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Back to Search549 Forgotten Women of Literature 7 - Ursula Parrott (with Marsha Gordon)
Episode 549
Hardly anyone knows Ursula Parrott today, but not long ago she was close to being a household name. As a bestselling novelist of the Roaring Twenties…
2 years, 8 months ago
548 Shakespeare in a Divided America (with James Shapiro)
Episode 548
Jacke talks to Shakespeare scholar James Shapiro about his new book, Shakespeare in a Divided America: What His Plays Tell Us About Our Past and Futu…
2 years, 8 months ago
547 Borges, Heisenberg, Kant, and the Ultimate Nature of Reality (with William Egginton)
Episode 547
Jacke talks to author William Egginton about his new book Borges, Heisenberg, Kant, and the Ultimate Nature of Reality, which uses the examples of th…
2 years, 8 months ago
546 The Cambridge Companion to Comics (with Maaheen Ahmed) | My Last Book with Elizabeth Winkler
Episode 546
Jacke talks to Professor Maaheen Ahmed, editor of The Cambridge Companion to Comics, about the popular, multifaceted, and dynamic art form of manga, …
2 years, 8 months ago
545 Milton's Paradise Lost - A Personal Journey (with Ed Simon)
Episode 545
Jacke talks to author Ed Simon about his new book Heaven, Hell, and Paradise Lost, which considers Paradise Lost within the scope of Simon's alcoholi…
2 years, 8 months ago
544 Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee (with Mike Palindrome)
Episode 544
In this episode, Jacke and Mike discuss Disgrace, J.M. Coetzee's stunning 1999 novel about sex, violence, salvation, and ruin in post-apartheid South…
2 years, 9 months ago
543 A Philosopher's Guide to Rome (with Scott Samuelson)
Episode 543
Rome! The Eternal City! It's a place for celebrating lives both present and past - and in addition to all the art and culture and architecture and fo…
2 years, 9 months ago
542 The Altar of the Dead by Henry James (Pt 2)
Jacke begins with a look at Emily Dickinson's poem #122, then continues (and concludes) his reading and analysis of the Henry James masterpiece, "The…
2 years, 9 months ago
541 The Altar of the Dead by Henry James
Episode 541
During a horrible period of grief, literary failure, and general bewilderment, Henry James turned to art - and created some of his greatest masterpie…
2 years, 9 months ago
540 A Black Queen in Exile (with Vanessa Riley) | My Last Book with Jolene Hubbs
Jacke kicks things off with a look at Emily Dickinson's Poem #90, then welcomes author Vanessa Riley for a discussion of her new historical novel Que…
2 years, 9 months ago