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Back to Search518 The Curse of the Marquis de Sade - A Notorious Scoundrel, a Mythical Manuscript, and the Biggest Scandal in Literary History (with Joel Warner) | My Last Book with Diane Rayor
Episode 518
Not even imprisonment could stop the Marquis de Sade from writing his insanely intense, unrelenting erotica - and not even Sade's eventual death coul…
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517 The Marquis de Sade
Episode 517
The Marquis de Sade (1740-1814) was more than just a rake or a cad - based on his egregious conduct, he clearly belonged in prison, and one sympathiz…
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516 Sappho (with Diane Rayor)
Episode 516
When Diane Rayor was in college, a professor recommended a work by a 2600-year-old poet that changed her life. Now, after years of studying and trans…
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515 The Plague by Albert Camus (with Alice Kaplan and Laura Marris) | My Last Book with Alison Strayer
Episode 515
What were you doing when the pandemic arose? And did you turn to The Plague by Albert Camus to help you make sense of it all? For two Camus scholars,…
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514 Southern Gothic (with David van den Berg) | My Last Book with Jason Feifer
Episode 514
In the aftermath of a Civil War loss that shattered the region and exposed the moral and cultural fault lines in the populace, writers in the America…
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513 The Writers of Northern Ireland (with Alexander Poots) | My Last Book with Laura Lee
Episode 513
The literary world has long celebrated the incredible contributions of Ireland and its writers, with a special focus on Dublin-centric writers like J…
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512 Hannah Arendt (with Samantha Rose Hill) | My Last Book with Scott Carter
Episode 512
Born to a German-Jewish family in 1906, Hannah Arendt became one of the most renowned political thinkers of the twentieth century. Her works, includi…
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511 Annie Ernaux, Winner of the 2022 Nobel Prize for Literature (with Alison Strayer) | My Last Book with Bob Blaisdell
Episode 511
Jacke talks to Alison Strayer, translator of several books by French author Annie Ernaux, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2022. PLUS he tal…
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510 The Figure in the Carpet by Henry James (Part 2)
Episode 510
Does a famous author's body of work contain a hidden meaning? Part Two of Jacke's look at the classic Henry James novella, "The Figure in the Carpet.…
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509 The Figure in the Carpet by Henry James (Part 1)
Episode 509
Does a famous author's body of work contain a hidden meaning? With an assist from Jorge Luis Borges, Jacke explores the classic Henry James novella, …
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