About Britton Edelen

Britt Edelen is currently a Ph.D. student in English at Duke University and focuses on English and German modernism, the relationships between philosophy (particularly Deconstruction, phenomenology, and psychoanalysis) and literature, and theories of language. When not reading for class or upcoming interviews, he enjoys going for long runs around Durham, playing with his cat Bartleby, and tracking down the best almond croissant in North Carolina.

Britt Edelen is a Ph.D. student in English at Duke University. He focuses on modernism and the relationship(s) between language, philosophy, and literature. You can find him on Twitter or send him an email.

NBN Episodes hosted by Britton:

Gila Ashtor, "Homo Psyche: On Queer Theory and Erotophobia" (Fordham UP, 2021)

November 22, 2021

Homo Psyche

Gila Ashtor
Hosted by Britton Edelen

In this episode, I interview Gila Ashtor, a practicing psychoanalyst and critical theorist, about her new book, Homo Psyche: On Queer Theory and Eroto…

Ethan Kleinberg, "Emmanuel Levinas's Talmudic Turn: Philosophy and Jewish Thought" (Stanford UP, 2021)

October 25, 2021

Emmanuel Levinas's Talmudic Turn

Ethan Kleinberg
Hosted by Britton Edelen

In this episode, I interview Ethan Kleinberg, professor of history and letters at Wesleyan University, about his new book, Emmanuel Levinas’s Talmudic…

Rachel Zolf, "No One's Witness: A Monstrous Poetics" (Duke UP, 2021)

September 7, 2021

No One's Witness

Rachel Zolf
Hosted by Britton Edelen

In this episode, I interview Rachel Zolf—a poet whose “interdisciplinary practice explores questions about history, knowledge, subjectivity, responsib…

Anahid Nersessian, "Keats's Odes: A Lover's Discourse" (U Chicago Press, 2021)

June 11, 2021

Keats's Odes

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…

Daniel Herskowitz, "Heidegger and His Jewish Reception" (Cambridge UP, 2020)

April 28, 2021

Heidegger and His Jewish Reception

Daniel M. Herskowitz
Hosted by Britton Edelen

In this episode, I interview Daniel Herskowitz, Career Research Fellow at Wolfson College, University of Oxford, about his first book, Heidegger and H…

Kas Saghafi, "The World after the End of the World: A Spectro-Poetics" (SUNY Press, 2020)

April 20, 2021

The World after the End of the World

Kas Saghafi
Hosted by Britton Edelen

In this episode, I interview Kas Saghafi, associate professor of philosophy at the University of Memphis, about his book The World After the End of th…

Richard Kearney, "Touch: Recovering Our Most Vital Sense" (Columbia UP, 2021)

April 19, 2021

Touch

Richard Kearney
Hosted by Britton Edelen

In this episode, I interview Richard Kearney, professor of philosophy at Boston College, about his most recent book, Touch: Recovering Our Most Vital …

Michael D. Snediker, "Contingent Figure: Chronic Pain and Queer Embodiment" (U Minnesota Press, 2021)

April 16, 2021

Contingent Figure

Michael D. Snediker
Hosted by Britton Edelen

In this episode, I interview Michael Snediker, professor of English at the University of Houston, about his book, Contingent Figure: Chronic Pain and …

David Wills, "Prosthesis" (U Minnesota Press, 2021)

April 15, 2021

Prosthesis

David Wills
Hosted by Britton Edelen

In this episode, I interview David Wills, professor of French Studies at Brown University, about his book, Prosthesis, recently republished for its 25…

Gert-Jan van der Heiden, "The Voice of Misery: A Continental Philosophy of Testimony" (SUNY Press, 2020)

March 18, 2021

The Voice of Misery

Gert-Jan van der Heiden
Hosted by Britton Edelen

In this episode, I interview Gert-Jan van der Heiden, Professor of Metaphysics and Philosophical Anthropology at Radboud University in Amsterdam, abou…

R. A. Judy, "Sentient Flesh: Thinking in Disorder, Poiesis in Black" (Duke UP, 2020)

March 16, 2021

Sentient Flesh

R. A. Judy
Hosted by Britton Edelen

In this episode, I interview R.A. Judy, professor of Critical and Cultural Studies at the University of Pittsburgh, about his book Sentient Flesh: Thi…

Anna Veprinska, "Empathy in Contemporary Poetry after Crisis" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2020)

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 b…

Lucy Alford, "Forms of Poetic Attention" (Columbia UP, 2020)

February 22, 2021

Forms of Poetic Attention

Lucy Alford
Hosted by Britton Edelen

In this episode, I interview Lucy Alford, professor of English Literature at Wake Forest University, about her book Forms of Poetic Attention, recentl…

Cassandra Falke, "The Phenomenology of Love and Reading" (Bloomsbury, 2016)

February 15, 2021

The Phenomenology of Love and Reading

Cassandra Falke
Hosted by Britton Edelen

In this episode, I interview Cassandra Falke, professor of English Literature ad UiT, The Arctic University of Norway, about her book The Phenomen…

Marc Redfield, "Shibboleth: Judges, Derrida, Celan" (Fordham UP, 2020)

January 28, 2021

Shibboleth

Marc Redfield
Hosted by Britton Edelen

In this episode, I speak with Marc Redfield, professor of Comparative Literature, English, and German Studies at Brown University about his most recen…

Mario Telò, "Archive Feelings: A Theory of Greek Tragedy" (Ohio State UP, 2020)

January 22, 2021

Archive Feelings

Mario Telò
Hosted by Britton Edelen

On this episode, I interview Mario Telò, professor of Classics and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Berkeley, about his new boo…

Dora Zhang, "Strange Likeness: Description and the Modernist Novel" (U Chicago Press, 2020)

January 15, 2021

Strange Likeness

Dora Zhang
Hosted by Britton Edelen

In this interview, I talk with Dora Zhang, associate professor of English and comparative literature at the University of California, Berkeley, about …