Dr. Gioia Woods reads Dog by Lawrence Ferlinghetti
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May 21, 2026 · 4 min · Episode 559
About this episode
Dr. Gioia Woods discusses the poem 'Dog' by Lawrence Ferlinghetti and her extensive background in American and Environmental Literature.
People in this episode
Guest: Dr. Gioia Woods
Topics covered
- American Literature
- Environmental Humanities
- Cultural Studies
- Ecocriticism
- Mid-twentieth-century Cultural Production
- Sustainability
- Literature and Culture
Keywords
- Gioia Woods
- Lawrence Ferlinghetti
- Dog
- American Literature
- Environmental Humanities
- Cultural Studies
- Ecocriticism
- Sustainability
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: University of Nevada, Reno, Western Literature Association, Arizona Humanities Council, University of Milan
Books & works: Dog, City Lights: Lawrence Ferlinghetti and the Biography of a Bookstore, Western Subjects: Autobiographical Writing in the North American West, Left in the West: Literature, Culture, and Progressive Politics in the American West
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