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The Spouter-Inn

Suzanne Conklin Akbari and Chris Piuma

Arts Books

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123 episodes

90. Peter Hujar’s Day / On Elizabeth Bishop.
2026/02/25 | 57 mins.
Linda Rosenkrantz’s Peter Hujar’s Day and Colm Tóibín’s On Elizabeth Bishop.
89. The Travels of Sir John Mandeville / Voyage Around My Room.
2026/02/14 | 1h 14 mins.
We look at some old travel literature, with The Travels of Sir John Mandeville and Xavier de Maistre’s Voyage Around My Room.
88. The Gospel According to Mark / On the Morning of Christ’s Nativity.
2025/12/30 | 1h 27 mins.
The Gospel According to Mark (and some recent queer retellings of Jesus’ life story), and John Milton’s poem On the Morning of Christ’s Nativity.
87. Waiting for Godot / Theory of Water.
2025/12/01 | 1h
Samuel Beckett’s play Waiting for Godot and Leanne Betasamosake Simpson’s new book Theory of Water: Nishnaabe Maps to the Times Ahead.
86b. Bonus: John Nicholas on Cry of the Ancients.
2025/11/28 | 49 mins.
Suzanne talks with John Nicholas, whose parents Grey Owl and Little Pigeon wrote Cry of the Ancients (1974).

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About The Spouter-Inn

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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