Heart of the Original By Steve Aylett

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Arts, Books, Leisure, Hobbies

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🗓️ 19 July 2021

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Joining us on Backlisted this week is writer John Higgs, whose fascinating new book William Blake Vs The World is out now. We were thrilled John chose Steve Aylett's guide to originality, creativity and individuality, Heart of the Original, first published by Unbound in 2015 and as original, creative and individual a book as we have ever featured on this podcast; be prepared to experience a "small-particle tulpa storm" of ideas. Also in this episode, John enjoys the waspish melancholy of Elizabeth Hardwick's Sleepless Nights, while Andy introduces a reading from Black Teacher by Beryl Gilroy, a trailblazing Guyanese woman's memoir of post-war London. Timings: (may differ due to variable advert length) 09:46 - Black Teacher by Beryl Gilroy 14:52 - Sleepless Nights by Elizabeth Hardwick 19:46 - Heart Of The Original by Steve Aylett *To purchase any of the books mentioned in this episode please visit our bookshop at uk.bookshop.org/shop/backlisted where all profits help to sustain this podcast and UK independent bookshops *For information about everything mentioned in this episode visit www.backlisted.fm *If you'd like to support the show, listen without adverts, receive the show early and with extra bonus fortnightly episodes, become a Patreon at www.patreon.com/backlisted Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:19.0	Hello and welcome to Backlisted, the podcast that gives new life to old books.
1:23.0	Today you find us recording the backlisted podcast in July 2021 for distinct consciousnesses connected by sound
1:30.0	and electronic image, discussing one deceptively small book that tackles the biggest ideas.
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