Archive - Mining the Dalkey Archive

June 2025

On "Chapel Road" Being a Dalkey "Essential"

My introduction to the forthcoming Dalkey Archive Essential edition of Louis Paul Boon's "Chapel Road."

Jun 30 •

Interview with Susana Medina about "Philosophical Toys"

A throwback interview about a forthcoming reprint.

Jun 28 •

"The Planetarium" by Nathalie Sarraute

An excerpt from the Dalkey Essential, "The Planetarium," by Nathalie Sarraute & Maria Jolas.

Jun 23 •

“Nathalie Sarraute and England” by Barbara Wright

Back in my initial post about Barbara Wright and the scholarly book, Barbara Wright: Translation as Art, I mentioned that I would run something about…

Jun 21 •

"Grattan and Me" by Tom O'Neill

"A person is a person because of people."

Jun 17 •

1:35:11

"Reading Stefan Themerson" by Nicholas Wadley

An overview of one of Barbara Wright's most colorful collaborators.

Jun 9 •

Curtis White on the Culture Wars

Dalkey author and former board member recalls Jesse Helms's attack on FC2

Jun 4 •

"From Scarsdale" by Dan O'Brien

Dan O'Brien on his memoir, childhood trauma, and playwriting

Jun 2 •

51:35

May 2025

Where to Start with Raymond Queneau

A literary treasure and seven categories introducing the works of an Oulipian master

May 31 •

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