This week, celebrate the 100th anniversary of T. S. Eliot’s iconic poem The Waste Land with scholar and professor Jed Rasula, author of <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/628/9780691225777" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">What the Thunder Said: How The Waste Land Made Poetry Modern</a>. Rasula discusses his book and the enduring impact of The Waste Land with poet and scholar Reginald Gibbons.



The following conversation originally took place December 6th, 2022 and was recorded live via Zoom.

Episode 124: The Best of 2022

In this weekly series, we air previously recorded conversations with leading authors, poets, graphic novelists, playwrights, songwriters, historians and more about craft, processes, influences, inspirations, and what it's like to live as a writer. These episodes are edited and condensed versions of our programs and they are a great way to discover new writers, listen to a program you missed, or relive a program that you loved!