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The Spouter-Inn
Suzanne Conklin Akbari and Chris Piuma
119 episodes
11 hours ago
Chris (a poet) and Suzanne (a professor) spent six years talking about “great books” (whatever that means), and are now talking about reading (and all the things that means).
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Chris (a poet) and Suzanne (a professor) spent six years talking about “great books” (whatever that means), and are now talking about reading (and all the things that means).
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The Spouter-Inn
86. Pride and Prejudice / Northanger Abbey.
For Jane Austen’s 250th birthday, we’re rereading Pride and Prejudice and Northanger Abbey.
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5 days ago
1 hour 26 minutes 1 second

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85. Wuthering Heights / Home Cooking.
Emily Brontë’s novel Wuthering Heights and Laurie Colwin’s essay collection Home Cooking.
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1 month ago
1 hour 15 minutes 57 seconds

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84. The Collected Poems of Wallace Stevens / Finnegans Wake.
The poetry of Wallace Stevens and James Joyce’s experimental novel Finnegans Wake.
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2 months ago
1 hour 25 minutes 27 seconds

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83. The Tale of Peter Rabbit / Forgetting Elena.
Beatrix Potter’s charming children’s book The Tale of Peter Rabbit and Edmund White’s novel Forgetting Elena.
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3 months ago
1 hour 16 minutes 26 seconds

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82. The Great Gatsby / Solaris.
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby on its 100th birthday, and Stanisław Lem’s science fiction classic Solaris.
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4 months ago
1 hour 15 minutes 10 seconds

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81. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz / Working Through Colonial Collections.
L. Frank Baum's beloved The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Margareta von Oswald’s insightful Working Through Colonial Collections: An Ethnography of the Ethnological Museum in Berlin, and other explorations.
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5 months ago
1 hour 12 minutes 26 seconds

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80. Paterson / The Door.
William Carlos William's book-length poem Paterson, Magda Szabó’s novel The Door, and oddly enticing book covers.
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6 months ago
1 hour 12 minutes 13 seconds

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79. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn / The Nine Tailors.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, The Nine Tailors by Dorothy L. Sayers, and keeping up with the latest books.
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7 months ago
1 hour 12 minutes 19 seconds

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78. Memory Serves / A Study in Scarlet.
Lee Maracle’s collection of essay-like pieces, Arthur Conan Doyle’s first Sherlock Holmes novel, and reading your friends’ books (or not).
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8 months ago
1 hour 5 minutes 31 seconds

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77. The Iliad / The Name of the Rose.
The Spouter-Inn enters a new era! This month: Emily Wilson’s translation of Homer’s Iliad, Umberto Eco’s medieval mystery novel The Name of the Rose, and books as holiday gifts.
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9 months ago
1 hour 3 minutes 23 seconds

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76b. Ned Raggett on The Return of the King.
Ned Raggett from By-The-Bywater joins us to discuss The Return of the King.
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10 months ago
53 minutes 9 seconds

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76. The Return of the King.
On the final part of J.R.R. Tolkien’s novel The Lord of the Rings.
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10 months ago
1 hour 3 minutes 30 seconds

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75. My Life.
Lyn Hejinian’s book of poetry (a curiously constructed autobiography of sorts) anchors a reflection on this cluster on Essays, Essaying, Stories, Storying.
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12 months ago
37 minutes 25 seconds

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74. Shapes of Native Nonfiction.
On a collection of contemporary nonfiction essays by Indigenous writers.
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1 year ago
42 minutes 34 seconds

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73. Dancing on Our Turtle’s Back.
Leanne Betasamosake Simpson’s 2011 book Dancing On Our Turtle's Back explores story and resurgence.
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1 year ago
45 minutes 19 seconds

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72. The Essays of Michel de Montaigne.
On Michel de Montaigne’s original collection of essays from the sixteenth century.
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1 year ago
44 minutes 15 seconds

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71. Troilus and Criseyde.
Geoffrey Chaucer's narrative poem Troilus and Criseyde.
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2 years ago
53 minutes 56 seconds

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70b. Bonus: Dick Davis on Translating Persian Poetry.
Dick Davis, translator of Layli and Majnun, The Conference of the Birds, and other Persian poetry.
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2 years ago
40 minutes 16 seconds

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70. Layli and Majnun.
Nezami Ganjavi's 12th century poem, Layli and Majnun (also known as Layla and Majnun).
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2 years ago
59 minutes 19 seconds

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69b. Bonus: Mark Sundaram and Aven McMaster on Etymology.
Mark Sundaram and Aven McMaster from The Endless Knot on etymology.
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2 years ago
43 minutes 43 seconds

The Spouter-Inn
Chris (a poet) and Suzanne (a professor) spent six years talking about “great books” (whatever that means), and are now talking about reading (and all the things that means).