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
Cezary Baraniecki, Laura Davis-Chanin, Nathaniel Hanks, Daniel Johnson, and Jennifer Tejada discuss the novel.
Laura Davis-Chanin, Nathaniel Hanks, Daniel Johnson, Mark Linsenmayer, and Jennifer Tejada discuss the novel.
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