Literature Out Loud Podcast - Season 1 | UCI School of Humanities

Episode 1

Conference of the Birds by Sufi poet Farid ud-Din Attar

The Conference of the Birds is an epic poem about the birds of the world embarking on a journey in search of their Sovereign, Simorgh. As we take flight with them, their journey becomes ours.

Sholeh Wolpe
Conference Site
Translator

Chantrell Lewis
Voice Actor

Nasrin Rahimieh
Introduction

Episode 2

Traveling with Marco Polo by Xue Yiwei

Traveling with Marco Polo is a three-way dialogue between Marco Polo, Italo Calvino and the Chinese author Xue Yiwei, in which he spins tales on memory and desire while giving oblique commentary on modern China.

Hu Ying
Translator/Introduction

June Ke
Voice Actor, Mandarin

Ella Turenne
Voice Actor, English

Produced by Carrie Noland, Director of the International Center for Writing and Translation, with support from Julia Lupton, Director of Illuminations

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