Long before there were blogs or podcasts, Andrei Codrescu was writing online (much of it through his “hidden literary magazine” Exquisite Corpse) and publishing audio commentary (often as a commentator on NPR). He is the author of many books of poetry, essays and fiction, and has taught literature at Johns Hopkins University, the University of Baltimore and Louisiana State University, where he recently retired as the MacCurdy Distinguished Professor of English.

Now, he’s planning on developing a podcast of his very own. Today, we talk about this upcoming project, which comments on his previous radio work, the importance of peripheral locations, and changes in Romania from the fall of Communism to the present day.

Show Notes and Links

Andrei CodrescuWebsite

Twitter: @acodrescu

Exquisite Corpse:Click on the large No to enter site

NPR archive

Ioan CulianuMircea Eliade

Lars Iyer

The Original Brothers Grimm translated by Jack Zipes

Lafcadio Hearn