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Grown-up discussion of works written for children, with lesson ideas and activities to share with kids
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Where rhyme gets its reason! In a historical survey of English literature, I take a personal and philosophical approach to the major texts of the tradition in order to not only situate the poems, prose, and plays in their own contexts, but also to show their relevance to our own. This show is for the general listener: as a teacher of high school literature and philosophy, I am less than a scholar but more than a buff. I hope to edify and entertain!
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Dr. Lee Moore talks Chinese literature and Chinese culture more broadly.
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We are a podcast, a book club and a happy hour! Join us every month as we dive into a book of our choosing with a tasty drink pairing and food recipe to go with the theme! We will also be covering the history of the author and any movie/media adaptations of the written works we read. Episodes are released at the end of each month with social posts throughout to keep listeners engaged and informed on the literary works we are highlighting. Be sure to follow us on Facebook and Instagram @Liquo ...
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Using her expertise as a seasoned literature professor, Linda M. Morra develops provocative, timely insights about books from Canada and elsewhere to show why stories are relevant for all of us. Hosted and written by Linda Morra. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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A podcast for leaders, teachers and potential educators looking to teach at home or abroad
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The Global Novel is a podcast that surveys the narratology of world literature and history of translation from antiquity to modernity with a critical lens and aims to make academic education in literature accessible to the world.
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This podcast gives you a daily reading of classic literature, to ease your commute or help you through your English course
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We talk about books, life, and occassionally movies. Reading List: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MrUOV-tSESafVr4wnCjnLwUks0ydV8BVxVOaCg3hk88/edit?usp=drivesdk
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Welcome to the podcast. Sit down, relax, and listen to some literature. Cover art photo provided by Sharon McCutcheon on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@sharonmccutcheon
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One book, two ladies, so much alcohol.
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A podcast with books, alcohol, and lots of laughter. Daniella and Evelyne are sisters who have always shared book recommendations with each other. Join us while we drink and discuss books in the paranormal romance, urban fantasy, and epic fantasy genres!
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The ForceCast's Jedi Journals is a monthly literature podcast covering the past, present, and future of Star Wars literature.
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Hi readers, welcome to Literary Gupshup, Pune's first podcast on literature and writing. I, Vikas Prakash Joshi, your host and founder, will interview Pune's best known writers, translators and creative personalities to answer the questions you had but were too scared to ask. "How does one improve as a writer?" "How difficult is it to get published?" "How do you market yourself as a writer?" These are just some of the questions that I answer through these podcasts. For guys and girls new to ...
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The European Literature Network’s mission is to help promote international literature among a broader audience of England and to support other groups working in this area.
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Interesting conversations with scholars and practitioners in the field of Children's and Young Adult Literature
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Join Festival Podcast host Shani Akilah as she talks to writers Tice Cin, Jacqueline Crooks, Femi Fadugba and Helen Bowell about their work, their inspirations and their festival events.
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Der Romantastica-Podcast ist für alle, die Bücher lieben – besonders Romantasy, Fantasy, Romance und Gegenwartsliteratur mit Gefühl. Autorin Victoria Zuckerfeld nimmt dich mit hinter die Kulissen ihres Schreibens, spricht mit anderen Autoren & Autorinnen über magische Welten, Lieblingsbücher und das Leben zwischen den Seiten. Du bekommst ehrliche Gespräche, kreative Einblicke und viele Lesetipps aus der Welt der Geschichten. Mehr unter: https://www.victoriazuckerfeld.de/podcast 🌙
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Mixture of advice and expert interviews to provide guidance on all of the common problems you face when doing a literature review.
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Welcome to LitSciPod: The Literature and Science Podcast! We are eager to talk interdisciplinarity, the similarities and differences between humanities and STEM subjects and feature interviews with leading scholars every episode.
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Welcome to REVISE, the ultimate podcast for those ready to ace their English Literature GCSE exams! Are you feeling the exam pressure building up like a stack of unread textbooks? Fear not! Join us as we transform daunting topics into digestible, engaging, and easy-to-follow episodes. To see all of Seneca Learning's available content, visit our website https://app.senecalearning.com/
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Welcome to REVISE, the ultimate podcast for those ready to ace their English Literature A-Level exams! Are you feeling the exam pressure building up like a stack of unread textbooks? Fear not! Join us as we transform daunting topics into digestible, engaging, and easy-to-follow episodes. To see all of Seneca Learning's available content, visit our website https://app.senecalearning.com/
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This podcast digs into the women's history and literature your teachers never told you about, the stories of women in all their raw, dynamic, adventurous, heroic, and tragic glory. Not only are we drumming up those lost tales of women that have been buried in the dusty old archives all over the world, but we are also retelling tales that previously have been told but we keep in the bawdiness, complexity, controversy, and horror. With an exciting array of knowledgeable and equally snarky gues ...
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A podcast stitched together from the corpses of mystery, noir and gothic literature and cinema https://thefrankenpod.wordpress.com
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Du lernst gerade deutsch? Hast Deutsch in der Schule? Oder möchtest mehr über die deutsche Sprache und Literatur erfahren? Dann bist du hier genau richtig! Wir versuchen das alles unter einen Hut zu bringen: Wir wollen Hilfestellung für Sprachanfänger geben, ihnen unser Land, unsere teilweise echt schrägen Sitten und Traditionen näher bringen. Dennoch gleichzeitig wollen wir auch Content für Fortgeschrittene Sprecher bieten und so bspw. über deutsche Literaturepochen oder Linguistik sprechen ...
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Interview with Susan Wan Dolling - Translator of Chinese Poetry
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Today, Lee gets to chat with Susan Wan Dolling, Hong-Kong-American poet, novelist and translator. She recently published her latest book of Song poetry translations, What the Cuckoo Said, but she has long been working on translating Chinese poetry into an English that does what is hard to do, that preserves the music that you hear in the Chinese or…
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Ring-Side Seats in a High-Stakes Environment: Brian Stewart’s On the Ground
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On a lovely fall afternoon in October, Linda drove up to possibly one of the most charming spots in Quebec, just off-island of Montreal —Hudson, on the unceded territory of the Kanien’keha:ka. Hudson has much to commend to it, but, in this instance, it was StoryFest, the annual literary program hosted through the Greenwood Centre that invites write…
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216 – Vengeance and Honour by Ben Dixon
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Friend of the show Ben Dixon is back to talk about his new novel Vengeance and Honour, a sword and sorcery adventure for older teens and up. Fans of Dungeons and Dragons, fantasy RPGs, and Choose Your Own Adventure stories will LOVE this book, as its full of action, adventure, friendship, and just enough immature jokes involving PG-rated nudity to …
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"Read All About It!": The Rise of the Public Press
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Send us a text In the early 18th century, the public press came to dominate English writing. Pamphlets, newspapers, and periodicals fed the appetite for news and commentary of an ever-hungrier reading public. Richard Steele and Joseph Addison were the great innovators of the periodical essay, a quintessentially English genre of writing. Support the…
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Book Recommendations: Chapter 1
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It’s time for another xtrasode of Liquor & Literature! There are so many books out there, it’d be quite a feat if we were able to cover every single one on this podcast. We wanted to create a book recommendations episode to shout out three books that we won’t be covering as regular episodes for various reasons (i.e. not having a media adaptation or…
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215 – Guillermo Del Toro’s Frankenstein
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This was a big episode for me to put together, as in I had to limit myself to the amount of time it takes to drink a pot of tea or else I would have talked about Guillermo Del Toro’s Frankenstein FOREVER. How does it compare to Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel? How many Snapes do I award this film for its faithfulness to the source material? And what does…
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Taking Out the Imperial Trash - Jovanni Sy's A Taste of Empire
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Linda AND students of Bishop's University interview the award-winning Montreal-based playwright, Jovanni Sy, in this episode of Getting Lit With Linda. Linda considers how one of his plays in particular, A Taste of Empire (Talonbooks), obliges us confront the abuses of a system of globalization, wherein the processes involved in maximizing profit a…
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214 – My Tween Has THOUGHTS About Banning Kpop Demon Hunters
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Chloë does a lot for the show, mostly behind the scenes. But a school of literal actual Lilliputians has banned kids from singing songs from Kpop Demon Hunters struck a nerve, and I thought she had some great ideas about grownups freaking out over a great story that only has good things to teach children.…
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213 – Book Drama: Insane Paddington Bear Is Canceled
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There are two bits of book related silliness to cover this week. A tiny group of outspoken activists are trying to cancel J.K. Rowling — again. And the corporate juggernaut Studio Canal+ has succeeded in canceling the wild-eyed parody of Paddington Bear that was featured on the revived comedy show Spitting Image.…
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212 – Some Teachers Don’t Know When to Quit
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I recently saw a teacher blow his stack in public, and I couldn’t help but feel that if he wasn’t just a bully, maybe it was time for him to get a different job.על ידי T.Q. Townsend
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The First English Novel? Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe
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Send us a text On this trip, we're looking at the conventional candidate for the first modern novel in English. Defoe's story of a resourceful man shipwrecked on a desert island is so much more than a ripping yarn: it speaks to the rise of a literary vernacular language, the values of an increasing bourgeois and expansionist society, and of spiritu…
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211 – A Mouthy Yank Explains “Remember, Remember the Fifth of November”
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All British kids know the poem “Remember, Remember the Fifth of November” but where did it come from? And how has Bonfire Night evolved from its violent origins to a fun autumn event free of strife?על ידי T.Q. Townsend
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The Other Problem that Has No Name - The Passenger Seat by Vijay Khurana
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Perhaps strangely, Linda applies Betty Friedan’s 1963 feminist critique of patriarchal society The Feminine Mystique, and specifically the text “The Problem That Has No Name,” to The Passenger Seat by Vijay Khurana. An Australian/British author, Khurana wrote this very fine debut novel about the real-life events of two young men from Port Alberni, …
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Join us for our 14th episode as we discuss The Ritual by Adam Nevill. This horror novel follows a group of men hiking through the Swedish woods. Their holiday quickly goes downhill as they stumble upon several unsettling entities that make them question going on this adventure in the first place. Will this camping trip lead to their demise? You’ll …
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The First Ghost Story? Daniel Defoe's "The Apparition of Mrs. Veal"
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Send us a text For you today, Trick or Treaters, a discussion of what some critics assert is the first modern ghost story in English: Daniel Defoe's 1705 "The Apparition of Mrs. Veal." The text: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/36587/36587-h/36587-h.htm Support the show Please like, subscribe, and rate the podcast on Apple, Spotify, YouTube Music, o…
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210 – Fireside Poetry: “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe
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Please enjoy this Fireside reading of “The Raven.” As always, I have two versions — one with my commentary (and a roasted pumpkin!) as well as the poem on its own with no blah blah blah.על ידי T.Q. Townsend
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Richard Bustin - Powerful knowledge and the capabilities students need - West Sussex
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In this episode, I’m speaking with Richard Bustin. Richard is a Geography teacher as well as being Director of Pedagogy, Innovation and Staff Development at Lancing College in the UK. Most recently, he has authored a book entitled: What Are We Teaching? Powerful Knowledge and a Capabilities Curriculum. It was an interview I’d heard between Richard …
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209 – Reading Rapunzel to Kids: Messy and Fun
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First, we start off with some MORE tedious Harry Potter book drama. Then you get a behind-the-scenes look at what goes into a Fireside Fairy Tale. I always test stories on my kids and their friends, and I don’t mind that there are interruptions and a bunch of noise. Asking questions means they are interested, and the kids always ask questions about…
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208 – Take Me to the Promised Land
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We start off with some book drama about a hilarious, not-safe-for kids parody of Paddington Bear on the comedy show Spitting Image as well as an unneccessary freakout over a url printed on children’s books leading to a spicy site. In the main story, the biggest surprise for me this year is the amount of faith-based book adaptations that are . . . r…
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Digital Trespassing: Human Rights in the Digital Age-- An Interview with Dr. Wendy Wong
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Linda met Dr. Wendy Wong at a conference in Kelowna, organized by Dr. Karis Shearer (1:25) and hosted by SpokenWeb (1:20), when Dr. Wong spoke about her book, We, the Data (a nod to the preamble of the United States Constitution, 4:10) -- and, since then, Linda has been obsessed. Being an expert on archival theory in relation to women writers' mate…
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Dog—the U.S. debut of Israeli writer Yishay Ishi Ron—delivers an honest and unflinching portrait of a veteran battling trauma and addiction. The story follows Geller, a former Israeli commando officer whose life unravels the aftermath of war. Now adrift in Tel Aviv, he struggles with PTSD, addiction, and the disorienting pull of memory. On the marg…
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On this episode, I give a brief update on the book's status, which should be in your hands by mid-November. And also, Rob returns, joining the podcast from France to talk about what he has been up to and also to chat with Lee about the book.על ידי Chinese Literature Podcast
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Modish Men and the Way of the World: The Great Restoration Comedies of Manners
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Send us a text Well, I probably should have done this episode earlier, since it might have been good for it to precede our other discussions of Resto comedy. But I made a last minute decision and included a second play, which kind of threw off the old chronology. But it's good all the same! The Man of Mode by George Etherege: https://coldreads.word…
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207 – Fireside Fairy Tale: Rapunzel (1812)
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In this Fireside Fairytale, I share the first published version of Rapunzel, which was recorded by the Brothers Grimm for their famous 1812 collection of German folktales, Kinder- und Hausmärchen. Find out why this early version was offensive to 19th Century morality, and also why it really wasn’t as racy as pearl-clutching Victorians thought it wa…
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Equity on a Bookshelf: An Interview with Stephanie Sinclair, Publisher of McClelland & Stewart
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Does anyone remember that series, New Canadian Literature (NCL), produced by McClelland & Stewart? In this interview, Linda discusses the very much new and improved series, Kanata Classics (15:06), with Stephanie Sinclair, the publisher of McClelland & Stewart -- with special guest feature, Holly, her cat. A co-editor in her own right (with her sis…
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Morgan Whitfield - What is Challenge for All? - Ho Chi Minh
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In this episode, I’m talking with Morgan Whitfield. Morgan is an author, consultant, CPD trainer and senior leader. Her recent book, Gifted?, advocates for challenging all students through an inclusive approach to teaching, whereby every student is given the opportunities to reach mastery. I really wanted to chat with Morgan having read her book, w…
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For our 13th episode of Liquor & Literature we are covering the 2012 award-winning book The Round House written by Louise Erdrich. This coming of age novel tells the story of Joe, a young boy living on a Chippewa reservation in North Dakota. Joe has to learn to grow up quickly after a horrible incident happens to his mother. Join us as we follow Jo…
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"A Foolish Marriage Vow": John Dryden's Marriage a la Mode and Amphitryon
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Send us a text For our second episode on John Dryden, we'll talk about two of his plays which marked an innovation in the tragi-comic romance: Marriage a la Mode and Amphitryon. We'll discuss the "split-plot" play, the exorcising of Restoration political anxieties, and why we sometimes mock that which we cherish. Additional sound clip from Monty Py…
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In this episode, Linda examines the resurgence of the memoir, and what readers expect - and what she expects - when we pick one up. While the first part of the episode examines the features and history of the memoir, the last part is devoted to the wonderful new memoir by Susan Swan, Big Girls Don't Cry. Highlights of this episode include: Giller p…
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Before Freud: Anna Karenina (1878)
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What truly makes Anna Karenina so significant—as an epitome of world literature—is that it is far more than a tale of love and tragedy. Tolstoy offers us a mirror of the common human condition and suffering—his characters are as alive today, with all their emotional turmoil, just as they were in the 19th century. Today, we’re truly honored to welco…
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Prequel-Novellen: Warum sind Vorgeschichten in Romantasy- & Fantasy-Serien so beliebt?
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a003 ✨ Prequel-Novellen - warum Vorgeschichten gerade so spannend sind In dieser Folge spreche ich über ein Format, das gerade in Fantasy und Romantasy immer beliebter wird: die Prequel-Novelle. Was ist das eigentlich genau? Warum schreiben so viele Autor:innen Vorgeschichten - und warum habe ich selbst eine Prequel-Novelle zu meiner neuen „Circus …
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"The Amendment of Vices": John Dryden's Satires
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Send us a text Once hailed as the towering literary figure of the Restoration age, John Dryden is little known now by the general reader. Let's take care of that with a close look at his most enduring works, the poetical satires Mac Flecknoe and Absalom and Achitophel. Mac Flecknoe text: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44181/mac-flecknoe Abs…
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The Lost City of Atlantis (our future, rather than our past): Cherie Dimaline’s The Marrow Thieves and James Cairns’ In Crisis, On Crisis: Essays in Troubled Times
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In this episode, Linda begins by speaking about the Kingston Writers Fest (KWF) - if you are in reasonable distance, you MUST go! The most incredible line-up of authors will be there, including Madeleine Thien, Margaret Atwood, Canisia Lubrin, Nita Prose, and Ian Williams. She then thinks about Atlantis - what if Atlantis were about our future and …
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Mary Myatt -Education adviser, Writer and Speaker - Wales
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In this episode, I’m talking with Mary Myatt. Mary is nothing short of a patron saint of curriculum design in the uk, with her books including The Curriculum: Gallimaufry to Coherence, Huh: Curriculum Conversations Between Subject and Senior Leaders and Back on Track: Fewer Things, Greater Depth. I find myself quoting things Mary has said in discus…
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Interview with Professor Emily Mokros - Peking Gazette
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Today, I get to speak with Professor Emily Mokros about her fascinating book, The Peking Gazette in Late Imperial China - State News and Political Authority. The book is about a media outlet in the Qing Dynasty that published discussions that the emperor held with his bureaucrats.
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For this episode of Liquor & Literature we will be discussing some notable poets that we have picked to focus on for our first installment on poetry! Join us as we learn about the lives of Nikita Gill, Robert Frost, and James Baldwin while reading selections of their work. With this being an xtrasode, we don’t have a specific drink pairing for this…
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Puritans in Arcadia: Anne Bradstreet, Edward Taylor, and Pastoralism
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Send us a text Since they wrote in 17th century Massachusetts, poets Anne Bradstreet and Edward Taylor are often overlooked in surveys of English literature. Today, though, we'll bring them back into the fold as we look at how their puritanical religious beliefs engaged with the pastoral and metaphysical poetic traditions that celebrated "Arcadia,"…
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Mao Zedong - Soaked Garden in Spring - Snow
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This episode, the podcast takes a look at a poem Mao Zedong wrote in February 1936, after he and his party had undergone the near-death experience of the Long March. Yet still, Mao has the gumption to imply in the poem that he would be the greatest ruler China had ever seen. My Translation of the Poem: Spring in a Soaked Garden - Snow The north cou…
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In this episode, I’m talking to Eoin MacCarthaigh. This is the latest in a running series of conversations between Eoin and I, where we share 3 things each from the world of education that have been causing us some consideration. We discuss: 1. The challenges of instructional coaching 2. The challenges of achieving improvement in education 3. Handb…
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The Ambiguity of Wit: William Wycherly's The Country Wife
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Send us a text Charles II reopened the theatres in 1660 and inaugurated the second golden age of the English stage. Today's show looks at one of the bawdiest plays to come from the period, a "comedy of manners" whose clever use of language points to the reality of style over substance. The Country Wife text: https://theater.lafayette.edu/wp-content…
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E12: Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
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To every millennial’s delight, this episode of Liquor & Literature will be discussing Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark! This childhood favorite intrigued and unsettled millions of children. Very rarely could you check these books out at the library, as they were so popular! On the off chance your friend was able to get their hands on these creepy …
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Genre oder Literatur? Warum die Grenzen oft fließend sind.
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002 ✨ Was ist eigentlich ‚literarisch‘ - und wer darf das entscheiden? In dieser Folge teile ich Gedanken zu einer Frage, die mich schon lange beschäftigt - und die in letzter Zeit wieder besonders präsent ist: Was ist eigentlich „literarisch“ und was zählt als „Genre“? Und warum wird Romance, Fantasy oder New Adult oft nicht als „richtige“ Literat…
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Send us a text Today marks the anniversary of one of the most mythologized battles in Anglo-Irish history: the Battle of the Boyne. In July of 1690, King William III soundly defeated James II and secured Ireland's Protestant supremacy while sowing the seeds for centuries of violent conflict. The battle also marks the debut of one of Ireland's most …
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Tea and Revolution: Nahum Tate's "Panacea"
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Send us a text As Americans celebrate Independence Day, I'm here once again to remind them of the debt American independence owes to English literature and history. Stick in the mud. Today, we look at a genuinely weird poem that allegorizes the Glorious Revolution of 1688 (an event that would lay the groundwork for the American Revolution nearly a …
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Invitation to Reparative Reading - An Interview with Canisia Lubrin About Code Noir
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In this episode, Linda interviews the phenomenal Canisia Lubrin - the acclaimed writer, critic, professor, poet, and editor. Her first book Voodoo Hypothesis (Wolsak & Wynn, 2017) was named a CBC Best Book. Her second book, The Dyzgraphxst (M & S, 2020) won the OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Poetry and the overall Literature prize, the Griffin Poetr…
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Aphra Behn's Oroonoko: Blurring History and Romance
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Send us a text In today's chinwag, we'll explore a candidate for the first novel in English by the first professional female writer in English: Oroonoko by Aphra Behn (1688). It's the story of an African prince and his beloved, who are betrayed into slavery and do not live happily ever after. The novel seems a modest heroic romance, but I think Ms.…
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