Talk Write

By Brandon Cook

Excerpts and commentary on great writing

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The podcast currently has 143 episodes available.

Talk Write episodes:

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
February 23, 2025 Psalm 34
Sunday, February 23, 2025

Acrostic poetry, thematic resonance, and imagery: a meditation on Psalm 34.

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18min
February 22, 2025 Brandon Cook's "Amazing Grace"
A reading of my short story "Amazing Grace"

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23min
February 21, 2025 Wordsworth's "The Prelude"
A reflection on Wordsworth's ascent of Mt Snowdon

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12min
February 20, 2025 Frankl's "Man's Search for Meaning" 2
Another reflection on Viktor E. Frankl's "Man's Search for Meaning."

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12min

FAQs about Talk Write:

How many episodes does Talk Write have?

The podcast currently has 143 episodes available.