The Spouter-Inn

Mar 18 2025 112 ep. 52 mins 37
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Chris (a poet) and Suzanne (a professor) spent six years talking about “great books” (whatever that means), and are now talking about reading (and all the things that means).

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79. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn / The Nine Tailors.

Mar 18 2025 72 mins  
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, The Nine Tailors by Dorothy L. Sayers, and keeping up with the latest books.

78. Memory Serves / A Study in Scarlet.

Feb 14 2025 65 mins  
Lee Maracle’s collection of essay-like pieces, Arthur Conan Doyle’s first Sherlock Holmes novel, and reading your friends’ books (or not).

77. The Iliad / The Name of the Rose.

Jan 18 2025 63 mins  
The Spouter-Inn enters a new era! This month: Emily Wilson’s translation of Homer’s Iliad, Umberto Eco’s medieval mystery novel The Name of the Rose, and books as holiday gifts.

76b. Ned Raggett on The Return of the King.

Dec 23 2024 53 mins  
Ned Raggett from By-The-Bywater joins us to discuss The Return of the King.

76. The Return of the King.

Dec 17 2024 63 mins  
On the final part of J.R.R. Tolkien’s novel The Lord of the Rings.

75. My Life.

Nov 08 2024 37 mins  
Lyn Hejinian’s book of poetry (a curiously constructed autobiography of sorts) anchors a reflection on this cluster on Essays, Essaying, Stories, Storying.

74. Shapes of Native Nonfiction.

Nov 01 2024 42 mins  
On a collection of contemporary nonfiction essays by Indigenous writers.

73. Dancing on Our Turtle’s Back.

Oct 25 2024 45 mins  
Leanne Betasamosake Simpson’s 2011 book Dancing On Our Turtle's Back explores story and resurgence.

72. The Essays of Michel de Montaigne.

Oct 18 2024 44 mins  
On Michel de Montaigne’s original collection of essays from the sixteenth century.

71. Troilus and Criseyde.

Oct 10 2023 53 mins  
Geoffrey Chaucer's narrative poem Troilus and Criseyde.