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The Picture of Dorian Gray: Chapters 4-7
Join David, Heidi, and Tim as they discuss the introduction of Sibyl Vane and her family, Dorian’s infatuation and un-infatuation with her, and the picture’s emerging frowny face. (To list just a few…
Published on 2 years, 4 months ago
The Picture of Dorian Gray: Chapters 1-3
Tim’s back, friends—and it’s time for a new book! So join us as we dig into Oscar Wilde’s infamous novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray. Discussion this week focuses on questions of biographical critici…
Published on 2 years, 4 months ago
A Movie Adaptations Draft
We’re mixing things up this week! Join David, Heidi, and Sean as they draft the great cinematic adaptations ever made. And be sure to let us know who picked the best roster of films. Happy listening …
Published on 2 years, 4 months ago
Everything Sad Is Untrue Q&A (feat. Daniel Nayeri)
It’s time to answer listener questions about Everything Sad Is Untrue and we have the great honor of doing that alongside the man himself, Daniel Nayeri. So press play and listen as we chat about Dan…
Published on 2 years, 4 months ago
Everything Sad Is Untrue: To the End
And so we come to the end. Join David, Heidi, and Sean as they dig into Daniel Nayeri’s novel as a whole (but especially the final passages, of course), the way book pays homage to the narrator’s mot…
Published on 2 years, 5 months ago
Everything Sad Is Untrue: Through page 231
This section of Daniel Nayeri’s novel included a lot of . . . well . . . poop. So on this week’s episode David, Heidi, and Sean discuss how Nayeri manages to make that topic funny and sad and profoun…
Published on 2 years, 5 months ago
Everything Sad Is Untrue: 1-114
Daniel Nayeri’s Everything Sad is Untrue may be listed as a middle grade novel by its publisher, but it’s unlike almost any other novel in the category. So in this episode David, Heidi, and Sean disc…
Published on 2 years, 5 months ago
The Scarlet Letter: Q&A
Here we are at the end of our conversation on Hawthorne’s novel, which means it’s time to answer your questions. As always, you sent in lots of great ones and we did our best to answer as many as we …
Published on 2 years, 5 months ago
Remembering Cormac McCarthy, Part 2
In this episode, Sean and Heidi join David and get their say about the legacy of Cormac McCarthy—and what makes his work sublime.
This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other s…
Published on 2 years, 6 months ago
Remembering Cormac McCarthy, Part 1
The great Cormac McCarthy died last week, leaving behind a canon of brilliant, challenging novels that will be long-remembered. So this week we’re sharing two episode remembering the man, discussing …
Published on 2 years, 6 months ago