123 Episodes

  1. The Long and Short: Henry James's short stories

    Published: 3/24/2023
  2. Among the Ancients: Sappho

    Published: 3/14/2023
  3. Medieval Beginnings: Bede's Life of Cuthbert

    Published: 3/3/2023
  4. The Long and Short: Walt Whitman's 'Song of Myself'

    Published: 2/24/2023
  5. Among the Ancients: The 'Odyssey'

    Published: 2/14/2023
  6. Medieval Beginnings: Letters and Laments

    Published: 2/3/2023
  7. The Long and Short: Tennyson's 'Maud'

    Published: 1/24/2023
  8. Among the Ancients: The 'Iliad'

    Published: 1/14/2023
  9. Medieval Beginnings: Beowulf

    Published: 1/4/2023
  10. Modern-ish Poets Live! T. S. Eliot

    Published: 12/10/2022
  11. Modern-ish Poets Series 2: Frank O'Hara and John Ashbery

    Published: 12/9/2022
  12. Modern-ish Poets Series 2: Charlotte Mew

    Published: 12/8/2022
  13. Modern-ish Poets Series 2: W. B. Yeats

    Published: 12/7/2022
  14. Modern-ish Poets Series 2: Emily Dickinson

    Published: 12/6/2022
  15. Modern-ish Poets Series 2: Derek Walcott

    Published: 12/5/2022
  16. Modern-ish Poets Series 2: Louis MacNeice

    Published: 12/4/2022
  17. Modern-ish Poets Series 2: Adrienne Rich

    Published: 12/3/2022
  18. Modern-ish Poets Series 2: Robert Frost

    Published: 12/2/2022
  19. Modern-ish Poets Series 2: Gerard Manley Hopkins

    Published: 12/1/2022
  20. Encounters with Medieval Women: Margery Kempe

    Published: 11/4/2022

6 / 7

Close Readings is a new multi-series podcast subscription from the London Review of Books. Two contributors explore areas of literature through a selection of key works, providing an introductory grounding like no other. Listen to some episodes for free here, and extracts from our ongoing subscriber-only series.How To SubscribeIn Apple Podcasts, click 'subscribe' at the top of this podcast feed to unlock the full episodes.Or for other podcast apps, sign up here: https://lrb.me/closereadingsRUNNING IN 2025:'Conversations in Philosophy' with Jonathan Rée and James Wood'Fiction and the Fantastic' with Marina Warner, Anna Della Subin, Adam Thirlwell and Chloe Aridjis'Love and Death' with Seamus Perry and Mark Ford'Novel Approaches' with Clare Bucknell, Thomas Jones and other guestsALSO INCLUDED IN THE CLOSE READINGS SUBSCRIPTION:'Among the Ancients' with Emily Wilson and Thomas Jones'Medieval Beginnings' with Irina Dumitrescu and Mary Wellesley'The Long and Short' with Mark Ford and Seamus Perry'Modern-ish Poets: Series 1' with Mark Ford and Seamus Perry'Among the Ancients II' with Emily Wilson and Thomas Jones'On Satire' with Colin Burrow and Clare Bucknell'Human Conditions' with Adam Shatz, Judith Butler, Pankaj Mishra and Brent Hayes Edwards'Political Poems' with Mark Ford and Seamus Perry'Medieval LOLs' with Irina Dumitrescu and Mary WellesleyGet in touch: [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.