Chatting Lit

Dave Morris

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A podcast about books, literature and all things book related!

12/06/2023

Ultramarine by Mariette Navarro

For this episode we try something a bit different! While discussing the book Ultramarine with its author, Mariette Navarro and its English translator, Cory Stockwell you get to hear some live translation! Mariette discusses the inspiration behind the novel, how different it was to write it compared to the usual work she does in theatre, and how it feels to see her work translated into several languages. Cory tells us about his route into translating, the difficulties of translating English to French, and the unusual circumstances around how he came to translate the book. Books mentioned in the episode: Ultramarine by Mariette Navarro (tr. Cory Stockwell) The Defiant: A History of Football against Fascism by Chris Lee Ultra: The Underworld of Italian Football by Tobias Jones The Roaring Red Front: The World's Top Left-Wing Football Clubs by Stewart McGill & Vincent Raison Shy by Max Porter 1312: Among the Ultras by James Montague The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers Tonight It's a World We Bury: Black Metal, Red Politics by Bill Peel Assembly by Natasha Brown Chatting Lit logo and artwork by Emma Morris (@emmamorrisdesign) Music by Tom Caruana: https://tomcaruana-teasea.bandcamp.com/music

1h 7m
08/21/2023

Ren by Deborah McFadyen

For this episode I'm joined by the author Deborah McFadyen to discuss her book Ren. We also talk about writing believable dialogue, writing in Scots, Glasgow as a literary city and more! Books mentioned in this episode: Severance by Ling Ma The Hole by José Revueltas, translated by Amanda Hopkinson and Sophie Hughes Dear Neighbour by Jane Claire Bradley Metabolize, If Able by Clay AD This Is Not Miami by Fernanda Melchor, translated by Sophie Hughes Bless The Daughter Raised By The Voice in Her Head by Warsan Shire Calatrava by Philip J****o Apastoral: A Mistopia by Lee D. Thompson Deaf Republic by Ilya Kaminsky The Harrowing Ogf Hell by Evan Dahl The Fade Out by Ed Brubaker and Sean Philips Catwoman: Lonely City by Cliff Chiang Fairy Tale by Stephen King Persuasion by Jane Austen Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë Candide by Voltaire Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson The Baby-Sitters Club series by Ann M. Martin The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien Northern Lights by Philip Pulman The Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien The Young Team by Graeme Armstrong Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh Books of Blood by Clive Barker Chatting Lit logo and artwork by Emma Morris (@emmamorrisdesign) Music by Tom Caruana: https://tomcaruana-teasea.bandcamp.com/

59 min
05/15/2023

Chris Lee: The Defiant

I'm joined for this episode by Chris Lee, author of The Defiant: A History of Football Against Fascism, as well as the man behind the podcast and website Outside Write (https://outsidewrite.co.uk/) We talk about the relationship between football and politics, the growth of left-wing fanbases, his favourite football books and more! The Defiant: A History of Football Against Fascism by Chris Lee Severance by Ling Ma Ultramarine by Mariette Navarro, translated by Cory Stockwell Origin Stories: The Pioneers Who Took Football to the World by Chris Lee In Patagonia by Bruce Chatwin Football Against the Enemy by Simon Kuper How Football Explains the World by Franklin Foer Soccer Vs. the State: Tackling Football and Radical Politics by Gabriel Kuhn The Ball is Round: A Global History of Football by David Goldblatt Working Class Heroes: The Story of Rayo Vallecano, Madrid's Forgotten Team by Robbie Dunne Calcio: A History of Italian Football by John Foot Ultra: The Underworld of Italian Football by Tobias Jones 1312: Among the Ultras: A Journey with the World’s Most Extreme Fans by James Montague Erbstein: The Triumph and Tragedy of Football's Forgotten Pioneer by Dominic Bliss A Social History of English Cricket by Derek Birley A Season With Verona by Tim Parks The Miracle of Castel di Sangro by Joe McGinniss Morbo: The Story of Spanish Football by Phil Ball Tor! The Story of German Football by Uli Hesse Angels With Dirty Faces: The Footballing History of Argentina by Jonathan Wilson Matchdays: The Hidden Story of the Bundesliga by Ronald Reng Scheisse! We’re Going Up!: The Unexpected Rise of Berlin’s Rebel Football Club by Kit Holden Ren by Deborah McFadyen Chatting Lit logo and artwork by Emma Morris (@emmamorrisdesign) Music by Tom Caruana: https://tomcaruana-teasea.bandcamp.com/music

1h 18m
05/08/2023

Chatting Australian Literature

Literature podcast collab episode! I'm joined for this episode by Ben from the Beyond The Zero podcast (@beyondzeropod) to discuss Australian Literature. We talk about his favourite Aussie authors, the state of the Aussie book market, which is the capital of Oz literature and more! Books mentioned in this episode: Raven Smith’s Men by Raven Smith Portnoy’s Complaint by Philip Roth Paradais by Fernanda Melchor, translated by Sophie Hughes Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor, translated by Sophie Hughes Still Born by Guadalupe Nettel, translated by Rosalind Harvey The Death of Artemio Cruz, translated by Alfred MacAdam Falling Hour by Geoffrey D. Morrison Man-eating Typewriter by Richard Milward The Garden of Seven Twilights by Miquel de Palol, translated by Adrian Nathan West The Tiger Who Came To Tea by Judith Kerr Possum Magic by Mem Fox Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens The Muddle-Headed Wombat by Ruth Park Harp in the South by Ruth Park The Treehouse Series by Andy Griffiths Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta The Dry by Jane Harper The Young Desire It by Kenneth Mackenzie Water Under the Bridge by Sumner Locke Elliott Fairyland by Sumner Locke Elliott The Girl Green as Elderflower by Randolph Stow To the Islands by Randolph Stow The Suburbs of Hell by Randolph Stow Visitants by Randolph Stow N by John A. Scott Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon The Snow Kimono by Mark Henshaw Out of the Line of Fire by Mark Henshaw Waypoints by Adam Ouston Grimmish by Michael Winkler The Netanyahus by Joshua Cohen Our Share of Night by Mariana Enriquez, translated by Megan McDowell Poguemahone by Patrick McCabe Any Day You Can Die by Thommy Waite The Shepherd’s Hut by Tim Winton The Defiant: A History of Football Against Fascism by Chris Lee Chatting Lit logo and artwork by Emma Morris (@emmamorrisdesign) Music by Tom Carauna: https://tomcaruana-teasea.bandcamp.com/music

57 min
04/03/2023

Rick Harsch: The Manifold Destiny of Eddie Vegas and Corona/Samizdat

Back with another episode after another unexpected break! In this one I talk to Rick Harsch, author of The Manifold Destiny of Eddie Vegas and the man behind Corona/Samizdat Press. We discuss the problem of the every growing TBR, how Rick wrote Eddie Vegas, how he decides what to publish and more! Books mentioned in this episode: The Manifold Destiny of Eddie Vegas by Rick Harsch Poguemahone by Patrick McCabe The Prague Orgy by Philip Roth El Llano in Flame by Juan Rulfo, translated by Stephen Beechinor The Defiant: A History of Football Against Fascism by Chris Lee Ren by Debroah McFadyen Omon Raby Victor Pelevin, translated by Andrew Bromfield Send Nudes by Saba Sams They by Kay Dick The Man Whose Wife Was The Moon by Mike Russell America and the Cult of the Cactus Boots: A Diagnostic by Phillip Freedenberg, illustrated by Jeff Walton Apastoral, A Mistopia by Lee D. Thompson A Bended Circuityby Robert S. Stickley Abel and Cain by Gregor von Rezzori The Revenant by Michael Punke The Big Sky by A.B. Guthrie Anatomy of a War by Gabriel Kolko Hell In A Very Small Place: The Siege Of Dien Bien Phu by Bernard B. Fall Moby-Dick; or, The Whale by Herman Melville Journey to the End of the Night by Louis-Ferdinand Céline Cynicism Management by Bori Praper Pendulum Pet by Bori Praper Verbatim by Jeff Bursey Unidentified Man at Left of Photo by Jeff Bursey Orbo and the Godhead by Luke Devlin Anotomia del Abismo by Roberto Segrov Bedraggling Grandma with Russia Snow by Joãs Reis Elena Knows by Claudia Piñero, translated by Francis Riddle The Seven Madmen, The Flamethrowers by Roberto Arlt The Appearance of Death to a Hindu Woman by Rick Harsch The Periplus of Spur Tank Road by Rick Harsch The Assassination of Olof Palme, A People’s Novel by Rick Harsch A Brief Life by Juan Carlos Onetti Schlock: Featuring Russia Cop by David R. Low This Is Not Who I Am: Our Authenticity Obsession by Emily Bootle Solenoid by Mircea Cărtărescu, translated by Sean Cotter Jerusalem by Alan Moore Philip Roth: New Perspectives on an American Author, edited by Derek Parker Royal Our Share Of night by Mariana Enriquez, translated by Megan McDowell My Struggle by Karl Ove Knausgård Chatting Lit logo and artwork by Emma Morris (@emmamorrisdesign) Music by Tom Caruana: https://tomcaruana-teasea.bandcamp.com/music

1h 36m
01/29/2023

Palmer Smith

After another unexpected break, Chatting Lit is back! In this episode, I speak to Palmer Smith about her book The Butterfly Bruises, a collection of poems and short stories, available to buy directly from the publisher here: https://pressdionysus.com/product/palmer-smith-the-butterfly-bruises/ Palmer and I discuss the relationship between her short stories and poems, Southern Gothic literature, her relationship to the two main settings of her work (NYC and the American South) and more! Books mentioned in this episode: The Manifold Destiny of Eddie Vegas by Rick Harsch This Is Not Who I Am: Our Authenticity Obsession by Emily Bootle Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi Jews Don't Count by David Baddiel Schlock: Featuring Russia Cop by David R. Low B******t Jobs: The Rise of Pointless Work and What We Can Do About It by David Graeber Homesickness by Colin Barrett Pedro Páramo by Juan Rulfo El Llano in Flames by Juan Rulfo Poguemahone by Patrick McCabe The Butcher Boy by Patrick McCabe Eat Pray Love: One Women’s Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia by Elizabeth Glibert The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis Rikki-Tikki-Tavi by Rudyard Kipling Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo The Tiger Who Came To Tea by Judith Kerr On the Road by Jack Kerouac The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton Interview with the Vampire by Ann Rice Chatting Lit logo and artwork by Emma Morris (@emmamorrisdesign) Music by Tom Caruana: https://tomcaruana-teasea.bandcamp.com/music

1h 5m
10/27/2022

Jarboe

For this episode I'm joined by the musician, writer and visual artist Jarboe (https://www.thelivingjarboe.com/) to discuss her process of writing lyrics and prose, the vinyl reissue of her album Sacrificial Cake, the relationship between her different artforms and more! Books mentioned in this episode: The Manifold Destiny of Eddie Vegas by Rick Harsch The Passenger by Cormac McCarthy The Gallow’s Pole by Ben Myers Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurty Mercia’s Take by Daniel Wiles The Dangers of Smoking in Bed by Mariana Enríquez (translated by Megan McDowell) Our Share of Night by Mariana Enríquez (translated by Megan McDowell) Lanny by Max Porter The Death of Francis Bacon by Max Porter The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka This Is Not Why I Am: Our Authenticity Obsession by Emily Bootle Flower Factory by Richard Foster The Flower Ornament Scripture: A Translation of the Avatamsaka Sutra by Thomas Cleary Remembrance of Things Past/In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust The Feast to Forget Time by Jarboe Chatting Lit logo and artwork by Emma Morris (@emmamorrisdesign) Music by Tom Caruana https://tomcaruana-teasea.bandcamp.com/music

1h 5m
10/02/2022

Chatting Sally Rooney

I'm back! After a longer than planned 'season break' I'm here to discuss the work of Sally Rooney with Natalie Beech, co-founder of the Feminist Fiction (@feminist.finction) book club and co-host of the podcast of the same name! We discuss the recurrent themes in Rooney's work, what we like/dislike about it, if she is the 'voice of millennial women' and more! Books mentioned in this episode: Fup by Jim Dodge Swamplandia by Karen Russell What a Shame by Abigail Bergstrom Convenience Store Woman by Sakaya Murata (translated by Ginny Tapley Takemori) Fix The System, Not The Women by Laura Bates The Anatomy Lesson by Philip Roth Normal People by Sally Rooney Mr Salary by Sally Rooney Conversations With Friends by Sally Rooney Beautiful World, Where Are You? by Sally Rooney Sorrow and Bliss by Meg Mason Acts of Desperation by Meg Nolan Luster by Raven Leilani A Little Life by Hanya Yanagahara Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stewart Chatting Lit artwork and logo design by Emma Morris (@emmamorrisdesign) Music by Tom Caruana: https://tomcaruana-teasea.bandcamp.com/

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A podcast about books, literature and all things book related!

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Dave Morris
Years Active

2021 - 2023
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26
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