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… (not verified) on Sun, 06/19/2022 - 9:34am Poetry The first time Rae Armantrout came on the show, in 2017, we looked at her poetry through the lens of her interest in quantum physics. Now, five years … The first time Rae Armantrout came on the show, in 2017, we …

… that Akbar once suggested that syntax was identity, how do the changes in Akbar’s own poetry, from his first collection … reflect changes in himself as a person? Akbar talks about the ways in which poetry can be a spiritual technology, about … and refugee camps; exile, oleander, and the Rolling Stones—all the stuff of poetry. And of prayer. In Pilgrim …

… Control (Tor Books) as a lens and a frame, we discuss the difference between Afrofuturism and Africanfuturism, … alien species. As an aside, Nnedi Okorafor, after winning the World Fantasy Award for Who Fears Death , was involved in the successful push to have H.P. Lovecraft removed as the …

… fashion and always enduring, ancient and contemporary at the same time, Sabrina’s essays refuse to be only essays, … and step-motherhood, and how they all magically coexist in the alchemy of Sabrina’s prose. Ultimately these tales, these surreal dreams, are not ways to look away from the world, but ways to be in it, to cope, confront, and …

… group attempting to put on a production of Hamlet in the West Bank. The actors come from many different Palestinian experiences, one to the next. Some have Israeli citizenship. Others live in … group attempting to put on a production of Hamlet in the West Bank. The actors come from many different …

… - 7:15am Fiction / Hybrid “Novelists don’t need to dream the end of the world anymore—they need to wake up to it. Jenny Offill is … one diamond.” –Jonathan Dee Transcript Today’s guest is the author Jenny Offill.  Offill’s first book Last Things was … “Novelists don’t need to dream the end of the world anymore—they need to wake up to it. …

… - 10:25am Hybrid / Nonfiction “It’s hard to overstate the importance of this gorgeous, harrowing, heartbreaking … sexual violence and its aftermath while also articulating the singular pain of knowing—or loving, or caring for, or … is whip-smart and tender, open and ruthless; she is the perfect guide through the minefield of her trauma, and …

… years since Solmaz Sharif’s first appearance on Between the Covers, for her National Book Award–finalist debut … many listeners have pointed to this conversation as one of the most memorable episodes to date. Solmaz returns today to … resistance obviously, like the collapse between the stones being thrown by David and by Palestinians, and …

… For Dying  translated by Emma Ramadan and winner of the 2021 PEN Translation Award. We talk about voice in … reality, about being both Muslim and gay (as well as being the first openly homosexual Arab writer from Morocco), about … who are good, or only so, about Isabelle Adjani, the Zulawski film Possession , the role of possession and …

… Zahid Rafiq : The World With Its Mouth Open Submitted by Anonymous (not … Zahid Rafiq discusses his debut short story collection  The World With Its Mouth Open , eleven remarkable stories set … to writing fiction Rafiq was a journalist and we explore the ways the stories he tells now, and the stories he wrote …