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FAQs about Reading and Writing:How many episodes does Reading and Writing have?The podcast currently has 92 episodes available.
March 15, 2023Adam ZagajewskiWe talk about the life-affirming poems of Adam Zagajewski. ...more44minPlay
August 13, 2022Frank Norris, McTeagueClaire and I have one of my favorite discussions about a very under-read book. We talk about the relationship between America and money, love and money, obsession, greed, expectations vs. reality, imagination vs. fantasy, nature, beauty, truth, hoarse-voiced entertainers on sub-par cruises, and lots more. ...more1h 3minPlay
August 09, 2022Robert Frost, ”Home Burial”In this episode, I present a recording from a class in which students and I discuss Frost's masterpiece, "Home Burial." ...more57minPlay
August 01, 2022Don QuixoteClaire and I talk about the strange wonderful pleasure of this book, focusing on the first 250 pages. More Cervantes discussions to come!...more45minPlay
April 02, 2022James Agee, Let Us Now Praise Famous Men"Everything that is is holy." Translation: CLAIRE IS BACK!!!!!! ...more54minPlay
January 02, 2022”As Kingfishers Catch Fire...”, a poem by GM HopkinsSome students and I walk through Hopkins' poem, celebrating its particular pleasures and insights, as well as talking in general about how easy it is to access the strange mysterious power of a poem. ...more52minPlay
November 03, 2021HamletWho's there? Who are you? Why are you here? What is it all for? Are these the right questions? Can we even know? ...more1h 3minPlay
October 27, 2021How to Enjoy Poetry, and Why I yammer on for a while about how inadequate any theory of poetry is, and then I think I end up outlining a tentative theory of poetry. Oops. ...more57minPlay
October 15, 2021The UpanishadsI aim for a brief glimpse of the grandeur of these ancient scriptures, and think out loud about their central message: all is one. Along the way I ramble about death, unity, grief, the Self, the transcendent vs. the immanent, and more. ...more58minPlay
October 08, 2021The Book of Chuang TzuIn this episode, I talk for an entire hour as if I know something. I make many statements that have the cadence of "understanding," but mostly I'm just rambling about a very beautiful and fascinating book, The Book of Chuang Tzu. And the worse thing of all is that Claire--the only reason these recordings are worth listening to--isn't even here to stop me from rambling! ...more54minPlay
FAQs about Reading and Writing:How many episodes does Reading and Writing have?The podcast currently has 92 episodes available.