Reading Around the Margins
Reading Around the Margins
Podcast Description
In each episode of Reading Around the Margins, Naomi Washer talks with writers, readers, translators, publishers, and booksellers about how they interact with their books as objects; how their own marginalia consciously or unconsciously informs the books they come to write; and how the experience of reading brings a book into existence.
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The podcast delves into themes such as the influence of marginalia, the interplay between reading and writing, and the inherent connections between literature and personal experience. Episodes include discussions on Roland Barthes' A Lover's Discourse and the act of self-annotation, along with explorations of specific literary works like Diane Seuss's sonnets and trauma's manifestation in literature.
In each episode of Reading Around the Margins, Naomi Washer talks with writers, readers, translators, publishers, and booksellers about how they interact with their books as objects; how their own marginalia consciously or unconsciously informs the books they come to write; and how the experience of reading brings a book into existence.
Episode 3: “Rebecca van Laer on Roland Barthes’ A Lover’s Discourse and theorizing one’s own writings on love”
Naomi is joined by the writer Rebecca van Laer. They discuss Barthes’ A Lover’s Discourse, writing as self-annotation, how to Pale Fire oneself, and more.
To preorder Naomi’s new title, Marginalia: an autobiography from Autofocus Books, please click here.
Rebecca van Laer is a writer based in the Hudson Valley. She is the author of a novella, How to Adjust to the Dark (Long Day Press, 2022), and a memoir, Cat (Object Lessons/Bloomsbury, forthcoming in October 2025).
Music: lofi london by snoozy beats is licensed under a Attribution 4.0 International License.
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