Best PennSound Podcasts (2024)

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Episode 196 - A tide of voices 54:10

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The group gathers at the Writers House's Wexler Studio to discuss Hart Crane's "The Harbor Dawn," as performed by Tennessee Williams.By Jonathan Dick, Gabi Ojeda-Sagué, Al Filreis

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Episode 195 - Also I don't suffer 54:55

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The group gathers at the Writers House's Wexler Studio to discuss "The Austrian Maiden" and "Joe Brainard's Painting Bingo" by Richard Padgett.By James Berger, Richard Deming, Sophia DuRose, Al Filreis

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Episode 194 - Hack my name 48:21

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The PoemTalk team travels to Scotland for a discussion at the Fruitmarket Arts Center in Edinburgh on two poems by Veronica Forrest-Thomson.By Iain Morrison, Anthony Capildeo, Laynie Brown, Lee Ann Brown, Al Filreis

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Episode 193 - The colors of death 53:31

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The group gathers at the Writers House's Wexler Studio to discuss Ariana Raines's "To the Reader," from A Sand Book (Tin House, 2019).By Michelle Taransky, Eric Shoemaker, Pattie McCarthy, Al Filreis

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Episode 78 - Larry Price in conversation with Al Filreis and William Fuller 54:23

5M ago54:23

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Larry Price, Al Filreis, and William Fuller discuss Price's new book, 1/0By Al Filreis

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Episode 192 - Of shredded love 1:05:44

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The group gathers at the Writers House's Wexler Studio to discuss two poems by Owen Dodson: "For Billie Holiday" and "Sorrow Is The Only Faithful One."By Herman Beavers, Tracie Morris, Amber Rose Johnson, Al Filreis

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Episode 77 - Evie Shockley in conversation with Al Filreis, Tyrone Williams, Aldon Nielsen, and William J. Harris 54:40

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Evie Shockley in conversation with Al Filreis, Tyrone Williams, Aldon Nielsen, and William J. HarrisBy Al Filreis

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Episode 191 - Fracas in the hinterlands 58:58

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The group gathers at the Writers House's Wexler Studio to discuss two Kenward Elmslie pieces, "Core Bonus" and "One Night Stand."By Henry Steinberg, Simone White, Wayne Koestenbaum, Al Filreis

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Episode 76 - Sally Van Doren in conversation with Al Filreis 44:59

6M ago44:59

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Al Filreis interviews Sally Van Doren about her new book, SibilanceBy Al Filreis

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Episode 190 - Watches don't shoot 59:51

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The group gathers for a live session in the Kelly Writers House's Arts Cafe to discuss the eponymous piece from Aldon Nielson's book Tray (Make Now Press, 2017).By William Joe Harris, Aldon Nielsen, Tyrone Williams, Al Filreis

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Episode 189 - Humming in the vacancy 1:03:51

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The group gathers at the Writers House's Wexler Studio to discuss Gregory Corso's 1969 performance of "Vision of Rotterdam."By Rita Barnard, J.C. Cloutier, M.C. Kinneburgh, Al Filreis

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Episode 188 - To the goon ictus 1:00:45

9M ago1:00:45

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The group gathers at the Writers House's Wexler Studio to discuss Ted Pearson's 1987 book-length poem, Catenary Odes.By Rachel Blau DuPlessis, William Fuller, Bruce Andrews, Al Filreis

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Episode 187 - Bray brassily 48:35

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The group gathers at the Writers House's Wexler Studio to discuss two "Love Poems" by Mina Loy, from a recording and interview with Paul Blackburn and Robert Von Dias in 1965.By Laynie Browne, Maya Pindyck, Hoa Nguyen, Al Filreis

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Episode 75 - Willard Spiegelman in conversation with Al Filreis 1:09:47

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Willard Spiegelman and Al Filreis discuss the life and work of Amy ClampittBy Al Filreis

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Episode 186 - The dots move out 56:43

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The group gathers at the Writers House's Wexler Studio to discuss a version of Tina Darragh's "Wire Boxes" performed at the Line Reading Series in New York in February of 2001.By Joan Retallack, Simone White, erica kaufman, Al Filreis

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Episode 185 - Don't refuse to breathe 52:19

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The team hits the road and lands in Los Angeles at the home of Marjorie Perloff, where the group gathers to discuss two well-known poems by Frank O'Hara: "Poem" or "Lana Turner Has Collapsed!" and "Song (Is it Dirty)."By Marjorie Perloff, Charles Altieri Robert von Hallberg, Al Filreis

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Episode 184 - The whole world smiles 51:49

1y ago51:49

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The group gathers at the Writers House's Wexler Studio to discuss John Giorno's 1977 poem, "Everyone is a complete disappointment."By Michelle Taransky, Brooke O'Harra, Christopher Funkhouser, Al Filreis

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Episode 183 - Present plans succeed 55:00

1y ago55:00

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The group gathers at the Writers House's Wexler Studio to discuss an excerpt from Dodie Bellamy's Vomit Journal.By Henry Steinberg, Chantine Akiyama Poh, Murat Nemet-Nejat, Al Filreis

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Episode 182 - Woot of the century 51:30

1+ y ago51:30

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The group gathers at the Writers House's Wexler Studio to discuss two poems from Douglas Kearney's SHO (Wave Books, 2021): "Welter" and "Static."By Divya Victor, Whitney Trettien, Dagmawi Woubshet, Al Filreis

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Episode 181 - Rhetorical happenings 46:01

1+ y ago46:01

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The group gathers at the Writers House to discuss Hoa Nguyen's "Long Light," collected in Red Juice: Poems, 1998-2008 (Wave Books, 2014).By Bethany Swann, Jonathan Dick, Kate Colby, Al Filreis

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Episode 180 - Nothing made of ink 55:05

1+ y ago55:05

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The group travels to the Poetry Foundation in Chicago to discuss seven short poems from Lisa Fishman's Mad World, Mad Kings, Mad Composition (Wave Books, 2020).By Lisa Fishman, Gabriel Ojeda-Sague, Laynie Browne, Al Filreis

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Episode 179 - Untranslatable 1:00:51

1+ y ago1:00:51

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The group gathers at the Writers House's Wexler Studio to discuss two poems by Armand Schwarner: "Tablet XXV" and "'daddy, can you staple these two stars together to make an airplane?'"By Charles Bernstein, Pierre Joris, Jerome Rothenberg, Al Filreis

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Episode 178 - Downgraded to scribble 53:36

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The group gathers at the Writers House's Wexler Studio to discuss Matvei Yankelevich's book of poems (or book-length poem), Dead Winter (Fonograph, 2022).By Ahmad Almallah, Huda Fakhreddine, Kevin Platt, Al Filreis

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Episode 177 - Paw mouthings 56:11

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The group gathers at the Writers House's Wexler Studio to discuss two poems by Maggie O'Sullivan, "To our Own Day" and "Hill Figures," from In the House of the Shaman (Reality Street, 1993).By Julia Bloch, Charles Bernstein, Eric Falci, Al Filreis

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Episode 176 - Touch, love, then explain 58:10

1+ y ago58:10

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The group gathers at the Writers House's Wexler Studio for a fresh take on John Ashbery's iconic "Some Trees."By Abdulhamit Arvas, Dagmawi Woubshet, Carlos Decena, Al Filreis

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Episode 175 - Composition of life, as life 1:03:24

2y ago1:03:24

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The group travels to Bard College in the Hudson Valley to discuss the two opening paragraph's from Joan Retallack's essay "The Poethical Wager."By Joan Retallack, Laynie Browne, erica kaufman, Al Filreis

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Episode 174 - Girls in the supply chain 1:02:24

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The group gathers at the Kelly Writers House to discuss four poems from Sawako Nakayasu's Some Girls Walk into the Country They Are From (Wave Books, 2020).By Bethany Swann, Henry Steinberg, Caroline Bergvall, Al Filreis

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Episode 173 - When a name falls from a face (Divya Victor, 'Curb') 1:02:39

2y ago1:02:39

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In this episode, the group gathers to discuss a selection of poems from Divya Victor's book Curb (Nightboat Books, 2021): three poems from the titular "Curb" series in the middle of the book ("Curb" 3, 4, and 5) and another poem, "Frequency (Alka’s Testimony)."By Timothy Yu, Josephine Nock-Hee Park, Piyali Bhattacharya, Al Filreis

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Episode 172 - Trance of language (Harryette Mullen, 'Sleeping with the Dictionary' and 'Dim Lady') 51:45

2y ago51:45

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In this episode, we talk about two prose poems in Harryette Mullen’s collection Sleeping with the Dictionary, published by California in 2002. The poems are “Dim Lady” and the title poem, “Sleeping with the Dictionary.”By Maxe Crandall, Larissa Lai, Julia Bloch, Al Filreis

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Episode 74 - Gail Scott and Christy Davids 1:02:43

2y ago1:02:43

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Gail Scott and Christy Davids discuss Scott's new book, Permanent RevolutionBy Al Filreis

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Episode 73 - I will wear the mask: Emily Abendroth and Jeff T. Johnson 1:18:31

2y ago1:18:31

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Emily Abendroth and Jeff T. JohnsonBy Al Filreis

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Episode 72 - Davy Knittle with Jill Magi 44:37

2y ago44:37

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Davy Knittle and Jill Magi discuss Magi's book, SpeechBy Al Filreis

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Episode 171 - Teach us love (Eugene Ostashevsky, 'Language' and 'The Anatomy of Monotony') 58:03

2y ago58:03

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In this episode, our discussion takes us to the great Ostashevskyan topics — knowledge otherwise somehow alienated; language that embodies or transliterates a kind of violence; the (sound) differences between knowing and saying no (and similarities); his sincere (and doubtless Russian Absurdist-influenced) plea to “teach us love / teach us love / t…

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Episode 170 - Better to lose and win (Diane di Prima's 'Revolutionary Letters') 55:27

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In this episode, the group discusses three poems from Diane di Prima's 'Revolutionary Letters' project: #16 (“We are eating up the planet”), #19 (“If what you want is jobs”), and #27 (“How much can we afford to lose before we win”). The project’s goals and modes of address shifted over time. Any single letter-poem, read separately from the others, …

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Episode 169 - Far in toward the far end (Two poems from George Quasha's “preverbs”) 53:25

2+ y ago53:25

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Al Filreis convenes Charles Bernstein, Anthony Elms, and Laynie Browne to talk about two poems by George Quasha. The book, published by Spuyten Duyvil in 2020, titled Not Even Rabbits Go Down This Hole, consists of eight gatherings of preverbs; our two poems, coming from the final section — which bears the name of the book — are “self fast” (number…

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Episode 168 - Hot and cold (Jayne Cortez, 'She Got He Got') 55:18

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Today we are releasing episode #168 of PoemTalk, in which Amber Rose Johnson, Daniel Bergmann, and Yolanda Wisher meet up at the Kelly Writers House to talk with Al Filreis about Jayne Cortez's "She Got He Got". This poem/performance piece is comprised of a “She” half and an “He” half, she giving variations of hot, while he instantiates variations …

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Episode 167 - Must it ring true (Myung Mi Kim, 'And Sing We') 55:17

2+ y ago55:17

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Today we are releasing episode #167 of PoemTalk, in which Jack Giesking, Jonathan Dick, and erica kaufman meet up at the Kelly Writers House to talk with Al Filreis about Myung Mi Kim's "And Sing We" from Under Flag.By Jack Giesking, Jonathan Dick, erica kaufman, Al Filreis

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Episode 166 - Coup created by our thoughts 52:38

2+ y ago52:38

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Today's episode dives into Cecilia Vicuña's 'Colliding and not colliding at the same time'. The performance begins as the audience, having been encouraged to ask questions about an art video that had just been screened, went momentarily silent. No questions were being asked, so Vicuña began improvisationally to fill the room with words and sounds, …

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Episode 165 - Punch fascists 41:56

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Today, we talk about a poem by Stephen Collis that appeared in his book, A History of the Theories of Rain, published by Talonbooks in Vancouver in 2021. The poem is titled “Yes I Do Want to Punch” — and perhaps should be called “Yes I Do Want to Punch / fascists in the face,” proceeding to its key first line. The eco-poetic turn — an urgent one, a…

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Episode 164 - As words label space 47:56

2+ y ago47:56

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This episode discusses a three-page section of Leslie Scalapino’s “‘Can’t’ is ‘Night’” — the passage having been chosen by the poet for It’s Go in Horizontal: Selected Poems, 1974-2006. Close listening and close reading: surely some manner of these, both, are required by every Leslie Scalapino work. The PoemTalk group sought to respect this in the …

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Episode 163 - Perilous bodies 1:01:47

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This episode features a poem by Daphne Marlatt called “Steveston, B.C.” We were joined by Davy Knittle, Jane Robbins Mize, and Karis Shearer. The poem is in a sense — although not quite exactly — the title poem in a much-admired book published in 1974.By Davy Knittle, Jane Robbins Mize, Karis Shearer, Al Filreis

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Episode 162 - In my rotting place 58:00

3y ago58:00

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This episode presents a remarkable — freewheeling, energetic, yet comprehensive — discussion of a remarkable artist, Tuli Kupferberg. We considered two works by Tuli: “Morning, Morning,” among the most famous songs performed by The Fugs; and one of Tuli’s spoken-word pieces or “pop poems,” titled “No Deposit, No Return.”…

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Episode 161 - This unwitting monument 53:29

3y ago53:29

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The group convenes over Zoom to discuss Sarah Dowling's Entering Sappho (Coach House, 2020).By Larissa Lai, Maxe Crandall, Julia Bloch, Al Filreis

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Episode 160 - Biologically speaking 50:52

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The group convenes over Zoom to discuss two well-known sonnets of Edna St. Vincent Millay, "I Shall Forget You Presently" and "Love Is Not All." (Coach House, 2020).By Lisa New, Jane Malcolm, Sophia DuRose, Al Filreis

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Bonus #2 - When This You See, VOTE 1:29:54

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Was Gertrude Stein a fascist? Alan Dershowitz thinks so. https://www.patreon.com/prolesound References: Dershowitz: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/met-gertrude-stein-collaborator_b_1467174 Perloff response: https://jacket2.org/article/short-response-alan-dershowitz Barabara Will fed site: https://www.neh.gov/humanities/2012/marchapril/feature/the-s…

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Bonus #1 - Fuck Whitman, Marry Oppen, Kill Olson (feat. @pastelcathedral @dontology) 1:18:30

3+ y ago1:18:30

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Donovan of futuremachine interviews Mathilda and Dom on their individual theses and collective work, Stanzas for Four Hands: an Ophanim. Support the show https://www.patreon.com/prolesound Intro music: Macintosh Plus, Floral Shoppe - 01 ブート

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Episode 71 - Empathy under late capitalism 1:04:02

4y ago1:04:02

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Levi Bentley, Ted Rees, and Danielle LaFrance discuss LaFrance’s books Just Like I Like It and Friendly + FireBy Al Filreis

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#1 - Finance Conceptualism & Pharmocommunist Biopoiesis with @st_somatic 2:10:15

4y ago2:10:15

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today I'm joined by Ava Hofmann (@st_somatic) to discuss Franco "Bifo" Berardi's The Uprising: On Poetry and Finance and we took a lot of detours. read ava and Sporazine!! here's a list of ava's reading recs from this episode lmao Cecilia Vicuña - Saborami Never Angeline Nørth - Sea Witch Testo Junkie - Paul B. Preciado Cyborg Manifesto - Donna J. …

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Mathilda reads from Bonney's "The Commons" 47:11

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today i'm reading a little bit from my thesis on bonney and from his Commons. Very grateful to the comrades I've been corresponding with re: seiretic verse and who are helping me develop my theories there, specifically margo, r.m. haines, and dom. If you wanna read along here's a scan of the book from when I worked in a library lmao https://www.dro…