Talk Write

By Brandon Cook

Regular updates about what makes great writing great.

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The podcast currently has 127 episodes available.

Talk Write episodes:

March 05, 2025 Madness and Loyalty: Ahab V Starbuck (Moby Dick)
"Let Ahab beware of Ahab"

Ahab confronts his first mate in Chapter 109 of Melville's "Moby Dick."

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15min
March 04, 2025 Madness, Monomania, Metaphysics: The Hunt Begins (Moby Dick Chapter 36)
"Death to Moby Dick!"

Captain Ahab's manic speech against the White Whale in Melville's "Moby Dick"

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30min
March 03, 2025 Monstrous imagery: Melville's "Maldive Shark"
Images of monsters in Melville's 16-line poem "The Maldive Shark."

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16min
March 02, 2025 Psalms of Ascent: Psalm 121
"I will lift up mine eyes to the hills"

Songs of trust and travel: Psalm 121

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12min
March 01, 2025 Short story: Brandon Cook's "Grace's Feel For Pain"
A short story I wrote in December: "Grace's Feel For Pain."

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24min
February 28, 2025 Reading, Writing, Speaking: Samuel Johnson's "On Studies"
Reading, Writing, Speaking - Samuel Johnson responds to Francis Bacon.

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16min
February 27, 2025 Prose stylistics: Francis Bacon's "On Studies"
Thursday, February 27 2025

Triades, mirroring, payoffs, and voice: Francis Bacon's "On Studies" (1625).

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13min
February 26, 2025 Imagery and Transformation: Seamus Heaney's "Digging"
Wednesday, February 26, 2025

Nature imagery, sensory details, and subtle but effective transformation in Seamus Heaney's poem "Digging."

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9min
February 25, 2025 Insight: C.S. Lewis's "The Great Divorce"
Psychological insight, allegory, and soul-anatomy in C.S. Lewis's novel about hell

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20min
February 24, 2025 Hopkins's "Pied Beauty"
A meditation on Gerard Manley Hopkins's "Pied Beauty."

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6min

FAQs about Talk Write:

How many episodes does Talk Write have?

The podcast currently has 127 episodes available.