Literary Hypnotism: A Rare Interview with Lee Siegel

In this episode, the writer Lee Siegel and host George Salis discuss Siegel's prolific work, his obsession with Orientalism, magic on the streets and on the page, Darconville’s Cat by Alexander Theroux, the allure of audiobooks, his recent forays into painting, fatalism within literature and without, and much more.Lee Siegel is the Emeritus Professor of Religion at the University of Hawaii. He has published many novels, including Love in a Dead Language and Typerotica, multiple non-fiction books about India, and a translation of Sanskrit love poetry called Sweet Nothings. Siegel’s writing has earned him a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship, two Residency awards at the Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center, a Visiting Fellowship at All Souls College, Oxford, and the Elliot Cades Award for Literature.A Review of Love in a Dead Language by Lee Siegel: https://thecollidescope.com/2021/08/22/love-in-a-dead-language-by-lee-siegel/A Review of Typerotica by Lee Siegel: https://thecollidescope.com/2021/08/30/a-review-of-typerotica-by-lee-siegel/Support The Collidescope’s efforts via Patreon and get awesome benefits: https://www.patreon.com/TheCollidescopewww.TheCollidescope.comIntro/outro music: DJ GriffinLet us know your thoughts.Support the show