Lit from the Basement

Lit from the Basement

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Lit from the Basement episodes

  • 015 Drift
    Danielle shares Brenda Shaughnessy’s brutally clever poem “Drift” with Max. Topics touched upon include metaphysical poets, paradox, and staying in bad relationships.
    52 min
  • 014 "Door" by Dana Levin

    Danielle explains her personal connection to Dana Levin's "Door," working for a mean art dealer, and the dream that lead her to teaching. Max laments too many choices and, once again, brings up Watership Down. 

    58 min
  • 014 Door
    Danielle explains her personal connection to Dana Levin's "Door," working for a mean art dealer, and the dream that lead her to teaching. Max laments too many choices and, once again, brings up Watership Down.
    58 min
  • 013 Ghazal of Dark Death
    By sheer coincidence, our 13th show falls on Halloween week! Danielle sets the Halloween mood with Lorca's "Ghazal of Dark Death." Max is a little disappointed to find it has nothing to do with the Ghostbusters antagonist.
    54 min
  • 012 Departure
    Danielle explains what an aubade is to Max by sharing Ocean Vuong's wonderfully dark poem "Departure" with him. Max is thrilled. Maybe too thrilled.
    49 min
  • 011 Wishbone
    Danielle is in Washington, DC with friend Shaun Daniels to discuss Wishbone from Richard Siken's crazy, sexy thrill ride of a book Crush.
    53 min

About Lit from the Basement

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This is a podcast in which Professor Deulen introduces poetry to her irreverent husband, Max. Each show is a close reading of a single poem. They discuss it for a bit, allowing the conversation to…