Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchSiân E. Grønlie, "The Old Testament in Medieval Icelandic Texts: Translation, Exegesis and Storytelling" (Boydell & Brewer, 2024)
Episode 66
The historical narratives of the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible have much in common with Icelandic saga literature: both are invested in origins and gene…
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Scott W. Gregory, "Bandits in Print: The Water Margin and the Transformations of the Chinese Novel" (Cornell UP, 2023)
Episode 528
Bandits in Print: "The Water Margin" and the Transformations of the Chinese Novel (Cornell UP, 2023) uses the classic novel The Water Margin (Shuihu …
2 years, 1 month ago
Yasmine Ramadan, "Space in Modern Egyptian Fiction" (Edinburgh UP, 2021)
Episode 299
In 1960s Egypt, a group of writers exploded onto the literary scene, transforming the aesthetic landscape. Yasmine Ramadan’s Space in Modern Egyptian…
2 years, 1 month ago
Gina Sipley, "Just Here for the Comments: Lurking as Digital Literacy Practice" (Bristol UP, 2024)
Episode 134
We all sometimes ‘lurk’ in online spaces without posting or engaging, just reading the posts and comments. But neither reading nor lurking are ever p…
2 years, 1 month ago
B. J. Woodstein, "Translation Theory for the Practising Literary Translator" (Anthem Press, 2024)
Episode 296
Do translation theorists observe what translators do and develop theories based on that? Do translators gain ideas and tools from studying theories? …
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Kendra Y. Hamilton, "Romancing the Gullah in the Age of Porgy and Bess" (U Georgia Press, 2024)
Episode 64
Dr. Kendra Y. Hamilton’s Romancing the Gullah in the Age of Porgy and Bess (University of Georgia Press, 2024) is a literary and cultural history of …
2 years, 1 month ago
What do the PDFs say about this?: Brandon Taylor and Stephanie Insley Hershinow (CH)
Episode 48
Brandon Taylor practices moral worldbuilding in his fiction—that means an essential piece of these worlds is the “real possibility that someone could…
2 years, 1 month ago
Book Banning: A Discussion with Christine Emeran of the National Coalition Against Censorship
Episode 213
Book bans and book challenges are both on the rise. And they are increasing at unprecedented rates. But why is this happening? Dr. Christine Emeran o…
2 years, 1 month ago
Steve McCauley excavates John Cheever's "The Five-Forty-Eight" (JP)
Episode 128
We debut a new feature: Recall This Story, in which a contemporary writer picks out a bygone story to read and to analyze. Surely there is no better …
2 years, 1 month ago
Regina Seiwald and Ed Vollans, "(Not) In the Game: History, Paratexts, and Games" (de Gruyter, 2023)
Episode 11
How do games represent history, and how do we make sense of the history of games? The industry regularly uses history to sell products, while process…
2 years, 1 month ago