Podcast appearances and mentions of Bernice M Murphy

In this episode, hosts Katherine Troyer and Toni Tresca discuss the 1960 Hitchcock film Psycho.  Episode Highlights: We talk about how this film provides the origins for many different horror tropes and elements (such as the highway horror sub-genre), even if we are reluctant to call Psycho itself a horror film. We explore how, despite being literally black-and-white, the film is filled with all shades of gray...as we are reminded--through the film's exploration of themes such as voyeurism and progress--that life rarely fits into neat little boxes. And, of course, we have to spend a few minutes talking about the infamous shower scene! A Dose of Scholarship: We discuss Bernice M. Murphy's excellent analysis of Psycho in her book The Highway Horror Film. We also touch on the theory of non-place by Marc Augé.  This podcast episode first aired on February 25, 2022. This episode was edited by the talented Jackson O'Brien (you rock!). Twitter/Instagram: @NightmarePod1; YouTube: Such a Nightmare channel; Email: suchanightmare.pod@gmail.com; ALL LINKS

Friday, 17 September 2021, 12 – 1pm What can we learn about a writer from reading their letters? This online roundtable, organised by the Trinity Long Room Hub as part of Culture Night 2021, invites a panel of experts to reflect on the letters of three major writers, American author Shirley Jackson, American poet John Berryman, and Irish novelist John McGahern. The roundtable will feature Bernice Murphy (TCD), Philip Coleman (TCD), and Frank Shovlin (University of Liverpool), and will be chaired by Eve Patten, Director of the Trinity Long Room Hub. About the speakers Philip Coleman is Professor in the School of English, Trinity College Dublin. His is an expert on American poetry and short fiction, and is the author/editor of several books, including John Berryman's Public Vision (2014), David Foster Wallace: Critical Insights (2015), and George Saunders: Critical Essays (2017). His most recent book is the Selected Letters of John Berryman (Harvard University Press, 2020), which he co-edited with Calista McRae (New Jersey Institute of Technology). Bernice M. Murphy is an Associate Professor and Lecturer in Popular Literature in the School of English, Trinity College, Dublin. Her books include the edited collection Shirley Jackson: Essays on the Literary Legacy (2005), The Suburban Gothic in American Popular Culture (2009), The Rural Gothic: Backwoods Horror and Terror in the Wilderness (2013), and The California Gothic in Fiction and Film (forthcoming). Bernice was an expert consultant on The Letters of Shirley Jackson, edited by Laurence Jackson Hyman (Random House, 2021). Frank Shovlin is Professor of Irish Literature in English at the Institute of Irish Studies, University of Liverpool. His several publications include Journey Westward: Joyce, Dubliners and the Literary Revival (2012), and Touchstones: John McGahern's Classical Style (2016). Frank is editor of the newly-published Letters of John McGahern (Faber, 2021).

Sadina & Jennifer read and discuss backwoods horror as featured in “The Rural Gothic in American Popular Culture.” Media Discussed: “The Rural Gothic in American Popular Culture: Backwoods Horror & Terror in the Wilderness” by Bernice M. Murphy (2013)

Shirley Jackson is one of the most important American authors of the last hundred years and among our greatest chroniclers of the female experience. The new compilation "The Letters of Shirley Jackson," is one of personal correspondence has all the hallmarks of Jackson's beloved fiction: flashes of the uncanny in the domestic, sparks of horror in the quotidian, and the veins of humor that run through good times and bad. The book was edited by Laurence Jackson Hyman with contributions by Bernice M. Murphy.

In this special episode (yay!), hosts Katherine Troyer and Anthony Tresca discuss Anne Rivers Siddon's 1978 novel The House Next Door.Episode Highlights: Katherine talks about the Southern Gothic aesthetic, Anthony suggests that the book deserves to be seen as three acts each composed of three mini-acts, and we praise the novel's ability to deliver a quiet (and quite terrifying) horror. A Dose of Scholarship: For a nice introduction to the nuances of the Gothic in American texts (including the Southern Gothic), we suggest The Cambridge Companion to American Gothic. And, as always when we think about the Gothic in American popular culture, we recommend turning to Bernice M. Murphy's work.

In this special Halloween episode, hosts Katherine Troyer and Anthony Tresca discuss the 1978 film Halloween. (Of course!)Episode Highlights: Katherine talks about the Suburban Gothic as a critical framework, Anthony questions why the film seems to hate partially naked women, and we get into a lively debate about whether or not the film's conservative perspective undermines the larger value of the film.A Dose of Scholarship: For more on the Suburban Gothic, we encourage you to check out Bernice M. Murphy's The Suburban Gothic in American Popular Culture. Murphy beautifully and thoroughly discusses this sub-genre through a variety of texts--from zombie films to Desperate Housewives--all the while leaving you to ponder whether you actually want that home in the suburbs after all. Twitter/Instagram: @NightmarePod1; Email: suchanightmare.pod@gmail.com

In this 1 hour and 25 minute episode of our podcast/never-ending quest to become better library staff we talk about Weird and New Weird Fiction! We have a few audio problems this time out (blame Matthew), but we don’t let that stop us discussing the difference between Weird and New Weird, how to make everything about ghost stories, whether you need elements of the fantastic to be considered “Weird”, and existential dread. Plus: Our special guest Jon (who’s getting his PhD in Weird Fiction) drops big words like Oneiric and talks about things like the paradox of aversion, so be ready for that. You can download the podcast on Libsyn, or get it through iTunes or your favourite podcast delivery system.   In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | Jessi Recommended Area X: The Southern Reach Trilogy by Jeff VanderMeer 3 Strange Tales by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa Uzumaki, vol. 1 by Junji Ito (graphic novel) A Fair Maiden by Joyce Carol Oates Age of Blight: Stories by Kristine Ong Muslim My Work is Not Yet Done: Three Tales of Corporate Horror by Thomas Ligotti Year's Best Weird Fiction, Volume One edited by Laird Barron Sensuous Science Fiction from the Weird and Spicy Pulps edited by Sheldon Jaffery (only recommended if you have very dubious taste like Matthew does…) Enigma at Amigara Fault by Junji Ito (illegal scan of the comic) Did Not Finish The Big Book of Ghost Stories edited by Otto Penzler The Small Hand and Dolly by Susan Hill The Summer of the Ubume by Natsuhiko Kyogoku The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson (Recommended) Cogwheel and Other Stories by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa Get in Trouble by Kelly Link The Scar by China Miéville (Recommended) Searchers After Horror: New Tales of the Weird and Fantastic edited by S.T. Joshi Other books mentioned At the Mountains of Madness by H.P. Lovecraft Planetary/The Authority: Ruling the World by Warren Ellis and Phil Jimenez (the super racist bit Matthew mentioned) The Horror at Red Hook by H.P. Lovecraft The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle The Gormenghast Novels by Mervyn Peake (Recommended) Perdido Street Station by China Miéville City of Saints and Madmen by Jeff VanderMeer Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham (graphic novel) Superman: Red Son (graphic novel) The Last Days of New Paris by China Miéville (Recommended) Solaris by Stanisław Lem The Rural Gothic in American Popular Culture by Bernice M. Murphy Gyo by Junji Ito (graphic novel) The Rook by Daniel O'Malley (Recommended) Links and Other Things Weird Fiction (Wikipedia) New Weird  (Wikipedia) Lord Dunsany (Wikipedia) H.P. Lovecraft (Wikipedia) Arthur Machen (Wikipedia) Call of Cthulhu RPG (Wikipedia) Speculative fiction (Wikipedia) Slipstream (Wikipedia) Cyberpunk (Wikipedia) Cyberpunk derivatives (Wikipedia) Fourteen Notable Women Writers of the Weird from Weird Fiction Review China Miéville's top 10 weird fiction books from The Guardian Matthew’s list of Batman books and comics for every genre we cover (he can’t find a Historical Romance one, any suggestions?) DC Elseworlds comics (Wikipedia) Akutagawa Prize the prize named after the early 20th century Japanese writer Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (Wikipedia) The Dungeon Dimensions from the Discworld books (Wikipedia) From Annihilation to Acceptance: A Writer’s Surreal Journey article from The Atlantic that talks about the dental surgery origins of Jeff VanderMeer’s novel Annihilation SCP Foundation: Secure, Contain, Protect We Need To Talk About Fifty-Five - The first of the SCP stories that caused Matthew to have crazy dreams SCP-087 - The one about the staircase SCP-093 - The one about the mirror SCP-914 - The one about the Rough/Coarse/Fine machine Brotherhood of Dada (Wikipedia) Solaris (1972 film) directed by Andrei Tarkovsky (Wikipedia) Spicy Library Stories - Matthew’s ridiculous zine Gormenghast TV show (Wikipedia) Neverwhere TV show (Wikipedia) (and its rather terrible “Beast of London”) Alien Isolation video game (Wikipedia) Goosebumps series of books (Wikipedia) Rick and Morty TV show (Wikipedia) It Follows movie (Wikipedia) Arkham Horror the board game The weird map thing with rotating rooms Matthew made for an Achtung! Cthulhu game Study in Emerald by Neil Gaiman (link to the actual story) (also a board game!) Welcome to Night Vale the humourous weird fiction podcast we completely failed to mention This blog post about Masochistic Reading features our second mention on Book Riot! Also, check out Jon’s blog where he writes up some of the Weird D&D adventures that he runs! And thanks to Sam and Aly from the SS Librarianship podcast for letting us use their recording space and equipment! Questions What is your definition of weird fiction? Can you have weird non-fiction? Can you recommend some outer space weird fiction? Check out our Pinterest board and Tumblr posts for all the books about Weird Fiction people in the club read (or tried to read), follow us on Twitter, and join our Facebook Group! Join us again on Tuesday, January 3rd, for our Best of 2016 episode! Then come back on Tuesday, January 17th, when we discuss Coming-of-Age books!