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This episode is from the WNYC archives. It may contain language which is no longer politically or socially appropriate.
Seldes discusses books and poetry in relation to literary criticism and pedantry. Discusses the book "Seven Types of Ambiguity" and poems that have affected him. Reference books for poetry, Robert Graves. Moves on to commercial radio broadcasting. A typo in the New York Times. Other examples of typos.
Audio courtesy of the NYC Municipal Archives WNYC Collection
WNYC archives id: 71328
Municipal archives id: LT6516
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Gilbert Seldes
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Gilbert Seldes discusses big-thinking issues in art from his characteristically populist perspective.
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