recorded in October, 2009
We recently interviewed an American mother and father about their awakening realization of their daughter’s anorexia for our Podcast Series. This realization came about during a year-long stay in Portugal in 2006, and plays a role in the book, The Moon, Come to Earth, recently published by University of Chicago Press. The author, Philip Graham, is a poet, essayist and fiction writer whose five previous books – including one co-authored with his wife, Alma Gottlieb, have touched on the interpersonal, international, and the interesting of human life.
Gottleib is a professor of anthropology, African Studies, and Women’s Studies whose six books cross cultures and age spans.
Some quotes from the interview:
"The blind poet ordered more windows for his house"
"We're not genetically inclined"
"Thanks for the smoothies!"
"An undeclared war on young girls in our culture"
(Intro music: Jardel Caetano, "Firmamento" - from Cancionero, songs based on poems by Fernando Pessoa)