adults, Identity, and Spoken Word Activism (Rutgers UP, 2022), sociologist Valerie Chepp goes behind-the-scenes to uncover how spoken word poetry--and young people's participation in it--contributes to …

The Common Magazine March 11, 2022

“Last Cigarette” and “Apology to My Daughter"

The Common magazine (Fall 2021)

Tom Sleigh

Hosted by Emily Everett

Tom Sleigh speaks to managing editor Emily Everett about his poems “Last Cigarette” and “Apology to My Daughter,” which appear in The Common’s fall issue. In this conversation, Tom talks …

Recall This Book February 17, 2022

Sean Hill Talks about Bodies in Space and Time with Elizabeth Bradfield

Sean Hill and Elizabeth Bradfield

Hosted by Elizabeth Ferry and John Plotz

This conversation, first aired in July 2021, features Brandeis poet Elizabeth Bradfield, and the poet Sean Hill, author of Blood Ties and Brown Liquor (2008) and Dangerous Goods (2014). Sean …

Poetry February 4, 2022

Pandemic Poems

First Wave

Olive Senior

Hosted by Jori Krulder

Early in the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, Olive Senior began posting her series of Pandemic Poems on social media. The project was a way of bearing witness to …

Recall This Book February 3, 2022

George Kalogeris on Words and Places

George Kalogeris

Hosted by Elizabeth Ferry and John Plotz

John and Elizabeth had the marvelous fortune to talk with George Kalogeris about his new book Winthropos (LSU Press, 2021). The title comes from the "Greek-ified" name that George's father …

Poetry January 21, 2022

The Sign of the Dragon

Mary Soon Lee

Hosted by Andrea Blythe

First place winner of the 2021 Elgin Award, The Sign of the Dragon by Mary Soon Lee (Jaberwocky, 2020) is an epic fantasy about a young king who must defend …

Indian Religions December 23, 2021

The Cloud of Longing

A New Translation and Eco-Aesthetic Study of Kalidasa's Meghaduta

E. H. Rick Jarow

Hosted by Raj Balkaran

The Cloud of Longing: A New Translation and Eco-Aesthetic Study of Kalidasa's Meghaduta (Oxford UP, 2021) is a translation and full-length study of the great Sanskrit poet Kālidāsa's famed Meghadūta …

Burned by Books December 20, 2021

Best Books of the Year 2021, Booksellers Edition

An discussion with Lisa Swayze, Michelle Malonzo, Alena Jones, and Kasia Bartoszynska

Hosted by Chris Holmes

A conversation with booksellers from three of the most dynamic, exciting, and community-oriented independent bookstores in the country. Lisa Swayze of Buffalo Street Books (Ithaca, NY), Michelle Malonzo of Changing …

Indian Religions December 16, 2021

Savoring God

Comparative Theopoetics

Gloria Maité Hernández

Hosted by Raj Balkaran

Gloria Maité Hernández's Savoring God: Comparative Theopoetics (Oxford UP, 2021) compares two mystical works central to the Christian Discalced Carmelite and the Hindu Bhakti traditions: the sixteenth-century Spanish Cántico espiritual …