Feeling Bookish Podcast
1) James Joyce in Russian Literature - Episode No. 45
Roman talks with José Vergara about Joyce's influence on Soviet and post-Soviet Russian literature. We talk literary heritage, the dangers of translating Ulysses under Stalin, the birth of Social Real...Show More
2) This Moment of Rapid Change - Episode No. 44
We're in a moment of rapid, disorientating change: the fourth industrial revolution, Web 3.0, machine learning, unregulated capitalism, climate change--the list is long and challenging. Roman and Rob ...Show More
3) Discovering Sergio Pitol - Episode No. 43
We talk with Sergio Pitol translator George Henson, who is the first translator of the Mexican master's work into the English language. We discuss why Pitol is largely unknown in North America (someth...Show More
4) Does Literature Have a Place in the Culture? - Episode No. 42
We chat with Greg Gerke, the writer and founder of the literary journal "Socrates on the Beach," about his new essay (link below), a cri de coeur about the state of publishing today and why informatio...Show More
5) Thomas Mann & Other Investigations - Episode No. 41
We talk Thomas Mann and "The Magic Mountain," and agree (oh boy) to start reading the work Mann considered his masterpiece, "Joseph and His Brothers."
6) Roaming Entropy, Alexandria Quartet & Pamuk - Episode No. 40
We're back with a truly new episode, wherein Roman introduces his theory of "Roaming Entropy," to describe the unplanned, inspired meanderings of a unprogrammed reading life. Rob is also thinking abou...Show More
7) The Reading Blues & Other Sorrows - Episode No. 39
A conversation from March that we only now just published. We're a bit over-read, over-worked and feeling the general wear-and-tear of COVID-19 and related challenges. We talk about the Philip Roth bi...Show More
8) Special Guest: Daisy Eris Campbell - Episode No. 38
In our latest episode, we talk with writer, director and producer Daisy Eris Campbell, a leading counter-cultural voice in the U.K. We explore the legacy of Robert Anton Wilson and Ken Campbell, the c...Show More
9) The Diaries of Emilio Renzi by Ricardo Piglia - Episode No. 37
We talk about the "The Diaries of Emilio Renzi" by the Argentine writer Ricardo Piglia with Piglia translator Robert Croll and the publisher of Restless Books Ilan Stavans. We discuss how these books ...Show More
10) The Calvinism in Our Literature - Audio Essay Edition
Robert Fay's newest audio essay is inspired by an Alexander Theroux piece titled: “Theroux’s Metaphrastes: An Essay on Literature." Robert tries to understand why American fiction remains so linguisti...Show More