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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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Christopher Freeburg
Professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and author of Soul, A Brief History of Black Cultural Life
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Episode: Christopher Freeburg, "Soul: A Brief History of Black Cultural Life" (Yale UP, 2026)
Ilan Stavans
Editor of A Nation Wrestles With God, American Prophets, Philosophers, and Firebrands; founder of Restless Books
Restless Books
Episode: A Nation Wrestles With God: American Prophets, Philosophers, and Firebrands
Leonhard Emmerling
Author and art historian
University of Munich/Goethe-Institut (as discussed)
Episode: Leonhard Emmerling, "The Idiots: The History of the Homo Nullus" (Seagull Books, 2026)
Lucas L. Johnson II
Writer and communication strategist
Broadleaf Books
Episode: Lucas L. Johnson II, "Remembering Roots: How an American Classic Transformed the World" (Broadleaf Books, 2026)
David Wormsley
Professor of English Literature, University of Oxford; Fellow of the British Academy
University of Oxford
Episode: Jonathan Swift and David Womersley ed., "Gulliver's Travels: Cambridge Anniversary Edition" (Cambridge UP, 2026)
Agnes Mueller
Author of Holocaust Migration in German Jewish Literature
Cambridge University Press publication
Episode: Agnes Mueller, "Holocaust Migration in German Jewish Literatures" (Cambridge UP, 2026)
Ivan Kenneally
Essayist and scholar on Mark Twain
Contributor to The Hedgehog Review and other publications
Episode: The Political Philosophy of Mark Twain: On His Absurd, Noble Americans with Ivan Kenneally
Ines MacKechnie
Professor
University of Strathclyde
Episode: Aonghus MacKechnie, "Edinburgh: City of Romanticism" (Lund Humphries, 2026)
Angelica Thumala
Author of The Love of Books, Attachment to a Changing Cultural Object
Episode: María Angélica Thumala Olave, "The Love of Books: Attachment to a Changing Cultural Object" (Manchester UP, 2026)

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4.7 out of 5 stars from 61 ratings
  • who gets a voice?

    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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The format often centers Western academic voices; broader international input would help.

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Courtney Weikle‑Mills, "Sugarcoated Ethics: Children’s Literature and Atlantic Enslavement" (Johns Hopkins UP, 2026)
Q: Could you discuss the recurring trope of the 'grateful enslaved' and the 'benevolent master'?
These tropes function as tools to sugarcoat enslavement, presenting false gratitude and kindness as transformative for both enslaved people and the colonial order, thereby legitimizing and perpetuating the system.
Courtney Weikle‑Mills, "Sugarcoated Ethics: Children’s Literature and Atlantic Enslavement" (Johns Hopkins UP, 2026)
Q: How do you connect gender, girlhood, and enslaved experiences in your analysis?
Gender reveals a distinct, often sexualized marginalization of enslaved girls and women, while stories of persecuted heroines and resilient girls show how narratives negotiate ethics, respectability, and resistance within oppressive structures.
Courtney Weikle‑Mills, "Sugarcoated Ethics: Children’s Literature and Atlantic Enslavement" (Johns Hopkins UP, 2026)
Q: What do you mean by white civility and how does it function in 18th and 19th century children's literature?
White civility is a pattern where white people seek peace within their circle by avoiding hard conversations about racial harm, thereby maintaining a guarded sphere of civility that excludes non-white experiences and sustains colonial power relations.
Leonhard Emmerling, "The Idiots: The History of the Homo Nullus" (Seagull Books, 2026)
Q: Could you summarize the core idea of your book and why the idiota matters across 25 centuries?
The idiota is not simply ignorance; it is a form of access—dialectic with the sacred and with power—that disrupts hierarchies and opens space for new forms of knowledge, art, and social organization across history.
A Nation Wrestles With God: American Prophets, Philosophers, and Firebrands
Q: What inspired you to open the book with Huck Finn and the idea that Huck is proof that even atheists wrestle with God?
Huck Finn serves as a potent anchor because his moral questions and fate-seeking journey reveal the complex relationship Americans have with divinity, morality, and freedom; starting there allows readers to see the broader dialogue across time and to consider how questions about good and evil persist beyond religious labels.

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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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