The YourShelf Podcast
#9 Natural Strangeness with Rebecca Tamás
Episode Summary
In episode nine, YourShelf's chief curator Juliano Zaffino (Jay) catches up over Zoom with Rebecca Tamás to discuss her recent book of essays, Strangers: Essays on the Human and Nonhuman! Together they cover the origins of the book, and what it has to say about ecology, humanity, feminism and more.
Episode Notes
To support our work and listen to additional content, see here: https://patreon.com/yourshelf and follow us on social media @_yourshelf_. In our latest, ninth episode of The YourShelf Podcast, Natural Strangeness, our chief curator Juliano Zaffino (Jay) catches up with Rebecca Tamás to discuss her book Strangers: Essays on the Human and Nonhuman, books, ecology and ecocriticism, the work of Ana Mendieta, and more. For full show notes, see here: https://podcast.yourshelf.uk/episodes/9. Thanks for listening.
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Episode Notes
- Jay asks Rebecca about what book world she would live in, what her bookshelves look like, and who she'd invite to a literary dinner party. (from 1:00)
- Rebecca explains the origins of her book Strangers: Essays on the Human and Nonhuman, staying positive in the face of the climate emergency, the role of ecocriticism, and the intersection of ecology, feminism, mysticism and more. "Environmentalism is for everyone." (from 4:45)
- Finally, Rebecca discusses the last book she read, and hints at what she's working on next. (from 34:55)
- Rebecca Tamás gives a special reading of a passage from Jay's favourite essay in Strangers, 'On Panpsychism'. (from 37:10)
- Jay wraps up with the books and authors that were discussed in the episode: Dodie Smith’s I Capture The Castle, the works of Jamaica Kincaid and Jean Rhys, the anonymous Middle English poem Gawain and the Green Knight, the poet Bhanu Kapil, Daisy Lafarge’s Life Without Air, AK Blakemore’s forthcoming book The Manningtree Witches, Clarice Lispector’s The Passion According to GH, Ariana Reines’ The Cow, and Joanna Pocock’s Surrender. (41:25)
- Rebecca's book Strangers: Essays on the Human and Nonhuman, is available now in a gorgeous second printing from indie publisher extraordinaire Makina Books. Her debut collection of poetry, WITCH, is available from Penned In The Margins.
- Thanks for listening and tune in again soon for our special Books of the Year episodes!