Between Oceans and Gold Teeth
Between Oceans and Gold Teeth
A poetry podcast hosted by Basie Cobine and Joel Watson
012 - At the Entrance to an Underground Station...
45 minutes Posted Jun 23, 2018 at 1:43 am.
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In which Joel and Basie talk about J. V Foix's "At the Entrance to an Underground Station, Bound Hand and Foot by Customs Officials, I Saw How Marta Set Off in a Train for the Frontier. I Wanted to Smile at her, but a Policelike Militiaman Carried Me Off With His Own Family, and Set Fire to the Woods" written in September, 1936. We found the poem in David H Rosenthal's "Modern Catalan Poetry: An Anthology," published first by New Rivers Press in 1996.
If you're interested in hearing the poem read in Catalan (which is beautiful, check it out): http://www.ccma.cat/catradio/alacarta/programa/josep-vicenc-foix-a-lentrada-duna-estacio-subterrania/video/4492131/#
Joel mentioned Karina Longworth's You Must Remember This podcast, and Grace Kelly: http://www.youmustrememberthispodcast.com/episodes/2017/4/10/grace-kelly-dead-blondes-episode-11
Basie mentioned this article: https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1108&context=artlas
She also mentioned Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried: http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/thingscarried/section1/
Catalan Current Events: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/01/catalonia-independence-crisis-new-spain-pm-pedro-sanchez-mariano-rajoy
https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/awe-spain-progressive-government-180618144356144.html
If you want to learn more about J.V. Foix, Catalonia or the Spanish Civil War, Wikipedia is an excellent option. Certainly better than us.
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Between Oceans and Gold Teeth is a product of Accordion Productions. It is hosted by Basie Cobine and Joel Watson. Sound engineering by Joel Watson, editing by Basie Cobine.