Conversation & Readings from the Podcast Harry Potter & the Sacred Text
Conversation & Readings from the Podcast Harry Potter & the Sacred Text
Vanessa Zoltan (co-host) and Ariana Nedelman (producer) of the celebrated podcast, Harry Potter and the Sacred Text, alo... Read more
11 Jan 2018
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1hr 11mins
The Originality of Milton’s “Paradise Lost”
The Originality of Milton’s “Paradise Lost”
David Loewenstein, Erle Sparks Professor of English and Humanities at Penn State, discusses the daring originality of Mi... Read more
1 Nov 2017
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50mins
Isherwood, Auden, and Spender Before the Second World War
Isherwood, Auden, and Spender Before the Second World War
Author and sculptor Matthew Spender talks about the friendship between his father, Stephen Spender, and Christopher Ishe... Read more
25 Sep 2017
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1hr 3mins
Joy Ride
Joy Ride
Architect David Martin discusses his book Joy Ride: An Architect’s Journey to Mexico’s Ancient and Colonial Places. A jo... Read more
27 Jul 2017
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47mins
Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation
Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation
Based on the acclaimed science fiction novel Kindred by Octavia E. Butler, a new graphic adaptation by Damian Duffy and ... Read more
24 Jul 2017
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33mins
Hilary Mantel: “I Met a Man Who Wasn’t There”
Hilary Mantel: “I Met a Man Who Wasn’t There”
Tudor statesman Thomas Cromwell was described by an eminent historian as “not biographable.” Faced with an intractable p... Read more
11 May 2017
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51mins
Excavating the Book
Excavating the Book
Stephen Orgel, J. E. Reynolds Professor in Humanities at Stanford University, discusses books and their marketing throug... Read more
20 Mar 2017
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1hr 1min
You Don’t Know Jack
You Don’t Know Jack
In recognition of the centenary of Jack London’s death, The Huntington’s Sue Hodson, curator of literary manuscripts and... Read more
10 Dec 2016
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1hr 3mins
Radical Reproduction
Radical Reproduction
Amy Kind, professor of philosophy at Claremont McKenna College, and Shelley Streeby, professor of ethnic studies and lit... Read more
4 Nov 2016
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40mins
Becoming Gay in the 1960s: Reading “A Single Man”
Becoming Gay in the 1960s: Reading “A Single Man”
Novelist Edmund White (“A Boy’s Own Story”) discusses the lasting impression that Christopher Isherwood’s groundbreaking... Read more
30 Sep 2016
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26mins