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The Quarantine Tapes 068: Sjón
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30 minutes
Released:
Jul 1, 2020
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Podcast episode
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Traversing many facets of the human experience, Paul Holdengräber and Sjón discuss the role that trust plays in flattening the curve of a pandemic, and how dreams and literature define the future in episode 068 of The Quarantine Tapes.Sjón is an Icelandic poet and author whose novels have been published in over thirty-five languages. He is the author of The Blue Fox, winner of the Nordic Council’s Literary Prize; From the Mouth of the Whale, shortlisted for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize; Moonstone—The Boy Who Never Was, winner of the Icelandic Literary Prize; and CoDex 1962. His novels are published in English by MCD Books in the US and Sceptre in the UK. FootnotesPoem Read by Sjónars poeticaþað vill henda í ljóðumað þegar þokunnni léttirtaki hún með sér fjalliðars poetica it may happen in poemsthat when the fog liftsit takes the mountain with itCredits:Paul Holdengraber - Co-Creator, Host, OLA DirectorAnthony Audi - Co-Creator, Researcher, OLA DirectorAlejandro Cohen - Co-Creator, Producer, ComposerChristian Pitt - Production Coordinator Erin Cooney - Copy, ProductionDublab Team
Released:
Jul 1, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
The Quarantine Tapes 006: Sister Judy Vaughan: In this episode Paul talks to Sister Judy Vaughan about how the pandemic is affecting the homeless, the difficulties of running an organization that seeks to welcome people with open arms in this era, and how her faith has allowed her to maintain hope in the face of challenge. by The Quarantine Tapes