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Sylly

Mbiye Kasonga

Sylly, as in syllabus - a biweekly show from Mbiye Kasonga and Tembe Denton Hurst. Every other week we'll dive into a primary text, using it as a starting point for big conversations, syllabus included.

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Episodi

22 episodi

  1. Our Fall/Winter 2026 Reading Plans 1:10:10
  2. Everybody’s A Critic, Nobody’s A Critic 1:03:26
  3. Considering the Cyborg with Sierra Greer 1:04:38
  4. What We *Actually* Read This Summer 29:39
  5. How Do We Get Free? 1:34:37
  6. Kiese Laymon on Long Division, Revision, and Authorship as Liberation 1:39:48
  7. What Does Summer Sound Like? 18:05
  8. Great Summer Reads, According to Us 1:27:44
  9. The Case for Contemporary Fiction 1:32:10
  10. The Axes of Power Are Shifting 1:28:52
  11. Three Good Things From 2025 1:02:53
  12. The Dating Dowry 1:30:29
  13. A Close Reading of Dominion by Addie Citchens 1:19:14
  14. Deep Reading and Deep Writing with Tembe Denton Hurst 58:02
  15. The Sylly Summer Reading Special 58:12
  16. Soft Life, Hard Times Ahead 1:24:15
  17. A Humanist Take on Generative AI 1:13:15
  18. The Power of Illegibility 1:20:05
  19. The Cost of Legibility 1:16:44
  20. What Do We Owe Each Other? 1:35:34
  21. A Close Reading of All Fours 1:36:04
  22. Welcome to Sylly 41:23