Survive It Well

S2E1: Horror / I appreciate bold swings

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Welcome to season 2! It's a horrifyingly good start to the season. We discuss the poems "Windigo" by Louise Erdrich (1984) and "Cruel Strokes" by Steffi Tad-y (2022) and the picture book "The Wolves in the Walls" written Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Dave McKean (2003).


Other mentions:

  • Carol Ann Duffy's poems “Mrs Darwin” and “Mrs Aesop” from “The World’s Wife” (Picador, 1999)
    • Article on The Windigo and colonialism as cannibalism: Dillion, Portland State University: https://web.pdx.edu/~dillong/Windigo%20(Dillon).pdf
      • "What the Dark Sounds Like" by Aparna Kapur (Pratham Books, 2023) https://storyweaver.org.in/stories/555145-what-the-dark-sounds-like
        • "Really Good Actually" by Monica Heisey (William Morrow, 2023)


          • Thank you to Pádraig Ó Tuama whose poem “The Facts of Life” inspired the title of this podcast. 

          Cover image by Sanjana Kapur.

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          Survive It WellBy Haley Down and Aparna Kapur