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The History of Literature #176 – William Carlos Williams (“The Use of Force”)
http://traffic.megaphone.fm/ADL2977229302.mp3 Today, the American modernist poet William Carlos Williams (1883-1963) is famous among poetry fans for his vivid, economical poems like “The Red Wheelbarrow” and “This Is Just to Say.” But for most of his lifetime, he struggled to achieve success comparable to those of his contemporaries Ezra Pound and T.S. Eliot. Toiling away as Continue reading
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The History of Literature Podcast Episode 36 – Poetry and Empire (Virgil, Ovid, Horace, Petronius, Catullus)
What happens when a republic morphs into empire? What did it mean for the writers of Ancient Rome – and what would it mean for us today? Jacke Wilson takes a look at the current state of affairs in America and the Roman examples of Virgil, Ovid, Horace, Petronius, and Catullus. Podcast: Play in new window | Continue reading
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Sappho’s Ghost in Western Washington
Hello! We’re hard at work getting ready for the Sappho episode of the History of Literature podcast, which we’ll release on Monday. Brilliant reader MAM posted this comment: Did you know that Sappho influenced the name of what is now a ghost town in Western Washington in the late 1800’s? Whaaaaaat!? There was a community Continue reading
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Writers Laughing: Seamus Heaney
Still working up the next Object. In the meantime, let’s enjoy a bit of mirth with the great Seamus Heaney, caught here in the act of extreme laughing: That’s the kind of raw exuberance that makes his translation of Beowulf so good! Here’s a more natural one: And here’s one with a special guest star… Continue reading
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