EP006 Dr. Emily Selove on Ḥikāyat Abī l-Qāsim (summer 2019)

Originally recorded 15 August 2019 via Zencastr. Produced by Talha Ahsan. 00.00 Introduction and biography 02.00 On the success of the Party-Crashing book Shawkat Toorah 04.15 On defining Adab 05.38 On defining ḥikāyah and risālah 07.35 On defining mujun 08.08 On how to learn Latin as an Arabist Amy Richlin Loeb Classical Library 10.15On the circadian structure of HAQ 24 (TV series) 12.27 On the plot 13.40 A work to be read or performed? 16.29 On authorship 18.29 On the manuscript SOURCE: https://www.instagram.com/p/BylDBKyBVbN/ 19.45 On conflicts and choices in collaborative translation? 25.08 On Emily Selove's own literary background Her Bandcamp page: Ruth Dinosaur 26.40 On donkeys and toothpicks 31.37 On the Sufi connection 35.20 On her Magic and Esotericism project http://blogs.exeter.ac.uk/magic 38.00 A reading from her forthcoming translation of Ḥikāyat Abī l-Qāsim 40.10 Mighty Have Fallen by Ruth Dinosaur (c) Dr. Emily Selove (2019)