timothy abbatacola

Reading for Life

Arts EN ↓ 3 episodes

Reading for Life is a show about books and the ways they expand our imaginations. Here, I explore texts for meaning, beauty, and the shape they impress upon us as we read. If you're looking for a conversation partner as you continue your reading journey, or need an approachable way in to the world of serious literature and the ideas that surround it, join me!

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timothy abbatacola

Episodes

The Burden of the Inexplicable in I Who Have Never Known Men, Episode 2, Vol. 1 "A Great Host" 07.07.2026 1:01:36

Using the mystery of Jaqueline Harpman's novel to think seriously about certain existential and psychological frameworks. Get ready for some Freud, Rilke, Becker, and Oliver. I read two Oliver poems. You can find both of them in Volume 1 of her Selected Poems .

Harpman and the Concept of Burden - An ill-advised preamble to the I Who have Never Known Men episodes 11.06.2026 15:30

Introducing the concept of a burden as the existential gift the universe gives a human for living up to (or below) their destiny. Setting up a creative and (too?) earnest interpretation of Jaqueline Harpman's I Who have Never Known Men. Ad-libbed explanation of how I got to this interpretive framework.

David Copperfield, "Reading as if for Life" | Ep. 1 of Vol. I, "A Great Host" 17.03.2026 51:28

An introduction to the show and a dive into Dickens' David Copperfield.