EPISODE · Sep 17, 2014 · 1H 36M
StarShipSofa No 354 James Morrow
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Coming UpInterview: James MorrowMain Fiction: Iron Shroud by James Morrow “Jonathan Hobbwright cannot discourse upon the formic thoughts that flicker through the minds of ants, and he is similarly ignorant concerning the psyches of locusts, toads, moles, apes, and bishops, but he can tell you what it’s like to be in hell. The abyss has become his fixed abode. Perdition is now his permanent address. Although Jonathan’s eyes deliver only muddy and monochromatic images, his ears have acquired an uncommon acuity. Encapsulated head-to-toe in damnation’s carapace, he can hear the throbbing heart of a nearby rat, the caw of a proximate raven, the hiss of an immediate snake”.James Morrow’s loopy historical novel, Galápagos Regained will see the publication in January of 2015. In the spirit of The Last Witchfinder (which chronicled the coming of the Enlightenment), this epic dramatizes the birth of the...Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Coming UpInterview: James MorrowMain Fiction: Iron Shroud by James Morrow “Jonathan Hobbwright cannot discourse upon the formic thoughts that flicker through the minds of ants, and he is similarly ignorant concerning the psyches of locusts, toads, moles, apes, and bishops, but he can tell you what it’s like to be in hell. The abyss has become his fixed abode. Perdition is now his permanent address. Although Jonathan’s eyes deliver only muddy and monochromatic images, his ears have acquired an uncommon acuity. Encapsulated head-to-toe in damnation’s carapace, he can hear the throbbing heart of a nearby rat, the caw of a proximate raven, the hiss of an immediate snake”.James Morrow’s loopy historical novel, Galápagos Regained will see the publication in January of 2015. In the spirit of The Last Witchfinder (which chronicled the coming of the Enlightenment), this epic dramatizes the birth of the...Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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StarShipSofa No 354 James Morrow
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