An episode from 6/8/22: Tonight, we hear from two of the greatest twentieth century Irish writers. In the first half of the episode, I read from Dennis O’Driscoll’s interviews with Seamus Heaney. Here, Heaney talks about his methods, his inspiration, his favorite time of day to write. In the second part (beginning around 35:15) I read ⁠James Joyce’s great short story of disappointed young love, “Araby.”⁠ The reading is prefaced by a few personal thoughts on Joyce, and includes an excerpt from ⁠Gabriel’s Yared’s score for the film The English Patient⁠, which I describe as being inextricably linked to my earliest experiences of reading Joyce. (One of the earliest episodes of this podcast goes further into my debt to The English Patient). Don’t forget to support Human Voices Wake Us on Substack, where you can also get our newsletter and other extras. You can also support the podcast by ordering any of my books: Notes from the Grid, To the House of the Sun, The Lonely Young & the Lonely Old, and Bone Antler Stone. Any comments, or suggestions for readings I should make in later episodes, can be emailed to [email protected].

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