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Back to Search381 C Subramania Bharati (with Mira T Sundara Rajan)
Episode 381
C. Subramania Bharati (1882-1923) is one of the greatest poets of the twentieth century. Known to his fellow Tamils as the "Mahakavi" ("Supreme Poet"…
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380 Ian Fleming | PLUS The Black James Bond
Episode 380
Ian Fleming (1908-1964) always wanted to be a writer. Not an "author," as he put it, and not someone in the "Shakespeare stakes," but someone who wro…
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379 Gwendolyn Brooks | Bharati Preview 2 (with Mira Sundara Rajan)
Episode 379
When the poet Gwendolyn Brooks "writes out of her heart, out of her rich and living background, out of her very real talent," said The New York Times…
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378 Liu Xinwu and the "Scar Literature" of China (with Jeremy Tiang) | Bharati Sneak Preview (with Mira Sundara Rajan)
Episode 378
In this episode, Jacke talks to Jeremy Tiang about his new translation of The Wedding Party, a Chinese classic contemporary novel written in the earl…
4 years, 4 months ago
377 The Brothers Grimm | Jeremy Tiang Sneak Preview
Episode 377
Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Rapunzel, Rumpelstiltskin, Cinderella, Hansel and Gretel, Little Red Riding Hood... Oh sure, we all know the stories, bu…
4 years, 4 months ago
376 Why John Milton? (with Joe Moshenska)
Episode 376
Yes, John Milton was important, and yes, Paradise Lost has been part of the canon since the 17th century - but why should we read anything by John Mi…
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375 The Power of Literature | PLUS Reading Boswell's Life of Johnson (with Margot Livesey)
Episode 375
Jacke had big plans to make this episode all about the poetry of William Butler Yeats...and then listener feedback to the last episode overtook him. …
4 years, 4 months ago
374 Ancient Plays and Contemporary Theater - A New Version of Sophocles' Oedipus Trilogy (with Bryan Doerries)
Episode 374
As the Artistic Director of Theater of War Productions, Bryan Doerries has joined his colleagues in using dramatic readings and community conversatio…
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373 Roald Dahl
Episode 373
Born in Wales to parents of Norwegian descent, Roald Dahl (1916-1990) grew up to become one of England's most famous writers. Although Dahl was an ac…
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372 Dragons! (with Scott G. Bruce)
Episode 372
Dragons! From ancient civilizations to modern-day movies, humans have spent millions of hours imagining these popular mythological creatures - and mi…
4 years, 4 months ago