"A Lovely Wallpaper" offers up guided memorizations, featuring a new poem
each episode.
Proposing memory work as a challenge to the ephemeral language of our moment, host Abby
delivers
an exploration of each new poem in two parts. In the first act, she chats with a guest
about poetry and
memory. In the second act, she presents the episode's poem, as read by her guest, in a
special format
designed to work as a roadmap to learning it by heart.
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"A Lovely Wallpaper" offers up guided memorizations, featuring a new poem
each episode.
Proposing memory work as a challenge to the ephemeral language of our moment, host Abby
delivers
an exploration of each new poem in two parts. In the first act, she chats with a guest
about poetry and
memory. In the second act, she presents the episode's poem, as read by her guest, in a
special format
designed to work as a roadmap to learning it by heart.
Ghost Story from William Maxwell’s "The Château" — with Christine Schutt
A Lovely Wallpaper
19 minutes 15 seconds
1 month ago
Ghost Story from William Maxwell’s "The Château" — with Christine Schutt
This special October episode features a ghost story from William Maxwell’s novel The Château. Set in a harsh, old-fashioned classroom where children recite their lessons, its haunting force is a shapeshifting memory double—squarely in the “A Lovely Wallpaper” wheelhouse. Guest reader is fiction writer Christine Schutt, author of Pure Hollywood, Prosperous Friends, All Souls, and more. No poem, no interview—just understated, literary thrills and chills.
A Lovely Wallpaper
"A Lovely Wallpaper" offers up guided memorizations, featuring a new poem
each episode.
Proposing memory work as a challenge to the ephemeral language of our moment, host Abby
delivers
an exploration of each new poem in two parts. In the first act, she chats with a guest
about poetry and
memory. In the second act, she presents the episode's poem, as read by her guest, in a
special format
designed to work as a roadmap to learning it by heart.
