Steve Chisnell

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Wanderings On Literature and Language

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Steve Chisnell

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Waypoint – “The Fortune Teller” 10.04.2026 26:26

  10 April 2026 Waypoint - “The Fortune Teller” by Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis is perhaps the greatest writer of Brazil. In “The Fortune-Teller,” a secret affair driven by anonymous threats pushes a committed skeptic toward a dingy attic and a deck of cards. It is a study in […]

Waypoint – “The Imp of Perversity” 31.10.2025 21:19

Another Halloween treat from Poe, a reading of this lesser-known tale. And follow the podcast for some ways to think about it and "The Tell-Tale Heart"!

Waypoint – “The Tell-Tale Heart” 28.10.2025 19:17

This story, a quintessential Poe classic, is perfect not only for its conception of the psychology of horror, but for our larger discussion in Le Guin's Journey 6.

Not My Text! Irony and Ducking Accountability 31.01.2025 31:56

We consider who is accountable for the text: author, character, or reader, and how writers build a narrative distance in texts to allow irony and meaning to operate (and shirking a bit of accountability).

An Introduction and Irony 24.01.2025 26:46

What is Literary Nomads, anyway? And what does that have to do with Radiohead, Godzilla, professorial assault, and irony?

Unwoven Interview #3: Poet Kelly Porter 17.01.2025 52:24

The final of three full interviews from the book launch of my poetry book Unwoven. Here, poet Kelly Porter and I discuss how consciously writers might think about structure.