by Rodney Sharman

Soprano: Catherine Fern Lewis

Dedication (1996)

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Ryan Ruby talks to Violet Lucca about Vladimir Nabokov’s Berlin period. He describes seeing Berlin through Nabokov’s eyes and noticing the quotidian texture of the city in the author’s novels from this period. He recalls the birth of his own son, in the same neighborhood where Nabokov’s son, Dmitri, was born, and learning to appreciate Nabokov’s non-linear notion of time, a notion that Ruby believes can help us consecrate everyday life, not just life’s “milestones.” The conversation ends with Ruby’s defense of Lolita, which he argues intentionally re-creates the way art can seduce the reader into excusing immorality. 

Read Ruby’s memoir: https://harpers.org/archive/2022/11/halensee-a-fathers-guide-to-nabokovs-berlin/

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This episode was produced by Violet Lucca and Maddie Crum, with production assistance from Ian Mantgani.

Nabokov’s Berlin

The first track to be taken from Primitive and Deadly.
Due for release on September 2nd 2014 via Southern Lord Recordings.

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Earth - From The Zodiacal Light

A solo guitar arrangement of a tune composed by Angelo Badalamenti. Performed November 18th at the opening of the 2010 student art exhibition for the University of Northern British Columbia / Emily Carr University Bachelor of Fine Arts Program.

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