Reading and Writing
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Episodes
Wednesday Mar 15, 2023
Saturday Aug 13, 2022
Saturday Aug 13, 2022
Claire and I have one of my favorite discussions about a very under-read book. We talk about the relationship between America and money, love and money, obsession, greed, expectations vs. reality, imagination vs. fantasy, nature, beauty, truth, hoarse-voiced entertainers on sub-par cruises, and lots more.
Tuesday Aug 09, 2022
Tuesday Aug 09, 2022
In this episode, I present a recording from a class in which students and I discuss Frost's masterpiece, "Home Burial."
Monday Aug 01, 2022
Monday Aug 01, 2022
Claire and I talk about the strange wonderful pleasure of this book, focusing on the first 250 pages. More Cervantes discussions to come!
Saturday Apr 02, 2022
Sunday Jan 02, 2022
Sunday Jan 02, 2022
Some students and I walk through Hopkins' poem, celebrating its particular pleasures and insights, as well as talking in general about how easy it is to access the strange mysterious power of a poem.
Wednesday Nov 03, 2021
Wednesday Nov 03, 2021
Who's there? Who are you? Why are you here? What is it all for? Are these the right questions? Can we even know?
Wednesday Oct 27, 2021
Wednesday Oct 27, 2021
I yammer on for a while about how inadequate any theory of poetry is, and then I think I end up outlining a tentative theory of poetry. Oops.
Thursday Oct 14, 2021
Thursday Oct 14, 2021
I aim for a brief glimpse of the grandeur of these ancient scriptures, and think out loud about their central message: all is one. Along the way I ramble about death, unity, grief, the Self, the transcendent vs. the immanent, and more.
Friday Oct 08, 2021
Friday Oct 08, 2021
In this episode, I talk for an entire hour as if I know something. I make many statements that have the cadence of "understanding," but mostly I'm just rambling about a very beautiful and fascinating book, The Book of Chuang Tzu. And the worse thing of all is that Claire--the only reason these recordings are worth listening to--isn't even here to stop me from rambling!