Lost on Gilligan’s Island with Walter Metz

11/17/24 • 48 min

Walter Metz is a Full Professor in the School of Media Arts at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. He earned a Ph.D. in Radio/Television/Film at the University of Texas at Austin in 1996, and holds an S.B. degree in Materials Science and Engineering from MIT (1989). He is the author of three books: Engaging Film Criticism: Film History and Contemporary American Cinema, published by P. Lang, and two titles published by Wayne State University Press, Bewitched, and Gilligan’s Island. He is also the author of sixty refereed journal articles and book chapters about the intertextual relationships between film, television, novels, and theatre. His work roves across disciplines, grappling with the importance of audio-visual productions for understanding such disparate subjects as gender, comedy, poetry, opera, the Cold War, the Holocaust, science, and animals. His latest book is Gilligan's Island, part of Wayne State University Press TV Milestones Series.
https://wsupress.wayne.edu/9780814333723/

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The Widow's Crayon Box with Molly Peacock

Molly Peacock is the author of eight volumes of poetry. Earlier titles include The Analyst: Poems and Cornucopia: New & Selected Poems. She joins us today to talk about her latest collection, The Widow’s Crayon Box. She also recently wrote a non-fiction book about a half-century friendship, A Friend Sails in on a Poem, published by Windsor-based Palimpsest Press. As a poetry activist, Peacock was the co-founder of Poetry in Motion on New York’s subways and buses, the founder of The Best Canadian Poetry series, and the creator of The Secret Poetry Room at Binghamton University. The Widow's Crayon Box is published by Penguin Random House Canada.
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/773911/the-widows-crayon-box-by-molly-peacock/9781324079439

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2024 Year-End Wrap from the All Write Podcasters!

Join us for a special minisode in which we reflect briefly on five(!) lovely years of podcasting, and on 2024 in particular.
Irene, Kim, and Sarah have selected a few works each that struck us in different ways, but don't get us wrong, we have had a blast chatting with each author this year, and all are worthy of you joining the conversation!
In no particular order or rank, here are the books we spoke about in this episode for your reference, or check out all of our episodes for the full list.
We'll chat with you again soon in 2025!