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Lydia Davis's "Collaboration with Fly" with Nora Lange
In this episode, Abby interviews Nora Lange, novelist and short story writer, about her books Us Fools and Day Care. Together, they present “Collaboration with Fly” by Lydia Davis. …
Jean Follain's "The Worth of Bread" with Andrew Seguin
In this episode, Abby interviews Andrew Seguin, poet and translator, about his books The Room in Which I Work, a poetic exploration of the early photographer Nicéphore Niépce, and Earthly, his new…
John Donne's "A Nocturnal upon St. Lucy's Day" with Robert Harrison
Guest Robert Pogue Harrison, professor of Italian and French literature at Stanford, discusses his long running radio program "Entitled Opinions (about Life and Literature)." He presents “A Nocturnal…
Adam Zagajewski's "Try to Praise the Mutilated World" with Selma Asotić
In this episode, Abby interviews poet Selma Asotić about her English language debut Say Fire, a beautiful book about families, language, and trauma in post-war Sarajevo. Together, they present "Let…
William Maxwell's "Ghost Story from The Chateau" with Christine Schutt
This special October episode features a ghost story from William Maxwell's novel The Château. It's set in a harsh, old-fashioned classroom where kids recite their lessons, and its haunting force is a…
Bernadette Mayer's "The Garden" with Marie Warsh
In this episode, Abby interviews art historian Marie Warsh about her book Central Park's Adventure-Style Playgrounds, about growing up surrounded by poetry and art on the Lower East side, and about…
Sylvia Plath's "Mushrooms" with James Oliver
In this episode, Abby interviews radical mycologist James Oliver about mushrooms and his work healing post-fire sites with mycelium at The Center for Applied Ecological Remediation (CAER). Together,…
William Butler Yeats' "The Pity of Love" with Mary Lattimore
In this episode, Abby interviews harpist and composer Mary Lattimore about her most recent album Goodbye, Hotel Arkada, her musical collaborations, and her instrument in all its epic visceral and…
Guillaume Apollinaire's "Zone" with Lucy Sante
In this episode, Abby interviews writer Lucy Sante about recent books *Nineteen Reservoirs* and *I Heard Her Call My Name*. Together, they present an excerpt of the poem "Zone" by Guillaume…
Emily Dickinson's "There is a Zone whose even Years" with Lee Ann Brown
In this episode, Abby interviews Lee Ann Brown, poet and founding editrix of Tender Buttons, about running a small press for 36 years, having Bernadette Mayer as a mentor, setting poems to music, and…
Dame Juliana Berners' "An Eagle for an Emperor" with Talon Knight and Terri Casey
In this episode, Abby interviews Talon Knight aka Robert Shallow, about falconry, owls, and the SoCal Renaissance Faire. Terri Casey, director of the Queen's Court, joins in to read “An Eagle for an…
Walt Whitman's "What Am I After All" with Andrew Tonkovich
In this episode, Abby interviews Andrew Tonkovich, writer, editor of the journals The Santa Monica Review and Citric Acid, and host of the KPFK radio program "Bibliocracy," about a new exhibition he…
Robert Frost's "The Rose Family" with Kate Lebo
In this episode, Abby Walthausen interviews Kate Lebo, author of *Pie School* and *Pie and Whiskey*, about the essays and recipes in *The Book of Difficult Fruit: Arguments for the Tart, Tender, and…
Rainer Maria Rilke's "Requiem for a Friend" with Marie Darrieussecq
Guest Marie Darrieussecq, author of more than 20 novels, discusses two of her non-fiction books *Sleepless: A Memoir of Insomnia* and *Being Here is Everything: The Life of Paula Modersohn-Becker*.…
William Shakespeare's "Sonnet 66" with Ishion Hutchinson
In this episode, Abby Walthausen interviews Ishion Hutchinson, author of the poetry collections *School of Instructions: a Poem*, *House of Lords and Commons*, and *Far District*. Born in Port…
James Joyce's "On the Beach at Fontana" with Peter Orner
In this episode, Abby Walthausen interviews Peter Orner, fiction writer and professor of English and Creative writing at Dartmouth College, for a special Bloomsday episode. For memory, they offer up…
William Shakespeare's "Sonnet 143" with Susan Angelo
In this episode, Abby Walthausen interviews Susan Angelo, actor, educator, and founder of The Shakespeare Gymnasium! For memory, they offer up William Shakespeare's Sonnet 143 "Lo, as a Careful…
Elizabeth Bishop's "One Art" with Jos Kley
In this episode, Abby interviews Jos Kley, former singer of the long running Dutch punk band The Ex. Together, they present the poem "One Art" by Elizabeth Bishop. Recitation begins at 35:08.One…
Elizabeth Bishop's "Casabianca" with Catherine Robson
In this episode, Abby interviews Catherine Robson, professor at NYU and author of "Heart Beats: Everyday Life and the Memorized Poem." Together, they present the poem "Casabianca" by …
William Blake's "Piping Down the Valleys Wild" with Susie Boyt
In this episode, Abby interviews Susie Boyt, author of several books, among them the novel Loved and Missed and the memoir My Judy Garland Life. Together, they present the poem "Piping Down the…
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