658 "The Snow Fairy" by Claude McKay | Literary Journeys (with John McMurtrie)

The History of Literature

Jacke Wilson

History, Books, Arts

4.6 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2024

⏱️ 47 minutes

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After taking a look at a wintry poem by Harlem Renaissance poet Claude McKay, Jacke talks to editor John McMurtrie about his new book Literary Journeys Mapping Fictional Travels Across the World of Literature, which celebrates passages of literature that have sent readers to the ends of the earth from Ancient Greece to today. Additional listening: 157 Travel Books (with Mike Palindrome) 579 New Year New You! Conversations with Bethanne Patrick and Aislyn Greene 95 Runaway Poets: The Triumphant Love Story of Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Robert Browning The music in this episode is by Gabriel Ruiz-Bernal. Learn more at gabrielruizbernal.com. Help support the show at patreon.com/literature or historyofliterature.com/donate. The History of Literature Podcast is a member of Lit Hub Radio and the Podglomerate Network. Learn more at thepodglomerate.com/historyofliterature. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:12.5	for full terms. Hello, a winter poem by Claude McKay and I'm, do I need to say who I am. It somehow feels
1:38.3	inhospitable not to introduce myself. I'm inviting you into my home, so to speak. That's how it feels
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