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E.M. Forster

Become an Ivory Tower Boiler Room Café subscriber to watch the unedited video: https://www.patreon.com/posts/71231329 Calling all British Modernist literature lovers and Gay Fiction lovers, this episode is for you!  Andrew is joined with William di Canzio, who is a novelist, playwright, and scholar, and he recently wrote Alec, which expands E.M. Forster's openly queer male love story, Maurice. Andrew and William open up about their first experience with E.M. Forster's groundbreaking love story and how it speaks to their gay male identity. William reveals why he didn't change any of Forster's narrative between Maurice and Alec, and why he thinks Alec's same-sex desire is much more nuanced than Maurice's. Not only is William indebted to the late great E.M. Forster, but he actually knows James Ivory, the director of the 1987 film adaptation. They actually went to lunch together! What happened at this lunch?  Andrew gets William to talk about writing sex scenes between Maurice and Alec, and they both weigh in on why sex scenes in literature can be so different than in film or TV.  William also provides advice about writing a play, compared to writing a novel, compared to writing scholarship. Are all of these genres related in his opinion? Andrew makes sure to shout out friends of the podcast, including Matt Aucoin (who William adores), Gregory Maguire (who knows intimately about retelling a popular tale), and Jan Balakian (who balances being a playwright and a scholar). You can buy Alec here: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374102609/alec Listen to John Sackville read Alec on Audible: https://www.audible.com/pd/Alec-Audiobook/1250804523 Learn more about William di Canzio's literary work here: https://us.macmillan.com/author/williamdicanzio Follow Ivory Tower Boiler Room on Instagram, @ivorytowerboilerroom, TikTok, @ivorytowerboilerroom, and Twitter, @IvoryBoilerRoom! Email us at ivorytowerboilerroom@gmail.com. Many thanks to the Ivory Tower Boiler Room podcast team: Andrew Rimby, Executive Director; Mary DiPipi, Chief Contributor; Nicole Arguello, Marketing Assistant; Kimberly Dallas, Editor Thanks to Anne Sophie Andersen and Meghan Ames for our theme song, "Loverman."--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ivorytowerboilerroom/support

Become an Ivory Tower Boiler Room Café subscriber to watch the unedited video: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/71231329" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/posts/71231329</a> Calling all British Modernist literature lovers and Gay Fiction lovers, this episode is for you!  Andrew is joined with William di Canzio, who is a novelist, playwright, and scholar, and he recently wrote Alec, which expands E.M. Forster's openly queer male love story, Maurice. Andrew and William open up about their first experience with E.M. Forster's groundbreaking love story and how it speaks to their gay male identity. William reveals why he didn't change any of Forster's narrative between Maurice and Alec, and why he thinks Alec's same-sex desire is much more nuanced than Maurice's. Not only is William indebted to the late great E.M. Forster, but he actually knows James Ivory, the director of the 1987 film adaptation. They actually went to lunch together! What happened at this lunch?  Andrew gets William to talk about writing sex scenes between Maurice and Alec, and they both weigh in on why sex scenes in literature can be so different than in film or TV.  William also provides advice about writing a play, compared to writing a novel, compared to writing scholarship. Are all of these genres related in his opinion? Andrew makes sure to shout out friends of the podcast, including Matt Aucoin (who William adores), Gregory Maguire (who knows intimately about retelling a popular tale), and Jan Balakian (who balances being a playwright and a scholar). You can buy Alec here: <a href="https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374102609/alec" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374102609/alec</a> Listen to John Sackville read Alec on Audible: <a href="https://www.audible.com/pd/Alec-Audiobook/1250804523" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.audible.com/pd/Alec-Audiobook/1250804523</a> Learn more about William di Canzio's literary work here: <a href="https://us.macmillan.com/author/williamdicanzio" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://us.macmillan.com/author/williamdicanzio</a> Follow Ivory Tower Boiler Room on Instagram, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ivorytowerboilerroom/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@ivorytowerboilerroom</a>, TikTok, <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@ivorytowerboilerroom" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@ivorytowerboilerroom</a>, and Twitter, <a href="https://twitter.com/IvoryBoilerRoom?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@IvoryBoilerRoom</a>! Email us at ivorytowerboilerroom@gmail.com. Many thanks to the Ivory Tower Boiler Room podcast team: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/andrewdavidrimby/?hl=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Andrew Rimby</a>, Executive Director; <a href="https://www.instagram.com/dipips/?hl=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mary DiPipi</a>, Chief Contributor; <a href="https://instagram.com/niicolearguello?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nicole Arguello</a>, Marketing Assistant; <a href="https://instagram.com/kimberly_dallas?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kimberly Dallas</a>, Editor Thanks to <a href="https://instagram.com/anne_sophie_andersen?utm_medium=copy_link" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Anne Sophie Andersen</a> and Meghan Ames for our theme song, "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4uc26Knpqk" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Loverman</a>."--- Support this podcast: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ivorytowerboilerroom/support" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ivorytowerboilerroom/support</a>

Bringing E.M. Forster's "Maurice" Out of the Closet with William di Canzio 

In conversation with Wendy Moffat, Professor of English and Curley Chair of Global Education at Dickinson College and author of the prize-winning biography, A Great Unrecorded History: A New Life of E.M. Forster A professor in the Pennoni Honors College of Drexel University, William di Canzio has also taught writing and literature at Yale University, Smith College, and Haverford College. His plays Dooley and Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier have been staged in New York City, Philadelphia, and Los Angeles, among many other places. He has been honored with the Julie Harris Playwright Award, a Brown Foundation Award, and residencies and fellowships from the MacDowell, the Eugene O'Neill Theater's National Playwrights Conference, and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts. Alec, his debut novel, continues the story at the end of Maurice, E.M. Forster's tale of a gay romance. Books with signed book plates are available from the Joseph Fox Bookshop  (recorded 7/15/2021)

In conversation with Wendy Moffat, Professor of English and Curley Chair of Global Education at Dickinson College and author of the prize-winning biography, A Great Unrecorded History: A New Life of E.M. Forster A professor in the Pennoni Honors College of Drexel University, William di Canzio has also taught writing and literature at Yale University, Smith College, and Haverford College. His plays Dooley and Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier have been staged in New York City, Philadelphia, and Los Angeles, among many other places. He has been honored with the Julie Harris Playwright Award, a Brown Foundation Award, and residencies and fellowships from the MacDowell, the Eugene O'Neill Theater's National Playwrights Conference, and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts. Alec, his debut novel, continues the story at the end of Maurice, E.M. Forster's tale of a gay romance. <a href="https://www.foxbookshop.com/book/9780374102609" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Books with signed book plates are available from the Joseph Fox Bookshop</a> (recorded 7/15/2021)

William di Canzio | Alec