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The Grapes of Wrath: Chapters 19-21
Does Casy redeem himself with his heroic action? Does this this book live too much in the realm of artifice? Does this book, like East of Eden, featu…
2 months, 1 week ago
The Grapes of Wrath: Chapters 15-18
Is Steinbeck an American Dickens? Does this book have a villain/antagonist? What role do each of the tertiary characters play? And does Steinbeck tak…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
The Grapes of Wrath: Chapters 8-14
It’s time to really discuss it: Do Steinbeck’s interstitial, alternating chapters work? We dig in—with differences of opinion. Plus we discuss the dr…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
The Grapes of Wrath: Chapters 1-7
Welcome to the beginning of a new series as we dive into John Steinbeck’s classic novel. In this episode we discuss Steinbeck’s unique use of alterna…
2 months, 4 weeks ago
This Is Happiness: Q&A Episode
Welcome to the conclusion of our series on Niall William’s novel, as we do our best to answer your questions!
This is a public episode. If you'd lik…
3 months ago
This Is Happiness: To the End
Welcome back to our ongoing series on Niall Williams’ novel! This we discuss whether the novel has a “happy” ending, its final verdict on what happin…
3 months, 1 week ago
This Is Happiness: Chapters 23-31
Welcome back to our ongoing series on Niall Williams’ novel, This Is Happiness. This week we discuss some audience comments, the book’s examination o…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
This Is Happiness: Chapters 12-22
Welcome back to our ongoing series on Niall Williams’ lovely novel. This week we discuss what this book has to say about happiness, the themes of hop…
3 months, 4 weeks ago
This Is Happiness: Chapters 1-11
Welcome to the start of a new series! Over the next several weeks we’ll be digging into Irish writer, Niall Williams pastoral novel, This Is Happines…
4 months ago
The Age of Innocence: Q&A Episode
As always, we conclude our series on Edith Wharton’s classic novel by answering your questions. There were a lot of good ones and we did our best to …
4 months, 1 week ago