Multilingual Literature

This episode discusses language learning tips at a more surface level. I describe it as 'tinkering' with a language, meaning that you are just analyzing the mechanics of how your target language functions, how it sounds and how its words are written. Usage of the International Phonetic Alphabet is mentioned in this episode and I explain what it is in a nutshell for newer language learners...

I'm launching a new series of narrating an original English sonnet every Saturday for the rest of the summer (until late August), either in the traditional iambic pentameter or more of an irregular metrical pattern, but still keeping the traditional ABAB CDCD EFEF rhyme scheme. There will be three parts to each episode: the first will be a short anecdote of my writing process throughout the we...

This is a technical solo episode meant to give you insight into some creative writing techniques and strategies for language learning. I get into detail about neuroscience and the brain, two multilingual creatives that inspire me on my multilingual creative writing and narration journey, and strategies for writing in different languages. I also shared how I relearned Spanish in 2013 and how this p...

In this episode I narrate 20 original rime couee poems with an Irish brogue. I’m experimenting with this aesthetically pleasing accent and am still honing my skills with it. The rime couee is a French-style poem with six rhyming lines and an AABCCB pattern. The first two lines and 3rd and 2nd to last lines have 8 syllables while the third and last line have 6 syllables. Some of these had stanzas i...

I go on a brief discussion about what I think makes a good teacher by sharing an anecdotal memory of my two favorite teachers and subjects when I was in high school. I recorded in Ecclesiastical Latin, Brazilian Portuguese, American English, and Argentinian Spanish. Special thanks to my Latin tutor! I hope you enjoy.

I recorded myself reading unedited introspective journals in Argentinian Spanish. Most of the topics discussed were theological, hypothetical, and historical/autobiographical events of my days. I also mention some plans for future podcast episodes, career, and self-dialogue some personal challenges at the moment. I apologize if the audio wasn’t loud enough because I’m experimenting with a new reco...

This episode contains original ballade fragments in the English language. 10 syllables with rhyme schemes (I tried my best to write them with iambic pentameter). Enjoy!

Happy Resurrection Sunday! I narrated a Christian poem called Hope, by William Cowper, a poet from the 18th century.

A brief bio of a multilingual Christian poet from the 1600s. Sources—“He Saw God Through His Pen: George Herbert (1593-1633)”- desiringgod.org (article by John Piper); Excerpt from “George Herbert’s Latin Verse: Musae Responsoriae, Passio Discerpta, Lucus and Alia Pemata Latina”—George Herbert Journal, 2017, xxxi, p. 283 Bryn Mawr Classical Review bmcr.brynmawr.edu; “English Poems of George Herber...

This is a short bio and a narration of two of Carlos Drummond de Andrade’s poems in Brazilian Portuguese. He was one of eight children born to farming class parents in Minas Gerais Brazil. He grew up to become one of the most influential Brazilian poets of the Modernism movement.

In this episode, I finish the book of Revelation, narrated in Ecclesiastical Latin from the Latin Vulgate.

I recorded the second part of chapters 8 through 17 of the Book of Revelation in Ecclesiastical Latin. I hope you enjoy listening!

I know it’s not technically original poetry, but I narrate the Book of Revelation (or roughly the first 8 chapters at least) in ecclesiastical Latin. I hope you enjoy!

I narrate original poetry in Brazilian Portuguese. Enjoy!

I discuss some ideas and suggestions for developing better reading habits, in the area of poetic literature, depending on your goals of writing better poems, finding inspiration, etc.

I narrated some old original poetry written in the Spanish language. Most of it is Romantic, with some hints of melancholy. I hope you enjoy!

I narrate a variety of original Terza Rimas, Kimos, and ballades in the English language.