Minisode Ten: TS Eliot The Love Rat, And Other Tales

Literary Friction

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🗓️ 4 February 2020

⏱️ 33 minutes

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For the first minisode of 2020, we're wading into the gossipy world of TS Eliot's love life: this year marks the publication of his romantic letters to Emily Hale, fifty years after their deaths. If you missed the story in the press, let's just say it's not one in which he covered himself in glory. Listen in for our thoughts on literary fetishism, posthumous publications, and how to choose a wife that won't kill the poet in you, plus all the usual recommendations. Tote bags: https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/LiteraryFriction Twitter & Instagram: @litfricton This episode is sponsored by Picador: https://www.panmacmillan.com/picador

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0:00.0	Welcome to Literary Friction.
0:11.0	I'm Octavia Bright here with a new minisode in a new year with my ever-lovely co-host, Carrie Plit.
0:17.2	Hi Carrie, how you doing?
0:19.0	I am ever lovely.
0:20.0	That's right. No, I'm well. It's, you know, it's January. Yeah, it sucks. I haven't made any resolutions, as you know. I had a long break. I'm ready to be back. Very happy to be back here with you in the studio. Me too. Me too. It's making my January better, actually. I hate January. Minisode 10, 2020. It feels auspicious
0:39.2	somehow, don't I think? Definitely. Whether you're new to the show or an old hand, welcome and
0:43.8	thanks for listening. The format of these minisodes between full shows is for the next half hour,
0:48.7	we will first have an informal conversation about something book related and anything else
0:52.9	that might come up and then recommend some other cultural things that we've enjoyed lately, with the usual
0:58.3	musical interludes by Eddie.
1:01.2	That's right. We've got some really exciting stuff lined up for this year, including a
1:05.4	brilliant announcement about sponsorship. You may have seen our announcement on social media,
1:09.9	but we've joined forces with
1:10.9	Picador, who are publishers, who've come on board as our first official sponsor. So you'll be
1:16.2	hearing occasional messages from them throughout our programming. And they're just, they're helping
1:20.1	support us so we can make the show even bigger and better. So yeah, big thanks, Piccadour. We love you.
1:24.9	Super exciting. And I know you've heard a lot from us about this, but I just
1:30.2	want to say that there are a few of our totes left on our Etsy shop and they are running low.
1:35.3	So if you want to be in the LF gang, which counts Sadie Smith as a member just saying, we gave her one.
1:40.8	And she said she needed a tote. She was probably just being nice, but that's fine. fine and help us out with a little financial support then you can find a link in the description of
1:48.6	this show you can indeed and i also want to say a huge thank you to everyone who emailed with
1:53.3	suggestions of books to read in french and spanish it was so lovely to see your suggestions and um i will
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