Persistence of Vision

Episode 4: Shannon McCormick on Infinite Jest

Actor, improviser, and writer Shannon McCormick talks to Lance and L.B. about the greatest of the postmodern novels, David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest.

Episode three: Writer Timothy Braun on the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Writer and writing professor Timothy Braun has been a Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy fan since he was five years old. In this episode, Lance and L.B. grill Timothy on Douglas Adams' comic-sci-fi masterpiece, touching on related works by Kurt Vonnegut, Woody Allen, and others.

Episode two: Journalist and novelist Atia Abawi on her book A Land of Permanent Goodbyes

A Land of Permanent Goodbyes takes the reader on an odyssey from ISIS-controlled Syria through Turkey and across the Aegean sea. Atia Abawi, the daughter of refugees and a Middle East correspondent for CNN and NBC, leads us through the story of her novel and the reporting, research and imagination that produced it. 

Episode one: Poet W. Joe Hoppe on the Iliad

The Iliad is one of the foundational works of Western literature, a mythical story of the Trojan War whose poetic force and genius has never since been excelled. Hosts L.B. Deyo and Lance Fever Myers welcomed poet and college instructor W. Joe Hoppe to talk about the Iliad's plot, poetical technique, history, and much more.