Talk Write

By Brandon Cook

Regular updates about what makes great writing great.

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The podcast currently has 126 episodes available.

Talk Write episodes:

April 13, 2025 Lusting for Release
Dante and Virgil meet the rest of the lustful company as they continue their sojourn through the last cornice of Purgatory.Trans. John Ciardi

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24min
March 22, 2025 The Violent Delayers: Dante's Purgatorio, Canto 5
In the rung of the late-delayers, Dante and Virgil meet three souls who died by violence.

Trans. John Giardi

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20min
March 21, 2025 Up the Straight and Narrow Way: Dante's Purgatorio, Canto 4
After three cantos of setting the scene, Dante and Virgil finally begin their ascent. Encounters with the sun and the indolent.

Trans. John Giardi

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18min
March 20, 2025 Don't delay; be on your way! Dante Purgatorio, Canto 3
The contumacious are condemned to carry on wandering in Canto 3 of Dante's Purgatorio.

Translation: John Ciardi

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23min
March 19, 2025 A Heavenly Herald: Dante's Purgatorio Canto 2
Dante and Virgil's encounter with the angel-guide; Cato urges the souls not to dilly-dally: Canto 2.

Translation: John Ciardi

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21min
March 18, 2025 Escape from Hell: Dante's Purgatorio Canto 1
Dante and Virgil emerge from Hell and come to the antechamber of Purgatory. Cato of Utica and Baptism: Dante's Purgatorio Canto 1.

Translation John Ciardi

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26min
March 17, 2025 Songs of Reflection, Psalms of Ascent: Psalms 125, 126
Having come to Mount Zion, the psalmist reflects on the mercies and grace that have seen him this far.

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15min
March 17, 2025 No Country for Old Men: Yeats's" Sailing to Byzantium"
Happy Saint Patrick's Day! Today we have Yeats's rhapsodizing and lyrical "Sailing to Byzantium."

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15min
March 15, 2025 Heaven and Deliverance: Psalms of Ascent 123 and 124
Lenten Week 3: Psalms 123 and 124

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18min
March 15, 2025 Short story: "The Three and a Half Deaths of Berry Qin" - Brandon Cook
My short story "The Three and a Half Deaths of Berry Qin"

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16min

FAQs about Talk Write:

How many episodes does Talk Write have?

The podcast currently has 126 episodes available.