What would you consider to be the first modern poem? There can never be a definitive answer, but in today’s extended Litopia Daily, we’re going to hear John Simopoulos, Dean of Degrees at St Catherine’s …
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The First Modern Poem
Books That Matter: The Voices of Marrakesh by Elias Canetti
We’re back with another in our occasional summer series of Books That Matter, chosen and discussed by John Simopoulos, Dean of Degrees of St Catherine’s College, Oxford. Today, we’re talking about “a sublime monster”, as …
Books That Matter: Remnants of a Quiet Life
John Simopoulos, Dean of Degrees of St Catherine’s College, Oxford, is with us again today in an occasional but delightful series we’re running this summer that we’re calling “Books That Matter”. Featuring books and authors …
The Lessons of Haggis
To conclude our week’s worth of all-time great reads, selected by John Simopoulos, Dean of Degrees at St Catherine’s College, Oxford, we end on a note of sublime levity: today’s’s featured author is Beachcomber (J.B. …
Austerlitz
“The most amazing single book that I know.” The words of John Simopoulos, Dean of Degrees at St Catherine’s College, Oxford, talking about today’s featured book – W. G. Sebald‘s Austerlitz – rare praise indeed …
The Blue Flower
John Simopoulos is here again to talk about his personal all-time favorite reads – today’s featured author is Penelope Fitzgerald, and John’s recommendations are The Blue Flower and The Beginning of Spring.
In today’s Write Report, …
As Good As Tolstoy
We continue our new year list of once-in-a-lifetime “must-read” books, as recommended by John Simopoulos, Dean of Degrees at St Catherine’s College, Oxford. Today’s featured work is a South American trilogy by Louis …
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