Literary Nomads
Join me, Steve Chisnell, as we find and lose meaning across modern and classic tales, through ancient and distant verse, atop everything in our many cultures which might be read. For teachers, students, and lovers of reading, we will discover new paths to understanding!
Episodes (151)
Temporary Delay Announcement
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Building Fantasies
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Mapping Dreams
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Author Footprints Pt. 2 – The Aracataca Paradox
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Author Footprints Pt. 1 – Aura & Reliquary
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Packing Lists Pt. 2 – Stalwart Women
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Packing Lists Pt. 1: Dreams and Dirt
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Grand Tours Pt 2: Bat on the Narrow Road
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Grand Tours Pt 1: The Postcard Illusion
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Literary Tourism Trailer
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Nomadic Departures
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What I Get Wrong: Intimidation & Interpretation
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Writing Back: Guerilla Texts, BTS, and Gaye
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The Ethics of Reading: Frictional Thoughts
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Roman Plow, Sovereign Tree: Seneca and Zhuangzi
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The Original Omelas: The Case of the Animals vs. Man
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The Tyranny of Chance: Assis, Borges, and the Randomized Bargain
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Waypoint – “The Fortune Teller”
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Failures of Imagination: We and Flatland
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Utopia’s Spare Parts: Star Trek & Ishiguro
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The Architecture of the Dungeon: Toni Morrison and the 13th Amendment
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Wandering Stars: Tommy Orange and the Sovereign Center
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The Bureaucracy of Erasure: Erdrich’s The Night Watchman
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Words from Nigeria 3 – Emezi’s Pet & Hunters for Truth
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Words from Nigeria Pt 2: Soyinka’s Tiger & Brother Jero
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Words from Nigeria Pt 1: Adichie and the Literary Manifesto
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Cassandra: Uncertain Steps
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Writing Back: Letters to Humanity
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The Great Societies: Lowry’s “The Giver”
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The Great Societies, Pt 2: Metropolis & The Ways of Meaning
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Is All Art Political? The Great Societies, Pt. 1: Metropolis
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True Horror: Le Guin, Poe, Cavarero, Bataille, and Arendt
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Poe: Horror, Pathology, and the Necessity of Care
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The Hideous Heart – Poe’s Aesthetic of Accountability
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Waypoint – “The Imp of Perversity”
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Waypoint – “The Tell-Tale Heart”
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Literary Nomads for Teachers
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Literary Nomads for Students
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Literary Nomads for Readers
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Le Guin – What I Carry With Me
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Le Guin Part 5: Q&A
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Le Guin Part 4: The Ones Who Stay – N. K. Jemisin
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Le Guin Part 3: The Reader’s Labyrinth
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Le Guin 2: Architectures of Happiness
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Le Guin 1: The Hideous Bargain
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Gardens of Imagination – Narrative Utopias
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In Defense of Fantasy
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Stephen King Meets Shel Silverstein: Formalism and Trope in Story
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Negotiating for Space: Compromise and Flag-Planting
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Reading: “Rebellion” from Dostoevsky’s ‘The Brothers Karamazov’
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