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The realist novel, so the story goes, isn’t really an American genre but a European and British one. And what the realist novel does—again, according to conventional wisdom—is entrench a liberal model of the individual: the self as autonomous and per... more
A Room of His Own: Joseph Brodsky and the Making of a Bilingual Poet (Academic Studies Press, 2025) makes the original and persuasive claim that Brodsky’s force as a transnational poet derives paradoxically from an inward-looking stance that privileg... more
Teaching and Transformation in Popular Confucian Literature of the Late Qing (U Michigan Press, 2025) by Katherine L. Alexander explores how one late Qing Confucian reformer sought to rebuild society in the aftermath of the Taiping Civil War. Focusin... more
Today I’m speaking with David Bentley Hart about his book, A Gathering of Leaves: Extravagances and Ephemera, from the University of Notre Dame Press. David is a multi-faceted scholar who has contributed to the fields of philosophy, religious studies... more
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so some of the podcast episodes present right-wing "scholarship" of dubious merit. that's fine. people can listen and make their own judgments.
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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A scholarly interview show that surfaces recent research across literature, history, translation, and related humanities, often through authors discussing their newly published books with another expert. Episodes cover colonialism, life writing, collaboration in authorship, visual culture, and editorial practices, frequently blending theoretical frames with concrete case studies and archival work. Noteworthy strengths include a strong emphasis on primary sources, cross-disciplinary connections, and detailed discussion of the research process, making it valuable for listeners who value rigorous academic interrogation, deep bibliography, and practical publishing insights. A distinctive angle is the sustained focus on collaboration, translatio... more
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