{"podcast":{"title":"London Review Bookshop Podcast","slug":"london-review-bookshop-podcast-169718","podcast_index_feed_id":169718,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/LRB9506044622","website_url":"https://www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/events","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/a0235112-4cf4-11f0-a58e-839ac5045320/image/56e731f5542e0a416d601baecaa8d802.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"London Review Bookshop","episode_count":729,"summary":"Listen to the latest literary events recorded at the London Review Bookshop, covering fiction, poetry, politics, music and much more. Find out about our upcoming events here More from the Bookshop: Discover our author of the month, book of the week and more: ⁠⁠https://lrb.me/bkshppod⁠⁠ From the LRB: Subscribe to the LRB: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://lrb.me/subsbkshppod⁠ Close Readings podcast: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://lrb.me/crbkshppod⁠ LRB Audiobooks: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://lrb.me/audiobooksbkshppod⁠ Bags, binders and more at the LRB Store: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://lrb.me/storebkshppod⁠ Get in touch: podcasts@lrb.co.uk","last_synced_at":"2026-09-24T04:21:23.410405+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/london-review-bookshop-podcast-169718"},"episode":{"title":"Martha Sprackland & James Butler: John of the Cross","slug":"martha-sprackland-james-butler-john-of-the-cross","published_at":"2026-08-12T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/london-review-bookshop-podcast-169718/martha-sprackland-james-butler-john-of-the-cross","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/london-review-bookshop-podcast-169718","url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/LRB3094245518.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/LRB3094245518.mp3","summary":"The poetry of the sixteenth-century Spanish mystic, John of the Cross, has inspired and consoled for hundreds of years, influencing writers from James Joyce to Seamus Heaney, Geoffrey Hill to T.S. Eliot. Dark Night (Penguin Classics) gathers all of John’s poetry, together with a selection of his prose. The book’s translator, poet Martha Sprackland, joined LRB contributing editor James Butler for a discussion of the life and work of John of the Cross, and his abiding influence. You can buy a copy of Dark Night from the London Review Bookshop. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"The poetry of the sixteenth-century Spanish mystic, John of the Cross, has inspired and consoled for hundreds of years, influencing writers from James Joy…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2634,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/london-review-bookshop-podcast-169718/episodes/martha-sprackland-james-butler-john-of-the-cross/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/london-review-bookshop-podcast-169718/martha-sprackland-james-butler-john-of-the-cross.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}