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Prufrock, the celebrated books & arts diary, brought to you by The Spectator. The inside word on what's new, what's hot and what's not in the world of books and arts.

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    • Feb 18, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
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    Capitalism and contemporary poetry

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2022 19:01


    Micah Mattix is joined by guest James Matthew Wilson to discuss the state of contemporary poetry and the shutting down of literary magazines.

    The complexity of the Middle Ages

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2022 24:50


    Micah Mattix is joined by guests Matthew Gabriele and David Perry to discuss their new book, The Bright Ages: A New History of Medieval Europe.

    Cormac McCarthy's 'All the Pretty Horses' at 30

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2022 21:25


    Micah Mattix is joined by guest Dr. Michael Crews, author of Books Are Made Out of Books: A Guide to Cormac McCarthy's Literary Influences, to discuss Cormac McCarthy's novel, All the Pretty Horses.

    The origin of New England's stone heaps

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2022 17:56


    Micah Mattix is joined by guest Dr. Timothy Ives to discuss his controversial book on the history of New England's stone heaps, Stones of Contention.

    Understanding Tolkien's Tom Bombadil

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2022 13:35


    Micah Mattix is joined by guest C.R. Wiley to discuss his new book, In the House of Tom Bombadil.

    The West's war on tradition

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2021 16:49


    Micah Mattix is joined by guest Tim Stanley to discuss his new book, Whatever Happened to Tradition?: History, Belonging and the Future of the West.

    Can American self-governance be saved?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2021 16:26


    Micah Mattix is joined by guest Tony Woodlief to discuss his new book, I, Citizen: A Blueprint for Reclaiming American Self-Governance.

    On detective fiction

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2021 18:34


    Micah Mattix is joined by John Wilson to discuss detective fiction and the supposed distinction between genre fiction and literary fiction.

    The first Thanksgiving

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2021 15:12


    Micah Mattix is joined by guest Dr. Thomas Kidd to discuss how the pilgrims celebrated the first Thanksgiving in 1621.

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