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Sad Men Podcast
by Jason Boog
Stories of how writers survived the Great Depression.
Episodes
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Delmore Schwartz: "Ringing Your Fate"
This episode explores the poetry and prose of Delmore Schwartz, a poet who found the entire course of his life reshaped by the colossal force of the Great Depression. Special thanks to our guest, poet and author Craig Morgan Teicher. You can read his work here: http://bit.ly/1NQVLmq You can read...
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May Swenson: "Work and Sleep and Drop Dead"
This episode explores the Great Depression writings of the great poet, May Swenson. We explore Swenson's work for the Federal Writers Project, a radical piece of New Deal legislation that put hundreds of unemployed writers back to work creating city guidebooks, cultural essays, and oral histories...
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James Agee: "If it hurts you, be glad of it."
This episode explores LET US NOW PRAISE FAMOUS MEN, a Depression-era book by the great James Agee. Giller Prize-winning author Johanna Skibsrud joins us for the podcast, explaining how Agee's work influenced her novel, QUARTET FOR THE END OF TIME. This is a podcast created by Jason Boog, telling...
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Arch Oboler: "That Thing! It's True!"
This is a podcast created by Jason Boog, telling the stories of how a generation of men and women writers survived the Great Depression. Our first episode explores the bloody legacy of the great horror radio writer, Arch Oboler. This podcast episode was adapted from my 2007 essay for The…
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What is Sad Men Podcast about?
Stories of how writers survived the Great Depression.
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Who hosts Sad Men Podcast?
Sad Men Podcast is created and hosted by Jason Boog.
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