Dick Davis, translator of Layli and Majnun, The Conference of the Birds, and other Persian poetry.
Nezami Ganjavi's 12th century poem, Layli and Majnun (also known as Layla and Majnun).
Mark Sundaram and Aven McMaster from The Endless Knot on etymology.
We are joined by poet and scholar Sassan Tabatabai, who translated Blind Owl.
Writer and artist Jared Pechaček joins in a discussion of Tolkien's The Two Towers.
Ralph Ellison's novel is, among other things, a portrait of New York City.