Leaves in the Wind - By David Bentley Hart

Episode #10 - A Conversation Between Peter O'Leary and David Bentley Hart On Gnosticism, visionary poetry, cats, dragons, Gnosticism, green children, green men, the Kalevala, Finnish culture.... I recently recorded a conversation with the effervescent poet Peter O’Leary. I chiefly wanted to talk to him about his fascination with Gnostic imagery, but of course these exchanges take on a life of thei...

David Armstrong writes a delightful Substack newsletter called "A Perennial Digression," for which he also recorded several interviews and he has kindly provided me copies of the four interviews he recorded with me. This is my favorite among the topics we discussed, I have to say.

Episode #8 - "The Armstrong Archives: Otherworlds" with David Bentley Hart David Armstrong writes a delightful Substack newsletter called "A Perennial Digression," for which he also recorded several interviews. He has kindly provided me copies of the four interviews he recorded with me. One shameful confession: at one point, where I meant to say Walter de la Mare, I for some reason said John Masef...

Episode #7 - A Conversation Between Ed Simon and David Bentley Hart A dilatory exchange on prose style, hating Strunk & White, religion and literature, the numinous within the arts, atheists new and old, French bulldogs and their elfin origins, Harold Bloom, and so much more... The (in person) jovial and (in print) mordant Ed Simon and I had a conversation recently, on any number of topics, bu...

Episode #6 - "The Armstrong Archives: Eschatological Horizons" with David Bentley Hart David Armstrong writes a delightful Substack newsletter called "A Perennial Digression," for which he also recorded several interviews. The Substack is available online, and he has kindly provided me copies of the four interviews he recorded with me.

Episode #5 - A Conversation Between Henry Weinfield and David Bentley Hart On poetry, translation, art & transcendence, Ronsard, Leopardi, Dante, consciousness, mind & being, the Last Men, universalism... I recently enjoyed a conversation with the very eminent poet and translator Henry Weinfield. It ranged freely over many topics, most of which are listed above; but there were others as we...

Episode #4 - A Conversation Between Tariq Goddard and David Bentley Hart On God, art, the novel, consciousness, the experience of the world, prayer, evil, heaven... (more or less what you might expect)... Tariq Goddard is not only an esteemed novelist and publisher; he is also an extremely amiable man and a delightful interlocutor. The occasion of our conversation was the appearance of his latest...

Episode #3 - A Conversation Between Salley Vickers and David Bentley Hart On (let's see) fairies, dreams, fiction, consciousness, resurrection, children's literature, time, the Higgs boson, nature and supernature, the principium plenitudinis, and assorted related topics... Salley Vickers is a wonderful novelist, but also a delightful, witty, kind, and (occasionally) sardonic soul. She also has mag...

#2 - A Conversation Between China Miéville and David Bentley Hart I had a conversation recently with China Miéville, the celebrated novelist, essayist, political theorist, and generally amiable soul. The proximate occasion, I suppose, was the appearance of his most recent book, A Spectre, Haunting, though our exchange ranged over his books and mine, fiction and non-fiction, and any number of topic...

Episode #1 - A Conversation Between Rainn Wilson and David Bentley Hart Principally about his Bahá'í faith, but also about cinema, the nostalgias of middle-aged men, Emma Peel, Master Po and Master Han, and various other matters... Rainn Wilson is an actor who has appeared in so many films and television programs that it is unlikely he needs much introduction. His best-known role is almost certain...