A series where poetry and theatre meet - in the edge-lands, in the wilderness. Hosted by OBIE-winning playwright Caridad Svich.
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S5, ep 4: scenes from KORA K by Caridad Svich
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38:51in this episode I talk about what led to the writing of KORA K and I read the first four scenes from it. KORA K is the story of a self and the space between truth and fiction. Or the story of a translator.
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S5, Ep5: A Song on Porcelain reading
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14:57wherein I read Pinsky's Song on Porcelain essay from January 30, 2025.
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S5, ep 3: Bodies Will Swing by Jeff Sharlet
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12:15in this episode I read "Bodies Will Swing" by Jeff Sharlet originally written on his substack blog Scenes from a Slow Civil War on February 15, 2025.
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S5, Ep 2: reading Unlimited Liabilities by Nate Holdren, Beatrice Adler-Bolton and Artie VIerkant
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2:11:06in this episode I read, in part (with a digression mid-way on Dickens' A Christmas Carol and more), the transcript of Unlimited Liabilities (July 31, 2023) with Nate Holdren from the Death Panel podcast co-hosted by Beatrice Adler-Bolton and Artie Vierkant. This episode is not meant to mimic their podcast but is a dramatic interpretation - my readi…
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S5,Ep 1: It's the stupidity, stupid! by Nate Holdren
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39:44in this episode I begin with a chat about the new year 2025, some thoughts on burnout culture in theatre, and then read Nate Holdren's new blog piece "It's the stupidity, stupid! (The economy does in fact suck).
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S4, Ep 49: scenes 13-23 from THRUSH by Caridad Svich
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51:30in this episode the rest of the play with songs THRUSH is read by its author Caridad Svich. the play originally premiered in 2006 at Salvage Vanguard Theatre in Austin, Texas. it is part of the trilogy of Land and Country Plays by Svich which include FUGITIVE PIECES (retitled on film as FUGITVE DREAMS) and RIFT.…
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S4, Ep 48: scenes 1-12 from THRUSH by Caridad Svich
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45:04In this episode I read from scenes 1-12 of my play with songs THRUSH, which was originally produced at Salvage Vanguard Theater in Austin, Texas in 2006. THRUSH: Scenes from war and after. Slaughter songs for broken times. A love story and vaudeville of the far and near country. A young woman walks the fields. A young man trails her. The ghost song…
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S4, Ep 47: Gary Indiana on Barbara Kruger
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21:13in this episode I read author Gary Indiana's essay on artist Barbara Kruger "The War at Home" from his collection of essays UTOPIA'S DEBRIS (2008) published by Basic Books.
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S4, Ep 46: Gabriel Winant's The Baby and the Bathwater
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1:14:23in this episode I read Gabriel Winant's "The Baby and the Bathwater: Class Analysis and Class Formation after Deindustrialization" published online on October 1, 2024 in Historical Materialism. brill.com/hima
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in this episode I read prose piece Watches by Jeff McMahon, originally published in the Table Talk from The The Threepenny Review in 2015.
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in this episode I read So Mayer's piece "gunge," which was originally posted July 25, 2024.
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S4, Ep 43: The Orange and the Brick by Caridad Svich
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21:15"The Orange and the Brick" an essay by Caridad Svich. featured in The Routledge Companion to Latine Theatre and Performance edited by Noe Montez and Olga Sanchez Saltveit. Published 2024.
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S4, Ep 42: What is to be Done? Manifesto by CJ THE X
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43:36reading CJ THE X's WHAT IS TO BE DONE? A Manifesto to Return to Web 1.5, first posted on their website on March 1, 2024. https://www.cjthex.com/what-is-to-be-done/ continuing my recording of work of artists I admire.
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S4, Ep 41: MANIFESTO: THEATRE FOR THE DEAD by Kit Danowski
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1:00:21in memory of scholar, poet, playwright, theatre-maker, director Kit Danowski, who passed away the week of July 29, 2024 (announced on July 31, 2024 on social media), a reading of their MANIFESTO: THEATRE FOR THE DEAD, published in Global Performance Studies, vol.3, no. 2, 2020. https://doi.org/10.33303/gpsv3n2a9…
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S4, Ep 40: reading Pantea Javidan's False Divisions and Dubious Equivalences
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1:00:30In this episode, I read scholar Pantea Javidan's important article "False Divisions and Dubious Equivalencies: children's rights during the Covid-19 pandemic." the article was published as an open access piece on ManchesterHive.com on July 2024.
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S4, Ep 39: On Mark Fisher's Capitalist Realism & Modernism
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2:12:13reading from and engaging with chapter one and seven from Mark Fisher's Capitalist Realism (Published 2009, John Hunt Publishing) through the lens of modernism and post-modernism. with nods to Wallace Shawn, Julio Torres, Samuel Beckett, and more in passing.
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S4, Ep 38: On Fornes and Osterweil and Work
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20:26two readings in this episode: 1. from my essay on Maria Irene Fornes published in the Mentorship issue of The Dramatist Quarterly spring 2024 (Vol 26, No 2). and 2. Vicky Osterweil's "Work Will Set You Free" published on their substack All Cats Are Beautiful on July 17, 2024.
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S4, Ep 37: Helen Iball's intro to BLASTED study guide
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56:50the introduction to Helen Iball's study guide to Sarah Kane's BLASTED (Methuen Drama, 2008)
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S4, Ep 36: untitled desert play reverie by Caridad Svich
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7:39some text from work in progress, untitled desert play by Caridad Svich.
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S4, Ep 35: More musings on Beckett, Modernism and Politics
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1:16:43in this episode, i continue musings on Samuel Beckett and Modernism. with excerpt from James McNaughton's SAMUEL BECKETT AND THE POLITICS OF AFTERMATH (Oxford University Press, 2018).
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S4, Ep 34: from Dalton Trumbo's JOHNNY GOT HIS GUN
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25:25in this episode I read from chapter one of Dalton Trumbo's novel JOHNNY GOT HIS GUN. (published by Penguin Random House edition 1984). the novel was written in 1938 and published in 1939.
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S4, ep 33: Musing on Samuel Beckett and Modernism
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1:31:53an informal lecture/musing on the author Samuel Beckett, focusing a bit on his works KRAPP'S LAST TAPE and WAITING FOR GODOT, through a modernist lens. with excerpt from Steven Connor's book BECKETT, MODERNISM AND THE MATERIAL IMAGINATION published by Cambridge University Press. (2014)
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S4, Ep 32: Waiting for Recognition by Elinor Fuchs
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42:25reading Elinor Fuchs' essay "Waiting for Recognition" (2007) first published by Modern Drama journal. University of Toronto Press.
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S4, Ep 31: reading THE WASTE LAND by T.S. Eliot
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25:47in this episode, I read T.S. Eliot's THE WASTE LAND. 434 lines.
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S4, Ep 30: Modernist musing on T.S. Eliot
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1:06:18an informal lecture musing on T.S. Eliot and Modernism, esp. in relation to THE WASTE LAND as a core text of Modernism.
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S4, Ep 29: Modernism in Literature Part 2: Marx, Darwin, Nietzsche, and more
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2:38:18an informal lecture on what begat/influenced Modernism in literature and art. key figures. key thinking. and as always, how capitalism intersects with all
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S4, Ep 25: lost episode. Nate Holdren on the future
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16:37reading from Nate Holdren's slow cancellation of the future. blog piece dated June 6, 2024.
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S4, Ep 28: Modernism in Literature: an overview
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2:13:36the first in a series of informal musings on Modernism in literature.
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S4, Ep 27: from David Barnett's THEATRICALITY, PLAYTEXTS AND SOCIETY
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25:49excerpt from David Barnett's book THEATRICALITY, PLAYTEXTS AND SOCIETY. Published by Cambridge University Press, 2024.
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S4, Ep. 26: from Fintan Walsh's PERFORMING GRIEF In PANDEMIC THEATRES
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50:38reading from sections of the book PERFORMING GRIEF IN PANDEMIC THEATRES by Fintan Walsh. published by Cambridge University Press, 2024.
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S4, Ep 24: from Sara Freeman's Playwriting, Dramaturgy and Space
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28:45an excerpt from Sara Freeman's book Playwriting, Dramaturgy and Space published by Cambridge University Press in 2023 as part of the Cambridge Elements Contemporary Performance Texts series.
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S4, Ep 23: On the text, author, and reader
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1:04:17an informal lecture/reflection by Caridad Svich on the relationship among the text, the author and the reader
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S4, Ep 22: on ghosts and writing
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1:10:08an informal lecture on ghosts in writing - their function and their existence.
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S4, Ep 21: Jonas Barish Anti-theatrical Prejudice
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19:04reading from the introduction to Jonas Barish's The Anti-theatrical Prejudice (UC Press, 1981), and abstract/summary of Eileen Fischer's review of this book in Modern Drama journal (University of Toronto Press, Volume 25, Number 3, Fall 1982, pp. 435-437)
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S4, Ep 20: on wounds and feelings in literature
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1:25:37an informal lecture on wound theory and affect in literature.
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S4, Ep 19: On secrets and suspense in literature
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1:34:14an informal lecture on how secrets and suspense work in literature.
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S4, Ep 18: selections from Joyelle McSweeney's work
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29:47in this episode, i read selections from Joyelle McSweeney's work, as follows: a. "Toxic Sonnets: A Crown for John Keats" from Toxicon and Arachne, Nightboat Books, 2020. b. the poems "Black Orchid" and "The History Plays" from Arachne, as published in folder magazine c. the essay "The Toxic & The Lyric II: Hearing and Hell; Inversion as Subversion;…
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S4, Ep 17: Lecture 3 On Narrative
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1:35:56an informal lecture/reflection on narrative in literature, its uses and positions within power structures.
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S4, Ep 16: Intro to Lit: On Character & Voice
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1:13:36informal lecture on aspects of character and voice in literature.
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S4, Ep 15: excerpt from AGUA DE LUNA by Caridad Svich
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30:22excerpts from several scenes from the play AGUA DE LUNA (psalms for the rouge) by Caridad Svich. this play is published by Intellect Books, UK in the collection THE HOUR OF ALL THINGS AND OTHER PLAYS by Caridad Svich. There is also a single edition of the play published by Santa Catalina Editions, an imprint of NoPassport Press…
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S4, ep 14: Introduction to Literature musings with Caridad Svich, lecture one
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56:05musing on literature as portal, affectivity, the book as object, film as dream, and relationality in this informal lecture on where to begin in literature.
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S4, Ep 13: excerpt from ARCHIPELAGO by Caridad Svich
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17:42in this episode I read a monologue from my play ARCHIPELAGO - a love story about someone from here, and someone from there trying to forge a connection in a troubled world. The monologue feels especially apt given everything that is happening in the world today. Also in this episode I chat a bit about the play's development and how it premiered in …
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S4, Ep 12: excerpt from BAD ENGLISH by Caridad Svich
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11:11In this episode, I read a section from work in progress BAD ENGLISH.
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S4, Ep 11: Excerpt from Sam Shepard's THE UNSEEN HAND read by Caridad Svich
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30:32In this episode I read the opening scene from Sam Shepard's play THE UNSEEN HAND (1971). The version I read from is published by Alexander Street Press in their 20th Century American Drama collection.
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S4, Ep 10: excerpt from FROM SCARSDALE by Dan O'Brien
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14:26opening and chapter one from Dan O'Brien's memoir FROM SCARSDALE published by Dalkey Archive Press, 2023.
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S4, Ep. 9: Hephaestus Contra the It Girl by A.V. Marraccini read by Svich
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10:57episode in which I read A.V. Marraccini's HEPHAESTUS CONTRA THE IT GIRL: A Manifesto. Marraccini's piece was originally published on April 19, 2024 on Medium.
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S4, Ep 8: Interview on Theatre Pedagogy in Climate Crisis
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32:29an interview with Caridad Svich conducted by Conrad Alexandrowicz and David Fancy from their book THEATRE PEDAGOGY IN THE ERA OF CLIMATE CRISIS. Published by Routledge (2021).
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S4, Ep 7: "The Five Elements" of Latinx Actor Training
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29:21in this episode I read my essay "The Five Elements" from the book LATINX ACTOR TRAINING edited by Cynthia Santos DeCure and Micha Espinosa. Published by Routledge (2023).
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In this episode I read my essay "In a Shakespearean key" from the book SHAKESPEARE AND LATINIDAD edited by Trevor Boffone and Carla Della Gatta (Edinburgh University Press, 2021).
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S4, Ep5: Edward Bond's Introduction to FIFTY PLAYWRIGHTS ON THEIR CRAFT
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21:00On the day of the announcement of his passing, I read Edward Bond's introduction to the book FIFTY PLAYWRIGHTS ON THEIR CRAFT, which Caroline Jester and I wrote. Published by Methuen Drama in 2018.
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