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![A Belated Introduction](https://episodes.castos.com/61743987ba4107-38710692/images/1423932/IMG-1326.jpg)
A Belated Introduction
In this bonus episode, we explain how the podcast got started, detail our plan to tackle the collection, and describe our personal taste in...
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![Short Letter, Long Farewell with Joshua Jones](https://episodes.castos.com/61743987ba4107-38710692/images/1417636/Screenshot-2023-02-17-221121.png)
Short Letter, Long Farewell with Joshua Jones
Writer and artist Joshua Jones joins us to discuss Peter Handke's Short Letter, Long Farewell. We disassemble the machinery of American mythmaking, drift through...
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![Peach Blossom Paradise with Canaan Morse](https://episodes.castos.com/61743987ba4107-38710692/images/1403786/Screenshot-2023-01-23-211023.png)
Peach Blossom Paradise with Canaan Morse
Translator and poet Canaan Morse joins us to discuss his translation of Peach Blossom Paradise, a Chinese historical novel written by Ge Fei. In...
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![An Ermine in Czernopol with Alina Stefanescu](https://episodes.castos.com/61743987ba4107-38710692/images/1386907/Screenshot-2023-01-19-181309.png)
An Ermine in Czernopol with Alina Stefanescu
Writer and translator Alina Stefanescu joins us to discuss An Ermine in Czernopol, a humorous and deadly serious novel written by Gregor von Rezzori...
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![My Father and Myself with Vivian Gornick](https://episodes.castos.com/61743987ba4107-38710692/images/1372365/Screenshot-2023-01-06-171949.png)
My Father and Myself with Vivian Gornick
Writer and critic Vivian Gornick joins us to discuss My Father and Myself, a memoir written by J. R. Ackerley. We explore the mysteries...
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![Lolly Willowes with Simon Thomas](https://episodes.castos.com/61743987ba4107-38710692/images/1361624/Screenshot-2022-12-26-184641.png)
Lolly Willowes with Simon Thomas
This week we discuss Sylvia Townsend Warner's Lolly Willowes. The illustrious Simon Thomas, our first-ever guest, helps us understand how the 1920s trend for...