The Worms Podcast

Most recently the author of ‘Bring No Clothes: Bloomsbury and the Philosophy of Fashion’ Charlie Porter is a writer, fashion critic and curator. He has written for The Financial Times, The Guardian, The New York Times amongst others. He is one of the most influential fashion writers of his time.
Charlie’s books were In Search of Lost Time {vol 1 - 7} by Marcel Proust

Lauren Elkin is a writer and translator, most recently the author of Art Monsters: Unruly Bodies in Feminist Art and the UK translator of Simone de Beauvoir's previously unpublished novel The Inseparables. Her writing has appeared in a variety of publications including the London Review of Books, the New York Times, Granta, Harper’s, Le Monde, the Times Literary Supplement and Frieze.

Laurens books were Bodies of Work by Kathy Acker and The Art Of Cruelty by Maggie Nelson.

Read Laurens tribute to Hilary Mantel here

Listening to Ghosts | Lauren Elkin (astra-mag.com)

TRIGGER WARNING

This episode contains discussions of PTSD and the depiction of traumatic events including discussion of 9/11 and gun control in the States. Listener discretion is advised.

Sheena Patel is a poet and writer. She is part of the 4 BROWN GIRLS WHO WRITE collective and her debut novel I'm a Fan won the Discover Book of the Year at the British Book Awards 2023, has been longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction, shortlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize and it was Foyles Fiction Book of the Year 2022.

Sheena’s books :

- ’ Motherhood’ by Sheila Heti

- ’Minor Feelings’ by Cathy Park Hong