The Spouter-Inn

70. Layli and Majnun. 06.09.2023 59:19 ↓

Nezami Ganjavi's 12th century poem, Layli and Majnun (also known as Layla and Majnun).

69b. Bonus: Mark Sundaram and Aven McMaster on Etymology. 15.07.2023 43:43 ↓

Mark Sundaram and Aven McMaster from The Endless Knot on etymology.

69. The Etymologies. 01.07.2023 48:18 ↓

Isidore of Seville's medieval encyclopedia, The Etymologies.

68. The Consolation of Philosophy. 08.06.2023 58:19 ↓

The Consolation of Philosophy by Boethius.

67. The Song of Songs. 11.05.2023 49:05 ↓

The erotic/devotional poetry of The Song of Songs.

66. Antigone. 02.04.2023 54:29 ↓

Sophocles's play Antigone.

65. The Epic of Gilgamesh. 26.02.2023 53:50 ↓

The ancient Mesopotamian poem The Epic of Gilgamesh.

64b. Bonus: Sassan Tabatabai on Blind Owl. 12.02.2023 37:13 ↓

We are joined by poet and scholar Sassan Tabatabai, who translated Blind Owl.

64. Blind Owl. 31.01.2023 54:14 ↓

Sadeq Hedayat's hauting novel Blind Owl.

63. Midwinter Day. 20.01.2023 52:58 ↓

Bernadette Mayer's book-length poem Midwinter Day.

62. The Waste Land. 04.01.2023 48:49 ↓

T.S. Eliot's poem The Waste Land on its 100th birthday.

61. Native Tongue. 20.12.2022 57:43 ↓

Suzette Haden Elgin's feminist science-fiction novel Native Tongue.

60b. Bonus: Jared Pechaček on The Two Towers. 05.11.2022 36:50 ↓

Writer and artist Jared Pechaček joins in a discussion of Tolkien's The Two Towers.

60. The Two Towers. 01.10.2022 53:47 ↓

The second part of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings.

59. Harriet the Spy. 25.09.2022 57:12 ↓

Louise Fitzhugh's children's novel Harriet the Spy.

58. Invisible Man. 04.09.2022 52:09 ↓

Ralph Ellison's novel is, among other things, a portrait of New York City.

57. Ulysses. 16.06.2022 59:44 ↓

James Joyce’s novel takes place in a single day in Dublin.

56. Mrs. Dalloway. 25.05.2022 53:27 ↓

Virginia Woolf's novel takes place in a single day in London.

55b. Bonus: Sandow Birk on the Divine Comedy. 16.05.2022 38:28 ↓

Artist Sandow Birk joins us to discuss his work on the Divine Comedy and the American Qur'an.

55. Paradiso. 30.04.2022 52:53 ↓

The final section of Dante’s Divine Comedy.

54. The Rings of Saturn. 07.04.2022 56:25 ↓

W.G. Sebald's curious book The Rings of Saturn.

53. Confessions. 08.03.2022 49:29 ↓

Augustine's autobiography reckons with time itself.

52. Black Skin, White Masks. 22.02.2022 47:16 ↓

Frantz Fanon’s essay collection, on colonialism’s effects on the psyche.

51. I Am Woman. 16.01.2022 59:46 ↓

Lee Maracle’s book, subtitled “A Native Perspective on Sociology and Feminism”.

50. The Hereford Mappa Mundi. 25.12.2021 57:04 ↓

The Hereford Mappa Mundi is a medieval map of the world — what does it mean to “read” it?