an informal lecture musing on T.S. Eliot and Modernism, esp. in relation to THE WASTE LAND as a core text of Modernism.

an informal lecture on what begat/influenced Modernism in literature and art. key figures. key thinking. and as always, how capitalism intersects with all

reading from Nate Holdren's slow cancellation of the future. blog piece dated June 6, 2024.

the first in a series of informal musings on Modernism in literature.

excerpt from David Barnett's book THEATRICALITY, PLAYTEXTS AND SOCIETY. Published by Cambridge University Press, 2024.

reading from sections of the book PERFORMING GRIEF IN PANDEMIC THEATRES by Fintan Walsh. published by Cambridge University Press, 2024.

an excerpt from Sara Freeman's book Playwriting, Dramaturgy and Space published by Cambridge University Press in 2023 as part of the Cambridge Elements Contemporary Performance Texts series.

an informal lecture/reflection by Caridad Svich on the relationship among the text, the author and the reader

an informal lecture on ghosts in writing - their function and their existence.

reading from the introduction to Jonas Barish's The Anti-theatrical Prejudice (UC Press, 1981), and abstract/summary of Eileen Fischer's review of this book in Modern Drama journal (University of Toronto Press, Volume 25, Number 3, Fall 1982, pp. 435-437)