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Chris (a poet) and Suzanne (a professor) spent six years talking about “great books” (whatever that means), and are now talking about reading (and all the things that means).

18 jun

The Adversary / Moby-Dick

Michael Crummey’s novel The Adversary and rereading Herman Melville’s novel Moby-Dick alongside Natalie Diaz’s Postcolonial Love Poem.

1 u 14 m
5 mei

The Year of Magical Thinking / Red X

Joan Didion’s essay The Year of Magical Thinking and David Demchuk’s novel Red X.

1 u 11 m
1 apr

On the Natural History of Destruction / Dhalgren

W.G. Sebald’s essay collection On the Natural History of Destruction and Samuel R. Delany’s novel Dhalgren.

1 u 7 m
25 feb

Peter Hujar’s Day / On Elizabeth Bishop

Linda Rosenkrantz’s Peter Hujar’s Day and Colm Tóibín’s On Elizabeth Bishop.

57 min.
14 feb

The Travels of Sir John Mandeville / Voyage Around My Room

We look at some old travel literature, with The Travels of Sir John Mandeville and Xavier de Maistre’s Voyage Around My Room.

1 u 14 m
30-12-2025

The Gospel According to Mark / On the Morning of Christ’s Nativity

The Gospel According to Mark (and some recent queer retellings of Jesus’ life story), and John Milton’s poem On the Morning of Christ’s Nativity.

1 u 27 m
01-12-2025

Waiting for Godot / Theory of Water

Samuel Beckett’s play Waiting for Godot and Leanne Betasamosake Simpson’s new book Theory of Water: Nishnaabe Maps to the Times Ahead.

1 u 1 m
28-11-2025 · Bonus

Bonus: John Nicholas on Cry of the Ancients

Suzanne talks with John Nicholas, whose parents Grey Owl and Little Pigeon wrote Cry of the Ancients (1974).

49 min.

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Chris (a poet) and Suzanne (a professor) spent six years talking about “great books” (whatever that means), and are now talking about reading (and all the things that means).