Literature
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Desert Island Discs. Anne Tyler, writer. Audio, 36 minutes
Anne Tyler, writer, shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne.
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The Canon Wars. Audio, 28 minutes
Lindsay Johns examines 30 years of the war over the literary canon.
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- Posted10 February 2022
The Essay. Reading Ulysses, Nuala O'Connor on Penelope. Audio, 14 minutes
Nuala O'Connor explores a passage from the novel's final episode, Molly Bloom's soliloquy.
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The Essay. Reading Ulysses, Mary Costello on Ithaca. Audio, 14 minutes
Mary Costello chooses a passage from an episode towards the end of Ulysses: Ithaca.
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The Essay. Reading Ulysses, Colm TóibÃn on Sirens. Audio, 14 minutes
Colm TóibÃn explains singing in Ulysses, exploring a passage from the Sirens episode.
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The Essay. Reading Ulysses, John Patrick McHugh on Calypso. Audio, 14 minutes
Short story writer John Patrick McHugh chooses the fourth episode of Ulysses: Calypso.
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- Posted31 January 2022
The Essay. Reading Ulysses, Anne Enright on Telemachus. Audio, 14 minutes
Anne Enright gives us a close reading of the opening pages of James Joyce's Ulysses.
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Sunday Feature. The Art of a Day. Audio, 44 minutes
Why do writers and audiences keep coming back to one-day artworks like Joyce's Ulysses?
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1922: The Birth of Now. Louis Armstrong leaves New Orleans for Chicago. Audio, 14 minutes
Louis Armstrong leaves New Orleans for Chicago in 1922 a move with profound influence
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- Posted27 January 2022
1922: The Birth of Now. The True Story of Ah Q, by Lu Xun. Audio, 14 minutes
The True Story of Ah Q, by Lu Xun, China's first modernist work of literature
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1922: The Birth of Now. The Criterion, which published The Waste Land. Audio, 14 minutes
The Criterion, in which the seminal modernist poem The Waste Land first appeared.
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Sunday Feature. The Pigeons at the British Museum. Audio, 14 minutes
Will Abberley reconsiders Richard Jefferies's essay The Pigeons at the British Museum.
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