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Back to Search698 Dante in Love (with Ellen Nerenberg and Anthony Valerio) [Ad-Free Archive Edition]
Episode 698
It's springtime! A great time to be in love - and if you're a poetic genius like Dante Alighieri, a great time to catch a glimpse of a girl named Bea…
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697 Race in European Fairy Tales (with Kimberly Lau) | My Last Book with Rolf Hellebust
Episode 697
Anyone digging into fairy tales soon discovers that there's more to these stories of magic and wonder than meets the eye. Often thought of as stories…
1 year, 1 month ago
696 John Ruskin (with Sara Atwood) | My Last Book with Collin Jennings
Episode 696
John Ruskin (1819-1900) was a powerhouse of a man: writer, lecturer, critic, social reformer - and much else besides. From his five-volume work Moder…
1 year, 1 month ago
695 Ten Indian Classics (with Sharmila Sen) | My Last Book with Adam Smyth
Episode 695
For the past ten years, the Murty Classical Library of India (published by Harvard University Press) has sought to do for classic Indian works what t…
1 year, 1 month ago
694 Apocalyptic Literature (with Dorian Lynskey) | My Last Book with Charles Baxter
Episode 694
For some reason, human beings don't seem to be content just thinking about their own death: they insist on imagining the end of the entire world. In …
1 year, 1 month ago
693 Understanding the Wonders of Nature (with Alan Lightman) | My Last Book with Alan Lightman
Episode 693
In today's world of specialization, Alan Lightman is that rare individual who has accomplished remarkable things in two very different realms. As a p…
1 year, 1 month ago
692 An Investigation in Chinatown (with Radha Vatsal) | The Five Books (with Tali Rosenblatt-Cohen)
Episode 692
It's a two-for-one special! First, Jacke talks to novelist Radha Vatsal about her new book, No. 10 Doyers Street, which tells the gripping story of a…
1 year, 1 month ago
691 The Making of Sylvia Plath (with Carl Rollyson) | My Last Book with Cheryl Hopson
Episode 691
Since her death, poet and novelist Sylvia Plath (1932-1963) has been an endless source of fascination for fans of her and her work. But while much at…
1 year, 2 months ago
690 Coleridge and the Person from Porlock [Ad-Free]
Episode 690
[This episode originally ran on July 18, 2016. It is presented here without commercial interruption.]
In 1797, the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge took …
1 year, 2 months ago
689 Thomas Kyd (with Brian Vickers) | My Last Book with Jonathan D.S. Schroeder
Episode 689
For centuries, the playwright Thomas Kyd has been best known as the author of The Spanish Tragedy, a terrific story of revenge believed to have stron…
1 year, 2 months ago