186 extra - Swimmer

Published: Nov. 10, 2020, 1:50 p.m.

Continuing to feed his own preoccupation with the poem Swimmer by Dennis Cooper, which he has already talked about in both Page One 185 and Page One 186, Charles Adrian hones in on the lines: \u201cMonday Dave calls me/ at a party\u201d and attempts to reconstruct their historical context.

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More information and a transcript of this episode is at http://www.pageonepodcast.com/.

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The Dream Police by Dennis Cooper was previously discussed in Page One 111 (http://www.pageonepodcast.com/season4#/111-griffyn-gilligan/) and Page One 185 (http://www.pageonepodcast.com/season-6#/185-poir-28/)

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Episode image is a detail from the cover of The Dream Police by Dennis Cooper, published by Grove Press in 1995; cover design by John Gall, cover art by Nayland Blake.

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Extra recorded: 16th October, 2020.

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Book listing:

Swimmer from The Dream Police by Dennis Cooper