Lit from the Basement

Lit from the Basement
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This is a podcast in which Professor Deulen introduces poetry to her irreverent husband, Max. Each show is a close reading of a single poem. They discuss it for a bit, allowing the conversation to take on a life of its own.

  1. 06/10/2021

    Show 052 KMUZ Interview as Our Last Episode for a While

    With the boys old enough for school, Max went and got himself a job, and now we just do not have enough time to do the show proper. We hope to drop the occasional show in the future, but are uncertain if it will be back with the release frequency from before. This interview was conducted at KMUZ (who have been awesome and broadcasting our show across the Willamette Valley) on February 18, 2020, a few months before we moved to Atlanta.  Thank you for spending time with us.  -Danielle & Max

    29 min

  2. 12/16/2019

    Show 051 "To the Fig Tree on 9th and Christian" by Ross Gay

    We are back from our sickness hiatus with “To the Fig Tree on 9th and Christian” by Ross Gay. Topics include: gratitude, single-scene poem, short line breaks, and figs in myth.

    1 hr

  3. 11/18/2019

    Show 050 "Autobiographical: Another Draft" by Jacqueline Osherow

    For their 50th show, Danielle goes big with a long, long, powerful poem by Jacqueline Osherow. Topics include: terza rima, formalism, Willa Cather, interruptive syntax, and your present self admonishing your past self.

    1h 4m

  4. 11/04/2019

    Show 049 "Yours" by Mary Robison

    Owing to a house-wide plague, we are forced to pull a show from our reject pile. Please join us as we deviate from poetry to flash fiction with Mary Robison's "Yours" and as we go on way too long about personal ghost stories. Topics include: Halloween, fall, mortality, May/December romances, and failing to keep your atheist cred while discussing the supernatural.

    59 min

  5. 10/21/2019

    Show 048 "Photo of a Girl, 1988: Cyborg" by Faylita Hicks

    We discuss the poem "Photo of a Girl, 1988: Cyborg" from Faylita Hicks's debut collection Hoodwitch. Topics include: the mother figure in literature, enjambment, end-stopped lines, Afrofuturism, and the ampersand.

    58 min

  6. 10/07/2019

    Show 047 "A Wonderful Bird is the Pelican" by Dixon Lanier Merritt

    We tackle the limerick form with poetry scholar Mike Chasar as he leads a deep dive into two versions of "A Wonderful Bird is the Pelican" by Dixon Lanier Merritt. Topics include: humorous poetry, "children's" literature, the pleasures of rhyme, and the 1913 Armory Show.

    1h 2m

  7. 09/16/2019

    Show 046 "Things that Leave an Aching Feeling Inside" by Lee Ann Roripaugh

    Danielle introduces Max to the list poem form with Lee Ann Roripaugh's "Things that Leave an Aching Feeling Inside." Topics include: list form, The Pillow Book, the importance of poetry during the Heian period, and breaking your own heart.

    1h 1m

  8. 09/02/2019

    Show 045 "Sensual Vocabulary" by Karyna McGlynn

    Danielle introduces Max to the concept of Ars Poetica with Karyna McGlynn's poem "Sensual Vocabulary." Topics include: Ars Poetica, Marianne Moore, September Women Poets, modernists, and George Washington as a school marm.

    1h 2m
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This is a podcast in which Professor Deulen introduces poetry to her irreverent husband, Max. Each show is a close reading of a single poem. They discuss it for a bit, allowing the conversation to take on a life of its own.

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  • Creator
    Lit from the Basement
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2021
  • Episodes
    53
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2025 Lit from the Basement
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