Sophomore Lit

Somebody loves us all. Rosalynde Vas Dias discusses three poems by Elizabeth Bishop: “Sestina” (1956), “Filling Station” (1956), and “Crusoe in England” (1971).

Host John McCoy with Rosalynde Vas Dias and Marina McCoy.

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Podcasts are the original voices in your head. David Dredrick discusses John Wyndham’s The Chrysalids (1955).

Host John McCoy with David Dedrick.

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Make money fast with this one weird trick. Glenn Fleishman discusses Friedrich Dürrenmatt’s play The Visit (1956).

Host John McCoy with Glenn Fleishman.

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And indeed there will be time to discuss this, the most mid-life white-guy crisis poem of all. Lisa Schmeiser discusses T.S. Eliot’s “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” (1915).

Host John McCoy with Lisa Schmeiser.

Complete text on the Poetry Foundation website

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I’ve heard it said by men of wide experience that podcasts used to be better in the old days. Kieran Healy discusses three short stories by Frank O’Connor: “First Confession,” “The Majesty of the Law,” and “Guests of the Nation.”

Host John McCoy with Kieran Healy.

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Forever is composed of podcasts. Caroline Fulford discusses selected poems by Emily Dickinson (c. 1860-65).

Host John McCoy with Caroline Fulford and Marina McCoy.

Biography and texts of many of her poems. Works in this episode linked below:

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Cigars are always trouble. Marina McCoy discusses Barbara Robinson’s The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (1972).

Host John McCoy with Marina McCoy.

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Sometimes you want to go where everybody is a thread in the fabric of the human condition. Also they know your name. Phil Gonzales discusses William Saroyan’s The Time of Your Life (1939).

Host John McCoy with Phil Gonzales.

The John Houseman directed television version for Theater in America, with Kevin Kline and Patti Lupone.

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Hey, things are tough. The McCoy Bros, Rob, John, and Dan, discuss the books that get them through.

Host John McCoy with Rob McCoy and Dan McCoy.

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Ross Cleaver returns to talk owls, plates, and Welsh mythology in Alan Garner’s The Owl Service (1967).

Host John McCoy with Ross Cleaver.

The titular service plate with its owl flowers.

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