Hemlock and After by Angus Wilson
John and Andy are joined by writer, dandy and erstwhile musician Dickon Edwards to discuss Hemlock and After, Angus Wilson's debut novel, originally published in 1952. Wilson was considered one of the preeminent writers of his days but both his books and reputation have fallen into neglect - we con…
Episode 20 - 2019 Reading Highlights
I am joined by Agnese (Beyond the Epilogue) to discuss our reading highlights for 2019
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Mentioned in this episode;
Man Booker International Prize
BTBA (Best Translated Book Award)
National Book Award Translation Prize
Women in Translated Month #WITMonth
Best100WIT List #10…
Barbara Loden's 'Wanda' (1970)
Released in 1970, Barbara Loden's "Wanda" is a monumental achievement of American independent cinema. It tells the story of a woman living on the margins of society, rejected by almost everyone, a failure in just about everything she does. Loden was inspired to make the film after reading about a w…
Bridging the Divide #13 | Lucy Popescu & Natasha Lehrer discuss Nathalie Leger’s The White Dress
In THE WHITE DRESS, Nathalie Léger tells the story of Pippa Bacca, a thirty-three-year-old Italian feminist performance artist who decided to hitchhike from Milan to Jerusalem wearing a white wedding dress to symbolise “marriage between different peoples and nations.” Through her intense examinatio…
Episode 33: Barbara Loden's 'Wanda' (1970)
Released in 1970, Barbara Loden's "Wanda" is a monumental achievement of American independent cinema. It tells the story of a woman living on the margins of society, rejected by almost everyone, a failure in just about everything she does. Loden was inspired to make the film after reading about a w…
Recognition and Womanhood with Nathalie Léger & Eula Biss
“What is it that a woman recognizes when she recognizes herself in another woman? This is the question that hovers in the margins of all three books in Léger’s exquisite trilogy,” Eula Biss wrote of Léger’s work in the New Yorker. “The books are extraordinary in the way they are written,” Biss adds…
Episode 23: "Being Here is Everything" by Marie Darrieussecq, translated by Penny Hueston, w/ special guest Tara Cheesman
Kicking off 2024 we welcome Tara Cheesman to the podcast with her recommendation, Being Here Is Everything: The Life and Times of Paula Modersohn-Becker by Marie Darriussecq, translated by Penny Hueston. Tara is a freelance critic, former judge of the Best Translated Book Award, and she brings us o…
Culture File Digital Single: Comfort Zone Pick of The Week
Marking your cards for some time well spent, Colm Tóibín suggests getting down to zero with Shostakovich's last string quartet; Canadian poet, Karen Solie points out Nathalie Léger's 2012 book, Suite For Barbara Loden, to be enjoyed along with Loden's 1970 classic, Wanda; and Luke Clancy is learnin…
Inside Luxury, Beauty and Logistics
What does it really take to move the world's most sought-after products? In this episode, Ryan Fisher sits down with Nathalie Léger, Global VP Luxury & Beauty Sector at CEVA Logistics, to explore what makes this industry a genuinely different kind of logistics challenge – and what it means, in prac…
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