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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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    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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