Podcasts about Auden

Gast: Han van der Vegt, dichter en vertaler Voor deze aflevering gaat Robert van Altena in gesprek met Han van der Vegt over het werk van dichter W.H. Auden. Van der Vegt vertaalde een genereuze selectie uit het oeuvre van Auden. De verzameling verscheen vorig jaar in een tweetalige editie bij uitgeverij Van Oorschot onder de titel ‘Tijdelijke helden'. Foto: Erika Mann & W.H. Auden by Alec Bangham modern bromide print from original negative, 1935 (236 mm x 182 mm) (Collection National Portrait Gallery, London) SPRINGVOSSEN
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In today’s episode of Mythmakers, Julia Golding sits down with bestselling author Emily J. Taylor to discuss her second novel, The Otherwhere Post (Penguin US / Pushkin Press UK). Set in a world where magic is powered by handwriting, the story follows Maeve, a determined heroine fighting to prove her father’s innocence for a crime that has affected all three realms.Emily shares her journey to becoming a writer, including a brief stop to reflect on the Twilight stories and what made them such a phenomenon. The conversation also explores her creative process and the possibilities of a story centred on an isolated community. For those interested, the poem Julia references is The Night Train by W. H. Auden.You can follow Emily, and her work, on her website https://emilyjtaylorauthor.com/ (00:05) Fantasy Author Interview(13:59) World Building and Setting Periods(24:24) Microcosms in World BuildingFor more information on the Oxford Centre for Fantasy, our writing courses, and to check out our awesome social media content visit: Website: https://centre4fantasy.com/website Instagram: https://centre4fantasy.com/Instagram Facebook: https://centre4fantasy.com/Facebook

Throughout conversations on Cultural Mixtapes, Ryan's work came up several times as I examined the zeitgeist of creative and cultural production with several writers. I first came across his work as he started publishing this hybrid piece of poetry, history, and literary historiography in sections, in various literary magazines around the world, and I'd hunt them down whenever they'd drop from the various corners of the internet. I was intrigued, and baffled at the fact that he was able to create robust arguments about the trends of poetic production, within a structure of blank verse iambic pentameter. Ryan is a very prolific literary critic who has published pieces on fiction, poetry, non fiction, and other genres of art in storied magazines around the world. He is also the author of the novel The Zero and the One, and the forthcoming book of essays Ringbahn, a psychogeographic exploration of his adopted home-city, Berlin. We touch on his other work, but this conversation centered upon his latest work, Context Collapse. The book's argument teases out ideas that are commonly not regarded in the study of literature: He places poetic works in conversation with media theory to elucidate how the environments of capitalism, and technological evolution influenced the works, and in several instances, helped bring them into existence. It's funny, the line of poetry that is always running through my mind is from W.H. Auden's “In Memory of W.B. Yeats”: “Poetry makes nothing happen.” The various meanings and wit behind that line have been interrogated in english classes around the world, so I'm not going to do that here; but in a time when poetry and literature seem to be the last thing in everyone's minds, I wanted to give it some time; and what came of this conversation were some pleasantly surprising arguments that reaffirm what literature can do; and cements its place an art form of the now, and constantly articulating the core ideas and sentiments of the present. Gary IndianaRecommendationsThe Political Unconscious - Frederic JamesonThe Dunciad - Alexander Pope

Les podcasts d'Auden - Interdit aux adultes (X) Les copains raconté par Auden (9 ans). Direction la cour de récré avec Auden et son petit frère Louison pour un épisode spécial sur les copains ! Comme un vrai journaliste, c'est la toute première fois qu'Auden interview tout seul ses copains ! Ecoutez-les répondre à toutes ses questions avec beaucoup de sincérité et de spontanéité.Un épisode parfait pour comprendre le fonctionnement de l'amitié.

Our guest for this episode is Auden Schendler, the author of a new book called “Terrible Beauty: Reckoning with Climate Complicity and Rediscovering our Soul”. Published by Harvard Business Review Press, it is part memoir, part reflection, and part prescription from 30 years of working in corporate sustainability. If you aren't familiar with Auden, he learned about corporate sustainability at the Rocky Mountain Institute, which was co-founded by Amory Lovins, who was named one of the world's most influential people by Time in 2009 and considered the Einstein of energy efficiency. Auden then moved on to Aspen Ski Company where he worked from 1999 to earlier this year as its Vice President and then Senior Vice President of Sustainability. He's been named a "climate innovator" by TIME magazine and a "climate saver" by the EPA.In this episode, we talk about Auden's journey from growing up in New Jersey during the environmental decay of the 1970s and spending time with extended family in North Dakota - a place where we found the natural world as a refuge - to his work in local politics in Colorado and in the ski industry. Our conversation though centers on the ideas in the book Terrible Beauty. As Auden says "climate changes threatens everything we care about" so we need to be willing to do the hard work as citizens to bring about real change. He also shares a few ideas about how corporate leaders can go beyond corporate sustainability as usual that just upholds our fossil fuel economy to get to a place where they are using the power of their brand to push for systemic change. However, the book is unlike any other sustainability book or article I've ever read. Auden makes a more joyful case about how we be engage our role as citizens to build community and ultimately drive change that allows us all to thrive - as a parent, as a corporate leader or by just contributing to the place we live.You can buy the book at audenschendler.com, and read a few endorsements from people far more noteworthy than me such as Conrad Anker, Bill McKibben and former White House National Climate Advisor Gina McCarthy.

SLEERICKETS is a podcast about poetry and other intractable problems. NB: (1.) Sorry for the abbreviated show notes recently. (2.) At one point I say “assonance” where I clearly mean “anaphora.” (3.) At one point I say “Larkin” where I clearly mean “Auden.” My book Midlife now exists. Buy it here, or leave it a rating here or hereFor more SLEERICKETS, check out the SECRET SHOW and join the group chatLeave the show a rating here (actually, just do it on your phone, it's easier). Thanks!Wear SLEERICKETS t-shirts and hoodies. They look good!SLEERICKETS is now on YouTube!Some of the topics mentioned in this episode:– Frost Farm Prize, etc.Frequently mentioned names:– Joshua Mehigan– Shane McCrae– A. E. Stallings– Ryan Wilson– Morri Creech– Austin Allen– Jonathan Farmer– Zara Raab– Amit Majmudar– Ethan McGuire– Coleman Glenn– Chris Childers– Alexis Sears– JP Gritton– Alex Pepple– Ernie Hilbert– Joanna PearsonOther Ratbag Poetry Pods:Poetry Says by Alice AllanI Hate Matt Wall by Matt WallVersecraft by Elijah BlumovRatbag Poetics By David Jalal MotamedAlice: Poetry SaysBrian: @BPlatzerCameron: CameronWTC [at] hotmail [dot] comMatthew: sleerickets [at] gmail [dot] comMusic by ETRNLArt by Daniel Alexander Smith

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Les podcasts d'Auden - Interdit aux adultes (X) Le Ski - Raconté par Auden (9 ans).Direction la montagne avec Auden et son petit frère Louison pour un nouvel épisode sur le SKI ! ⛷️❄️Pendant leurs vacances aux Menuires, ils nous parlent de cours de ski, de balade en dameuse, de leur rencontre avec des pisteurs, de chiens de traîneaux, et même d'abeilles ! Un épisode riche en anecdotes et en découvertes !

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“Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they should never bother about.” So said W. H. Auden and so we see demonstrated in Michael Powell's Peeping Tom (1960), which boldly employs every convention of the horror film in order to achieve a stunning, authentic portrait of a disturbing mind at work. But Mark is no ordinary slasher: he's an artist who is also a perfectionist and whose compulsion to destroy is like the compulsion to create. As Mark gives his all for the sake of his art, so did Michael Powell, whose reputation never recovered from the scandal of this film. It was released in the same year as Psycho, which it resembles, yet the two audiences across the Atlantic had very different reactions to their homegrown killers. The University Press of Mississippi offers an excellent series of collected interviews. Here's their volume on Michael Powell. Incredible bumper music by John Deley. Please subscribe to the show and consider leaving us a rating or review. You can find our hundreds of episodes here on the New Books Network or wherever you get your podcasts. Follow the show on X and on Letterboxd–and email us at fifteenminutefilm@gmail.com with requests and recommendations. Also check out Dan Moran's substack, Pages and Frames, where he writes about books and movies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

“Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they should never bother about.” So said W. H. Auden and so we see demonstrated in Michael Powell's Peeping Tom (1960), which boldly employs every convention of the horror film in order to achieve a stunning, authentic portrait of a disturbing mind at work. But Mark is no ordinary slasher: he's an artist who is also a perfectionist and whose compulsion to destroy is like the compulsion to create. As Mark gives his all for the sake of his art, so did Michael Powell, whose reputation never recovered from the scandal of this film. It was released in the same year as Psycho, which it resembles, yet the two audiences across the Atlantic had very different reactions to their homegrown killers. The University Press of Mississippi offers an excellent series of collected interviews. Here's their volume on Michael Powell. Incredible bumper music by John Deley. Please subscribe to the show and consider leaving us a rating or review. You can find our hundreds of episodes here on the New Books Network or wherever you get your podcasts. Follow the show on X and on Letterboxd–and email us at fifteenminutefilm@gmail.com with requests and recommendations. Also check out Dan Moran's substack, Pages and Frames, where he writes about books and movies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/film

In this episode, Katy Didden and Abram Van Engen discuss the extraordinary leaps, narrative disjunctions, and temporal frames that fill Diaz's extraordinary ekphrastic poem, a reflection on Bruegel's painting, "Landscape with the Fall of Icarus" written in conversation with W.H. Auden's poem "Musée des Beaux Arts." "Two Emergencies," appears in My Favorite Tyrants (https://a.co/d/3IUlLmp) (University of Wisconsin Press 2014), winner of the 2014 Brittingham Prize in Poetry. For more poetry of Joanne Diaz, see also The Lessons (https://a.co/d/bZOFIOp) (Silverfish Review Press 2011), winner of the Gerald Cable Book Award. For W.H. Auden's "Musee des Beaux Artes (https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/159364/musee-des-beaux-arts-63a1efde036cd)" see The Poetry Foundation

Douglas Murray, revered cultural critic and author, delivers the highlight of Ralston College's symposium of “Renewal and Renaissance,” a lecture exploring the theme of cultural reconstruction. Delivered from one of the beautiful, stately galleries of Savannah's Telfair Academy, the audience is treated to an intimate address that is both deeply moving and inspiring of hope. Murray's talk begins with the sober reflection that civilizations are mortal and share the fragility of life. He recounts how the loss of confidence experienced after the catastrophes of the World Wars led to the development of modernism, postmodernism and finally deconstructionism. The lecture then takes a more optimistic turn as Murray confidently asserts that after decades of deconstruction, especially in the field of higher education, we are now entering an era of reconstruction. He explains how this process of cultural renewal can come about through both the opportunities afforded by technology and the process of going back into the great literary treasures of the past, finding our place amongst these works and adding to them. Murray shares his love of books, describing himself as “not only a bibliophile but something of a bibliomaniac,” and expresses how literature, and especially poetry, can ground us in the world and make us feel that we are never alone for we will always have “friends on the shelves.” Traversing through Byron, Gnedich, Stoppard, Auden and Heaney, Murray recounts three powerful stories that reveal the lengths certain individuals will go to recover, preserve and transmit our cultural treasures. The talk was followed by a captivating Q&A session which ranged from the current status of poetry to the topics of writing, war and human nature. As part of the stirring introduction to the lecture from Stephen Blackwood, President of Ralston College, soprano Kristi Bryson performed Handel's Lascia ch'io pianga, accompanied on the piano by Ralston alumna and fellow, Olivia Jensen. A splendid performance showcasing perfectly the ability of culture to transcend the difficulties of life through the power of beauty. A reminder for us all of exactly what it is that we are seeking to preserve and renew. Mr Murray's books, including his most recent, are available here: https://douglasmurray.net. To watch the first conversation of the day—the roundtable from the Ralston College Renewal and Renaissance Symposium, featuring multiple speakers discussing the future of education, culture, and human flourishing—click here.

For many people, the word “hero” stirs up some resistance. The notion is that heroes exist “out there” in some far away place but not upclose in our lives, and certainly avoiding the possibility that each of us have the opportunity to be a hero, or be heroic in our own way.This conversation with Dr. Scott Allison was a true treat. Dr. Allison is professor emeritus of psychology at the University of Richmond and a leading researcher and author on heroism and leadership. He has dedicated his career to studying what makes a hero, the psychological patterns behind heroic action, and how ordinary people can step into their own flavor of heroism..In this episode of Tuesdays with Morrisey, host Adam Morrisey speaks with Dr. Scott Allison. Together, they explore the myths and realities of heroism, the psychology behind heroic leadership, and how we can apply these lessons to our own lives. See the top takeaways below.Top TakeawaysHeroism is Love in Action – Scott defines heroism as an act of love, selflessness, and courage that anyone is capable of demonstrating.The Hero's Journey is Universal – We all go through trials, transformations, and growth, just like mythological heroes. The key is how we use our experiences to help others.Small Acts Have a Ripple Effect – Heroism isn't just about grand gestures—small acts of kindness, resilience, and service add up to a heroic life.The Shadow Side of Heroism – Even heroes have flaws and struggles. Scott explains how overcoming personal challenges often leads to a greater capacity to serve others.We Are Drawn to Stories for a Reason – Whether in movies, mythology, or real life, stories of heroism shape how we see ourselves and the world. Learning to analyze and apply them can help us grow.Topics CoveredThe meaning and personal significance of W.H. Auden's quote, “We must love one another or die.”Dr. Allison's decades-long exploration of heroismWhy people often see heroism as distant—and what shifts that perceptionInsights from Joseph Campbell, Dr. Phil Zimbardo, and the heroic mindsetCommon traits of heroic leaders across history and mythThe shadow side of heroes and how strengths often stem from hardshipThe role of cultural myths in shaping our worldviewReflections on modern leadership and the disappearing “unsung hero”Heroic principles for everyday lifeWe hope this conversation with Dr. Scott Allison inspires you to recognize the heroism in yourself and those around you.

For many people, the word “hero” stirs up some resistance. The notion is that heroes exist “out there” in some far away place but not upclose in our lives, and certainly avoiding the possibility that each of us have the opportunity to be a hero, or be heroic in our own way.This conversation with Dr. Scott Allison was a true treat. Dr. Allison is professor emeritus of psychology at the University of Richmond and a leading researcher and author on heroism and leadership. He has dedicated his career to studying what makes a hero, the psychological patterns behind heroic action, and how ordinary people can step into their own flavor of heroism..In this episode of Tuesdays with Morrisey, host Adam Morrisey speaks with Dr. Scott Allison. Together, they explore the myths and realities of heroism, the psychology behind heroic leadership, and how we can apply these lessons to our own lives. See the top takeaways below.Top TakeawaysHeroism is Love in Action – Scott defines heroism as an act of love, selflessness, and courage that anyone is capable of demonstrating.The Hero's Journey is Universal – We all go through trials, transformations, and growth, just like mythological heroes. The key is how we use our experiences to help others.Small Acts Have a Ripple Effect – Heroism isn't just about grand gestures—small acts of kindness, resilience, and service add up to a heroic life.The Shadow Side of Heroism – Even heroes have flaws and struggles. Scott explains how overcoming personal challenges often leads to a greater capacity to serve others.We Are Drawn to Stories for a Reason – Whether in movies, mythology, or real life, stories of heroism shape how we see ourselves and the world. Learning to analyze and apply them can help us grow.Topics CoveredThe meaning and personal significance of W.H. Auden's quote, “We must love one another or die.”Dr. Allison's decades-long exploration of heroismWhy people often see heroism as distant—and what shifts that perceptionInsights from Joseph Campbell, Dr. Phil Zimbardo, and the heroic mindsetCommon traits of heroic leaders across history and mythThe shadow side of heroes and how strengths often stem from hardshipThe role of cultural myths in shaping our worldviewReflections on modern leadership and the disappearing “unsung hero”Heroic principles for everyday lifeWe hope this conversation with Dr. Scott Allison inspires you to recognize the heroism in yourself and those around you.

W. H. Auden says that poetry makes nothing happen. But how do you actually do that? How does a writer embody nothingness? In this interview MT Vallarta discusses her collection What You Refuse to Remember, from Small Harbor Editions. This collection is created of short prose poems separated by large chunks of white space and silence. Vallarta discusses the way that this collection came to fruition as her “real” dissertation that she wrote alongside her scholarly dissertation for her Ph.D. program. This book allowed her to explore things she could not explore in her essays. The poems are lyrical, full of metaphor and simile, and also many pauses where readers can engage in reflection, process, engage with, and even add to the silence.

Daily QuoteHistory is, strictly speaking, the study of questions; the study of answers belongs to anthropology and sociology. (W. H. Auden)Poem of the DayThe Tide Rises, the Tide FallsBy Henry Wadsworth Longfellow青青陵上柏选自《古诗十九首》Beauty of Words春的林野许地山

On today's episode Eric is joined by Mary Clarkson to discuss some of the latest happenings from the Houston restaurant/bar scene. Eric and Mary speak about the recent closings of both Auden and Mi Cocina, whether there's been an actual of rash of closings as of late, Dallas restaurants making their way to Houston, and the Kahani Social Group's latest concept Kitchen Rumors. In the Restaurants of the Week portion Chardon and Yuston's are featured.  Follow Eric on Instagram/Threads @ericsandler. You can also reach Eric by emailing him at eric@culturemap.com. Check out some of his latest articles at Culturemap.com: Dallas Tex-Mex Staple Shutters Only Houston Location After Less Than 2 Years One of Texas Monthly's Favorite Houston Restaurants will Soon Shutter Houston's 11 Best Pastry Chefs Make Dining Sweeter New Houston Hotspot Debuts with a Seasonal Spin on Prix-Fixe Dining Hospitable Houston Craft Beer and Burger Spot Will Soon Shutter

Les podcasts d'Auden - Interdit aux adultes (X) Le harcèlement - Raconté par Auden (9 ans).Auden vous parle du harcèlement ! À l'école, dans la cour de récré ou même en ligne, le harcèlement peut toucher n'importe qui. Mais comment le reconnaître ? Quoi faire si on est victime ou témoin ? Et surtout, que peut-on faire pour s'en protéger et pour aider ceux qui en sont victimes ? Auden vous explique tout avec des mots simples, pour que chacun comprenne l'importance de dire stop au harcèlement.

Send us a textIn the final chapter of Climbing Parnassus, Tracy Lee Simmons distinguishes between the "skills" and the "content" arguments for classical study, and says that the skills argument is in fact the stronger. Content, Simmons says, can be learned by reading translations - or even from scanning Wikipedia (or asking A.I.!). What is irreplaceable about true classical study is the formation of the mind and the skills acquired from long years of intense training in reading and writing in Greek and Latin. The death of this educational program caused European literary culture to rot, just as critics and poets like W.H. Auden, T.S. Eliot, and C.S. Lewis had warned: they were the last generation to receive this education, and so it should be no surprise that they were the last generation of Anglophone writers even to approach greatness.Tracy Lee Simmons' Climbing Parnassus: https://bookshop.org/a/25626/9781933859507New Humanists episode on Albert Jay Nock: https://newhumanists.buzzsprout.com/1791279/episodes/10528217-should-everyone-be-educated-episode-22 J.R.R. Tolkien's Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics: https://jenniferjsnow.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/11790039-jrr-tolkien-beowulf-the-monsters-and-the-critics.pdfPlato's The Last Days of Socrates: https://bookshop.org/a/25626/9780140449280Seamus Heaney's translation of Beowulf: https://bookshop.org/a/25626/9780393320978ALI's Latin for Kids program: https://ancientlanguage.com/latin-for-kids/New Humanists is brought to you by the Ancient Language Institute: https://ancientlanguage.com/Links may have referral codes, which earn us a commission at no additional cost to you. We encourage you, when possible, to use Bookshop.org for your book purchases, an online bookstore which supports local bookstores.Music: Save Us Now by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

Our guest today is writer  Ralph Dartford who works for the National Literacy Trust and is the poetry editor of literary journal Northern Gravy.   Ralph kindly made the journey from Bradford to the Lockwood residence in Sheffield, and we settled down in my living room with mugs of tea and a plate of biscuits, surrounded by books and looked down upon by at least three pictures of Larkin. Ralph also co-organises the fantastic Louder Than Words festival that takes place in Manchester every autumn, and is a celebration of writing about music. They gather together amazing writers, broadcasters and musicians to discuss, explore and debate all things music and music industry related.  I hope we will continue to see Ralph at more PLS events.Larkin poems mentioned:The Whitsun Weddings, Dockery and Son, Mr Bleaney, For Sidney Bechet, High Windows, Cut Grass, To The Sea, MCMXIV, Here, BroadcastAll What Jazz: A Record Diary 1961-1971 (1985) by Philip LarkinThe Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English Verse - ed.  Philip Larkin (1973) I am happy to see Mr. Larkin's taste in poetry and my own are in agreement ... I congratulate him most warmly on his achievement. - W. H. Auden, The GuardianPoets/writers/musicians mentioned by RalphKae Tempest, Joelle Taylor, Ted Hughes, Seamus Heaney, Vicky Foster, Steve Ely, Chris Jones, Ian Parks, John Betjeman, John Cooper Clarke, John Hegley, Simon Armitage, Carol Ann Duffy, Michael Stewart, Blake Morrison, Count Basie, John Coltrane, Sidney Bechet, Alan Bennett, Stewart Lee, David Quantick, Ray Davis, Blur,  Van Morrison,  Hang Clouds, Evelyn Glennie, Kingsley Amis, Andrea Dunbar, Helen MortOther references:Adlestrop (1914) by Edward Thomas https://www.edwardthomaspoetryplaces.com/post/adlestropArthur Scargill:  “Arthur Scargill, the miners' leader and socialist, once told The Sunday Times, ‘My father still reads the dictionary every day. He says your life depends on your power to master words.” Martin H. Manser, The Penguin Writer's ManualBob Monkhouse https://www.theguardian.com/news/2003/dec/30/guardianobituaries.artsobituariesLongbarrow Press https://longbarrowpress.com/Valley Press https://www.valleypressuk.com/Kes (1968) by Barry HinesRalph is Poetry Editor for Northern Gravy https://northerngravy.com/Ralph reads Geese and England's Dreaming from House Anthems  https://www.valleypressuk.com/shop/p/house-anthemsGareth Southgate https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-57816651 Simon Armitage Larkin Revisited Radio 4 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/m0019yy2Nick Cave- Honorary Vice President for the Philip Larkin Society- Desert Island Discs https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0027cglLyn's English teacher 1982-1989 https://petercochran.wordpress.com/remembering-peter/The Ted Hughes Network https://research.hud.ac.uk/institutes-centres/tedhughes/James Underwood https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/early-larkin-9781350197121/Albums mentioned:OK Computer (1997) by Radiohead , Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) and The White Album (1968) by The Beatles, Park Life (1994) by BlurSummertime in England by Van Morrison https://www.vice.com/en/article/summertime-in-england-a-monologue-on-van-morrison/Events:https://louderthanwordsfest.com/"My Friend Monica": Remembering Philip Larkin's Partner Monica JonesSat 22 Mar 2025 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Ken Edwards Lecture Theatre 2, University of Leicester, LE1 7RHhttps://www.tickettailor.com/events/literaryleicester/1538331A celebration marking 70 years of Philip Larkin's 'The Less Deceived'For World Poetry Dayhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-celebration-marking-70-years-of-philip-larkins-the-less-deceived-tickets-1235639173029?aff=oddtdtcreatorProduced by Lyn Lockwood and Gavin HoggPlease email Lyn at ⁠plsdeputychair@gmail.com ⁠ with any questions or commentsPLS Membership, events, merchandise and information: philiplarkin.com

Paola Tonussi"Poesie"Rupert BrookeInterno Poesiawww.internopoesialibri.comCuratela e traduzione: Paola TonussiPostfazione: Silvio RaffoDefinito come «il migliore dei Georgiani» da Ezra Pound, Rupert Brooke (1887-1915) è il poeta della transience, la bellezza che presto svanisce. Celebre per i sonetti di guerra, da lui poco considerati, Brooke è poeta ben più intenso del mito creato da quei versi e dalla morte precoce nell'azzurro Egeo: una leggenda, un'illusione che colma il disperato bisogno d'ideale degli inglesi in guerra, ma deforma il giovane agitatore socialista e amante dei cruenti elisabettiani nell'idolo dell'establishment. Di straordinaria maestria tecnica adagiata su un letto formale, la sua poesia s'immette nel solco di Marvell e l'assunto nostalgico del tempo che va, quale tentativo di fermare l'istante, la bellezza dai piccoli piedi sempre in fuga, transitoria. Nei così detti “ugly poems” si rivela invece poeta di acuminata ironia, il primo a considerare temi tabù per l'epoca – decadimento fisico della vecchiaia, avversione per la banalità borghese, contrasto tra eros e matrimonio. Con occhi addestrati alle visioni – Donne, Marvell, Webster, Milton – quella di Rupert Brooke è una poesia molto più moderna della sua fama, che va scoperta e restituita al suo vero orizzonte: la meraviglia della linea inglese, da Shakespeare a Auden.Rupert Brooke, nato a Rugby nel 1887 è l'astro della sua generazione: brillante sportivo, studioso che concorre alla riscoperta di Donne, Webster e gli elisabettiani, i cui saggi lo rendono Fellow del King's College a Cambridge. Personalità affascinante, sognatore che scrive versi in giardino e vegetariano ante litteram, attrae a Grantchester, il villaggio fuori Cambridge dove vive, amici e artisti: Virginia Woolf, Forster, Lytton Strachey, Maynard Keynes, Duncan Grant e altri. Ammirato da Pound e Henry James, Eliot e Fitzgerald, è il poeta della transience, la bellezza che presto svanisce, l'amico generoso che lascia la propria eredità letteraria ai poeti Gibson, Abercrombie e de la Mare, perché possano scrivere senza assilli pratici. Oltre i “sonetti di guerra” che gli danno fama di war poet quasi suo malgrado, Rupert Brooke pubblica in vita una sola raccolta, Poems 1911, che rivela agli inglesi un Marvell minore e una poesia colma d'ironia, levità ed eccezionale maestria tecnica. La seconda raccolta, Poems 1914, esce postuma: il poeta muore infatti andando ai Dardanelli nell'aprile 1915, ed è sepolto a Sciro nell'Egeo dai compagni soldati destinati a morire poco dopo di lui. IL POSTO DELLE PAROLEascoltare fa pensarewww.ilpostodelleparole.itDiventa un supporter di questo podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/il-posto-delle-parole--1487855/support.

On the podcast today, Eric is joined by Kripa and Kirthan Shenoy of Auden & EaDough. The couple speak with Eric about they first met, how they both got into their respective culinary careers, the decision to comeback to Houston after working in New York, how the ideas for their concepts grew organically, creating EaDough, how the pandemic affected the initial stages of the bakery, developing the EaDough menu, what makes a good muffin, creating Auden, how's it's grown to become what is now, how the menu has changed in the year and a half the concept's been open, their goals for Auden, whether expansion plans are in their future, possible future concepts, and much more!  Follow Eric on Instagram/Threads @ericsandler. You can also reach Eric by emailing him at eric@culturemap.com. Check out some of his latest articles at Culturemap.com: Houston's 10 Best Bartenders of 2025 Serve Cocktails with Hospitality Bun B's Smash Hit Burger Joint Picks Westheimer for New Location Veteran Houston Barista Dreams Up a New Coffee Shop for Montrose 9 Houston Pop-Ups Pushing the City's Food Scene Foward

Cassandra Nelson, author of "A Theology of Fiction," joins me to discuss the importance of pursuing Godly truths in a secular culture, as well as the need to provide wisdom through literature. - - -  Today's Sponsor: ExpressVPN - Get 4 months FREE of ExpressVPN: https://expressvpn.com/klavan

Les podcasts d'Auden - Interdit aux adultes (X) Les émotions - Raconté par Auden (9 ans).Auden vous parle des émotions ! Joie, peur, colère, tristesse… d'où viennent-elles et pourquoi les ressent-on ? Auden vous explique comment elles fonctionnent et surtout, comment mieux les comprendre pour les gérer au quotidien.Un podcast créé en partenariat avec Nadia Karmel sophrologue et fondatrice de Maison Ohana.Retrouvez les podcasts d'Auden sur Instagram © tous droits réservés à Jérémie Nicolas - ncls.jeremie@gmail.com / lespodcastsdauden@gmail.comHébergé par Ausha. Visitez ausha.co/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

Today's poem, reminiscent of yesterday's “From a Railway Carriage,” was written by Auden for use in the 1936 documentary short film, Night Mail, and combines the powerful deep magics of locomotive travel and receiving letters. Bon voyage! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe

How does storytelling matter? Why might we bring in feelings about our children or a moment of being overcome with beauty into a book about, say, climate change? In this episode of Emerging Form, we speak with Auden Schendler about the power of story, about how we are drawn to tell the stories we most need to tell, and how and why it's important to let humility be a part of our practice.Auden Schendler has spent almost thirty years working on sustainability and climate change in the corporate world, focusing on big scale change that rejects tokenism. Currently Senior Vice President of Sustainability at Aspen One, he has been a town councilman, a Colorado Air Quality Control Commissioner, and an ambulance medic. He's the author of Getting Green Done: Hard Truths from the Sustainability Revolution, which climatologist James Hansen called “an antidote to greenwash,” and new this year, Terrible Beauty: Reckoning with Climate Complicity and Rediscovering our Soul, which historian Naomi Oreskes called “compelling and weirdly fun.” This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit emergingform.substack.com/subscribe

This week Melanie and I both have tried some new things: Mel has ventured into a new workout experience, and I have decided to pick (back) up a hobby I enjoyed back in high school and college. There's also a mouse update (in light of the Polar Vortex), and Mel shares a great recipe for a dinner party. Mel also has a new nighttime skincare ritual, and it's her turn for Five Favorites. Enjoy, everybody! - Join Us on Patreon - Our Amazon Shop - Fayetteville Live Show Tickets Show Notes: - Patrick Mahomes' post-game AFC championship interview - Aggies and Longhorns and basketball - sarcastic cross stitch patterns on Etsy - Slow Horses - Hotworx - Hearth & Homestead tallow balm - Luminesce facial sculptor - Giada's Sheet Pan Lasagna - Clearly Loved Pets acrylic dog bowl and stand - Unbrush detangling brush - InnBeauty Mineral Glow sunscreen - Auden striped pajama pants (with matching top) - Mother Science Hero serum Sponsors: - Hungryroot - use code BIGBOO for 40% off your first box and a free item of your choice for life - Drink LMNT - use this link to get a free sample pack with any purchase - Thrive Causemetics - use this link for 20% off your first order - Trust & Will - use this link for 10% off plus free shipping

Here is the most popular Malayalam Story Podcast -"Story Time With Asha teacher" In this fascinating tale from history, Auden, a traveler, presents a unique and extraordinary gift—a majestic polar bear—to King Sven of Denmark. The bear becomes a symbol of wonder and power, catching the attention of King Harald of Norway, who desires it for himself. What follows is a story of diplomacy, intrigue, and the incredible journeys of both men and the bear. Discover the tale of The Gift, where loyalty, ambition, and the allure of a rare treasure weave a narrative as captivating as the Arctic itself.

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Auden Cabello is an independent journalist covering the border crisis. On the podcast we discuss censorship, skepticism of the Trump administration, the difficulty of mass deportations, cartel presence in America, the impact this has in Mexico, and much more. PLEASE SUBSCRIBE LIKE AND SHARE THIS PODCAST!!!    WatchShow Rumble- https://rumble.com/v6ccgua-coffee-and-a-mike-with-auden-cabello-pushbacks-shut-down-incentives-for-ill.html YouTube- https://youtu.be/rAosUxRFo9E?si=KwqimvjUzwzwULsO   Follow Me Twitter/X- https://x.com/CoffeeandaMike IG- https://www.instagram.com/coffeeandamike/ Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/CoffeeandaMike/ YouTube- https://www.youtube.com/@Coffeeandamike Rumble- https://rumble.com/search/all?q=coffee%20and%20a%20mike Apple Podcasts- https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/coffee-and-a-mike/id1436799008 Gab- https://gab.com/CoffeeandaMike Locals- https://coffeeandamike.locals.com/ Website- www.coffeeandamike.com Email- info@coffeeandamike.com   Support My Work Venmo- https://www.venmo.com/u/coffeeandamike Paypal- https://www.paypal.com/biz/profile/Coffeeandamike Patreon- http://patreon.com/coffeeandamike Locals- https://coffeeandamike.locals.com/ Cash App- https://cash.app/$coffeeandamike Buy Me a Coffee- https://buymeacoffee.com/coffeeandamike Mail Check or Money Order- Coffee and a Mike LLC P.O. Box 25383 Scottsdale, AZ 85255-9998   Follow Auden X- https://x.com/CabelloAuden   Sponsors Vaulted/Precious Metals- https://vaulted.blbvux.net/coffeeandamike Independence Ark Natural Farming- https://www.independenceark.com/    

January 4, 2025 Today's Reading: Introit for Second Sunday After Christmas - Psalm 147:1, 5, 11-12; antiphon: John 1:14Daily Lectionary: Isaiah 63:15-65:2; Luke 2:41-52“And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as ofthe only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.” (John 1:14)In the Name + of Jesus. Amen.W.H. Auden once wrote, “Nothing that is possible can save us. We who must die demand a miracle.” We believe in miracles. Every week, we confess this very thing in bold words that define our faith by the miracles they proclaim. “And (I believe) in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, (and) born of the Virgin Mary.”The theological term used to encompass this confession of faith is the word “incarnation.” This means that Jesus knows from the inside what it means to be human. He knows from the inside what it means to have a family. He knows from the inside what it means to suffer disappointment. He knows from the inside how it feels to be hungry and tired and angry and sad. He knows what it means to fall into bed exhausted after a long and frustrating day of work. He knows the pull of temptation and the sting of betrayal. The Incarnation means that in nearly every way, our Brother Jesus knows what it means to be fully human because He is fully human. And when you go to Him with the concerns of your heart, no matter how desperate they may be, He understands you as your Brother because He's been there.When the Son of God was “conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary,” He took on human flesh, not like a uniform that you throw into the laundry at the end of the day. No, the Incarnation means that the second Person of the Trinity took on our flesh forever. He is right now and will be forever true God and true man. Tempted in every way just as we are tempted, yet without sin, Jesus Christ came to do for us what we could never do for ourselves. This means that Jesus Christ fulfilled the Law for us where we had failed. And this means that Jesus Christ suffered and died to pay the penalty our sins required. This means that Jesus Christ defeated death for us by walking out of His grave in our flesh, and because this is true, we will follow our Brother out of our tomb as well.The poet was right, “Nothing that is possible can save us. We who must die demand a miracle.” We are people who must die. Our sin requires it, and nothing we have done or can do will ever change this fate. So today, we lay our filthy rags at the feet of our Brother Jesus, who has accomplished the impossible for us. “We who must die demand a miracle.” And the “good tidings of great joy” of this Christmas season proclaim that Jesus is the miracle of miracles.In the Name + of Jesus. Amen.Lord Jesus, true God and true Man, thank you for the miracle of my life. Amen-Rev. Thomas Eggold, pastor of Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Fort Wayne, IN.Audio Reflections Speaker: Pastor Jonathan Lackey is the pastor at Grace Lutheran Church, Vine Grove, KY.What makes a church "good?" Come join the fictional family as they test out eight different churches in their brand-new town and answer this question along the way. Will the Real Church Please Stand Up? by Matthew Richard, now available from Concordia Publishing House.

“the Christmas Tree is a tree of fable,/A phoenix in evergreen”Cecil Day Lewis tackles the leave-taking of Christmas and the emotional upheaval in can work in the hearts of kids from 1 to 92. Happy reading (and don't take down that tree yet!)Lewis, (born April 27, 1904, Ballintubbert, County Leix, Ire.—died May 22, 1972, Hadley Wood, Hertfordshire, Eng.) was one of the leading British poets of the 1930s; he then turned from poetry of left-wing political statement to an individual lyricism expressed in more traditional forms.The son of a clergyman, Day-Lewis was educated at the University of Oxford and taught school until 1935. His Transitional Poem (1929) had already attracted attention, and in the 1930s he was closely associated with W.H. Auden (whose style influenced his own) and other poets who sought a left-wing political solution to the ills of the day. Typical of his views at that time is the verse sequence The Magnetic Mountain (1933) and the critical study A Hope for Poetry(1934).Day-Lewis was Clark lecturer at the University of Cambridge in 1946; his lectures there were published as The Poetic Image (1947). In 1952 he published his verse translation of Virgil's Aeneid, which was commissioned by the BBC. He also translated Virgil's Georgics (1940) and Eclogues (1963). He was professor of poetry at Oxford from 1951 to 1956. The Buried Day (1960), his autobiography, discusses his acceptance and later rejection of communism. Collected Poemsappeared in 1954. Later volumes of verse include The Room and Other Poems (1965) and The Whispering Roots (1970). The Complete Poems of C. Day-Lewis was published in 1992.At his death he was poet laureate, having succeeded John Masefield in 1968. Under the pseudonym of Nicholas Blake he also wrote detective novels, including Minute for Murder (1948) and Whisper in the Gloom (1954).-bio via Britannica Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe

Christ is born! Merry Christmas and happy reading! Today's poem is a selection from Auden's superb long poem, For the Time Being: A Christmas Oratorio. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe

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Welcome to the Okay But Did You Know? Podcast Pedantic Book Club! Quarterly we'll sit and talk about a book that is either a retelling of a classic tale or one that has been adapted into a tv series or film. This quarter we read The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien. Did you know Tolkien recollects in a 1955 letter to W. H. Auden that, in the late 1920s, when he was Professor at Pembroke College, The Hobbit began when he was marking School Certificate papers, on the back of one of which he wrote the words "In a hole in the ground, there lived a hobbit" which evolved into a story like the ones he was making up for his children? Join our Book Club and get access to exclusive content on Patreon Follow us on Instagram Follow us on Tiktok --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/obdykpod/support

From the beginning of his career as a poet, W.H. Auden wrestled with the meaning of Englishness. He came out with a collection of poems entitled On This Island, but what exactly was this island? A world in ruins? A beautiful (if morally compromised) haven? In this episode, Jacke talks to Nicholas Jenkins (The Island: War and Belonging in Auden's England) about Auden's relationship with the land of his birth, including his preoccupations with the vicissitudes of war, the trials of love, and the problems of identity. PLUS Italian scholar Gabriele Pedullà (On Niccolò Machiavelli: The Bonds of Politics) stops by to discuss his choice for the last book he will ever read. Additional listening: 595 Machiavelli (with Gabriele Pedulla) 479 Auden and the Muse of History (with Susannah Young-ah Gottlieb) 138 Why Poetry (with Matthew Zapruder) The music in this episode is by Gabriel Ruiz-Bernal. Learn more at gabrielruizbernal.com. Help support the show at patreon.com/literature or historyofliterature.com/donate. The History of Literature Podcast is a member of Lit Hub Radio and the Podglomerate Network. Learn more at thepodglomerate.com/historyofliterature. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Daily QuoteA man on a thousand mile walk has to forget his goal and say to himself every morning, ‘Today I'm going to cover twenty-five miles and then rest up and sleep.' (Leo Tolstoy)Poem of the DayMusée des Beaux ArtsW.H. AudenBeauty of WordsThe SpectaclesBy Edgar Allan Poe

Every Advent I read W. H Auden's For the Time Being: A Christmas Oratorio. Every year different parts of the lengthy poem catch my attention. Today I want to start by talking about the part of the poem that describes the Annunciation, which is the appearance of the angel Gabriel to Mary.  In the Gospel of Luke the opening words of Gabriel are “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.” Auden sheds a different light on Gabriel's message. In his poem the first word out of Gabriel's mouth is not “Hail” or “Greetings” but “Wake.” Wake up! Awake! In one sense Mary's dream of a happy engagement and big wedding and living happily ever after will be disrupted by the announcement of the angel Gabriel that is going to change everything. As I read the poem I cannot help but think that there is another layer to this story. A spiritual layer. That when the messenger of God says, “Wake!” he is speaking of waking from the dream of life. 

Auden Schendler is someone whose work we've admired for a long time. And In this conversation, Auden and Jonathan talk about human purpose, the importance of joy and living well; and Auden spells out the need for systemic change — and not just token actions — to actually address climate change.RELATED LINKS:audenschendler.comEp. Sponsor: skitaos.comBlister Shop: Lone Pine Gear ExchangeBLISTER+ Get Yourself CoveredBlister Summit 2025TOPICS & TIMES:Auden's Background (5:14)Climate Change is Not Your Fault (17:29)Terrible Beauty (27:38)Reckoning with Climate Complicity (30:41)Rediscovering Our Soul (32:21)On the Idea that Climate Change is a Hoax (34:59)Analogy: the Tobacco Industry (41:25)Why Should We Recycle? (49:59)Why Climate Change Shouldn't Be Political (59:23)Final Thoughts (1:03:42)CHECK OUT OUR OTHER PODCASTSBlister CinematicCRAFTEDBikes & Big IdeasGEAR:30 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Daily QuoteThere is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you. (Maya Angelou)Poem of the DayMusée des Beaux ArtsW.H. AudenBeauty of Words书与人金圣华

Robin reads “September 1, 1939” by W.H. Auden on the day after the election, because moments like these always drive her to poetry.

A conversation between Dr Jay Parini, a prolific author and the D.E. Axinn Professor of English and Creative Writing at Middlebury College, and Dr Stephen Blackwood, the founding president of Ralston College, recorded on the occasion of the release of a Ralston College short course, “Robert Frost: The American Voice,” taught by Dr Parini. Dr Parini discusses the film adaptation of his most recent book Borges and Me (2020), shares stories of his friendships with literary figures including Jorge Luis Borges, W. H. Auden, and Iris Murdoch, explains why poetry matters, and shares the fruits of a life “lived in literature.” Applications are now open for next year's MA program. Full scholarships are available. https://www.ralston.ac/apply Authors, Artists, and Works Mentioned in this Episode: Jay Parini, Borges and Me Alan Cumming Jorge Luis BorgesBeowulf Robert Burns Isaiah Berlin Homer Aeschylus Dante Michel de Montaigne William Wordsworth W. B. Yeats Brian Friel, Dancing at Lughnasa Robert Burns, “A Red, Red Rose” William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet Iris Murdoch, The Bell W.H. Auden Boethius Jay Parini, Robert Frost: A Life Robert Frost, “Fire and Ice” Jay Parini, Robert Frost: 16 Poems to Learn by Heart Robert Frost, “The Road Less Traveled” Robert Frost, “After Apple-Picking” Robert Frost, “Birches” Robert Frost, “Directive” Robert Frost, “Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening” Gerard Manley Hopkins Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning T. S. Eliot, Four Quartets

Another dip back into the old vaults for the second episode covering War in Heaven. Original shownotes:  We begin this second part of our series on War in Heaven with the Archdeacon's words to the Holy Graal (yes, that's how it's spelled).  We end as a Georgia thunderstorm knocks out the Internet.  In between, we discuss Chapters 4-8 of Charles Williams' supernatural thriller. You can find War in Heaven here.  It is pretty inexpensive to buy on Kindle ($0.99 the last I checked). Other than the usual Lohengrin/Jazz mash-up, the music used is from Uranus, one of the pieces in Gustav Holst's Planets suite. The poetry excerpt at the end is from "On the Circuit," by W.H. Auden (read by the author). Stay tuned for Part 3 next week!   If you're enjoying these episodes and have constructive feedback, we'd love to hear from you!  Our email is InklingsVarietyHour@gmail.com.  Feel free also to leave us a review on iTunes if you want to see more of this sort of thing.

On this week's show, the panel falls for Anora, a new movie from writer-director Sean Baker (Tangerine, The Florida Project) that's as arrestingly tender as it is sexy, funny, and unpredictable. The whirlwind Cinderella story won the Palme d'Or at Cannes this year, and will likely become an Oscar frontrunner due to its star-making performances and humanistic depiction of life on the margins and sex work. One host calls it “the best American movie in the past 25 years.”  Then, the three discuss Matlock, a gender-swapped reboot on CBS starring Kathy Bates. With huge viewership numbers and decent critical success, is the quirky legal procedural proof that network television is so, so back?‌‌ Finally, our trio turns their attention to Hearing Things, a new site for independent music journalism run (and owned by) a group of former Pitchfork writers. In the exclusive Slate Plus segment, the hosts explore their thoughts and feelings about Halloween costumes.  Email us at culturefest@slate.com.  Endorsements: Steve:‌ “Two Don Quixote Lyrics”‌ by W. H. Auden. Julia:‌‌ Hampton Heights, an excellent novel by Supreme Friend of the Pod (SFOP)‌ Dan Kois. Dana:‌ In honor of her new oven, a recipe for Roasted Cod and Potatoes. Also in honor of Dana's recent appliance upgrade, an oven recipe from Julia and Stephen respectively:‌ Sheet-Pan Sausages and Brussels Sprouts With Honey Mustard and Roasted Kale and Sweet Potatoes With Eggs. Podcast production by Jared Downing. Production assistance by Kat Hong.  Disclosure: A Bond Account is a self-directed brokerage account with Public Investing, member FINRA/SIPC. Deposits into this account are used to purchase 10 investment-grade and high-yield bonds. As of 9/26/24, the average, annualized yield to worst (YTW) across the Bond Account is greater than 6%. A bond's yield is a function of its market price, which can fluctuate; therefore, a bond's YTW is not “locked in” until the bond is purchased, and your yield at time of purchase may be different from the yield shown here. The “locked in” YTW is not guaranteed; you may receive less than the YTW of the bonds in the Bond Account if you sell any of the bonds before maturity or if the issuer defaults on the bond. Public Investing charges a markup on each bond trade. See our Fee Schedule. Bond Accounts are not recommendations of individual bonds or default allocations. The bonds in the Bond Account have not been selected based on your needs or risk profile. See https://public.com/disclosures/bond-account to learn more.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's show, the panel falls for Anora, a new movie from writer-director Sean Baker (Tangerine, The Florida Project) that's as arrestingly tender as it is sexy, funny, and unpredictable. The whirlwind Cinderella story won the Palme d'Or at Cannes this year, and will likely become an Oscar frontrunner due to its star-making performances and humanistic depiction of life on the margins and sex work. One host calls it “the best American movie in the past 25 years.”  Then, the three discuss Matlock, a gender-swapped reboot on CBS starring Kathy Bates. With huge viewership numbers and decent critical success, is the quirky legal procedural proof that network television is so, so back?‌‌ Finally, our trio turns their attention to Hearing Things, a new site for independent music journalism run (and owned by) a group of former Pitchfork writers. In the exclusive Slate Plus segment, the hosts explore their thoughts and feelings about Halloween costumes.  Email us at culturefest@slate.com.  Endorsements: Steve:‌ “Two Don Quixote Lyrics”‌ by W. H. Auden. Julia:‌‌ Hampton Heights, an excellent novel by Supreme Friend of the Pod (SFOP)‌ Dan Kois. Dana:‌ In honor of her new oven, a recipe for Roasted Cod and Potatoes. Also in honor of Dana's recent appliance upgrade, an oven recipe from Julia and Stephen respectively:‌ Sheet-Pan Sausages and Brussels Sprouts With Honey Mustard and Roasted Kale and Sweet Potatoes With Eggs. Podcast production by Jared Downing. Production assistance by Kat Hong.  Disclosure: A Bond Account is a self-directed brokerage account with Public Investing, member FINRA/SIPC. Deposits into this account are used to purchase 10 investment-grade and high-yield bonds. As of 9/26/24, the average, annualized yield to worst (YTW) across the Bond Account is greater than 6%. A bond's yield is a function of its market price, which can fluctuate; therefore, a bond's YTW is not “locked in” until the bond is purchased, and your yield at time of purchase may be different from the yield shown here. The “locked in” YTW is not guaranteed; you may receive less than the YTW of the bonds in the Bond Account if you sell any of the bonds before maturity or if the issuer defaults on the bond. Public Investing charges a markup on each bond trade. See our Fee Schedule. Bond Accounts are not recommendations of individual bonds or default allocations. The bonds in the Bond Account have not been selected based on your needs or risk profile. See https://public.com/disclosures/bond-account to learn more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Norman Holmes Pearson, who in the middle years of the twentieth century was a professor of English and American Studies at Yale University, is now a largely forgotten figure — and someone who was never that well known during his lifetime. But Duquesne University professor Greg Barnhisel, in his intriguing new biography of Pearson, sees him as a critical figure in several important areas of American life and culture. Code Name Puritan: Norman Holmes Pearson at the Nexus of Poetry, Espionage, and American Power, demonstrates how Pearson was an important force in legitimizing American modernism (particularly in literature) as a significant cultural enterprise and subject of academic study. During World War II, Pearson was a prominent agent working for the Office of Strategic Services (the predecessor of the Central Intelligence Agency) as head of Anglo-British counterintelligence operations. And Pearson also was a key player in establishing American Studies as an academic discipline and helping to promulgate its study overseas as part of a larger effort to promote American interests abroad during the Cold War.  In this podcast discussion, Barnhisel discusses how Pearson's physical disability — what was then called a defect or deformity — may have given him greater receptivity toward the cultural dissidents of the modernist movement, certainly compared to other members of his Puritan-descended WASP class. Barnhisel focuses on Pearson's close relationships with authors including W. H. Auden and especially H.D., one of the handful of women poets who were important in pre-World War I avant-garde circles and who has come to be recognized as a central figure in the history of modernist literature.Pearson forged a relationship with H.D. and her partner, the English novelist Bryher, when he was stationed in London during World War II as head of the X-2 counterintelligence agency. Barnhisel analyzes what made humanist academics like Pearson effective as intelligence agents and how their influence carried over to academia after the war. Barnhisel also discusses the creation of the American Studies discipline, its relationship to the Cold War, and how Pearson's view of the importance of institutions would become increasingly marginalized within the discipline as it moved leftward following the 1960s. Ultimately, Barnhisel feels that Pearson's experiences and consideration of his Puritan background marked him as a man of the Vital Center: “As a neo-Puritan, Pearson felt that the stability and meaning provided by institutions had to be balanced with the dynamism and fertility of the creative individual mind. He was wary of the conformity that an organization-dominated society engendered.”

In this episode, Shankar Vendantam joins us to read and discuss "Musee des Beaux Arts," a poem that explores the ways in which humans become indifferent to the suffering of others. To learn more about Shankar Vendantam and the Hidden Brain podcast, visit his website (https://www.npr.org/people/137765146/shankar-vedantam). To read Auden's poem, click here (https://english.emory.edu/classes/paintings&poems/auden.html). Thanks to Curtis Brown Ltd. for granting us permission to read this poem.

Ted Hughes, one of the giants of twentieth-century British poetry, was born in Mytholmroyd, Yorkshire. After serving in the Royal Air Force, Hughes attended Cambridge, where he studied archeology and anthropology and took a special interest in myths and legends. In 1956, he met and married the American poet Sylvia Plath, who encouraged him to submit his manuscript to a first-book contest run by the Poetry Center. Awarded first prize by judges Marianne Moore, W. H. Auden, and Stephen Spender, The Hawk in the Rain (Faber & Faber, 1957) secured Hughes's reputation as a poet of international stature. According to poet and critic Robert B. Shaw, Hughes's poetry signaled a dramatic departure from the prevailing modes of the period. The stereotypical poem of the time was determined not to risk too much: politely domestic in its subject matter, understated and mildly ironic in style. By contrast, Hughes marshaled a language of nearly Shakespearean resonance to explore themes which were mythic and elemental.Hughes remained a controversial figure after Plath's suicide left him as her literary executor and he refused (citing family privacy) to publish many of her papers. Nevertheless, his long career included unprecedented best-selling volumes such as Lupercal (Faber & Faber, 1960), Crow (Faber & Faber, 1970), Selected Poems 1957–1981 (Faber & Faber, 1982), and Birthday Letters (Faber & Faber, 1998), as well as many beloved children's books, including The Iron Man (Faber & Faber, 1968), which was adapted as The Iron Giant (1999). With Seamus Heaney, he edited the popular anthologies The Rattle Bag (Faber & Faber, 1982) and The School Bag (Faber & Faber, 1997). Hughes was named executor of Plath's literary estate and he edited several volumes of her work. Hughes also translated works from classical authors, including Ovid and Aeschylus. Hughes was appointed Britain's Poet Laureate in 1984, a post he held until his death in 1998. Among his many awards, he was appointed to the Order of Merit, one of Britain's highest honors.Hughes married Carol Orchard in 1970, and the couple lived on a small farm in Devon until his death. His forays into translations, essays, and criticism were noted for their intelligence and range. Hughes continued writing and publishing poems until his death from cancer on October 28, 1998. A memorial to Hughes in the famed Poets' Corner of Westminster Abbey was unveiled in 2011.-bio via Poetry Foundation Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe

As the school year begins, today's poem goes out to all of those everyday saints performing the unseen and unsung acts of love that make life possible for rest of us!Born Asa Bundy Sheffey on August 4, 1913, Robert Hayden was raised in the Detroit neighborhood Paradise Valley. He had an emotionally tumultuous childhood and lived, at times, with his parents and with a foster family. In 1932, he graduated from high school and, with the help of a scholarship, attended Detroit City College (later, Wayne State University). In 1944, Hayden received his graduate degree from the University of Michigan.Hayden published his first book of poems, Heart-Shape in the Dust (Falcon Press), in 1940, at the age of twenty-seven. He enrolled in a graduate English literature program at the University of Michigan, where he studied with W. H. Auden. Auden became an influential and critical guide in the development of Hayden's writing. Hayden admired the work of Edna St. Vincent Millay, Elinor Wiley, Carl Sandburg, and Hart Crane, as well as the poets of the Harlem Renaissance—Langston Hughes, Countee Cullen, and Jean Toomer. He had an interest in African American history and explored his concerns about race in his writing. Hayden ultimately authored nine collections of poetry during his lifetime, as well as a collection of essays, and some children's literature. Hayden's poetry gained international recognition in the 1960s, and he was awarded the grand prize for poetry at the First World Festival of Negro Arts in Dakar, Senegal, in 1966 for his book Ballad of Remembrance (Paul Breman, 1962).Explaining the trajectory of Hayden's career, the poet William Meredith wrote:Hayden declared himself, at considerable cost in popularity, an American poet rather than a Black poet, when for a time there was posited an unreconcilable difference between the two roles. There is scarcely a line of his which is not identifiable as an experience of Black America, but he would not relinquish the title of American writer for any narrower identity.After receiving his graduate degree from the University of Michigan, Hayden remained there for two years as a teaching fellow. He was the first Black member of the English department. He then joined the faculty at Fisk University in Nashville, where he would remain for more than twenty years. In 1975, Hayden received the Academy of American Poets Fellowship and, in 1976, he became the first Black American to be appointed as Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress (later, U.S. poet laureate).Hayden died in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on February 25, 1980.-bio via Academy of American Poets Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe