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January 31, 2024 ‘Address to Edinburgh’ (1786) by Robert Burns
S3E95 A belated Burns Night celebration, featuring one of Burns' lesser liked poems. But one of the only poems to inspire a toilet seat. Tune in for an exploration of Burns' time in Edinburgh, the Enlightenment's paradoxical attitude to Scottishness, and lots of rhyme-whining.

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32 min
October 31, 2023 “Ominous Whoosh”: John Thorne on Twin Peaks
S3E94 As a Halloween treat, Ash talks with the author of Ominous Whoosh: A Wandering Mind Returns to Twin Peaks, John Thorne. Tune in for a in-depth conversation about Twin Peaks with one of the leading scholars of the show.

Follow John on Twitter here: @thornewip
And purchase Ominous Whoosh: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ominous-Whoosh-Wandering-Returns-Peaks-ebook/dp/B0BCNXTCLJhttp://www.patriciagrisafi.com/about-1

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1 hr 26 min
September 14, 2023 “Plath’s Not a Phase”: Trish Grisafi on Breaking Down Plath
S3E93 Ash is again joined by Trish Grisafi to talk about her book Breaking Down Plath as well as Plath's relationship with feminism, the changing reputation of Plath and the "Plath phase".

Follow Trish on Twitter here: @PatriciaGrisafi
And visit her website: http://www.patriciagrisafi.com/about-1

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20 min
September 08, 2023 ‘Stings’ (1962) by Sylvia Plath
S3E92 Ash is joined by Patricia Grisafi to discuss 'Stings' by Sylvia Plath, the third poem in her Bee Sequence. Tune in for a conversation about red comets, queen bees, and scapegoats.

Follow Trish on Twitter here: @PatriciaGrisafi
And visit her website: http://www.patriciagrisafi.com/about-1

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1 hr 3 min
August 29, 2023 “I Felt Like I Was Cheating on Plath”: Peter K. Steinberg on the Writings of Assia Wevill
S3E91 On today's extended interview, Ash talks some more to Peter K. Steinberg, about his work as co-editor of the Collected Letters of Sylvia Plath and The Collected Writings of Assia Wevill.

Follow Peter on Twitter here: @sylviaplathinfo
And visit his website https://sylviaplathinfo.blogspot.com/

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45 min
August 27, 2023 ‘The Swarm’ (1962) by Sylvia Plath
S3E90 Ash is joined again by Peter K. Steinberg to discuss Sylvia Plath's late poem 'The Swarm'. Tune in to hear about Plath's interest in Napoleon, her experiences bee-keeping and Peter's theory that The Swarm may contain coded references to Assia Wevill.

Follow Peter on Twitter here: @sylviaplathinfo
And visit his website https://sylviaplathinfo.blogspot.com/

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49 min
July 25, 2023 ‘Electra on Azalea Path’ (1959) by Sylvia Plath
S3E89 Ash is joined by Peter K. Steinberg to discuss Sylvia Plath's fascinating poem, 'Electra on Azalea Path'. Tune in for a discussion about reckless psychoanalysis, bumblebees (and their ways) and... Tolkien?

Follow Peter on Twitter here: @sylviaplathinfo
And visit his website https://sylviaplathinfo.blogspot.com/

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1 hr 1 min
July 10, 2023 “My Mother’s Legacy is Secure”: Kate Levey on Brigid Brophy
S3E88 Ash is joined again by Kate Levey to talk more about her mother, Brigid Brophy: her work outside of writing, her relationship with Iris Murdoch and her reputation today.

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19 min
July 09, 2023 The Snow Ball (1964) by Brigid Brophy
S3E87 "Mozart, sex and death" is in store today, as Ash and his guest Kate Levey discuss her mother's brilliant 1964 novel, The Snow Ball.

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1 hr 18 min
May 05, 2023 “Shakespeare’s Tutor”: Darren Freebury-Jones on The Influence of Thomas Kyd
S3E86 Following on from episodes on The Spanish Tragedy and The Birth of Merlin, Darren Freebury-Jones joins Ash once again, this time to talk about his own work on Thomas Kyd and early modern authorship studies.

Follow Darren on Twitter here: @Freeburian
And order a copy of his book, Shakespeare's Tutor, here:
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30 min