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La estación azul
La estación azul - 'Anidan minerales', con Julia Viejo - 18/10/25

La estación azul

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2025 54:37


Hablamos de Anidan minerales (Ed. Pre-Textos), el primer y brevísimo poemario de la escritora madrileña Julia Viejo, a la que hasta el momento teníamos por narradora, pero que se acaba de descubrir también como poeta gracias a este libro ingrávido a la vez que hondo, inteligente pero nunca resabiado, de una candidez que nos retrotrae a una edad anterior.Luego, Ignacio Elguero pone dos títulos inclasificables sobre la mesa: La pregunta 7 (Ed. Libros del asteroide), del australiano Richard Flanagan en traducción de Catalina Martínez Muñoz, y El abc de Byobu (Ed. Lumen), de la escritora uruguaya y Premio Cervantes Ida Vitale.Además, Javier Lostalé abre su ventanita a La duermevela es una lejanía (Ed. Reino de Cordelia) el nuevo poemario del periodista y escritor Fernando del Val, en el que se percibe su honda formación clásica, así como sus conocimientos filosóficos y su capacidad para interrelacionar todas las artes.En Peligro en la Estación nuestro colaborador Sergio C. Fanjul nos recomienda Historias fantásticas de islas verdaderas (Ed. Gatopardo), volumen en el que el escritor genovés Ernesto Franco se inventa el personaje de un rudo marinero para proponernos un viaje por algunas de las ínsulas más curiosas del mundo.Terminamos el programa junto a Mariano Peyrou, que esta vez nos habla de Idem lo mismo (Ed. Kriller), una selección de piezas breves de la escritora Gertrude Stein, pieza clave de esa riquísima línea de poesía norteamericana que todavía hoy se alimenta de sus ideas, tan estimulantes como divertidas.Escuchar audio

Keep Talking
Episode 151: Judith Thurman - Writing at "The New Yorker"

Keep Talking

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2025 45:01


Judith Thurman is a staff writer at "The New Yorker," and the author of many books, including "Isak Dinesen: The Life of a Storyteller" and "Secrets of the Flesh: A Life of Colette."------------Keep Talking SubstackSpotifyApple PodcastsSocial media and all episodes------------(00:00) “How'd you get to be that thing you are?”—origin story(02:18) Precocious reader, teacher mom, “foreordained” to write(04:52) Yes-and-no confidence; from drivel to good(07:10) Poet in Europe: barmaid, tutor, no money(09:48) 1970s NYC—dangerous, electric, cheap rent, first bylines(12:22) Nation → Ms. magazine → journalism takes off(14:05) Knocking on The New Yorker's door; Gottlieb says yes(16:40) How a New Yorker piece gets made—editors, rewrites, heat(19:12) Subjects and boundaries: strong & “lost” women(21:58) Emily Wilson to Vanessa Beecroft; fasting spa detour(24:41) Writing (against) Gertrude Stein; Handmaid's Tale hindsight(27:20) Why Stein's “cult” endures—salon as tourist attraction(29:58) Anne Frank's freedom to feel; the monumental annotation(32:36) Amelia Earhart—image-making, legend, and dying young(34:28) Biographies as marriages; choosing a life to live with(35:57) Isak Dinesen begins: Ms. piece, Denneny, the $10k “bride price”(38:43) Rethinking colonialism—Kenyan correspondent, mea culpa(41:52) Writing life: night vs. morning, momentum, humility; truth famine & journalism's role

Haunted American History
Haunting at the Hotel Sorrento - Washington

Haunted American History

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2025 32:24


Seattle's Hotel Sorrento has long been called one of the most haunted hotels in America. Guests whisper about phantom piano music, drinks that slide across tables, and a playful spirit said to be none other than Alice B. Toklas—famed partner of Gertrude Stein and counterculture icon. But did Toklas ever even set foot in the hotel? And if not, who really haunts these historic halls?In this episode, we peel back the layers of legend to uncover the strange story of how a celebrity ghost came to overshadow a very real tragedy inside the Sorrento. From moving glasses and phantom roses to a forgotten bellboy's death, we dive into folklore, fact, and the psychology of haunted places. LINKS FOR MY DEBUT NOVEL, THE FORGOTTEN BOROUGHwww.hauntedamericanhistory.comBarnes and Noble -   https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-forgotten-borough-christopher-feinstein/1148274794?ean=9798319693334AMAZON: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FQPQD68SEbookGOOGLE: https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=S5WCEQAAQBAJ&pli=1KOBO: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the-forgotten-borough-2?sId=a10cf8af-5fbd-475e-97c4-76966ec87994&ssId=DX3jihH_5_2bUeP1xoje_SMASHWORD: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1853316 !! DISTURB ME !! APPLE - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/disturb-me/id1841532090SPOTIFY - https://open.spotify.com/show/3eFv2CKKGwdQa3X2CkwkZ5?si=faOUZ54fT_KG-BaZOBiTiQYOUTUBE - https://www.youtube.com/@DisturbMePodcastwww.disturbmepodcast.com YOUTUBE⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@hauntedchris⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ TikTok- @hauntedchris LEAVE A VOICEMAIL - 609-891-8658  Twitter- @Haunted_A_H Instagram- haunted_american_history email- hauntedamericanhistory@gmail.com Patreon- ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/hauntedamericanhistory⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠     Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The American Writers Museum Podcasts
Episode 55: Gertrude Stein

The American Writers Museum Podcasts

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2025 49:14


In this episode, we discuss the life and legacy of Gertrude Stein. A poet, novelist, and essayist, Stein was a towering literary figure in her time. She moved to Paris in 1902 with her partner Alice B. Toklas, where they would spend the remainder of their lives. Together they held regular salons in their apartment [...]

Nation of Writers
Episode 55: Gertrude Stein

Nation of Writers

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2025 49:14


In this episode, we discuss the life and legacy of Gertrude Stein. A poet, novelist, and essayist, Stein was a towering literary figure in her time. She moved to Paris in 1902 with her partner Alice B. Toklas, where they would spend the remainder of their lives. Together they held regular salons in their apartment [...]

OBS
Romankonst: Bokmarknaden domineras av 1800-talslitteratur

OBS

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2025 9:57


Om dagens bokmarknad metadels består av 1800-talsromaner, vad är då en modern roman? Mattias Hagberg försöker skilja äpplen från päron. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radio Play. ESSÄ: Detta är en text där skribenten reflekterar över ett ämne eller ett verk. Åsikter som uttrycks är skribentens egna. Det börjar med en röst, en röst som förefaller komma ur tomma intet: ”Jag är en sjuk människa… Jag är en ond människa. En frånstötande människa.”Fjodor Dostojevskijs ”Anteckningar från källarhålet”, om en namnlös, ensam och bitter man, är omöjlig att värja sig mot. Monologen är påträngande och andfådd; orden väller fram över sidorna; budskapet är svårfångat och motsägelsefullt, men rösten är ändå, på något märkligt sätt, övertygande. Stämman, som kommer mot mig som läsare, är självisk och karaktärslös, den koketterar gärna med sina egna tillkortakommanden och med sin förkärlek för det låga, lidelsefulla och irrationella.Dostojevskij slår an en ton som på en och samma gång känns uppriktig och lögnaktig, intim och främmande. På ett ställe utropar den namnlösa romanfiguren: ”Men nu räcker det… Vad har jag lyckats förklara med dessa ordanhopningar?” Och på ett annat: ”Jag vill här varken försvara lidandet eller välståndet. Det jag försvarar är… mina egna infall och en garanterad rätt att följa dem, närhelst det känns nödvändigt.”Ja, vad är detta egentligen för en text? Vad vill den? Ett intressant svar på dessa frågor finns hos den amerikanske kritikern och tidskriftsredaktören Edwin Frank i hans uppslagsrika studie ”Stranger than Fiction: Lives of the Twentieth-Century Novel” från 2024, ett svar som pekar fram mot en samtida diskussion om litteraturens roll och betydelse.Med Dostojevskij, skriver Edwin Frank, börjar den moderna romanen. Här möter vi för första gången en text som inte utger sig för att vara något annat än just litteratur, men som samtidigt undflyr alla försök att inordnas. Romanen förefaller, med Edwin Franks ord, att handla om ”allt och ingenting”. Här finns ingen entydig handling, ingen början och inget slut, inga distinkta karaktärer, bara en röst som mal och mal, som talar utan att bry sig om ifall någon lyssnar.Visst, ”Anteckningar från Källarhålet” hade föregångare, texter som rörde sig mot det subjektiva och irrationella, men ingen annanstans hade anslaget varit så tydligt och så konsekvent genomfört som hos Dostojevskij. Titeln på Edwin Franks bok, det svåröversatta engelska uttrycket ”stranger than fiction”, är talande. Det bär på en hel teori om litteratur som det kan vara värt att dröja vid; det vill säga att den moderna romanen, den som uppstod med Dostojevskij och fortsatte med författare som Franz Kafka, Gertrude Stein och Virginia Woolf, inte i första hand bygger på fiktion, utan på något mycket märkligare, något mycket mer udda och undflyende.För Edwin Frank är fiktionen intimt förknippad med det tidiga 1800-talet. Fiktionen var romantikens och realismens verkningsfält. Författarna i denna tradition ville avbilda och underhålla, berätta och gestalta, de ville spegla verkligheten eller få den att framträda på nytt med fantasins hjälp. Men även om de bröt ny mark, riktade blicken mot nya områden och nya företeelser, var de fast förankrade i sin form – i den klassiska berättelsen, med sin tydliga början, mitt och slut. De ville förmedla en känsla av trovärdighet. Läsaren skulle bjudas in i en värld som kändes sammanhängande och förståelig. En form som numera dominerar bokmarknaden, och som i dag kanske bäst beskrivs med orden kommersiell realism.Den moderna romanen däremot, den som Edwin Frank kallar 1900-talsromanen, ville något annat, eller rättare sagt något mer.Men vad?Edwin Frank svarar med en katalog, eller en konstellation, som han själv uttrycker det. I ”Stranger than Fiction” lyfter han fram ett trettiotal romanförfattare som verkat i Dostojevskij efterföljd, från André Gide till W. G. Sebald, och deras verk.1900-talsromanen är för Edwin Frank inte en form utan ett förhållningssätt. Den vill inte inordna sig, eller underordna sig någonting, eftersom den inte är intresserad av samma saker som sina föregångare; den vill inte bygga världar, den vill inte gestalta, den vill inte kommunicera. Den är reaktiv i stället för formativ – det vill säga: den moderna romanen är ett subjektivt svar på en upplevelse eller en erfarenhet, inte ett objektivt sätt, en objektiv form, för att gestalta en situation. Därmed blir också själva språket, det personliga uttrycket, en naturlig del av denna reaktion. De författare som Edwin Frank lyfter fram är inte i första hand intresserade av att sända begripliga budskap till sina läsare. Nej, de svarar med de ord de har till hands, med det språk som är möjligt i just deras situation. De prövar sig fram. Undersöker och testar. De försöker. Ja, ordet försöker är centralt. Den moderna romanen, den som Edwin Frank kallar 1900-talsromanen, är en anstas.Hos Dostojevskij är detta tydligt, det räcker med att läsa de första raderna ur ”Anteckningar från källarhålet” för att förstå att här arbetar en författare som reagerat starkt på sin samtids övertro på förnuftet och framsteget, och som gör det på sitt alldeles egna sätt, såväl språkligt som innehållsmässigt. Men det skulle så klart gå lika bra att exemplifiera med någon av de andra romanerna ur Edwin Franks katalog, som Ralph Ellisons reaktion på rasismen i den bitvis absurda ”Osynlig man” från 1952, eller Chinua Achebes svar på kolonialismen i ”Allt går sönder” från 1958, eller Elsa Morantes uppgörelse med den moderna historieskrivningen i romanen ”Historien” från 1974. I debatten om litteratur är det vanligt att göra en distinktion mellan fin- och fullitteratur, mellan det som är bra och det som är dåligt – som om litteraturen var en produkt en på en marknad, där det gällde att göra rationella val. Inrättandet av en kanon handlar om just detta, liksom betygsättning av litteratur, eller listor över de bästa böckerna just nu.Men det finns ett annat synsätt, ett annat språk för att tala om litteraturen i allmänhet och romankonsten i synnerhet. Som inte är intresserat av värdering i traditionell bemärkelse, utan av litteraturen som ett levande förhållningsätt till en värld i ständig förändring. Ur denna blickpunkt växer litteraturen ur ett existentiellt behov av att reagera på sin omgivning. Den är inte bra eller dålig. Sann eller falsk. Den är responsiv. Den är ett genuint försök att svara på en verklig erfarenhet – ett försök som dessutom, i kraft av sin originalitet och sitt språk, kräver ett gensvar av den som läser. Mattias Hagbergkulturjournalist, litteraturkritiker och författare, samt universitetslektor i litterär gestaltningLitteraturEdwin Frank: Stranger Than Fiction – Lives of the Twentieth-Century Novel. Vintage publishing, 2024.

New Books in Intellectual History
Diana Souhami, "No Modernism Without Lesbians" (Head of Zeus Book, 2020)

New Books in Intellectual History

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2025 38:35


Diana Souhami talks about her new book No Modernism Without Lesbians, out 2020 with Head of Zeus books. A Sunday Times Book of the Year 2020. This is the extraordinary story of how a singular group of women in a pivotal time and place – Paris, between the wars – fostered the birth of the Modernist movement. Sylvia Beach, Bryher, Natalie Barney, and Gertrude Stein. A trailblazing publisher; a patron of artists; a society hostess; a groundbreaking writer. They were all women who loved women. They rejected the patriarchy and made lives of their own – forming a community around them in Paris. Each of these four central women interacted with a myriad of others, some of the most influential, most entertaining, most shocking and most brilliant figures of the age. Diana Souhami weaves together their stories to create a vivid moving tapestry of life among the Modernists in pre-war Paris. Jana Byars is the Academic Director of Netherlands: International Perspectives on Sexuality and Gender. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/intellectual-history

New Books Network
Diana Souhami, "No Modernism Without Lesbians" (Head of Zeus Book, 2020)

New Books Network

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2025 38:35


Diana Souhami talks about her new book No Modernism Without Lesbians, out 2020 with Head of Zeus books. A Sunday Times Book of the Year 2020. This is the extraordinary story of how a singular group of women in a pivotal time and place – Paris, between the wars – fostered the birth of the Modernist movement. Sylvia Beach, Bryher, Natalie Barney, and Gertrude Stein. A trailblazing publisher; a patron of artists; a society hostess; a groundbreaking writer. They were all women who loved women. They rejected the patriarchy and made lives of their own – forming a community around them in Paris. Each of these four central women interacted with a myriad of others, some of the most influential, most entertaining, most shocking and most brilliant figures of the age. Diana Souhami weaves together their stories to create a vivid moving tapestry of life among the Modernists in pre-war Paris. Jana Byars is the Academic Director of Netherlands: International Perspectives on Sexuality and Gender. 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

New Books in Literary Studies
Diana Souhami, "No Modernism Without Lesbians" (Head of Zeus Book, 2020)

New Books in Literary Studies

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2025 38:35


Diana Souhami talks about her new book No Modernism Without Lesbians, out 2020 with Head of Zeus books. A Sunday Times Book of the Year 2020. This is the extraordinary story of how a singular group of women in a pivotal time and place – Paris, between the wars – fostered the birth of the Modernist movement. Sylvia Beach, Bryher, Natalie Barney, and Gertrude Stein. A trailblazing publisher; a patron of artists; a society hostess; a groundbreaking writer. They were all women who loved women. They rejected the patriarchy and made lives of their own – forming a community around them in Paris. Each of these four central women interacted with a myriad of others, some of the most influential, most entertaining, most shocking and most brilliant figures of the age. Diana Souhami weaves together their stories to create a vivid moving tapestry of life among the Modernists in pre-war Paris. Jana Byars is the Academic Director of Netherlands: International Perspectives on Sexuality and Gender. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literary-studies

New Books in Dance
Diana Souhami, "No Modernism Without Lesbians" (Head of Zeus Book, 2020)

New Books in Dance

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2025 38:35


Diana Souhami talks about her new book No Modernism Without Lesbians, out 2020 with Head of Zeus books. A Sunday Times Book of the Year 2020. This is the extraordinary story of how a singular group of women in a pivotal time and place – Paris, between the wars – fostered the birth of the Modernist movement. Sylvia Beach, Bryher, Natalie Barney, and Gertrude Stein. A trailblazing publisher; a patron of artists; a society hostess; a groundbreaking writer. They were all women who loved women. They rejected the patriarchy and made lives of their own – forming a community around them in Paris. Each of these four central women interacted with a myriad of others, some of the most influential, most entertaining, most shocking and most brilliant figures of the age. Diana Souhami weaves together their stories to create a vivid moving tapestry of life among the Modernists in pre-war Paris. Jana Byars is the Academic Director of Netherlands: International Perspectives on Sexuality and Gender. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/performing-arts

New Books in American Studies
Glenn Ligon, "Distinguishing Piss from Rain" (Hauser & Wirth, 2024)

New Books in American Studies

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2025 53:14


An expansive volume featuring over two decades of incisive reflections on race, art and pop culture by one of the greatest artists working today This long-awaited and essential volume collects writings and interviews by Glenn Ligon, whose canonical paintings, neons and installations have been delivering a cutting examination of race, history, sexuality and culture in America since his emergence in the late 1980s. No stranger to text, the artist has routinely utilized writings from James Baldwin, Zora Neale Hurston, Richard Pryor, Gertrude Stein and others to construct work that centers Blackness within the historically white backdrop of the art world and culture writ large. Ligon began writing in the early 2000s, engaging deeply with the work of peers such as Julie Mehretu, Chris Ofili and Lorna Simpson, as well as with artists who came before him, among them Philip Guston, David Hammons and Andy Warhol. Interweaving a singular voice and a magical knack for storytelling with an astute view of art history and broader cultural shifts, this collection cements Ligon's status as one of the great chroniclers of our time. Glenn Ligon was born in the Bronx in 1960. He began as an abstract painter but shifted to text-based works which often incorporate quotes from Black authors. His work can be found in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Baltimore Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/american-studies

New Books in Art
Diana Souhami, "No Modernism Without Lesbians" (Head of Zeus Book, 2020)

New Books in Art

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2025 38:35


Diana Souhami talks about her new book No Modernism Without Lesbians, out 2020 with Head of Zeus books. A Sunday Times Book of the Year 2020. This is the extraordinary story of how a singular group of women in a pivotal time and place – Paris, between the wars – fostered the birth of the Modernist movement. Sylvia Beach, Bryher, Natalie Barney, and Gertrude Stein. A trailblazing publisher; a patron of artists; a society hostess; a groundbreaking writer. They were all women who loved women. They rejected the patriarchy and made lives of their own – forming a community around them in Paris. Each of these four central women interacted with a myriad of others, some of the most influential, most entertaining, most shocking and most brilliant figures of the age. Diana Souhami weaves together their stories to create a vivid moving tapestry of life among the Modernists in pre-war Paris. Jana Byars is the Academic Director of Netherlands: International Perspectives on Sexuality and Gender. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/art

New Books in Women's History
Diana Souhami, "No Modernism Without Lesbians" (Head of Zeus Book, 2020)

New Books in Women's History

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2025 38:35


Diana Souhami talks about her new book No Modernism Without Lesbians, out 2020 with Head of Zeus books. A Sunday Times Book of the Year 2020. This is the extraordinary story of how a singular group of women in a pivotal time and place – Paris, between the wars – fostered the birth of the Modernist movement. Sylvia Beach, Bryher, Natalie Barney, and Gertrude Stein. A trailblazing publisher; a patron of artists; a society hostess; a groundbreaking writer. They were all women who loved women. They rejected the patriarchy and made lives of their own – forming a community around them in Paris. Each of these four central women interacted with a myriad of others, some of the most influential, most entertaining, most shocking and most brilliant figures of the age. Diana Souhami weaves together their stories to create a vivid moving tapestry of life among the Modernists in pre-war Paris. Jana Byars is the Academic Director of Netherlands: International Perspectives on Sexuality and Gender. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New Books in French Studies
Diana Souhami, "No Modernism Without Lesbians" (Head of Zeus Book, 2020)

New Books in French Studies

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2025 38:35


Diana Souhami talks about her new book No Modernism Without Lesbians, out 2020 with Head of Zeus books. A Sunday Times Book of the Year 2020. This is the extraordinary story of how a singular group of women in a pivotal time and place – Paris, between the wars – fostered the birth of the Modernist movement. Sylvia Beach, Bryher, Natalie Barney, and Gertrude Stein. A trailblazing publisher; a patron of artists; a society hostess; a groundbreaking writer. They were all women who loved women. They rejected the patriarchy and made lives of their own – forming a community around them in Paris. Each of these four central women interacted with a myriad of others, some of the most influential, most entertaining, most shocking and most brilliant figures of the age. Diana Souhami weaves together their stories to create a vivid moving tapestry of life among the Modernists in pre-war Paris. Jana Byars is the Academic Director of Netherlands: International Perspectives on Sexuality and Gender. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/french-studies

New Books in African American Studies
Glenn Ligon, "Distinguishing Piss from Rain" (Hauser & Wirth, 2024)

New Books in African American Studies

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2025 53:14


An expansive volume featuring over two decades of incisive reflections on race, art and pop culture by one of the greatest artists working today This long-awaited and essential volume collects writings and interviews by Glenn Ligon, whose canonical paintings, neons and installations have been delivering a cutting examination of race, history, sexuality and culture in America since his emergence in the late 1980s. No stranger to text, the artist has routinely utilized writings from James Baldwin, Zora Neale Hurston, Richard Pryor, Gertrude Stein and others to construct work that centers Blackness within the historically white backdrop of the art world and culture writ large. Ligon began writing in the early 2000s, engaging deeply with the work of peers such as Julie Mehretu, Chris Ofili and Lorna Simpson, as well as with artists who came before him, among them Philip Guston, David Hammons and Andy Warhol. Interweaving a singular voice and a magical knack for storytelling with an astute view of art history and broader cultural shifts, this collection cements Ligon's status as one of the great chroniclers of our time. Glenn Ligon was born in the Bronx in 1960. He began as an abstract painter but shifted to text-based works which often incorporate quotes from Black authors. His work can be found in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Baltimore Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/african-american-studies

New Books Network
Glenn Ligon, "Distinguishing Piss from Rain" (Hauser & Wirth, 2024)

New Books Network

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2025 53:14


An expansive volume featuring over two decades of incisive reflections on race, art and pop culture by one of the greatest artists working today This long-awaited and essential volume collects writings and interviews by Glenn Ligon, whose canonical paintings, neons and installations have been delivering a cutting examination of race, history, sexuality and culture in America since his emergence in the late 1980s. No stranger to text, the artist has routinely utilized writings from James Baldwin, Zora Neale Hurston, Richard Pryor, Gertrude Stein and others to construct work that centers Blackness within the historically white backdrop of the art world and culture writ large. Ligon began writing in the early 2000s, engaging deeply with the work of peers such as Julie Mehretu, Chris Ofili and Lorna Simpson, as well as with artists who came before him, among them Philip Guston, David Hammons and Andy Warhol. Interweaving a singular voice and a magical knack for storytelling with an astute view of art history and broader cultural shifts, this collection cements Ligon's status as one of the great chroniclers of our time. Glenn Ligon was born in the Bronx in 1960. He began as an abstract painter but shifted to text-based works which often incorporate quotes from Black authors. His work can be found in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Baltimore Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art, New York. 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

New Books in Art
Glenn Ligon, "Distinguishing Piss from Rain" (Hauser & Wirth, 2024)

New Books in Art

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2025 53:14


An expansive volume featuring over two decades of incisive reflections on race, art and pop culture by one of the greatest artists working today This long-awaited and essential volume collects writings and interviews by Glenn Ligon, whose canonical paintings, neons and installations have been delivering a cutting examination of race, history, sexuality and culture in America since his emergence in the late 1980s. No stranger to text, the artist has routinely utilized writings from James Baldwin, Zora Neale Hurston, Richard Pryor, Gertrude Stein and others to construct work that centers Blackness within the historically white backdrop of the art world and culture writ large. Ligon began writing in the early 2000s, engaging deeply with the work of peers such as Julie Mehretu, Chris Ofili and Lorna Simpson, as well as with artists who came before him, among them Philip Guston, David Hammons and Andy Warhol. Interweaving a singular voice and a magical knack for storytelling with an astute view of art history and broader cultural shifts, this collection cements Ligon's status as one of the great chroniclers of our time. Glenn Ligon was born in the Bronx in 1960. He began as an abstract painter but shifted to text-based works which often incorporate quotes from Black authors. His work can be found in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Baltimore Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/art

Poem-a-Day
Gertrude Stein: “Tender Buttons [Breakfast]”

Poem-a-Day

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2025 9:09


Recorded by staff of the Academy of American Poets for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on August 3, 2025. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.poets.org

SWR2 Hörspiel
Zum Tod von Robert Wilson – Monsters of Grace II

SWR2 Hörspiel

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2025 59:02


Am 31. Juli ist der Regisseur Robert Wilson im Alter von 83 Jahren gestorben. Berühmt wurde er mit aufsehenerregenden Opern- und Theateraufführungen. Wilson schätzte das Radio, es hatte großen Einfluss auf seine Theaterarbeiten. 2013 entstand dieses Hörspiel für den SWR. Die Montage besteht aus Texten, Geräuschen und Musiken. Lucretius steht neben Goethe, Hölderlin neben Gertrude Stein und Christopher Knowles neben Ludwig Wittgenstein. Motive von Leben, Tod und Vergänglichkeit ziehen sich durch. In Varianten und Repetitionen bestimmen sie das Werk. Hörspiel von Robert Wilson Mit: Lady Gaga, Isabelle Huppert, Isabella Rossellini, Angela Winkler, Christopher Knowles, Anna Graenzer, Jürgen Holtz, Robert Wilson u. a. Musik und Geräuschkomposition: Dom Bouffard, Adam Lenz Co-Regie: Tilman Hecker Konzeption und Regie: Robert Wilson Produktion: SWR/hr/ZKM und HfG Karlsruhe 2014

Musik unserer Zeit
Wie queer sind neue Opern und neues Musiktheater?

Musik unserer Zeit

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2025 59:58


Jahrhundertelang wurde auf der Opernbühne geliebt, heterosexuell geliebt. Seit wenigen Jahrzehnten erst stehen eine Handvoll schwule Paare, noch weniger lesbisch Liebende und bloss eine trans Person im Zentrum von ein paar wenigen Opern. Die universelle Kunstform Oper war doch eigentlich schon immer recht queer – oder doch nicht? Seit den ersten Werken der Gattung traten schliesslich Männer verkleidet als Frauen auf, Frauen verkleidet als Männer. Hohe Stimmen intonierten männliche Charaktere, tiefe weibliche. Stimm- und Kleidertravestie waren gang und gäbe. Lange fielen explizit queere Stoffe und Homoerotik aber der Zensur oder Verschleierung zum Opfer, gleichgeschlechtliche Liebe durfte auch auf der Bühne nicht sein. Doch seit der letzten Jahrtausendwende werden die Liebespaare in Opern nun allmählich diverser, und das Repertoire beginnt so, die gesellschaftliche Realität etwas adäquater abzubilden. Einer der Pioniere, der ein fesselndes Werk mit schwulem Protagonistenpaar komponiert hat, ist der Basler Andrea Scartazzini. In der Sendung erzählt er von der Entstehung seines hochdramatischen und gross besetzten «Edward II.» aus dem Jahr 2017 und von dessen musikalischen Besonderheiten. In St. Gallen feierte 2023 die erste abendfüllende Oper über eine trans Ikone ihre Uraufführung: «Lili Elbe» des US-Amerikaners Tobias Picker. Um die Geschichte der dänischen Landschaftsmalerin authentisch erzählen zu können, arbeitete Picker während des Kompositionsprozesses mit der Baritonistin Lucia Lucas zusammen, welche auch ihre eigenen Erfahrungen einbrachte. Philipp Venables schliesslich vertonte für die Opernfestivals in Aix-en-Provence und Bregenz ein queeres Kultbuch aus den 1970er-Jahren: «The Faggots & Their Friends Between Revolutions» und schuf damit ein weiteres schillerndes Werk, welches andere Lebenswelten als die heterosexuelle auf die Bühne bringt. Ein Streifzug durch die queere Operngeschichte bis heute. Gespielte Werke: W. A. Mozart: Apollo et Hyacinthus (1767) K. Szymanowski: Król Roger (1926) F. Poulenc: Les Mamelles de Tirésias (1947) B. Britten: Billy Budd (1951) St. Wallace: Harvey Milk (1995) P. Eötvös: Angels in America (2004) R. Gordon: 27 (Kammeroper über Gertrude Stein und Alice B. Toklas, 2014) Ch. Wuorinen: Brokeback Mountain (2014) A. Scartazzini: Edward II. (2017) K. Chemirani: Negar (2022) P. Venables: The Faggots & Their Friends Between Revolutions (2023) T. Picker: Lili Elbe (2023) - - Literaturhinweis: Casta Diva - Der schwule Opernführer Rainer Falk & Sven Limbeck Querverlag, 2019

Ocene
Martina Potisk: Ena na ena

Ocene

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2025 5:10


Piše Jože Štucin, bereta Igor Velše in Eva Longyka Marušič. V knjigi Martine Potisk Ena na ena je šestdeset pesmi, naslovljenih zgolj po zaporednih številkah. Vse so napisane dosledno brez punktuacije (razen v štiriinpetdeseti pesmi ko se za V pojavi pika), v prostem verzu in z jezikom, ki se rad spreobrača iz visokega do pogovornega, na trenutke celo "pošvedranega" z neštetimi besednimi igrami, kalki, asociativnim pisanjem, kjer se verzi pretakajo drug v drugega na videz brez "repa in glave", se pa pretakajo, točijo v razne plasti, v nadpomene, podpomene in prazne marnje ... Tako nekako, kot se civilizacija vedno bolj striktno spreminja v cvilizacijo. To po že znani tezi ljubega nam pesnika, da gre vse počasi h koncu "ne s treskom, temveč s cviljenjem". Vsaj še eno pesnico poznam, Vido Mokrin Pauer, ki goji tovrstno pisanje. Beseda porodi besedo, asociacija dvigne pulz do nove prispodobe, vse se nekako po principu ena na ena kotali iz verza v verz, vmes je nekaj besednih iger, veliko je slengovskih prekucij, neprestano pa brbota in rine v smer jezikovnih "norosti", kjer se težko odločamo, ali gre za realije ali nemara samo fekalije – besede prenesejo vse, bralčevi percepciji se pa potem vrti v glavi od jezikavih erupcij. Da ne bo nesporazuma, Martina Potisk to počne na žlahtno sproščen način, brez sile se prepušča toku, kjer "cvilita" oba, bralec in pesnica. Občasno se spozabi in pove kakšno bolj "uravnoteženo" misel, na primer v devetnajsti pesmi, kjer je poezija čistejša in jasnejša: "ne / ni zvezd / mandragorinih gnezd / samo nenasitljivi naprstci / komarji v predpasnikih in pijanska / srepota pred paradoksalnim strelskim / postankom ko bo treba odmetati mrzle / kanje in premostiti pretrgane glasove / na vranje pogreti podstrehi ker / roko na srce / res ne morem / minirati tako eh / majhnih njih / potem ostanem sama // do neba". Igra je pač igra, besedne so pa sploh zabavne. Asociativni tok je za prmajduš nekaj, česar ne prinašajo podnebne spremembe, ni plaz, niti povodenj, sploh ne ogroža sveta, je pa strašen in nenasiten v svoji ekspanziji. Pesništvo prejšnejga stoletja je že dodobra preigralo vse take besedilne vulkane, se pa v resnici nikoli ni odpovedalo dejstvu, da so človeški možgani, ko si zares začnejo izmišljati poezijo, samozadostno vesolje, ki planetarno resničnost mimogrede, brez muje, stisne v kot in jo naredi drobceno. Tako, če strnemo brez pik in vejic, so vse to res "parnasovske pompadure" in se pesmim prav dobro godi. Nič jih ne ovira pri nastanku; pesnica se jim blagovoljno prepušča, da jo izkoriščajo kot medij, kot ročno izdelano žensko torbico (pompaduro), v kateri lahko najdeš več reči, kot jih volumen sploh lahko sprejme. Tudi literarnih eksperimentov je v pompaduri na pretek. Če se omejimo samo na prosto verzifikacijo in zapis brez punktuacije, smo že na njivi svobodnega doživljanja poezije brez vnaprejšnjih diktatov. Bralec tekst brez ločil seveda lahko bere in akceptira po svoje, mu dodaja svoj pomen, se ritmično obnaša kot jazzovski bobnar in pogosto bere celo "sinkopirano". Poudarke in intence poezije lahko prestavi na čisto druge pomene in vrednote. Na tej točki se pesnica naveže na slavne prednike, Eliota, Pounda in Gertrude Stein, če omenimo samo najbolj znane, svoje pa so k takemu slogu prispevali še nadrealistični ustvarjalci in pesniki beat generacije. Mogoče res že malo pozabljen pristop, saj se postmodernistična lirika raje ogleduje v narcisovem ogledalu jaza, avtopoetik pa se je v zadnjih desetletjih razcvetelo za več deset arboretumov, ampak ti tokovi, ti prosti tokovi, ti svobodni curki besed, te iskrive povodnji, ki v svojo strugo lahko spravijo kakršno koli besedo ali metaforo, ta "frajgajst" ima v modernem času spet svoj pomen - pesniku dati avtonomijo in svobodo, da brez pomisleka lahko napiše: "vem / vas ne zanima / na samem merim v sence sonca / dokler do donebnega poka prodira / od oka koralna bilanca".

Radio Stendhal
Après Sappho - Selby Wynn Schwartz

Radio Stendhal

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2025 58:02


Lundi 26 mai 2025"Après Sappho", Selby Wynn Schwartz, éditions Gallimard - L'imaginaireSelby Wynn Schwartz nous présente son ouvrage Après Sappho, traduit de l'anglais.En dialogue avec Clovis Maillet.« Notre premier acte a été de changer de nom. Nous allions devenir Sappho. »c'est ainsi que s'ouvre le premier roman de Selby Wynn Schwartz, hommage vibrant à celles qui ont emprunté la voie ouverte par la poétesse grecque Sappho.Ces écrivaines, peintres et artistes ont toutes bravé l'oppression en exprimant dans leurs œuvres leurs identités profondes. Après Sappho nous entraîne à la rencontre de leurs destins au moyen d'une prodigieuse narration chorale, et nous guide à travers les débuts trépidants du XXᵉ siècle aux côtés de figures incontournables : Natalie Barney, Renée Vivien, Romaine Brooks, Gertrude Stein, Virginia Woolf, Sarah Bernhardt, Isadora Duncan, Lina Poletti, Eleonora Duse, Colette ...Biographie, roman, portrait, manifeste, récit expérimental, ce livre est aussi une méditation lumineuse sur l'héritage des pionnières de notre passé. Ode à la liberté, il est fait de lutte et de joie.Selby Wynn Schwartz est une écrivaine américaine. Elle est titulaire d'un doctorat en littérature comparée (italien/français) de l'Université de Berkeley. Son premier livre, "The Bodies of Others : Drag Dances and Their Afterlives" (2019), a été publié par University of Michigan Press et a reçu le prix Sally Banes 2020 de l'American Society of Theatre Research. Sa novella "A Life in Chameleons" a remporté le Reflex Press Novella Award en 2021. Son livre, "After Sappho" (2022), publié par Galley Beggar Press, a été sélectionné pour le 2022 Booker Prize et pour le 2023 Orwell Prize in Political Fiction et le 2023 James Tait Black Prize in Fiction.Clovis Maillet (1981, France) a publié La parenté hagiographique (2014) et Les genres fluides (2020). Il a dirigé plusieurs numéros de revues scientifiques tout en menant des recherches sur les usages de l'histoire dans l'art contemporain (Witch TV, 2021 ; Un Moyen âge émancipateur, avec Thomas Golsenne, 2021). Clovis Maillet pratique, avec Louise Hervé, la performance, l'installation et réalise des films depuis le début des années 2000. Ils ont publié Attraction Étrange, 2013, Spectacles sans objet, 2015 et L'Iguane, 2018. Clovis Maillet a co-écrit avec le collectif Foulles le spectacle Medieval Crack.

Shakespeare and Company
Making Sense of Gertrude Stein, with Francesca Wade

Shakespeare and Company

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2025 65:38


In this rich conversation, Francesca Wade joins Adam Biles to discuss her biography Gertrude Stein: An Afterlife. Wade explores the complexities of Stein's life, legacy, and literary innovations, foregrounding Stein's long-overlooked partner, Alice B. Toklas, as a powerful and persistent force behind the myth. They dive into questions of biography, erasure, performance, and gender, as well as Stein's fraught political affiliations during WWII. Wade's approach is both formally inventive and deeply human, highlighting unpublished interviews and fresh archival finds that illuminate the tension between public persona and private life. Whether you're a Stein devotee or merely curious about modernism's most elusive icon, this episode offers a fascinating entry point into the world of radical art, language, and love.Buy Gertrude Stein: An Afterlife: https://www.shakespeareandcompany.com/books/gertrude-steinFrancesca Wade's first book, Square Haunting, was longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize and shortlisted for the RSL Ondaatje Prize. She has held fellowships at the New York Public Library's Cullman Center and the Harvard Radcliffe Institute. Her work has appeared in The New York Review of Books, London Review of Books and Granta, among other places.Adam Biles is Literary Director at Shakespeare and Company.Listen to Alex Freiman's latest EP, In The Beginning: https://open.spotify.com/album/5iZYPMCUnG7xiCtsFCBlVa?si=h5x3FK1URq6SwH9Kb_SO3w Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Värvet
KORT Johan Rabaeus: ''Scenskräcken är nödvändig''

Värvet

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2025 19:39


VEM: Johan Rabaeus.YRKE: Skådespelare.AVSNITT: 685.OM: Att försonas med ''papi Bengt'' efter 15 år, grejen med Gertrude Stein på Dramaten, sin borliga diplomatuppväxt, varför han och Kristoffer skulle kunna bli osams, huruvida konsten var bättre förr och givetvis en hel del om att fortsätta med sitt pensum efter 77, inshallah.Värvet sommar börjar 4/7: 'Livet – en handbok' inläst av självaste Johan Rabaeus. Men blir du otålig går den att köpa till exempel på Adlibris, Akademibokhandeln eller Bokus.SAMTALSLEDARE: Kristoffer TriumfPRODUCENT: Ninni WestinKONTAKT: varvet@triumf.se och InstagramHosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Värvet
Johan Rabaeus: Ett hävdelsebehov som aldrig går över

Värvet

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2025 39:49


VEM: Johan Rabaeus.YRKE: Skådespelare.AVSNITT: 685.OM: Att försonas med ''papi Bengt'' efter 15 år, grejen med Gertrude Stein på Dramaten, sin borliga diplomatuppväxt, varför han och Kristoffer skulle kunna bli osams, ankaret Camilla Thulin, tjusningen med segling, förhållandet till publiken, huruvida konsten var bättre förr och givetvis en hel del om att fortsätta med sitt pensum efter 77, inshallah.Värvet sommar börjar 4/7: 'Livet – en handbok' inläst av självaste Johan Rabaeus. Men blir du otålig går den att köpa till exempel på Adlibris, Akademibokhandeln eller Bokus.SAMTALSLEDARE: Kristoffer TriumfPRODUCENT: Ninni WestinKONTAKT: varvet@triumf.se och InstagramHosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lesbian Book Club
American In Paris

Lesbian Book Club

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2025 84:49


Send us a textMargaret Vandenburg is back with American in Paris, the prequel to Craze! In this episode, we talk about Henri's confidence in her career vs. her person, gender identity, and her relationships to two powerful salon leaders - and how these factors all shaped her character development. We also get into the difference between the salons of Gertrude Stein and Natalie Barney, their egos, free love, and monogamy. As always, thank you for listening! If you enjoy our podcast, please leave us a review. Download and share, and reach out to us on Instagram, TikTok or email.Insta/TT: @LesbianBookClubPodEmail: lesbianbookclubpod@gmail.com

The Hatchards Podcast
Francesca Wade on Gertrude Stein: An Afterlife, the Avant-Garde, and Alice B. Toklas

The Hatchards Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2025 45:05


On this episode, we were joined by Francesca Wade to discuss her groundbreaking new biography, Gertrude Stein: An Afterlife. This book paints a dual portrait of Gertrude Stein by dividing her story into two parts: her life and her afterlife. Doing this not only brings her partner, Alice B. Toklas, into clearer view, but also separates Stein's work and its lasting impact from her larger-than-life personality. Francesca takes us behind the scenes of her exhaustive research—from exploring the Yale archives, which hold over 75 years of manuscripts, personal letters, and photographs, to visiting the French countryside where Stein and Toklas lived during the German occupation.  We also discuss how Toklas, left behind after Stein's death, devoted herself to preserving Stein's legacy, even as she struggled with legal battles and near-poverty while living surrounded by Picassos she couldn't bring herself to sell.Hosted by Ryan Edgington and Olivia Robinson. 

Love Story
PRIDE MONTH

Love Story

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2025 12:46


A l'occasion du Pride Month, découvrez ces couples de femmes et ces couples d'hommes, qui se sont battus pour vivre leur amour. Gertrude Stein fut une figure majeure de l'avant-garde du siècle dernier. Tant par son écriture que par sa collection de peinture qui contribua à la diffusion du cubisme. Auprès d'elle, une autre femme. Alice Babette Toklas. Une silhouette discrète, dans l'ombre de sa compagne. Pour elle, aimer c'est admirer. Vivre dans l'ombre d'un génie et exister à travers elle. Un podcast Bababam Originals Ecriture et voix : Alice Deroide Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Happier with Gretchen Rubin
Little Happier: Paris, Rose, a Fortune Cookie—an Anniversary Toast to My Husband Jamie

Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2025 4:39


A double anniversary (of a wedding and of a life-saving medical cure) inspired this toast—with allusion to Gertrude Stein, Wendell Berry, and “The Office.” Resources & links related to this episode: The most purely happy day of my life Get in touch: podcast@gretchenrubin.com Visit Gretchen's website to learn more about Gretchen's best-selling books, products from The Happiness Project Collection, and the Happier app. Find the transcript for this episode on the episode details page in the Apple Podcasts app. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Start the Week
The Idea of Genius

Start the Week

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2025 41:35


We think we know what a genius is: a tortured poet; rebellious scientist; monstrous artist; or a tech disruptor. You can tell what a society values by who it labels as a genius says Helen Lewis in her new book, The Genius Myth: The Dangerous Allure of Rebels, Monsters and Rule-Breakers. From Leonardo da Vinci to Elon Musk, she asks if the modern idea of genius, as a class of special people, is distorting our view of the world.With ten platinum albums Tupac Shakur was one of the stars of hip hop music when he was murdered at the age of 25. His music was very influential and his name is also associated with the legacy of Black Panther politics. In Words for My Comrades: A Political Biography of Tupac Shakur, Dean Van Nguyen argues that while much of the energy of the Black political movement was absorbed by the commercial music culture of the 1990s – Tupac's contribution lives on today. Gertrude Stein was considered a genius by some, a charlatan by others. She posed for Picasso's portrait; hosted Matisse and Hemingway in Bohemian Paris; and she dazzled American crowds on her sell-out tour for her sensational Autobiography of Alice B Toklas, a version of the relationship with her partner. Francesca Wade's new book Gertrude Stein: An Afterlife, explores the creation of the Stein myth. Presenter: Adam Rutherford Producer: Ruth Watts

Family Plot
Episode 252 PRIDE 2025 Special Episode - Why We Love Alice B. Toklas

Family Plot

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2025 48:24


It's time to watch To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar! and get ready for PRIDE!  Put on your most rainbow-y outfit and catch this, the first of two special PRIDE episodes this month!  Today's episode we introduce Alice B. Toklas.  Lover, confidant and essentially spouse to writer Gertrude Stein, she also was a writer in her own right and one of her books The Alice B. Toklas contained a recipe for Haschich Fudge that made her a counterculture icon.  (we will of course share the recipe here in the show notes, we are nothing if not full service.)  She also wrote, had her ups and downs and saw Gertrude through her final days, staying on alone afterwards.  So join us in this special PRIDE episode (the first of two this month) and enjoy!Haschich Fudge (which anyone could whip up on a rainy day)This is the food of Paradise—of Baudelaire's Artificial Paradises: it might provide an entertaining refreshment for a Ladies' Bridge Club or a chapter meeting of the DAR. In Morocco it is thought to be good for warding off the common cold in damp winter weather and is, indeed, more effective if taken with large quantities of hot mint tea. Euphoria and brilliant storms of laughter; ecstatic reveries and extension of one's personality on several simultaneous planes are to be complacently expected. Almost anything Saint Theresa did, you can do better if you can bear to be ravished by “un évanouissement reveillé.”Take 1 teaspoon black peppercorns, 1 whole nutmeg, 4 average sticks of cinnamon, 1 teaspoon coriander. These should all be pulverised in a mortar. About a handful each of stoned dates, dried figs, shelled almonds and peanuts: chop these and mix them together. A bunch of cannabis sativa can be pulverised. This along with the spices should be dusted over the mixed fruit and nuts, kneaded together. About a cup of sugar dissolved in a big pat of butter. Rolled into a cake and cut into pieces or made into balls about the size of a walnut, it should be eaten with care. Two pieces are quite sufficient.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/family-plot--4670465/support.

Little Atoms
Little Atoms 954 - Francesca Wade's Gertrude Stein: An Afterlife

Little Atoms

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2025 28:59


Francesca Wade is the author of Square Haunting: Five Women, Freedom and London Between the Wars, which was longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize and shortlisted for the RSL Ondaatje Prize. She has received fellowships from the Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center at the New York Public Library, the Leon Levy Center for Biography and the Harvard Radcliffe Institute, and her work has appeared in The New York Review of Books, London Review of Books, Granta and other places. On this episode of Little Atoms she talks to Neil Denny about her latest book Gertrude Stein: An Afterlife. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Slowdown
[encore] 1029: If I Told Him, A Completed Portrait of Picasso by Gertrude Stein

The Slowdown

Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2025 7:19


Today's poem is If I Told Him, A Completed Portrait of Picasso by Gertrude Stein. The Slowdown is currently taking a break. We'll be back soon with new episodes from a new host. This week, we're revisiting some favorites from Major Jackson's time as host. Today's episode was originally released on December 27, 2023. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes… “Today's poem is a touchstone example of art that altered how we hear words, but also, how we perform language to transform words into elements of our yielding and will.” Celebrate the power of poems with a gift to The Slowdown today. Every donation makes a difference: https://tinyurl.com/rjm4synp

The SpokenWeb Podcast
Sound & Seconds: A Roundtable on Timestamping for Literary Archives

The SpokenWeb Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2025 57:01


How does timestamping shape the preservation and curation of literary sound? This roundtable episode brings together four SpokenWeb researchers––Jason Camlot, Tanya Clement, and Mike O'Driscoll in conversation with moderator Michael MacKenzie––to explore this deceptively simple yet profoundly complex question. What emerges is a layered, multidisciplinary view of timestamping, not just as a technical task, but as an archival, aesthetic, and philosophical practice.In Part One, the conversation begins by situating timestamping in broader historical and intellectual contexts. Panelists reflect on the epistemology of time, from ancient timekeeping and annalistic history to modern digital temporality. What does it mean to mark time, and how does a timestamp compare to a page number, an index, or a narrative structure?Part Two asks what it means to think critically about timestamping. Here, the guests draw on their scholarly practices to examine the subjectivity of timestamps, the tension between precision and ambiguity, and the role of annotation. The discussion turns to digital media's microtemporalities and how timestamps carry expressive, affective weight beyond their data function.In Part Three, the panel listens to an experimental performance by Jackson Mac Low and considers the challenge of timestamping layered or deliberately disorienting sound. What responsibilities do timestampers have in maintaining a balance between accessibility and artistic intention? Can timestamping illuminate without flattening?Part Four focuses on vocabulary. Why does it matter if we tag something as a “reading” versus a “performance”? How do controlled vocabularies shape what we can learn from large-scale literary audio corpora? This final section explores how even the smallest metadata decisions reflect theoretical commitments and institutional values.Ultimately, this episode makes one thing clear: timestamping is never neutral. It is an interpretive act, grounded in choices about meaning, representation, and access. From poetic performance to archival platforms, timestamping remains central to how we listen to—and understand—literary sound. Show Notes and Resources:Abel, Jordan. Nishga. McClelland & Stewart, 2021. pp.243-73Bernstein, Charles. “‘1–100' (1969) .” Jacket2, jacket2.org/commentary/1%E2%80%93100-1969. Accessed 17 Apr. 2025.Though cut from the episode, this appeared as an example from O'Driscoll during the uncut roundtable and stands alone as a fascinating example of marking time. You can access a full performance of the short poem by Bernstein hosted at the above link, at Jacket2. O'Driscoll: “The numerological is itself potentially … not a neutral medium. It is potentially an expressive medium … so that timestamps can have an aesthetic, they carry value and meaning, they can shape the way that we think about things and that they're subject to a level of performance as well too.”“Charles Bernstein (Poet).” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 15 Feb. 2025, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Bernstein_(poet).Bolter, Jay David, and Richard Grusin. Remediation. MIT Press, 2000.One central point of departure for our research, though we had to cut our remediation questions due to time. “Eadweard Muybridge.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 10 Apr. 2025, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eadweard_Muybridge.Eliot, T. S. “‘Burnt Norton' from Four Quartets.” Four Quartets - 1 Burnt Norton, www.davidgorman.com/4quartets/1-norton.htm. Accessed 17 Apr. 2025.“Gertrude Stein.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 28 Mar. 2025, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gertrude_Stein.“Hayden White.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 5 Mar. 2025, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayden_White.“Jackson Mac Low at SGWU, 1971.” Edited by Jason Camlot and Max Stein, SpokenWeb Montréal, 17 Aug. 2015, montreal.spokenweb.ca/sgw-poetry-readings/jackson-mac-low-at-sgwu-1971/#1.The full version of the recording shown during the episode can be found here. The portion shown during the episode begins at 1:09:35.“Jackson Mac Low.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 30 Mar. 2025, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson_Mac_Low.“Susan Stewart (Poet).” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 14 Sept. 2024, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Stewart_(poet).Though cut from the episode, Stewart's work on the “souvenir” appeared as an example from Camlot during the uncut roundtable helping bridge the gap between timestamp and annotation. Camlot: “I would probably want to think of it as a dialectical relation between the timestamp, sort of the demarcated moment and times unfolding, and then the larger narrative account within which the timestamp has significance … like Susan Stewart's work on the souvenir … this sort of partial representation of a whole that can only be supplemented by narrative.”“Wolfgang Ernst (Media Theorist).” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 12 Apr. 2024, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Ernst_(media_theorist).More information about our participants can be found at: “Jason Camlot.” Concordia University, www.concordia.ca/faculty/jason-camlot.html. Accessed 17 Apr. 2025.“Michael O'Driscoll.” English and Film Studies, University of Alberta, apps.ualberta.ca/directory/person/mo. Accessed 17 Apr. 2025.“Tanya Clement.” College of Liberal Arts at UTexas, liberalarts.utexas.edu/english/faculty/tc24933. Accessed 17 Apr. 2025.Music Credits:This podcast uses music from www.sessions.blue: For post-question pauses, we used Jemeneye by Blue Dot Sessions (www.sessions.blue).For framing the podcast itself, we used the song The Griffiths by Blue Dot Sessions (www.sessions.blue).For framing the roundtable and preceding questions, we used portions of the song “Town Market” by Blue Dot Sessions (www.sessions.blue).This podcast also uses these sounds from freesound.org:"Mechanical Keyboard Typing (Bass Version)" by stu556 ( https://freesound.org/people/stu556/sounds/450281/? ) licensed under Creative Commons 0"Monitor hotler", by iluminati_2705 ( https://freesound.org/people/iluminati_2705/sounds/536706/ ) licensed under Creative Commons 0"Monitor hotler", by tobbler ( https://freesound.org/people/tobbler/sounds/795373/ ) licensed under Attribution 4.0“aluminum can foley-020.wav”, by CVLTIV8R ( https://freesound.org/people/CVLTIV8R/sounds/800102/ ) licensed under Creative Commons 0“whoosh_fx”, by ScythicBlade ( https://freesound.org/people/CVLTIV8R/sounds/800102/ ) licensed under Creative Commons 0“ignite_dry_02”, by DaUik ( https://freesound.org/people/DaUik/sounds/798712/ ) licensed under Creative Commons 0“Dewalt 12 inch Chop Saw foley-049.wav”, by CVLTIV8R ( https://freesound.org/people/CVLTIV8R/sounds/802856/ ) licensed under Creative Commons 0“Electronic Soap Dispenser 5”, by Geoff-Bremner-Audio ( https://freesound.org/people/Geoff-Bremner-Audio/sounds/802734/ ) licensed under Creative Commons 0 Acknowledgments:We thank Jason Camlot, Tanya Clement, and Michael O'Driscoll for their contributions to the roundtable. Additional thanks to Michael O'Driscoll, Sean Luyk, and the SpokenWeb Podcast team for production support. Technical support was provided by the Digital Scholarship Centre, University of Alberta.

Lit with Charles
Francesca Wade, author of "Gertrude Stein: An Afterlife"

Lit with Charles

Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2025 40:06


Gertrude Stein is a name that inspires equal amounts of both awe and fear in prospective readers. An absolute icon in her time, she was an unparalleled tastemaker: collecting work from Picasso and Matisse when they were unknown local painters; mentoring Hemingway and Fitzgerald as bright-eyed, unpublished hopefuls; and hosting ‘talk of the town' salons at her Parisian abode. However, when it comes to her writing, things have always been a bit more complicated.To help me unpack the life, legacy, and ‘afterlife' of this fascinating figure, today I have the pleasure of speaking with biographer, author and journalist Francesca Wade. Her new book, Gertrude Stein: An Afterlife, is set to hit shelves in the upcoming month. It was a great chat, and I hope you enjoy it.

il posto delle parole
Arnaldo Greco "E anche scrittore"

il posto delle parole

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2025 24:26


Arnaldo Greco"E anche scrittori"Come ci siamo messi tutti a scrivereUtet Libriwww.utetlibri.it«È noto che solo con il Novecento l'amore romantico è diventato realmente alla portata di tutti. Non che prima non esistesse, ovvio, ma era appannaggio di una cerchia molto ristretta di persone e cioè di chi poteva permetterselo. Oggi anche la letteratura vive qualcosa di simile. Perché così come, a un certo punto, tutti hanno cominciato ad amare, a un certo punto tutti hanno cominciato a poter scrivere, a poter pubblicare, a poter essere letti e a ricevere complimenti per ciò che scrivono.Ormai esistono Scrittori per le chat con gli amici, Scrittori di gruppi WhatsApp e Scrittori di messaggi di buongiorno. Scrittori di Facebook, X o Instagram. Scrittori di recensioni per Amazon, Scrittori di meme, Scrittori di articoli di giornali senza lettori e Scrittori di lettere ai giornali, Scrittori di preghiere per comunità numerose di cui non immaginiamo neppure l'esistenza e Scrittori di catene di Sant'Antonio, Scrittori di messaggi farneticanti e Scrittori di poesie per strada. Esistono anche Scrittori con un libro nel cassetto, ma – per quanto numerosi – sono ormai una retroguardia blasé.»Non si tratta di accusare gli altri di vanità o velleitarismo: sarebbe bene ammettere che tutti noi, ormai, siamo anche scrittori. Anche noi cerchiamo la parola giusta, riscriviamo se la prima versione non ci soddisfa, pensiamo a come catturare l'attenzione dei nostri lettori. Anche noi sfruttiamo le nostre vite e i nostri ricordi come repertori di materiale letterario e vogliamo essere letti, e apprezzati, da più persone possibile.Arnaldo Greco ha identificato per primo questo vero e proprio mutamento antropologico e in questo delizioso e acuminato volumetto inventaria i pregi, i difetti, i tic, le nevrosi, le virtù di tutti noi, anche scrittori. Che sono simili a quelle dei grandi scrittori del passato, ma con una differenza fondamentale: come osservava perfidamente Gertrude Stein, infatti, «i piccoli artisti hanno tutti i dolori e le infelicità dei grandi artisti, solo che non sono grandi artisti».Arnaldo Greco (Caserta, 1979) lavora come autore televisivo e scrive per riviste e giornali. Ha pubblicato con Fandango, Einaudi e il Mulino. Odia e ama le note biografiche spiritose, leggendo questo libro si capisce perché.IL POSTO DELLE PAROLEascoltare fa pensarewww.ilpostodelleparole.itDiventa un supporter di questo podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/il-posto-delle-parole--1487855/support.

LIGHTS UP!
MAKE MULCH FROM IT by Arianna Rose

LIGHTS UP!

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2025 67:51


Playwright, lyricist, and dramaturg Arianna Rose returns to Lights Up! for a heartfelt conversation about MAKE MULCH FROM IT, a 15-minute drama that tenderly explores the aftershocks of love lost, the ache of unresolved endings, and the longing to heal. Arianna reflects on how she turned heartbreak into art and honors the sacredness of memory. We also explore her process as a teacher and ever-evolving writer, and how she draws on history and personal experience to ground her work.Keep an eye for Arianna's other exciting works in development!• Musical: A Collectible Sensation—a bold, time-bending journey where the Cone sisters, Gertrude Stein, and Alice Toklas confront love, art, and the power of unapologetic selfhood.• Play: The Lesser Leyendecker—a rich, memory-driven play exploring art, addiction, and identity through the lives of illustrators Frank and Joe Leyendecker.Play Starts (1:00)Join New Play Exchange to follow along.Conversation Starts (18:34)Actors:Gordon: Joel Sanchez-AvantesSusan: Claire BartlettDirected by Garry Lee PoseySoundscape by Eric "Red" WyattLinks to follow Arianna:Arianna's WebsiteSoundCloudFacebookInstagram: @ariannarosewritesmusicalsBluesky: @ariannarose.bsky.socialThreads: ariannarosewritesmusicals Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

La Maison de la Poésie
Selby Wynn Schwartz – Après Sappho

La Maison de la Poésie

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2025 58:00


Lecture par l'autrice, Anne F. Garréta, Margot Gallimard, Estelle Meyer, Suzette Robichon & Céline Sciamma Après Sappho nous entraîne au moyen d'une prodigieuse narration chorale à la rencontre du destin d'écrivaines, de peintres et d'artistes qui ont bravé l'oppression, et nous guide à travers les débuts trépidants du XXᵉ siècle aux côtés de figures incontournables : Natalie Barney, Renée Vivien, Romaine Brooks, Gertrude Stein, Virginia Woolf, Sarah Bernhardt, Isadora Duncan, Lina Poletti, Eleonora Duse, Colette … Biographie, roman, portrait, manifeste, récit expérimental, ce livre est aussi une méditation lumineuse sur l'héritage des pionnières de notre passé. Ode à la liberté, il est fait de lutte et de joie. À lire – Selby Wynn Schwartz, Après Sappho, trad. de l'anglais (États-Unis) par Hélène Cohen, préfaces d'Anne F. Garréta et Estelle Meyer, Gallimard, coll. « Hors-Série L'Imaginaire », 2024.

House of Mystery True Crime History
Richard Helms - 22 Rue Montparnasse

House of Mystery True Crime History

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2025 33:59


Beau Shipley and Keeby Styles barely survive the WWI battle of the Meuse-Argonne. Beau returns to Charleston in a fatalistic attempt to stop his former girlfriend's wedding to a rival, while Keeby remains in Paris to become a writer.Beau discovers that time, the war, the Spanish Flu, and a dark family secret have left the Charleston he remembered unrecognizable, so he returns to Paris to live as a painter.On separate but intertwining paths, Beau and Keeby are swept up in what Gertrude Stein called the Lost Generation, two aspirants mired in the panoramic parade of ambitious expats seeking fame and fortune in the world of arts and letters.Then, drunken and desperate, Beau one night makes a fateful choice that will change both their lives—forever.22 Rue Montparnasse is a tale about high aspirations and bad decisions, with cameo appearances by the likes of Gertrude Stein, Alice B. Toklas, Tsugahiro Foujita, Ernest Hemingway, Georges Brach, Amedeo Modigliani, Misia Sert, Coco Chanel, and Ezra Pound.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/houseofmysteryradio. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/houseofmysteryradio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Franck Ferrand raconte...
Gertrude Stein, « papesse de l'art moderne »

Franck Ferrand raconte...

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2025 25:40


Surnommée « la papesse de l'avant-garde », l'écrivaine et esthète américaine Gertrude Stein a choisi Paris pour imprimer sa marque sur la modernité artistique du début du XXe siècle. Mention légales : Vos données de connexion, dont votre adresse IP, sont traités par Radio Classique, responsable de traitement, sur la base de son intérêt légitime, par l'intermédiaire de son sous-traitant Ausha, à des fins de réalisation de statistiques agréées et de lutte contre la fraude. Ces données sont supprimées en temps réel pour la finalité statistique et sous cinq mois à compter de la collecte à des fins de lutte contre la fraude. Pour plus d'informations sur les traitements réalisés par Radio Classique et exercer vos droits, consultez notre Politique de confidentialité.Hébergé par Ausha. Visitez ausha.co/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

The History of Literature
672 The Little Review (with Holly A. Baggett) | My Last Book with Phil Jones

The History of Literature

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2025 58:43


Founded in Chicago in 1914, the avant-garde journal the Little Review became a giant in the cause of modernism, publishing literature and art by luminaries such as T.S. Eliot, Djuna Barnes, William Butler Yeats, James Joyce, Ezra Pound, Pablo Picasso, Max Ernst, Gertrude Stein, Jean Toomer, William Carlos Williams, H.D., Amy Lowell, Marcel Duchamp, Joseph Stella, Hans Arp, Mina Loy, Emma Goldman, Wyndham Lewis, Hart Crane, Sherwood Anderson, and more. Perhaps most famously, the magazine published Joyce's Ulysses in serial form, causing a scandal and leading to a censorship trial that changed the course of literature. In this episode, Jacke talks to scholar Holly A. Baggett about her book Making No Compromise: Margaret Anderson, Jane Heap, and the Little Review, which tells the story of the two Midwestern women behind the Little Review, who were themselves iconoclastic rebels, living openly as lesbians and advocating for causes like anarchy, feminism, free love, and of course, groundbreaking literature and art. PLUS Phil Jones (Reading Samuel Johnson: Reception and Representation, 1750-1970) stops by to discuss his choice for the last book he will ever read. Additional listening: 600 Doctor Johnson! (with Phil Jones) 564 H.D. (with Lara Vetter) 165 Ezra Pound 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

Time Sensitive Podcast
Jonathan Lethem on Novel Writing as a Memory Art

Time Sensitive Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2024 72:05


Perhaps best known for his novels Motherless Brooklyn (1999), The Fortress of Solitude (2003), and Chronic City (2009)—or, more recently, Brooklyn Crime Novel (2023)—the author, essayist, and cultural critic Jonathan Lethem could be considered the ultimate modern-day Brooklyn bard, even if today he lives in California, where he's a professor of English and creative writing at Pomona College. His most celebrated books take place in Brooklyn, or in the case of Chronic City, on Manhattan's Upper East Side, and across his genre-spanning works of fiction, his narratives capture a profound sense of the rich chaos and wonder to be found in an urban existence. Lethem is also the author of several essay collections, including the newly published Cellophane Bricks: A Life in Visual Culture (ZE Books), which compiles much of his art writing from over the years written in response to—and often in exchange for—artworks by friends, including Gregory Crewdson, Nan Goldin, and Raymond Pettibon.On the episode, Lethem discusses his passion for book dedications; the time he spent with James Brown and Bob Dylan, respectively, when profiling them for Rolling Stone in the mid-aughts; how his work is, in part, a way of dealing with and healing from his mother's death in 1978, at age 36; and why he views his writing as “fundamentally commemorative.”Special thanks to our Season 10 presenting sponsor, L'École, School of Jewelry Arts.Show notes:Jonathan Lethem[5:35] Cellophane Bricks[5:35] High School of Music and Art[5:35] Motherless Brooklyn[5:35] The Fortress of Solitude[5:35] The Disappointment Artist[5:35] Maureen Linker[7:15] Carmen Fariña[8:26] Julia Jacquette[8:26] Rosalyn Drexler[9:08] The Great Gatsby[9:08] Brooklyn Crime Novel[10:59] Lynn Nottage[13:08] Bennington College[13:08] Bret Easton Ellis[13:08] Donna Tartt[23:41] The Collapsing Frontier[23:41] Italo Calvino[23:41] Cold War[23:41] Red Scare[23:41] J. Edgar Hoover[27:37] Dada movement[27:37] Ernest Hemingway[27:37] Gertrude Stein[27:37] Dissident Gardens[29:38] Reaganism[29:38] “Does intergenerational transmission of trauma skip a generation?”[31:21] John Van Bergen[31:21] Nan Goldin[34:33] “The Ecstasy of Influence”[34:33] Lawrence Lessig[35:31] Copyleft movement[35:31] Hank Shocklee[38:46] Hoyt-Schermerhorn Station[42:32] “Being James Brown: Inside the Private World of the Baddest Man Who Ever Lived”[42:32] “The Genius and Modern Times of Bob Dylan”[51:00] Chronic City[54:04] The Thalia[55:50] “Lightness” by Italo Calvino[1:06:26] Jorge Luis Borges

You Are My Density
56: Game Over

You Are My Density

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2024 18:48


I'm no Einstein, more Demi Moore, the unforgettable Divine, don't overcook Jake's steak, the tragedy and triumph of Theresa Saldana, Cedars-Sinai is the place to die, some cold logic from Alfred Hitchcock, a superhero on Hollywood Boulevard, more artificial unintelligence, not talking about sex, a bat boy turned rap superstar, the death of sports in the city of Oakland, a little Gertrude Stein, going to see A's games with my grandpa, the wild and entertaining Billy Ball era, the legendary Crazy George, you can't put a dollar sign on everything, being kind of a dick to a neighbor, another ridiculous commercial, and some bands that spooked me as a kid. Stuff mentioned: Kingpin (1996), Mortal Thoughts (1991), Endangered Species (1992), Choose Me (1984), Trouble in Mind (1985), Footloose (1984), Raging Bull (1980), Defiance (1980), Suspicion (1941), Salt-N-Pepa "Let's Talk About Sex" (1991), Salt-N-Pepa A Salt with a Deadly Pepa (1988), MC Hammer Feel My Power (1986), MC Hammer "Ring 'em" (1986), New Edition "Mr. Telephone Man" (1984), The First Wave Oakland Athletics vs. New York Yankees (October 15, 1981 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sqGxQoORYE), Remington Balder Boss "Shave Your Head in 90 Seconds" (2023 https://www.ispot.tv/ad/1881/remington-balder-boss-shave-your-head-in-90-seconds-three-payments-of-2499), Midnight Oil "Beds Are Burning" (1987), Yes "Owner of a Lonely Heart" (1983 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVOuYquXuuc), Yes "Heart of the Sunrise" (1971), Yes Fragile (1971), Fine Young Cannibals "She Drives Me Crazy" (1989), Fine Young Cannibals The Raw & the Cooked (1989), and "Weird Al" Yankovic "She Drives Like Crazy" (1989 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PdqNHyEyXY).

New Books Network
Marguerite Young, "Miss MacIntosh, My Darling" (Deep Vellum Publishing, 2024)

New Books Network

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2024 57:42


In this episode I'm joined by Dalkey Archive's editorial director, Chad W. Post. We discuss the republication of the late Marguerite Young's cult-classic work of fiction, Miss MacIntosh, My Darling (Dalkey Archive Press, 2024). A colossal novel of over 1,000 pages, a kaleidoscopic cast of characters, permanent opium-induced hallucinations, a sprawling sense of scope, and a truly distinct and lyrical prose style--it's a doozy. I haven't finished yet myself, having stopped and restarted multiple times over the years, but that's the beauty of it; it's challenging, wandering, dense, at times utterly absurd, but always rewarding. Chad painstakingly walks us through the book's editorial legacy, and the gargantuan task of excavating this text and introducing it to new generations. Chad W. Post is the publisher of Open Letter Books and Editorial Director for the Dalkey Archive Press. He also writes a Substack called "Mining the Dalkey Archive." Marguerite Young, a descendant of Brigham Young, was born in Indiana in 1909 and spent most of her life in Greenwich Village, where she associated with writers like Richard Wright, Carson McCullers, Truman Capote, and Gertrude Stein. In addition to Miss MacIntosh, My Darling she published two works of poetry, a work of nonfiction (Angel in the Forest), a collection of essays and stories (Inviting the Muses), and Harp Song for a Radical: The Life and Times of Eugene Victor Debs, which was published posthumously. Tyler Thier, your host, is a faculty member and administrator in the Department of Writing Studies & Rhetoric at Hofstra University. He regularly writes and teaches cultural criticism, and his scholarship is concerned with malicious rhetoric and dangerous media—specifically, extremist manifestos. 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

Lost Ladies of Lit

Subscriber-only episodeSend us a Text Message.Amy discusses the good and bad of audiobook narration in this week's bonus episode, then dives into the origins of the commercial audiobook industry. Founded in 1952, Caedmon Records was the brainchild of two young women who achieved their smash debut success by convincing Dylan Thomas to record himself reading some of his most popular work, including “A Child's Christmas in Wales.” The recording company went on to record LPs of work by a wide array of literary stars, including Gertrude Stein, Sylvia Plath, Ernest Hemingway, T.S. Eliot and J.R.R. Tolkien, thus paving the way for today's burgeoning audiobook market.For episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.comDiscuss episodes on our Facebook Forum. Follow us on instagram @lostladiesoflit. Follow Kim on twitter @kaskew. Sign up for our newsletter: LostLadiesofLit.com Email us: Contact — Lost Ladies of Lit Podcast

Snoozecast
The Good Anna

Snoozecast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2024 42:40


Tonight, we'll read “The Good Anna”, a short story written by Gertrude Stein as part of her first published book, titled “Three Lives” published in 1909. We first read this story back in 2020. Stein was an American novelist, poet, playwright, and art collector. Born in the United States, she moved to Paris as an adult and stayed there the rest of her life. She hosted a Paris salon, where the leading figures of modernism in literature and art, such as Pablo Picasso, Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Henri Matisse would meet. Two quotes from Stein's works have become widely known: "Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose," and "there is no there there” The Good Anna is set in the fictional city of Bridgepoint, which is modeled after Baltimore, MD where Stein lived at one time. — read by 'V' — Sign up for Snoozecast+ to get expanded, ad-free access by going to snoozecast.com/plus! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Daily Poem
Margaret Wise Brown's "Wild Black Crows"

The Daily Poem

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2024 3:24


Margaret Wise Brown (May 23, 1910 – November 13, 1952) was an American writer of children's books, including Goodnight Moon (1947) and The Runaway Bunny (1942), both illustrated by Clement Hurd. She has been called "the laureate of the nursery" for her achievements.Brown was born in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, the middle child of three children of Maude Margaret and Robert Bruce Brown. She was the granddaughter of politician Benjamin Gratz Brown. Her parents had an unhappy marriage. She was initially raised in Brooklyn's Greenpoint neighborhood, and later attended Chateau Brilliantmont boarding school in Lausanne, Switzerland, in 1923, while her parents were living in India and Canterbury, Connecticut.In 1925, Brown attended The Kew-Forest School. She began attending Dana Hall School in Wellesley, Massachusetts, in 1926, where she did well in athletics. After graduation in 1928, Brown went on to Hollins College in Roanoke, Virginia.Brown was an avid, lifelong beagler and was noted for her ability to keep pace, on foot, with the hounds.Following her graduation with a B.A. in English from Hollins in 1932, Brown worked as a teacher and also studied art. While working at the Bank Street Experimental School in New York City she started writing books for children. Bank Street promoted a new approach to children's education and literature, emphasizing the real world and the "here and now". This philosophy influenced Brown's work; she was also inspired by the poet Gertrude Stein, whose literary style influenced Brown's own writing.Brown's first published children's book was When the Wind Blew, published in 1937 by Harper & Brothers. Impressed by Brown's "here and now" style, W. R. Scott hired her as his first editor in 1938. Through Scott, she published the Noisy Book series among others. As editor at Scott, one of Brown's first projects was to recruit contemporary authors to write children's books for the company. Ernest Hemingway and John Steinbeck neglected to respond, but Brown's hero, Gertrude Stein, accepted the offer. Stein's book The World is Round was illustrated by Clement Hurd, who had previously teamed with Brown on W. R. Scott's Bumble Bugs and Elephants, considered "perhaps the first modern board book for babies". Brown and Hurd later teamed on the children's book classics The Runaway Bunny and Goodnight Moon, published by Harper. In addition to publishing a number of Brown's books, under her editorship, W. R. Scott published Edith Thacher Hurd's first book, Hurry Hurry, and Esphyr Slobodkina's classic Caps for Sale.-bio via Wikipedia Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe