Join Nina, Daniel, Fabrice, and Rob us as we discuss Edith Wharton's 1913 satire of American ambition, The Custom of the Country.

Each of the four contributors picked a different poem to read and discuss for this episode.  The poems we picked are listed below.  Also below are links to the poems and the starting point for each segment.

Emily Dickinson, "The Brain is Wider Than the Sky" - 2:35
https://drupal.yalebooks.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/TOC/edelman_wider.pdf

Charles Baudelaire, "The Albatross" - 13:05
https://fleursdumal.org/poem/200

Elizabeth Bishop, "The Art of Losing" - 29:45
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47536/one-art

Lord Byron, "Darkness" - 40:38
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43825/darkness-56d222aeeee1b

We’re looking for people to come join the show as regular contributors to the Phi Fic podcast.  The idea of the show is to discuss literature from a philosophical perspective.  I will be handling all the back-end work and costs associated with running the show, so you can focus on the readings and contributing to our discussion.  We’re hosted on the website for the Partially Examined life, and we usually get over a thousand listeners per episode, so this is a great opportunity to get your voice out there.  You’ll also have a say in deciding what we read.  If you’re interested in joining us, please contact me at the email address phificpod@gmail.com.           --Daniel