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To All My Darlings

432 episodes - English - Latest episode: 6 months ago -

This is the podcast for all things Marguerite Young. Seasons 1-82 is the very unedited reading of Miss MacIntosh, My Darling. Season 100 covers the paragraph by paragraph analysis of Miss MacIntosh, My Darling. Season 101 continues the analysis, especially the philosophy of the book. Season 102 is the collected poems. Season 103 is Inviting the Muses. Season 104 is Angels in the Forest and Season 105 is Harp Song for a Radical
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Excursus on War

April 27, 2023 18:57 - 6 minutes - 3.32 MB

Henry Miller, Murder the Murderer: An Excursus on War from The Air-Conditioned Nightmare --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mmmdbymy/support

The Anarchic Principle

April 26, 2023 17:47 - 14 minutes - 6.84 MB

Alex Comfort, The Power House; Denton Welch, Maiden Voyage; Feike Feikema, The Golden Bowl; William Samson, Fireman Flower; William Maxwell, The Folded Leaf; Elizabeth Hardwick, The Ghostly Lover; Forrest Rosaire, East of Midnight; Joseph Weschsberg, Looking for a Bluebird; Helen Haberman, How About Tomorrow?; Harry Sylvester, Dayspring --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mmmdbymy/support

Our Person Our World

April 25, 2023 21:07 - 18 minutes - 9 MB

Allen Tate, The Winter Sea; Richard Eberhart, Poems New and Selected; Allan Dowling, A Poet's Youth; Charles E Butler, Cut is the Branch; Thomas Merton, Thirty Poems; Robert Frost, A Masque of Reason; Herbert Read, A World Within a War; Conrad Aiken, The Soldier --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mmmdbymy/support

A Poet's Last Hours

April 20, 2023 18:35 - 8 minutes - 4.14 MB

Hermann Broch The Death of Virgil from Reviews in Inviting the Muses --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mmmdbymy/support

Behind the Legend of Caruso

April 13, 2023 22:47 - 13 minutes - 6.61 MB

Dorothy Caruso, Enrique Caruso: His Life and Death from the reviews section of Inviting the Muses --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mmmdbymy/support

Fictions Mystical and Epical

April 12, 2023 18:08 - 20 minutes - 9.92 MB

Virginia Woolf, A Haunted House and Katherine Anne Porter, Leaning Tower reviews from Inviting the Muses --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mmmdbymy/support

The Dusty Interiors of Boston

April 10, 2023 21:00 - 15 minutes - 7.28 MB

review of Jean Stafford, Boston Adventure from Inviting the Muses --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mmmdbymy/support

Domestic Fables, Leaning Backward, Uncertain Measures

April 05, 2023 15:58 - 11 minutes - 5.49 MB

from Inviting the Muses Reviews --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mmmdbymy/support

Feminine Sensibility and On Teaching

April 04, 2023 16:24 - 17 minutes - 8.3 MB

from Inviting the Muses. These essays finish the essay part of the book. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mmmdbymy/support

Memorial Speech in Honor of Mark Van Doren

April 03, 2023 18:47 - 11 minutes - 5.53 MB

The Imagery of His Collected and New Poems 1923-1963 from Inviting the Muses --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mmmdbymy/support

Coventry Patmore's Theory of Knowledge

March 31, 2023 17:00 - 24 minutes - 11.6 MB

from Inviting the Muses. Lots of great stuff that ties into MMMD. Spotify... kindly fix how this shows up after saving an episode and stop giving me a heart attack thinking it didn't record! XD --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mmmdbymy/support

The Theistic Mysticism of Young's Night Thoughts

March 30, 2023 18:00 - 21 minutes - 10.4 MB

from Inviting the Muses this is Marguerite Young critiquing Edward Young's poem. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mmmdbymy/support

The Artist as Wanderer

March 20, 2023 21:59 - 20 minutes - 9.88 MB

Probably the essay closest to recapping Miss MacIntosh, My Darling that she was just finishing. Unclear if it was ever published. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mmmdbymy/support

Inviting the Muses essay

March 14, 2023 16:30 - 20 minutes - 9.73 MB

We're reading Inviting the Muses and with this essay just think how writing would be different if the Young way of writing had been explored instead of formulaic writing (ChatGPT). --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mmmdbymy/support

The World of Silence

March 13, 2023 17:06 - 27 minutes - 13 MB

from Inviting the Muses by Marguerite Young. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mmmdbymy/support

Inviting the Muses - The Old Sweetheart

March 09, 2023 20:21 - 31 minutes - 15.1 MB

Longer essay this time. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mmmdbymy/support

Inviting the Muses - The Doll People

March 08, 2023 19:36 - 29 minutes - 13.9 MB

Longer essay exploring the history of dolls in America. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mmmdbymy/support

Inviting the Muses - Mari Sandoz, Horse Utopia

March 07, 2023 21:49 - 20 minutes - 9.87 MB

Two short essays today. We have a house guest for the next couple of months so recordings will probably be 2-3 days a week. Thanks for listening! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mmmdbymy/support

Inviting the Muses - An Afternoon with Marianne Moore Part Two

March 06, 2023 17:36 - 21 minutes - 10.1 MB

Sorry for the delay! Here is the last part of that essay and check out a great article by Barnes about the connection between Young, her work, and the Mormons. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mmmdbymy/support

Inviting the Muses - An Afternoon with Marianne Moore Part 1

March 03, 2023 23:49 - 4 minutes - 2.21 MB

Had some personal issue come up and thought I had time to read this short essay BUT did not! XD So part one and will finish on Monday... --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mmmdbymy/support

Inviting the Muses - Complex Life and Complex Letters

March 01, 2023 19:08 - 22 minutes - 10.6 MB

I hit my goal so there will be no more ads on the rest of the podcast. Thank you all for your support! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mmmdbymy/support

Inviting the Muses - The Midwest of Everywhere

February 23, 2023 19:26 - 29 minutes - 13.9 MB

A glorious day outside but with lots of noises. Sorry for the rambling! The temps will drop tomorrow so I'll be back inside. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mmmdbymy/support

Inviting the Muses - Old James

February 22, 2023 17:54 - 45 minutes - 21.7 MB

I think this lingering cold from having Covid makes me sound different! XD Thanks for listening and I make a confession! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mmmdbymy/support

Inviting the Muses - Dead Women

February 21, 2023 19:58 - 10 minutes - 5.18 MB

Thanks for listening! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mmmdbymy/support

Inviting the Muses - My Grandmother's Foot

February 20, 2023 17:54 - 25 minutes - 12 MB

Welcome to Season 103 where I will be reading Inviting the Muses by Marguerite Young a collection of her stories, essays and reviews! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mmmdbymy/support

Late Poems 1945

February 14, 2023 20:08 - 26 minutes - 12.6 MB

Of Deed Love Death, Proem to Reality, The Contravalid, Elegy This is the end of the poems. There are drafts of her earlier works which showcase the motifs she was working on. Please buy a copy of the book to reread and continue. Covid caught up with me after 3 years and I'll be back when I feel better. https://www.chatwinbooks.com/shop/the-collected-poems-of-marguerite-young --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mmmdbymy/support

Moderate Fable 1944

February 06, 2023 18:13 - 21 minutes - 10.3 MB

The Process, Night Watches, The Parachutist, Figures of Space, At The Cinema, The Raven, Bishop of Berkeley of Cloyne, Winter Scene (I feel like I might have skipped a page by accident. If so, apologizes) --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mmmdbymy/support

Middle Years 1938-1943

January 25, 2023 20:29 - 20 minutes - 9.56 MB

Snow in the Mountain, Guide to New Harmony Indiana, Phoenix, Love Mourned, But where come the innuendos..., Who is limited?, And even the wild goat of Ephesus..., Flea Circus on Times Square, Death Bed of Beauty, The Priesthood of Motion, The Dead Moon --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mmmdbymy/support

Prismatic Ground 1937

January 18, 2023 22:37 - 12 minutes - 5.81 MB

Recurring, Rosary in Discord, Paradise is Still Lost, Advertisement, Currin Valley, Country Scene, Ballad-Loving Woman, Tree of Blood, Lenten Feast, A Girl's Song, To the Strangest Lady, Departing Song, Song's Preface --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mmmdbymy/support

Early Poems 1917-1934

January 03, 2023 16:13 - 10 minutes - 4.83 MB

Flame, Jonathan's House, Song of Moving Away, Song of Two, Door-Way, Transition --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mmmdbymy/support

Early Poems 1917-1934

January 03, 2023 16:13 - 9 minutes - 8.45 MB

Mothers, Song's Dissemination, Brave Youth, The Eclipse, Twilight, Proud Lady --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mmmdbymy/support

Early Poems 1917-1934

January 03, 2023 16:12 - 12 minutes - 11.9 MB

The 6 things to look for in poetry and the poem The Seeker. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mmmdbymy/support

Early Poems 1917-1934

January 03, 2023 16:12 - 9 minutes - 8.59 MB

I Heard a Bird, Little Fawn, Worship, Street Fires, Sonnet --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mmmdbymy/support

MY Collected Poems Intro

January 02, 2023 18:07 - 17 minutes - 8.13 MB

Introduction to the book with Preface by editors, how the poems are organized and Young's Introduction and dedications. Who is Marilynn Morgan? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mmmdbymy/support

UPDATE To All My Darlings

December 19, 2022 17:46 - 2 minutes - 1.26 MB

Quick update - Volume 1, 2, 3 will be free on Kindle March 1-5, 2023! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mmmdbymy/support

THE END of Miss MacIntosh, My Darling

December 15, 2022 20:01 - 59 minutes - 28.5 MB

With this episode Volume 3 of To All My Darling comes to an end! THANK YOU for the 4 year trip, it has been a blast! I will be taking a break and next year back with short episodes of readings from the Collected poetry of Marguerite Young. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mmmdbymy/support

Part 7 Last of the Philosophers

December 14, 2022 17:28 - 32 minutes - 15.5 MB

Marx, Dewey, Jaspers, Carnap, Wittgenstein, Marcuse, Arendt, Adorno, Rorty, de Beauvoir, Barthes, Fanon, Irigaray, Cixous, Schlegel, Douglas-Klotz --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mmmdbymy/support

Part 7 Young and Heidegger

December 13, 2022 20:08 - 2 minutes - 1.42 MB

One little part I left out - philosophy needs poetry. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mmmdbymy/support

Part 7 Space, Time and more philosophers

December 13, 2022 19:53 - 48 minutes - 23.1 MB

Cognitive closure, Heraclitus, Diderot, Boethius, Fichte, Hegel, Schopenhauer, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Sartre --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mmmdbymy/support

Part 7 Existence and Memory

December 12, 2022 20:36 - 24 minutes - 11.7 MB

I will finish up Volume 3 and get it published before Christmas 2022! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mmmdbymy/support

Part 7 Knowledge and Consciousness

December 09, 2022 19:58 - 47 minutes - 22.4 MB

Many tangents but great stuff from the text. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mmmdbymy/support

Part 7 James and the 3 Os

December 08, 2022 20:41 - 27 minutes - 13.2 MB

The influence of William James on Young. I think the 3 Os are important but not sure I can make something coherent out of it. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mmmdbymy/support

Part 7 Absurdism

December 07, 2022 21:33 - 54 minutes - 26 MB

What started it all - analyzing Miss MacIntosh, My Darling and Young through the lens of Camus and the Myth of Sisyphus. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mmmdbymy/support

Part 7 Reality, Pascal, Imagination, Spinoza, Leibniz, Berkeley, Voltaire

December 06, 2022 20:00 - 25 minutes - 12 MB

More philosophy! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mmmdbymy/support

Part 7 St. Augustine, City of God, Aristotle, Epicurus, Avicenna, Soul, Descartes, and Dream

December 05, 2022 20:10 - 41 minutes - 19.6 MB

We covered a lot of ground in this episode... and the shifting around of the pets! XD Not to mention, egg yolk coffee. Try it! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mmmdbymy/support

Part 7 Love

December 02, 2022 19:18 - 52 minutes - 25.1 MB

There was too much to cover in one episode! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mmmdbymy/support

Part 7 Plato

December 01, 2022 20:56 - 23 minutes - 11.2 MB

Finished the synopsis of Plato's Symposium and Diotima's Ladder --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mmmdbymy/support

Part 7 Protagoras, Socrates, Plato

November 29, 2022 19:23 - 22 minutes - 10.6 MB

Only part of Plato is covered because I need to examine how love is used in the book, over 1500 times. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mmmdbymy/support

Part 7 Thales, Pythagoras, Music

November 28, 2022 21:26 - 46 minutes - 22.3 MB

Music of the Spheres and how the characters relate to music is in this section. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mmmdbymy/support

Part 6 Last topics of Women's Experiences

November 23, 2022 23:47 - 28 minutes - 13.8 MB

Interesting that Christine Jorgensen was the first public trans woman in the US during the time that Young was writing the book. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mmmdbymy/support