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.
We are taking the month of August to rest, recharge, and read. We’ll be back in September with a full slate of really exciting guests, including Doireann Ní Ghríofa and Marie Darrieussecq. In the meantime, we invite you to listen to our previous episodes and to let us know what you’re reading over these last summer days.
Find a copy of Marginalia: an autobiography from Autofocus Books, New York University Press, or your local independent bookstore. Subscribe to Process Notesfor further reflections on reading, subjectivity, and psychoanalysis.
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