The Waywords Podcast

Wanderings on Language and Literature

Waypoint – The Ghost and the Bone-Setter

A Winter Solstice tale by an old Irish storyteller, maybe even believable . . .

Waypoint – “The Doll” by Daphne du Maurier

A Winter Solstice tale of a peculiar kind of terror, this story was recently discovered (2011) among a collection of du Maurier’s works completed around the age of 21. This story has mature themes.

Marvell’s “To His Coy Mistress” – Part 2

We accuse Marvell of verbal assault and find that he was hardly alone. 

Season 1 Titles & Resources

Chimamanda Adichie

“Tomorrow is Too Far”

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Vincent Van Gogh

Virtual Exhibitions

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Andrew Marvell

 

“To His Coy Mistress”

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Michel de Montaigne

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Kate Chopin

“The Story of an Hour”

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Medieval Poetry

“Fowles in the Frith”

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Earlier Episodes

Waywords Podcast Trailer
Waywords Podcast Trailer

Join me, Steve Chisnell, as we find and lose meaning across modern and classic tales, through ancient and distant verse, atop everything in our many cultures which might be read.

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”
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