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The Spouter-Inn

Suzanne Conklin Akbari and Chris Piuma

Arts Books

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125 episodes

92. The Year of Magical Thinking / Red X.
2026/05/05 | 1h 11 mins.
Joan Didion’s essay The Year of Magical Thinking and David Demchuk’s novel Red X.
91. On the Natural History of Destruction / Dhalgren.
2026/04/01 | 1h 6 mins.
W.G. Sebald’s essay collection On the Natural History of Destruction and Samuel R. Delany’s novel Dhalgren.
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.

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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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