Final Reflections on Nox; Conversation with Nickole Brown (Podcast s02e03)

In this episode, Ames and Trauman return to some of the observations they’ve already made about Anne Carson’s Nox, make some connections to other texts with similar projects. In the second segment, Ames and Trauman have a conversation with poet Nickole Brown about Anne Carson’s work and how it has influenced her work and her life as a poet.

 

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Reading Nox; Death & Desire Vox Pop (Podcast s02e02)

In this episode, Ames and Trauman discuss their reading of Nox, by Anne Carson. They focus on the ways Carson addresses the  larger topics of translation, history, muteness and shame, while highlighting the connections between her work and their own projects. In the second segment, Ames presents yet another vox pop piece. This one includes well over 100 voices, those of students currently in her first year experience course, Death and Desire in Chicago.

Music Credits: “ditto, ditto!” by DoKashiteru; “Hiroshima” by Bluemillenium.

 

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Nox Pre-reading Thoughts and Rethinking a Table of Contents (Podcast s02e01)

In this episode, Ames and Trauman begin by welcoming everyone back to the blog and getting caught up since last season. The episode’s first segment introduces the Masters of Text reading project for the first half of this season: Anne Carson’s Nox. They offer their thoughts on this amazing book and explain why they’re about to read it. In the second segment, Trauman returns to the topic of designing digital texts as he recounts his reading and research process for rethinking the possibilities for a dynamic, responsive Table of Contents.

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