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Publisher |: Michael Lavers

Media Type |: audio

Podknife tags |: Books,; Writing

Categories Via RSS |: Arts,; Books,; Courses,; Education

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Read more. Write better.

Check out my new book of poems here: https://utampapress.org/product/the-inextinguishable

Check out Claire’s music, art, and writing here: www.claireakebrandart.com

Reading great books and trying to write some of our own.

People |: Claire,; Michael Lavers
Premiere Date |: 2020-08-26
Frequency |: Weekly
Explicit |: No

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91 Available Episodes (91 Total) / Average duration: 00:57:22

Date Duration Most Reviewed Highest Rated

91 Available Episodes (91 Total)Average duration: 00:57:22

Mar 15, 2023

00:43:55

We talk about the life-affirming poems of Adam Zagajewski.

Check out my new book of poems here.

And listen to Claire's new album here.

Aug 13, 2022

01:02:42

Check out my new book of poems here.

Claire and I have one of my favorite discussions about a very under-read book. We talk about the relationship between America and money, love and money, obsession, greed, expectations vs. reality, imagination vs. fantasy, nature, beauty, truth, hoarse-voiced entertainers on sub-par cruises, and lots more.

Aug 09, 2022

00:56:16

Check out my new book of poems here.

In this episode, I present a recording from a class in which students and I discuss Frost's masterpiece, "Home Burial."

Aug 01, 2022

00:44:26

Check out my new book of poems here.

Claire and I talk about the strange wonderful pleasure of this book, focusing on the first 250 pages. More Cervantes discussions to come!

Apr 02, 2022

00:53:06

"Everything that is is holy." Translation: CLAIRE IS BACK!!!!!!

Check out my new book of poems here.

Jan 02, 2022

00:51:47

Check out my new book of poems here.

Some students and I walk through Hopkins' poem, celebrating its particular pleasures and insights, as well as talking in general about how easy it is to access the strange mysterious power of a poem.

Nov 03, 2021

01:02:03

Who's there? Who are you? Why are you here? What is it all for? Are these the right questions? Can we even know?

Check out my new book of poems here.

Oct 27, 2021

00:56:19

Check out my new book of poems here.

I yammer on for a while about how inadequate any theory of poetry is, and then I think I end up outlining a tentative theory of poetry. Oops.

Oct 15, 2021

00:58:00

Check out my new book of poems here.

I aim for a brief glimpse of the grandeur of these ancient scriptures, and think out loud about their central message: all is one. Along the way I ramble about death, unity, grief, the Self, the transcendent vs. the immanent, and more.

Oct 08, 2021

00:53:09

In this episode, I talk for an entire hour as if I know something. I make many statements that have the cadence of "understanding," but mostly I'm just rambling about a very beautiful and fascinating book, The Book of Chuang Tzu. And the worse thing of all is that Claire--the only reason these recordings are worth listening to--isn't even here to stop me from rambling!

Check out my new book of poems here.

Mar 15 | 00:43:55

Adam Zagajewski

Aug 13 | 01:02:42

Frank Norris, McTeague

Aug 09 | 00:56:16

Robert Frost, ”Home Burial”

Aug 01 | 00:44:26

Don Quixote

Apr 02 | 00:53:06

James Agee, Let Us Now Praise Famous Men

Jan 02 | 00:51:47

”As Kingfishers Catch Fire...”, a poem by GM Hopkins

Nov 03 | 01:02:03

Hamlet

Oct 27 | 00:56:19

How to Enjoy Poetry, and Why

Oct 15 | 00:58:00

The Upanishads

Oct 08 | 00:53:09

The Book of Chuang Tzu

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