Ep 189: The Walcott Scandal, ft. Jonathan Farmer, Pt. 1
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Some of the topics mentioned in this episode:
Ruins of a Great House by Derek Walcott
Ep 173: Swart Verse, ft. A. E. Stallings, Pt. 1
The Islander by Hilton Als
Walcott Withdraws From Poetry Professor Election by Sarah Lyall
Poetic Justice: Briton Says She Helped Taint Rival by John F. Burns
Derek Walcott, a Mighty Poet, Has Died by Hilton Als
Hilton Als: "I had this terrible need to confess, and I still do it. It’s a bid to be loved" by Emma Brockes
We Might Have to "Shut Down the Country" by David Remnick
The Gifts of John Forbes by Kath Kenny
In Memory of W. B. Yeats by W. H. Auden
Alice Munro’s Retreat by Anne Enright
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