10 episodes
Acts & Facts Richard Kraft
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5.0 • 15 Ratings
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Host Richard Kraft invites writers, artists, scientists, musicians and people from all areas of life to select eight talismanic books, which have profoundly affected them. Richard’s probing, insightful questions open doors not only to the books, but also the arc of each guest’s life and work.
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Phong Bui
Phong Bui, the publisher and artistic director of the Brooklyn Rail, speaks with Richard about frozen glimpses, trusting in one's anxiety, the difference between being and becoming, and learning English by watching television, as well as his choice of eight books.
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Mónica de la Torre
Poet and translator, Mónica de la Torre speaks with Richard about subversion, multiplicity, her youth in Mexico City, dreaming in both Spanish and English, and her eight talismanic books.
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Thomas Evans
Thomas Evans speaks with Richard about his love of autodidacts, resisting specialization, the ethos of domesticity, and getting tattooed in Burma, as well as his choice of eight talismanic books.
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Peter Gizzi
Peter Gizzi speaks with Richard about poetry as a form of prayer, New York City in the 1980's, his love of the night, being told to do his homework by Allen Ginsberg, and his choice of eight talismanic books.
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Patrick A. Howell
Patrick A. Howell tells Richard about his eight talismanic books, being a realist and an optimist, walking with his head in the clouds, and why Muhammad Ali was more powerful than Jimmy Carter.
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Ann Lauterbach
Richard speaks with poet Ann Lauterbach about radical idealism, disobedient choices, the color of chaos, and living with groundhogs, as well as her list of eight talismanic books.
Customer Reviews
Amazing conversations
Amazing, wide-ranging conversations structured around eight “talismanic” books chosen/recommended by each guest - guests being poets, critics, publishers, artists, exemplars in their practice and field. This is what I always hope for in a new podcast; it is masterfully handled by Richard Kraft. Bonus points that Italo Calvino’s ‘Six Memos’ seems a common thread thus far - and Stein, Beckett, Dickinson, et al. I’ve binged all available thus far and am so grateful this exists. The Peter Gizzi conversation is extraordinary - a record for the ages - but yeah, they’re all good. Looking forward to the conversation with Michael Palmer :-) then, it’d be a perfect show.
10/10
Acts & Facts has quickly become my go to podcast! A refreshing change from how most interviews go, Kraft opens up a new realm with thought provoking conversations.