Of Gods and…More Gods: Idle Talk Under the Bean Arbor

One of the earliest, and certainly fullest, examples of the frame story is the  collection Idle Talk Under the Bean Arbor. Through a series of stories told by a group of people sheltering from the heat under a bean arbor, everything from karmic justice to the end of the world is discussed. We welcome a guest, Lindsey Waldrop, whose doctoral work is dedicated to the collection.