Listening to Joy Harjo
July 18, 2020
Three readings by Joy Harjo related to An American Sunrise
Sunday Q&A - 7/12 - and resources for Flights
July 13, 2020
Poems referenced:
Olga Tokarczuk video/interviews:
Flights - print reviews:
Kelman interview at Edinburgh 2017
July 07, 2020
This is a great opportunity to hear Kelman speak about his work in general and That Was a Shiver specifically, including a reading of "Clinging On."
Sunday Q&A 7/5 and more on Kelman
July 05, 2020
Hi all, here is the audio of our Q&A in which we discussed Kelman, with video clips, copied below, and concluded with a discussion on McCarthy.
Kelman interview and reading:
Keep in mind that Kelman often writes a stream of consciousness with the shape of thought. An influence is Samuel Beckett. See this clip of Beckett's "Not I" with comments by actor Billie Whitelaw:
Some Context for Kelman
July 04, 2020
If you're struggling a bit with James Kelman's, That Was a Shiver, these articles and videos provide some context:
Article and Interview, also The Guardian
TEDx talk about Scots language and experience
On the role of race and ethnicity in gang membership, see this article Changing Course
On a lighter note, two language oriented comedy sketches:
More links related to The Overstory
June 27, 2020
Diana Beresford-Kroeger—Call of the Forest
Peter Wohlleben—The Hidden Life of Trees
Video clip—https://youtu.be/oWj1tWZ2_tg
Sunday Q&A - 6/7
June 06, 2020
Here's a link to the audio of our Sunday Q&A, with a focus on the nature of protest art and literature. Below the recording are links to the articles I referenced.
Mohan, Narendra. “Protest and Literature.” Indian Literature, vol. 18, no. 1, 1975, pp. 92–95. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/23333844. Accessed 8 June 2020.
Lauter, Paul. “Teaching Protest Literature.” The Radical Teacher, no. 79, 2007, pp. 8–12. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/20710406. Accessed 8 June 2020.
Vis, Farida, et al. “When Twitter Got #Woke: Black Lives Matter, DeRay McKesson, Twitter, and the Appropriation of the Aesthetics of Protest.” The Aesthetics of Global Protest: Visual Culture and Communication, edited by Aidan McGarry et al., Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam, 2020, pp. 247–266. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctvswx8bm.18. Accessed 8 June 2020.