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Soffía Bjarnadóttir, rithöfundur, ljóð- og leikskáld, heimsækir okkur í dag og segir frá nýútgefnu skáldverki sínu sem nefnist Áður en ég brjálast. Um er að ræða feminískt skáldverk um ástir, ólík breytingarferli og lífsreynslu róttækrar móður sem leitar heim í skáldskapinn þar sem goðsagnaverur vappa um. Við hugum einnig að tónlist því listahátíðin Reykjavík Fringe hóf göngu sína í gær og stendur út vikuna. Tónlistarkonan Heather Ragnars verður með tvenna tónleika á hátíðinni og leit við hjá okkur í hljóðstofu. Við rifjum einnig upp lestur Bríetar Héðinsdóttur úr rúmlega þúsund ára gamalli dagbók Sei Shónagon. Umsjón: Anna Gyða Sigurgísladóttir og Anna María Björnsdóttir.

In the vibrant but vicious golden age of Imperial Japan, how did women use writing as a way to secure their status, and express their deepest desires? Who was Sei Shōnagon, the witty courtier whose account of life around the Japanese Empress during the iconic Heian period, provides a scintillating insight into this colourful world? And, behind the sophisticated melee of the Imperial court, with its elegance and decorum, what risks and hazards haunted every aspiring courtier…? Join Tom and Dominic for the climax to their tantalising journey into the beating heart of Imperial Japan, and the remarkable woman whose moving, keenly perceptive, but also slyly venomous, insights into this complicated arena, bring it flamboyantly to life. The Rest Is History Club: Become a member for exclusive bonus content, early access to full series and live show tickets, ad-free listening, our exclusive newsletter, discount book prices on titles mentioned on the pod, and our members' chatroom on Discord. Just head to therestishistory.com to sign up, or start a free trial today on Apple Podcasts: apple.co/therestishistory. For more Goalhanger Podcasts, head to www.goalhanger.com _______ Twitter: @TheRestHistory @holland_tom @dcsandbrook Producer: Theo Young-Smith Assistant Producer: Tabby Syrett + Aaliyah Akude Executive Producers: Jack Davenport + Tony Pastor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On your knees with the queens in the poetry darkroom,  poetic pleasures await! Then we wipe off our kneecaps before hitting the Pride Parade.If you'd like to support Breaking Form:Review the show on Apple Podcasts here.Buy our books:     Aaron's STOP LYING is available from the Pitt Poetry Series.     James's ROMANTIC COMEDY is available from Four Way Books.NOTESTess Gallagher's "Stopping Place" is from her book Willingly.Donna Stonecipher's "Inlay 18 (Sei Shõnagun)" is from her book The Cosmopolitan. Read a bit about the book here. Sei Shōnagon's actual given name is not known. It was the custom among aristocrats in those days to call a court lady by a nickname taken from a court office belonging to her father or husband. Sei Shōnagon (c. 966–1017 or 1025) was a Japanese author, poet, and a court lady who served the Empress Teishi (Sadako) around the year 1000 during the middle Heian period. She is the author of The Pillow Book.The Dick Dock in Provincetown is so popular it has its own Facebook page. Or check out this Youtube video called "Provincetown's Dick Dock: Making Gay Sex Magic!"If you want to know more about the history of the Meat Rack on Fire Island, here's a good starting place. Read Ocean Vuong's poem "Theology"Marilyn Nelson's "For Mary, Fourth Month" is available in her The Fields of Praise: New and Selected. Jim Powell did indeed win a MacArthur in 1993. Read more poems by Powell here.Read Frank Stanford's "Blue Yodel of the Desperado"Read more about Osip MandelstamKevin Prufer's book of poems The Fears won the Rilke Prize. Read the judges' citation here. Visit Michelle Tea's website here. Or read an excerpt from her poem "I Used to Be Straight" here (scroll down).Read Franny Choi's "Unlove Poem" Read "Prayer/Oracion" by Francisco X. Alarcón, trans. Francisco Aragón Read "American Wedding" by Essex HemphillHere's June Jordan's fiery "Poem About My Rights" You can read torrin a. greathouse's "Aubade Beginning in Handcuffs" here. 

I denne utgaven av Den Hemmelige Hyllen gir bibliotekansatte Ine, Robin og Joanna sine beste tips for bøker som lånes altfor lite. Først forteller Ine om «Tyll» – en sprudlende roman om den omreisende skuespilleren og provokatøren Tyll Ulenspiegel, skrevet av den tyske forfatteren Daniel Kehlmann. Robin snakker om en overraskende aktuell, morsom og fascinerende 1000 år gammel (!) japansk klassiker: «The Pillow Book» av Sei Shōnagon, og Joanna anbefaler den vakre diktsamlingen «Averno» av nobelprisvinneren Louise Glück.

In this episode we learn about the secret histories of various species of trees from around the world which now, like The Reader, thrive in Calderstones Park in Liverpool. We'll hear from representatives of Liverpool-based groups Chinese Wellbeing and Japan Society North West about the cultural significance of species such as cherry blossom and pine, and listen to poetry which unlocks the wonder and mystery of these trees. The episode is part of our heritage project, Making Meaning at Calderstones, which is funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund. The Reader at Calderstones Chinese Wellbeing Japan Society North West Wendell Berry poetry 170 Chinese Poems, translated by Arthur Waley The Pillow Book by Sei Shōnagon    

Annemieke Bosman in gesprek met Dorien Dijkhuis,. Elk besluit dat we nemen leidt tot talloze andere mogelijkheden die verloren gaan. Met dat gegeven in haar achterhoofd zoekt de hoofdpersoon in Dezelfde maan haar toevlucht op een eiland nadat haar leven plotseling een onverwachte wending heeft genomen. Omringd door mist en zee overpeinst ze de keuzes die haar op dit punt in haar leven hebben gebracht. Is niet kiezen ook een keuze? Hoeveel keuze hébben we eigenlijk? Volgen we het verlangen van het hart, ook als het hoofd het beter weet? Dezelfde maan is een poëtische mozaïekroman over liefdesverdriet, eenzaamheid, het verlangen naar verbinding en over de kracht en de grenzen van taal. Dezelfde maan een mengvorm van proza, poezie en essay in de associatieve traditie van o.a. Het hoofdkussenboek (Sei Shōnagon), Bluets (Maggie Nelson) en Dept. of Speculation (Jenny Offill). Dorien Dijkhuis is schrijver, dichter, journalist en essayist. Ze publiceert regelmatig in literaire tijdschriften en werkt in verschillende projecten samen met kunstenaars uit andere disciplines zoals musici, tekenaars en digitale makers. In 2019 verscheen haar debuutbundel Waren we dieren.

Tallinna Ülikooli Humanitaarteaduste instituudi ja Levila koostöös valmiva taskuhäälingu „TÜHI eeter” 15. osa kannab pealkirja „Mida õppida ida kultuuridest?” Bibliotheca Asiatica sarjas on nüüdseks ilmunud 20 teost, neist kaks viimast Sei Shōnagoni „Padjamärkmed“, mille klassikalisest jaapani keelest on tõlkinud Alari Allik, ja „Zhuāngzi sisepeatükid”, mille on hiina keelest eestindanud Margus Ott. Tänases saates küsimegi, miks peaks selliseid raamatuid tõlkima ja neid lugema. Kas neil on (eesti) ühiskonnas ka nüüdisajal mingi mõju? Mida on meil nendest tekstidest õppida? Vestlevad mainitud teoste tõlkijad, TÜHI Jaapani uuringute dotsent Alari Allik ja TÜHI teadur Margus Ott. Saadet juhivad Joosep Susi ja Mari Uusküla.

"Success is often about finding just enough material wealth to fund the life that makes you happy." —Rolf Potts In this episode of Deviate, Rolf and The Nomadic Network book club participants discuss how travel can intensify the attention you pay to life at home (2:30); how the best discoveries of travel can't be planned, and how you can give yourself permission to travel at all ages in life (10:30); how travel can give you perspective on the notion of "success" (22:00); what various book club participants have learned from (and discovered on) their travels (34:00); and the details of Rolf's annual Travel Memoir writing class in Paris (41:00). Notable Links: The Nomadic Network book club (online events with Rolf) Marco Polo Didn't Go There book club (Deviate episode) The Vagabond's Way, by Rolf Potts (book) Rolf's 2022 appearance on the Tim Ferriss Show (podcast) On Kawara (Japanese conceptual artist) Mallory Square (waterfront plaza in Key West) Oia (village on the Greek island of Santorini) Tony Perrottet on Deviate (podcast episode) Real on the Road (David Hunter Bishop travel blog) Rolf traveling with Sudanese in Syria (blog dispatch) Sei Shōnagon (10th century Japanese author) John Muir (American naturalist and author) Gobi Desert (arid region in East Asia) Van life before #VanLife (Deviate episode) Søren Kierkegaard (Danish philosopher) Bennifer (high-profile celebrity relationship) Paris Writing Workshop (Rolf's summer writing classes) The Deviate theme music comes from the title track of Cedar Van Tassel's 2017 album Lumber. Note: We don't host a “comments” section, but we're happy to hear your questions and insights via email, at deviate@rolfpotts.com.

What is it to write? What roles do ceremony, beauty, and material play in the act of writing? Not only is The Pillow Book of Sei Shōnagon  an early classic of Japanese literature, written in the 10th century by a lady of the Heian-era court, it is also—five hundred years before Montaigne— the world's first sustained portrayal of an individual self as she lives, thinks, and feels from day to day. A genre-bending mix of poems, lists, essays, and anecdotes, Shōnagon's original work was composed on Empress-provided fine paper and expresses as much delight in the materials and physical activity of writing as in the human dramas and exquisite moments of courtly life. In this episode, Santa Fe host Krishnan Venkatesh and tutor Ron Wilson explore the power of the material conditions of writing—the handmade ink, the rare pens, the costly paper, the social culture of the highly insular court—in energizing and focusing the creator's mind. They explore the writer's love of writing as ceremonial beyond Shōnagon to Emily Dickinson, Virginia Woolf, and poet Susan Howe, writers for whom the material conditions of writing are essential for their work. From this arises a pressing contemporary question: what has been lost in today's digital world, where few material limitations exist? 

Just the tip-off! You'll laugh, you'll gasp, you'll win $50 in breakcoin (more crypto than currency). Polish up your high-heel cleats and get out your pompoms! Please consider supporting the poets we mention in today's show! If you need a good indie bookstore, we recommend Loyalty Bookstores, a DC-area Black-owned bookshop.Writing for the Ploughshares blog, Robert Anthony Siegel calls Sei Shōnagon's The Pillow Book “a progenitor of the fragmentary, nonlinear, hybrid-genre work....” Read the whole, short essay here.You can watch Elaine Equi read four poems from Big Other here (~4.5 mins). And read more about this fabulous poet's bio here. Hear Plath read “November Graveyard” here (~1 min)Hear Plath read “Poppies in October” here (~1 min)Plath reads the Rabbit Catcher here (~1.5 min)Plath reads “The Applicant” here (~2 min)Watch a beautifully-read, dramatic rendering of “Crossing the Water” here (~1 min)Audio of Plath reading Lady Lazarus can be heard here (~3 min)Watch Clara Sismondo perform “Blackberrying” (National Poetry in Voice) here (~3 min)Hear “Tulips” in Plath's voice here (~4.5 min)Watch this arresting short film of “Death & Co” produced by Troublemakers TV here (~1.5 min)You can read “The Couriers” here.Read “The Colossus” here.Hear Plath read “Daddy” here (~4 min)Read “Electra on Azalea Path” hereRead “The Babysitters” hereRead “The Beekeeper's Daughter” hereRead “Winter Trees” hereYou can read this fascinating essay about acquiring Plath's table by David Trinidad here.Listen to David talk with scholar Heather Clark, author of Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath, about the light and dark sequences in Plath's life.Watch Dorianne Laux read a very recent poem “What's Broken” here (~2 min)You can attend virtually this fabulous Terrance Hayes reading at the University of Chicago (~1 hour)

I started to take interest in reading Japanese literature. It started when I want to read a Haiku poem by Basho. I read a couple of penguin classics books on Japanese poetry, then I got some recommendations on Japanese authors: The Pillow Book by Sei Shōnagon The Diary of Lady Murasaki (Penguin Classics) by Lady Murasaki The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches (Classics) by Matsuo Basho Kokoro by Natsume Soseki I borrow those books from my local library. So I have been reading them during the week. They are fascinating and educational. I learn a alot about Japanese history go and insight into the past. I then was looking up some Japanese literature on YouTube. I watched some top recommendations on a few Japanese literature/ novels. There are a few recommendations I have taken interest in reading. I will try to borrow them from my local library. Crime novels: The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino Newcomer by Keigo Higashino Slice of life (indie novels) Strange Weather in Tokyo by Hiromi Kawakami Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata New mangas I got some new manga I bought from Amazon and CD Japan: Amazon Pink Cherry Complex (G-Lish) by Megane Shitsuren Junkie (KiR) by Taka CD Japan: Fudanshi Shokan: Isekai de Shinju ni Hamerare mashita 2 (Marginal Comics) by Moe Fujisaki Shacho, Osuwari no Jikan desu (eyes Comics) by Megane Hon Toku Art Book: IDEAL (KiRcomics) by Hon Toku (ArtBook)

Tantalize, Memory: Our kiki with David Trinidad continues! Buy David's new book, Digging to Wonderland, at your favorite indie bookstore -- or buy it here from Loyalty Books, a Black-owned independent bookseller in Washington, DC.Gypsy Rose Lee (born Rose Louise Hovick, January 8, 1911 – April 26, 1970) was an American burlesque entertainer famous for her striptease act whose memory was adapted into the 1959 stage musical Gypsy. You can watch here some footage of her performing an abbreviated (and very clean) version of her famous routine, "The Psychology of a Stripteaser" in the 1943 film Stage Door Canteen (~5 min).John Yau's new book, Joe Brainard: The Art of the Personal, will be released September 2022 from  Rizzoli International Publications. For more about Brainard, visit the website dedicated to his work here. A great retrospect about Joe Brainard appeared in Artforum. Larry Rivers has a great portrait of Frank O'Hara here. According to this website Roger (1954 - 1982) was an American gay porn star who appeared in pornographic movies in the 1970s. After an early career as a model and go-go boy from age 17, he appeared as a "Discovery" centerfold in "Blueboy" magazine, Roger appeared in many film loops of the pre-condom era, co-starring with other notable porn stars of the time, including Al Parker, Jack Wrangler, Chuck Samson, and Bruno. Roger was also a popular stage performer in gay nightclubs and theaters. Roger left the adult film industry in 1980 and in 1982, en route to Las Vegas, perished in a car accident. In 2000, an imposter posing as Roger appeared on a number of Yahoo! groups, but was soon exposed as a fraud. He told stories of having attended Al Parker's memorial service in 1992, remaining in touch with co-star Jack Wrangler, and maintaining a monogamous relationship since the late 1980s while living in a suburb of Chicago. All of this information was completely false.Hear David read his poem "Ode to Dick Fisk" here  (at Naropa).Read more about Elaine Equi here. Watch Rachel Blau DuPlessis talk about the "exuberant sexual and lexical energy and gay will to power" of Frank O'Hara's Second Avenue here (~6 min)Sei Shōnagon (清少納言, c. 966–1017 or 1025) was a Japanese author, poet, and a court lady who served the Empress Teishi (Sadako) around the year 1000 during the middle Heian period. She is the author of The Pillow Book (枕草子, makura no sōshi).Want to read more about Sexton, faith, and love? Your wait is over. Read Sylvia Plath's poem "Edge" here. If you want to know what Hart Crane looks like, click here.

Klassikaline filoloog Neeme Näripä pakub välja mõned mõtted, mida mõtleb lääne kultuuri hälliks peetavat antiik-Kreekat ja -Roomat hästi tundev isik, kui loeb Sei Shonagoni teost „Padjamärkmed“.

In questo nuovo episodio del podcast delle "Pillole di letteratura giapponese" con NipPop, la nostra Paola Scrolavezza ci parla di un grande classico della letteratura nipponica: "Note del guanciale" di Sei Shōnagon, edito da Electa editore. Brillante e colta, l'autrice con questo testo frizzante ed eclettico aggiunge una tessera importante al mosaico della letteratura classica giapponese, nella quale le donne ebbero un ruolo di primo piano. Inoltre, inaugurò un nuovo genere, quello degli zuihitsu. ----------------------------------- SEGUICI SU: Web Page: https://www.nippop.it Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nippopbologna Twitter: https://twitter.com/NipPopOfficial Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nippopofficial YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/nippopbologna

Olá! No vídeo de hoje seguimos a série dos Excluídos da História, dessa vez contamos a história de uma das mulheres importantes para a construção da escrita e língua japonesa, Sei Shōnagon, que escreveu "O Livro do Travesseiro". A vida e obra dessa dama da corte também abre para alguns questionamentos sobre a construção da visão que nós ocidentais temos sobre a história oriental. Ficou curioso/a? Assiste o vídeo! BIBLIOGRAFIA 1) CUNHA, Andrei S.. Pele, pincel, papel e película: texto, corpo e representação em O Livro de Cabeceira. TRANSLATIO, v. 6, p. 180-192, 2013. 2) CUNHA, Andrei S.. Texto e Têxtil em O Livro de Travesseiro. Revista Criação & Crítica, v. 15, p. 20-40, 2015. 3) Cunha, Andrei S.. O Livro do Travesseiro: Questões de Autoria, Tradução e Adaptação. Tese disponível em: https://lume.ufrgs.br/handle/10183/13...

Vor 1000 Jahren lebte Sei Shōnagon am Hofe des Kaisers von Japan. Die Frau, deren richtiger Name nicht überliefert ist, war Hofdame der Kaiserin, Schriftstellerin und - Feministin, würde man heute sagen. Sie hinterließ ein Werk, das bis heute Japans Literatur prägt und Leser in aller Welt beschäftigt: das Kopfkissenbuch. Axel Milberg liest aus der Übersetzung von Michael Stein, erschienen in einer bibliophilen Ausgabe bei Manesse, jetzt zu hören in "Milbergs literarischer Balkon".

Everywhere, all the time, it seems like we’re being sold on the idea that getting rid of things will solve our problems—from the life-changing magic of Marie Kondo to the streamlining of all those DVDs into digital subscriptions—and it’s all being sold under the label of minimalism. In his new book, The Longing for Less, Kyle Chayka criticizes this trend as a kind of upscale austerity designed to get you to buy and consume things. Maybe fewer things, but things nonetheless. Have we lost the true meaning of minimalism? Chayka takes readers through a history of art, design, and philosophy that goes much further back than the 1960s work of Agnes Martin, Donald Judd, and John Cage, to show that maybe the most meaningful part of “minimalism” is the search for meaning. Chayka has written for The New York Times Magazine, n+1, and The Paris Review, and he joins us in the studio to offer up a brand of minimalism that won’t bankrupt you, emotionally or financially.Go beyond the episode:Kyle Chayka’s The Longing for Less: Living with MinimalismWatch a short documentary about the painter Agnes Martin from the TateView Donald Judd's massive installations in Marfa or New York, and be sure to stop by Walter De Maria’s The Earth Room while you're at itPoke around Philip Johnson’s Glass HouseListen to Julius Eastman's hypnotic composition “Stay on It” (and read more about him here)Two Japanese touchstones of minimalism: Sei Shōnagon’s The Pillow Book and Junichirō Tanizaki’s In Praise of ShadowsTune in every week to catch interviews with the liveliest voices from literature, the arts, sciences, history, and public affairs; reports on cutting-edge works in progress; long-form narratives; and compelling excerpts from new books. Hosted by Stephanie Bastek. Follow us on Twitter @TheAmScho or on Facebook.Subscribe: iTunes • Feedburner • Stitcher • Google Play • AcastHave suggestions for projects you’d like us to catch up on, or writers you want to hear from? Send us a note: podcast [at] theamericanscholar [dot] org. And rate... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Everywhere, all the time, it seems like we’re being sold on the idea that getting rid of things will solve our problems—from the life-changing magic of Marie Kondo to the streamlining of all those DVDs into digital subscriptions—and it’s all being sold under the label of minimalism. In his new book, The Longing for Less, Kyle Chayka criticizes this trend as a kind of upscale austerity designed to get you to buy and consume things. Maybe fewer things, but things nonetheless. Have we lost the true meaning of minimalism? Chayka takes readers through a history of art, design, and philosophy that goes much further back than the 1960s work of Agnes Martin, Donald Judd, and John Cage, to show that maybe the most meaningful part of “minimalism” is the search for meaning. Chayka has written for The New York Times Magazine, n+1, and The Paris Review, and he joins us in the studio to offer up a brand of minimalism that won’t bankrupt you, emotionally or financially.Go beyond the episode:Kyle Chayka’s The Longing for Less: Living with MinimalismWatch a short documentary about the painter Agnes Martin from the TateView Donald Judd's massive installations in Marfa or New York, and be sure to stop by Walter De Maria’s The Earth Room while you're at itPoke around Philip Johnson’s Glass HouseListen to Julius Eastman's hypnotic composition “Stay on It” (and read more about him here)Two Japanese touchstones of minimalism: Sei Shōnagon’s The Pillow Book and Junichirō Tanizaki’s In Praise of ShadowsTune in every week to catch interviews with the liveliest voices from literature, the arts, sciences, history, and public affairs; reports on cutting-edge works in progress; long-form narratives; and compelling excerpts from new books. Hosted by Stephanie Bastek. Follow us on Twitter @TheAmScho or on Facebook.Subscribe: iTunes • Feedburner • Stitcher • Google Play • AcastHave suggestions for projects you’d like us to catch up on, or writers you want to hear from? Send us a note: podcast [at] theamericanscholar [dot] org. And rate...  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Mergulhamos em um dos maiores clássicos da literatura japonesa, escrito há mais de mil anos. A autora Sei Shônagon trabalhava para a imperatriz Teishi em um cargo de prestígio que misturava funções como dama de companhia, relações públicas e até poeta. Na conversa sobre a obra: Lica Hashimoto, Maria Esther Maciel, Tiago Ferro, Gustavo Pacheco e Vinícius Pires.

Jonathan Lethem drops into the Damn Library and the guys are damn excited to have him. They talk about Lethem's new one, The Feral Detective, of course, but they also talk about his work as a whole, and how his books are in conversation with each other, along with a tangent into timeliness and how lucky he feels. Then they get into Sei Shōnagon's Pillow Book, a classic unclassifiable Japanese work, began in the year 990. Translation conversation, and what a "pillow book" is, ensues. One for the ages! contribute! https://patreon.com/smdb for drink recipes, book lists, and more, visit: somanydamnbooks.com music: Disaster Magic (https://soundcloud.com/disaster-magic)  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aujourd'hui, on se parle de s'amuser avec des listes à thème façon Sei Shônagon, une dame de cour japonaise connue pour ses notes de chevet. Des listes inspirantes et amusantes pour se faire du bien...Notes : http://florieteller.com/bn068/Tout ce que je fabrique : http://florieteller.com/Pour me soutenir : https://www.patreon.com/florietellerInstagram, twitter, facebook : @florietellerDiscord des streetcasters : http://bit.ly/discordstDécouvrez les streetcasts : https://medium.com/streetcast

Aujourd'hui, on se parle de s'amuser avec des listes à thème façon Sei Shônagon, une dame de cour japonaise connue pour ses notes de chevet. Des listes inspirantes et amusantes pour se faire du bien...Notes : http://florieteller.com/bn068/Tout ce que je fabrique : http://florieteller.com/Pour me soutenir : https://www.patreon.com/florietellerInstagram, twitter, facebook : @florietellerDiscord des streetcasters : http://bit.ly/discordstDécouvrez les streetcasts : https://medium.com/streetcast

Efni Lestarinnar í dag: Framtíðin kemur hvort sem þú vilt eða ekki. Eða svo segja þeir allavega. Í pistli dagsins bregður Atli Bollason upp svipmyndum úr sjálfkeyrandi langerðabíl framtíðarinnar. Við sögu í hraðlest á föstudegi koma einnig Sei Shonagon, Ursula Le Guin, Hermann Stefánsson, Þorsteinn frá Hamri, Japan, Halldór Armand Ásgeirsson, Soffía Bjarnadóttir og fleiri. Umsjón: Anna Gyða Sigurgísladóttir og Eiríkur Guðmundsson

Í Lestinni í dag verður meðal annars fjallað um skáldsöguna Haust í Skírisskógi eftir Þorstein frá Hamri. Verkið kom fyrst út árið 1980 en um var að ræða þriðju skáldsögu Þorsteins. Sagan hefur nú verið endurútgefin í tilefni af 60 ára rithöfundaafmæli Þorsteins og áttræðisafmæli hans þann 15. mars næstkomandi. Rætt verður við Hermann Stefánsson rithöfund um bókina en hann skrifar inngang að nýju útgáfunni. Sei Shónagon var hirðmær við japönsku keisarahirðina á síðari hluta tíundu og fyrri hluta elleftu aldar. Dagbók hennar, sem hún kallaði Koddabók, er merkileg heimild um japanskt hirðlíf á Heian-tímabilinu. Lýsingar Shónagon á klæðaburði, lifnaðarháttum, trúarbrögðum, siðavenjum, veðurfari og líffræði, svo fátt eitt sé nefnt, eru stórbrotnar. Enn merkilegri eru þó lýsingarnar á hennar innra lífi. Lestin rýnir í Koddabókina og hugarheim Sei Shónagon í þætti dagsins. Shónagon er af mörgum talinn fyrsti bloggarinn, en var hún kannski fyrsti tístarinn? Sigrún Alba Sigurðardóttir heldur áfram að tala um ljóðrænt rými borgarinnar og er sem fyrr stödd í Kaupmannahöfn og Halldór Armand Ásgeirsson rithöfundur fjallar í dag um dauða samhengisins á vorri gruggugu öld.

Nyt on kevään kirjakatalogit koluttu läpi. Tässä jaksossa puhumme siis kiinnostavimmista uutuuskirjoista. Ja niitähän riittää! Massimiliano Capella: Barbie Alastair Bonnett: Uuden ajan atlas Maja Säfström: Tärkeitä tietoja eläimistä Sei Shônagon: Tyynynaluskirja Choo WaiHong: Naisten valtakunta Margareta Magnusson: Mitä jälkeen jää --- Otso Sillanaukee: Zero Waste Satu Pihlaja: Aikaansaamisen taika Satu Rämö: Islantilainen kodin onni Jarkko Sipilän: Helsingin pimeä puoli Eero Ojanen: Suomessa kummittelee Katja Syvärinen: Ainutlaatuinen elämäni – Aikusten täyttökirja --- Anne Tyler: Äkäpussi Anna Gavalda: Lohikäärmetatuointi ja muita pintanaarmuja Sofia Lundberg: Punainen osoitekirja Lori Nelson Spielman: Kivi sydämeltä Jessie Burton: Muusa L.M. Montgomery: Yrttitarha Ayn Rand: Atlas Shrugged – Kun maailma järkkyi Sara Strindberg: Unelmien tiedekunta Elena Ferrante: Ne jotka lähtevät ja ne jotka jäävät Maria Ángels Anglada: Auschwitzin viulu Edward St Aubyn: Loistava menneisyys Elizabeth Strout: Nimeni on Lucy Barton Jill Santopolo: Valo jonka kadotimme Elif Shafak: Eevan kolme tytärtä Cecelia Ahern: Viallinen Naja Marie Aidt: Anna kuolemalle se joka kuoleman on --- Eeva Vuorenpää: Kaksi rantaa Anna-Liisa Ahokumpu: Viktor Stanislauksen kolmetoista sinfoniaa Enni Vanhatapio: Absentia Anna Rimpelä: Pitkään meni ihan hyvin Anna-Leena Härkönen: Ihan ystävänä sanon ja muita kirjoituksia Henriikka Rönkkönen: Bikinirajatapaus ja muita sinkkuelämän iloja Jukka Viikilä: Suomalainen vuosi Erkka Mykkänen: Something not good Pirkko Soininen: Ellen Pauliina Rauhala: Synninkantajat Saara Turunen: Sivuhenkilö --- Susanne Jansson: Uhrisuo Clare Mackintosh: Minä näen sinut Geir Tangen: Sydämenmurskaaja Karin Erlandsson: Saarretut Stephen King: Viimeinen vartio Håkan Nesser: Elävät ja kuolleet Winsfordissa Jens Henrik Jensen: Hirtetyt koirat Matthew Costello & Neil Richards: Cherringhamin mysteerit –sarja Pierre Lemaitre: Verihäät Child & Preston: Koston kehä --- Philip Pullman: Vedenpaisumus Laura Lähteenmäki: Yksi kevät Sarah Crossan: Yksi --- Timo Parvela: Ella ja Kaverit konsertissa Raili Mikkanen & Sirkku Linnea: Suomen lasten majakkakirja Lukupäiväkirja lapsille

In episode seven of Literary Canon Ball we discuss Sei Shonagon's The Pillow Book. Join us as we discuss the genre bending nature of this thousand-year-old book. And, as always, we have a bunch of excellent recommendations just for you!

Welcome to Books @ Bedtime, a softly-spoken podcast featuring classic literature to help you relax. In this episode, I read a snow-filled excerpt from The Pillow Book of Sei Shōnagon.