In case you slept in (as I did), here's the link to my second conversation with Florence Spurling that aired yesterday morning on ABC Radio National. We talked about Donne and Herbert and the Eucharist, the King James Bible, the English church, and various other things.
http://bit.ly/abc_rn_goodfriday
It was a treat last month to record an interview with ABC Radio National's Florence Spurling for an Encounter program that aired this morning, called “Heir to My Affection: the drama and poetry of William Shakespeare, John Donne and George Herbert.” You can listen to it here. We talked mostly about George Herbert, but Florence also spoke with Richard Strier and Peter Holbrook about The Winter's Tale (whence the line “heir to my affection”) and some Donne poetry. Recording it was fun, but listening was even better. There's something very special about hearing this poetry read and spoken of affectionately on air.