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An 1860's Book Draft
What’s your favorite book from the 1860s? Something by Tolstoy or Dostoevsky? Dickens or Alcott? This week on Close Reads we’re drafting books from …
2 years ago
The Summer Book: Second Half
Join us as we dig into the second half of Tove Jansson’s delightful novel, The Summer Book. We discussed whether this is a fundamentally feminine boo…
2 years ago
The Summer Book: First Half
Summer is nearly here, so it’s the perfect time to dive into Tove Jansson’s cult classic, The Summer Book, a delightful but melancholy story about th…
2 years ago
Trust: Q&A Episode
As always, we’re concluding a series by answering you questions. And, while it may have taken two different recording sessions, we answered as many a…
2 years ago
Trust: Part 4
We can finally talk about the whole book, which really means we can finally debate all the things we want to debate! So click play and listen in as w…
2 years, 1 month ago
Trust: Part 3
Part three of Hernan Diaz’s novel is quite different than its two predecessors. On the one hand, it shifts the point-of-view away from the Bevel fami…
2 years, 1 month ago
Trust: Part 2
We’re back to discuss part two of Hernan Diaz’s award-winning novel. In this episode we chat about whether we can really know anything about its narr…
2 years, 1 month ago
Trust: Part One
The gang is all back for this new series on Hernan Diaz’s Pulitzer Prize winning novel, Trust! Join as we try not to spoil the rest of the book, disc…
2 years, 1 month ago
The Hobbit: Q&A episode
Once again, it’s time to answer your questions! So join us as we discuss Tolkien’s many choices, some differences between this book and the main tril…
2 years, 2 months ago
The Hobbit: Back Again (The Final Chapters)
Bilbo’s journey is over and he’s home, which means there’s plenty to talk about. So this week we’re discussing the role of luck in Tolkien’s stories,…
2 years, 2 months ago