One poem. One guest. Each episode, Kamran Javadizadeh, a poetry critic and professor of English, talks to a different leading scholar of poetry about a single short poem that the guest has loved. You'll have a chance to see the poem from the expert's perspective—and also to think about some big questions: How do poems work? What can they make happen? How might they change our lives?
All content for Close Readings is the property of Kamran Javadizadeh and is served directly from their servers
with no modification, redirects, or rehosting. The podcast is not affiliated with or endorsed by Podjoint in any way.
One poem. One guest. Each episode, Kamran Javadizadeh, a poetry critic and professor of English, talks to a different leading scholar of poetry about a single short poem that the guest has loved. You'll have a chance to see the poem from the expert's perspective—and also to think about some big questions: How do poems work? What can they make happen? How might they change our lives?
Jahan Ramazani on Derek Walcott ("A Far Cry from Africa")
Close Readings
1 hour 41 minutes
1 year ago
Jahan Ramazani on Derek Walcott ("A Far Cry from Africa")
How can a poet choose between his language and his idea of home? A postcolonial turn this week, as Jahan Ramazani [https://english.as.virginia.edu/people/profile/rr5m] joins the podcast to talk about Derek Walcott's "A Far Cry from Africa [https://poets.org/poem/far-cry-africa]."
Jahan Ramazani is University Professor and Edgar F. Professor and the Director of Modern and Global Studies in the Department of English at the University of Virginia. He is the author of several books, most recently Poetry in a Global Age [https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/P/bo59347589.html] (Chicago, 2020).
Please follow, rate, and review the podcast if you like what you hear. Share an episode with a friend. And subscribe to my Substack [https://kamranjavadizadeh.substack.com/], where you'll get occasional updates about the podcast and my other work.
Close Readings
One poem. One guest. Each episode, Kamran Javadizadeh, a poetry critic and professor of English, talks to a different leading scholar of poetry about a single short poem that the guest has loved. You'll have a chance to see the poem from the expert's perspective—and also to think about some big questions: How do poems work? What can they make happen? How might they change our lives?
