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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 cours…
2 years, 10 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 ma…
2 years, 11 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 catego…
2 years, 11 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…
2 years, 11 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 e…
2 years, 11 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 sh…
3 years ago
The Scarlet Letter: Final Chapters
And so we come to the end of another novel! Join David, Heidi, and Karen as they dig into the ending of Hawthorne’s novel, with special attention pai…
3 years ago
The Scarlet Letter: Chapters 14-19
Heidi is in Greece this week (!), but David Kern and Karen Swallow Prior are back to continue this series on The Scarlet Letter. Topics of conversati…
3 years ago
The Scarlet Letter: Chapters 9-13
Does this book offer an alternative vision to the spiritual corruption that it criticizes? How would it be different if Hawthorne was lest on-the-nos…
3 years ago
The Scarlet Letter: Chapters 4-8
Join David, Heidi, and special guest, Karen Swallow Prior, for a conversation about this very famous and much-taught novel. Conversation touches on w…
3 years ago