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A Farewell to Arms: Book 3
After an unfortunate delay, we’re back with further conversation about Hemingway’s twentieth century classic. This week we discuss the harrowing nature of this section, the bad moral luck of the cha…
Published on 2 months ago
A Farewell to Arms: Book 2 (Chapters 13-24)
Welcome back to our ongoing series on Hemingway’s classical novel. This week we discuss the turn the book takes in book two, the nature of Hemingway’s contemplation of love, and a couple of key scene…
Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago
A Farewell to Arms: Book One (Chapters 1-12)
Welcome to our new series on Ernest Hemingway’s modern classic. For this first episode we chatted about Heidi’s deep love of the book, the subtly of Hemingway’s prose, the role of faith and confessio…
Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Q&A: The Princess and the Goblin + Ask-Us-Anything
This week is one part Q&A about The Princess and the Goblin, one part ask-us-anything. That means we’re discussing George McDonald’s plot devices, Irene’s grandmother, and goblins but also cooking, S…
Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago
The Princess and the Goblin: To the End
This week we discuss the delightful conclusion to George McDonald’s classic children’s novel, how it compares to classic fairy tales, why books like this matter more than ever, and much more. Happy l…
Published on 3 months ago
The Princess and the Goblin: Chapters 1-14
Over the next few weeks we’ll be discussing George Macdonald’s delightful nineteenth century children’s story, The Princess and the Goblin. In this episode we discuss its similarities to (and influen…
Published on 3 months, 1 week ago
The Great Winnowing of 2025 (for 2026)
It’s that time of year! You’ve probably seen the posts revealing the books we’ll be discussing on the show in 2026 , but now you can tune into the process of making those determinations. Happy liste…
Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago
Wuthering Heights: Q&A
You had plenty of great questions; we did our best to answer them. So join in as we conclude our series on Emily Bronte’s classic novel. Happy listening!
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Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago
Wuthering Heights: Final Chapters
We’ve come to the end of Emily Bronte’s novel and so we’re here to discuss, well, how it ends. Up first: Sean’s opinion. Then we discuss the impact of the late-stage POV-shift, whether this is a ghos…
Published on 4 months ago
Wuthering Heights: Chapters 22-28
Welcome back to our ongoing conversation about Emily Bronte’s novel! This week we discuss whether it’s too melodramatic, Heathcliff’s malevolence, Cathy’s kindness to pathetic Linton, and much more. …
Published on 4 months, 1 week ago