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Episode 65: Hillary Frank

Posted February 14, 201901:41:18

Author, illustrator and podcaster Hillary Frank talks about how she tricked her way into radio, early writing failures, being driven by wanting to prove...

Episode 64: John Keene

Posted January 25, 201900:48:23

Episode 2 of Commonplace’s special series on translation

John R. Keene is the author of Annotations and Counternarratives,...

Episode 64: John Keene (Translation Series, Ep. 2)

Posted January 24, 201900:48:23

John Keene talks to Commonplace host Rachel Zucker about his experiences—starting as early as middle school—with translation, why he believes translation...

Episode 63: Juliana Spahr

Posted January 11, 201901:30:39

Episode 63: Juliana Spahr

Posted January 10, 201901:30:39

Rachel Zucker speaks with poet, scholar and activist Juliana Spahr about teaching, language poetry, studying at SUNY Buffalo, post-colonialism and anti-colonialism,...