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.
Naomi is out on tour, so she will be back in two weeks with a new, full episode in conversation with Miranda Mellis, author of Crocosmia from Nightboat Books. And, as it happens, Miranda is on tour, too. Click here for a full list of her upcoming stops.
Naomi’s next stops are Clio’s Books in Oakland, CA on Friday, October 17th with the poet and psychoanalyst Alice Jones and Third Place Books – Ravenna in Seattle, WA on Friday, October 24th with the poet and multimedia essayist/artist Cori A. Winrock.
Looking forward to seeing you out on the tour!
Marginalia: an autobiography is out now! Order it from Autofocus Books or your favorite, cool bookstore (like Lofty Pigeon, Unnameable Books, Book Club Bar, Exile in Bookville, Literati, Third Place Books, Skunk Cabbage Books, and more)! Check Naomi’s website for her upcoming tour dates. And subscribe to her Substack, Process Notes, for further thoughts and reflections.
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