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New Books in Literary Studies

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Jeffrey De Leo
Distinguished Professor of English and Philosophy at Texas A&M University; editor and founder of Simploke; editor-in-chief of American Book Review
Texas A&M University
Episode: Jeffrey R. Di Leo , "Theory as World Literature" (Bloomsbury, 2025)
Kristen Abbott Bennett
Associate Professor of English at Framingham State University; founder of the Kit Marlowe Project; Pedagogy for the Map of Early Modern London
Framingham State University
Episode: Kristen Abbott Bennett, "Teaching Shakespeare's Theatre of the World" (Cambridge UP, 2025)
Oludamini Ogunnaike
Associate Professor of African Religious Thought and Democracy at the University of Virginia
University of Virginia
Episode: Islam in English
Amrita Chowdhury
Co-author, translator of Baidehisha Bilasa
University/academic affiliation not specified
Episode: Amrita Chowdhury and Ujaan Ghosh trans., "Baidehisha Bilasa: The Amorous Plays of Sita’s Husband" (Wide Open Window Books, 2025)
Ujaan Ghosh
Co-author, translator of Baidehisha Bilasa
University/academic affiliation not specified
Episode: Amrita Chowdhury and Ujaan Ghosh trans., "Baidehisha Bilasa: The Amorous Plays of Sita’s Husband" (Wide Open Window Books, 2025)
Kenna Neitch
Author of A Praxis of Persistence, Central American Feminist Testimony and Sustainable Activism
Miami University of Ohio
Episode: Kenna Neitch, "A Praxis of Persistence: Central American Feminist Testimony and Sustainable Activism" (SUNY Press, 2026)
Michael Sawyer
Professor of African American Literature & Culture
University of Pittsburgh
Episode: Michael E. Sawyer, "The Door of No Return: Being-As-Black" (Temple UP, 2026)
Petal Kimberly Samuel
Author of The Quiet Zone, Caribbean Expressive Cultures and the Feminist Aesthetics of Disturbance
Rutgers University Press
Episode: Petal Kimberly Samuel, "The Quiet Zone: Caribbean Expressive Cultures and the Feminist Aesthetics of Disturbance" (Rutgers UP, 2026)
Sean Webster
Author of Without Terminus, Untraining an Archive
Greywolf (publisher)
Episode: chaun webster, "Without Terminus: untraining an archive" (Greywolf, 2026)

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    for all authors, interviewers should allow time for them to present their perspectives, but there should also be thorough and respectful challenging, including sources, methodology, potential gaps, and questioning about contrary perspectives. this is not always done, to the detriment of the audience and the authors.

    where the podcast fails is where so... more

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Thoughtful, rigorous scholarship with strong guest lineups; some episodes could benefit from broader global perspectives and sourcing diverse viewpoints.

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Kenna Neitch, "A Praxis of Persistence: Central American Feminist Testimony and Sustainable Activism" (SUNY Press, 2026)
Q: Why focus on Central America for case studies, and what do these cases reveal about persistence?
The host asks about the regional focus; Kenna discusses how Central America's history of conflict, neoliberal restructuring, and transnational attention offer a rich context to study how activists adapt methods, maintain community cohesion, and persist despite discourses that position the region as marginalized.
Jeffrey R. Di Leo , "Theory as World Literature" (Bloomsbury, 2025)
Q: The volume brings together a wide range of methodological approaches. Could you discuss some of these methods and reflect on how they interrogate or expand prevailing ways of thinking about world literature?
The guest focuses on Derrida to illustrate how the world can be conceptualized as a text with endless potential and temporality, arguing that this opens up world literature beyond a Eurocentric, static notion and emphasizes circulation, translation, and futurity as central to understanding global literary networks.
Jeffrey R. Di Leo , "Theory as World Literature" (Bloomsbury, 2025)
Q: In your introduction you note two broad objectives for the volume: describing and theorizing the world, and the worlding of disciplines. Could you elaborate on these aims and how they shape the structure and argument of your book?
The guest explains that theorizing the world involves asking what it means to speak of 'the world' or 'world' itself, drawing on Derrida and other thinkers to show that the world is always arriving and shaping action. The worlding of disciplines refers to how various fields incorporate this idea, illustrating a broad disciplinary shift toward global interconnectedness and cross-disciplinary dialogue, including the sciences and social sciences.
Jeffrey R. Di Leo , "Theory as World Literature" (Bloomsbury, 2025)
Q: So our first question to you. You've devoted a significant part of your scholarly career to thinking about theory in relation to literature, art, music and culture. What initially drew you to Theory as an object of sustained inquiry and what continues to animate your engagement with it today?
The guest explains that his initial draw was semiotics, tracing the influence of Charles Peirce and Umberto Eco, and describes how theory expanded to encompass intercontinental theory through Saussure and beyond, while remaining engaged with semiotics. He also notes how the field has grown and diversified, with roughly 75 different doors of theory in action today, which keeps his engagement animated and ongoing.
Petal Kimberly Samuel, "The Quiet Zone: Caribbean Expressive Cultures and the Feminist Aesthetics of Disturbance" (Rutgers UP, 2026)
Q: Could you tell me a little bit about how you came to the project or the question of the project?
Samuel describes archival silences and a shift from a focus on archives to leveraging art, literature, and vernacular practices to access histories not captured by traditional archives.

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A scholarly interviewseries that centers recent academic books in literary studies, covering topics from Tibetan Buddhism and gendered historiography to Francophone literature, Japanese cinema, manga, Irish studies, and Shakespearean criticism. The conversations consistently pair a host with a guest expert to unpack a book's core arguments, methodologies, and broader implications for the field. Listeners are treated to deep dives into archival access, translation studies, critical theory, and cross-disciplinary methods, often highlighting the scholarly conversation around culture, history, and society. Notable strengths include rigorous, idea-forward discussions with prominent academics, editors, and authors, and a steady emphasis on how ne... more

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