Open Book

Open Book

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Open Book episodes

  • Reading "The Scholar-Gypsy"

    This is a recording of Matthew Arnold's "The Scholar-Gypsy," read by Michael Ullyot.

    The text is from the 6th edition of the Norton Anthology of Poetry, edited in 2018 by Margaret Ferguson, Tim Kendall, and Mary Jo Salter. 

    18 min
  • Reading Sidney's Defence of Poesy, 1 of 3

    This is a recording of Sir Philip Sidney's Defence of Poesy, or An Apology for Poetry, read by Michael Ullyot in three episodes. 

    The text is from R.W. Maslen's 2002 edition for Manchester University Press.

    59 min
  • Reading "Four Quartets," 2 of 2

    This is a recording of T. S. Eliot's "Four Quartets," read by Michael Ullyot in two episodes. 

    The text is from The Collected Poems, 1909-1962, published by Faber & Faber in 1974.

    31 min
  • Reading "Four Quartets," 1 of 2

    This is a recording of T. S. Eliot's "Four Quartets," read by Michael Ullyot in two episodes. 

    The text is from The Collected Poems, 1909-1962, published by Faber & Faber in 1974.

    26 min
  • Reading "Upon Appleton House"

    This is a recording of Andrew Marvell's "Upon Appleton House," read by Michael Ullyot. 

    The text is from The Complete Poems, edited by Elizabeth Story Donno, published by Penguin in 2005.

    39 min
  • Reading "The Deserted Village"

    A recording of Oliver Goldsmith's "The Deserted Village," read by Michael Ullyot. 

    The text is from The Norton Anthology of Poetry, 6th edition, edited by Margaret Ferguson, Tim Kendall, and Mary Jo Salter, published by W. W. Norton in 2018.

    29 min
  • Reading "Howl"
    A recording of Allen Ginsberg's "Howl," read by Michael Ullyot. 
    The text is from The Collected Poems: 1947-1985, published by Penguin in 1995.
    26 min
  • Reading "Adonais"

    A recording of Percy Bysshe Shelley's "Adonais," an elegy for John Keats, read by Michael Ullyot. 

    The text is from The Major Works, edited by Zachary Leader and Michael O'Neill, published by Oxford University Press in 2003.

    34 min

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A podcast about reading texts like an English professor. Your host is Michael Ullyot, Associate Professor of English at the University of Calgary. Episodes are designed to appeal to curious and…

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