Djuna Barnes (1892-1982) was a journalist, an author, an artist, a poetic novelist, a beacon of modernism, an icon and an iconoclast. She was also a pioneer; a famous wit; an expatriate in Paris in the 1920s (where she befriended James Joyce and became one of the key members of the Lost Generation); a fixture of Greenwich Village both in the 1910s and in the ... Show More
Sep 10
829 Charlotte Brontë and Her Biographer Elizabeth Gaskell (with Susan Dunne) | My Last Book with Travis Franks | The Odyssey Kerfuffle
Charlotte Brontë and Elizabeth Gaskell, two of the leading novelists of the 19th century, shared a remarkable literary friendship. After Charlotte's death, Gaskell's Life of Charlotte Brontë became one of the most famous--and controversial--literary biographies ever written. In t ... Show More
1h 11m
May 2017
David Jones: Engraver, Soldier, Painter, Poet
Though he was admired by some of the liveliest cultural figures of the twentieth century, David Jones is not known or celebrated in the way that Eliot, Beckett or Joyce have been. Thomas Dilworth's biography - the first full biography of Jones, and thirty years in the making - ai ... Show More
1h 2m
Feb 2023
Julian Barnes with Nihal Arthanayake
<p>This week on the Penguin Podcast, Nihal Arthanayake is joined by English writer and national treasure, Julian Barnes.</p><br><p>He joins us to discuss the paperback publication of his most recent novel, Elizabeth Finch. </p><br><p>Nihal and Julian also discuss his 'controlled' ... Show More
47m 19s