
The Waywords Podcast
Wanderings on Language and LiteratureSeason 1 Titles & Resources
Earlier Episodes

Waypoint: Theophile Gautier’s “Clarimonde”
A reading of “Clarimonde,” an appropriately creepy story befitting the tradition of Winter Solstice ghost stories. This story in French is titled “La Morte Amoureuse.”

Irony and Narrative Distance
Are writers responsible or accountable for what they write? What about readers for what we interpret? How a writer’s use of narration can create irony.

Van Gogh – Immersive Exhibits – Episode 4+ Bonus
How do digital art experiences change our reading of original works? Should they be considered a new genre to read?

Van Gogh – Immersive Exhibits – Episode 4
How do digital art experiences change our reading of original works? Should they be considered a new genre to read?

The Original
Why do we defend a canonical “original?” Where does such an idea come from? We discuss what we mean to place a text with authority and visit The Lord of the Rings and “Fur Elise” along the way.

Adichie – “Tomorrow is Too Far” – Episode 3
How does one read a story which creates its own rules? What else should we ever do? A sociological look at Adichie’s intersectionality.
Season One Reads
What are we looking at for the premiere season of The Waywords Podcast? Read with us!
- Chopin, Kate - “The Story of an Hour”
- Anonymous - “Fowles in the Frith”
- Adichie, Chimimanda - “Tomorrow is Too Far”
- Van Gogh, Vincent - Immersive Exhibitions
- Marvell, Andrew - “To His Coy Mistress”
- Michel de Montaigne - tba
- One Thousand and One Nights - “tba”