William Carlos William's book-length poem Paterson, Magda Szabó’s novel The Door, and oddly enticing book covers.
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79. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn / The Nine Tailors.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, The Nine Tailors by Dorothy L. Sayers, and keeping up with the latest books.
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78. Memory Serves / A Study in Scarlet.
Lee Maracle’s collection of essay-like pieces, Arthur Conan Doyle’s first Sherlock Holmes novel, and reading your friends’ books (or not).
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77. The Iliad / The Name of the Rose.
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.
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76b. Ned Raggett on The Return of the King.
Ned Raggett from By-The-Bywater joins us to discuss The Return of the King.
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).
South Africa