Lit from the Basement
54 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsThis is a podcast in which Professor Deulen introduces poetry to her irreverent husband, Max. Each show is a close reading of a single poem. They discuss it for a bit, allowing the conversation to take on a life of its own.
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Episodes
004 "Researchers Find Mice Pass On Trauma to Subsequent Generations" by Lisa Fay Coutley
August 31, 2018 07:00 - 41 minutes - 28.6 MBDanielle and Max try to have a glib, upbeat conversation about Lisa Fay Coutley’s poem on inherited trauma…and fail.
003 "Those Winter Sundays" by Robert Hayden
August 30, 2018 07:00 - 50 minutes - 23.3 MBThis Robert Hayden poem leads D&M into a conversation about parental love and sacrifice.
002 "Thirst" by Tracy K. Smith
August 29, 2018 07:00 - 51 minutes - 23.6 MBD&M discuss this Tracy K. Smith coming-of-age poem "Thirst," disagreeing on their interpretations.
001 "Closing Time - Iskandariya" by Brigit Pegeen Kelly
August 28, 2018 07:00 - 1 hour - 44.2 MBDanielle uses Brigit Pegeen Kelly’s poem to change Max's opinion of a discovery that he initially found to be unsettling.