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Back to Search508 Byron (with David Ellis) | My Last Book with Ariel Lawhon, Susan Meissner, and Kristina McMorris
Episode 508
The poet Lord Byron is well known as a passionate revolutionary and a brooding hero who harbors dark secrets. But what about his playful sense of hum…
3 years, 1 month ago
507 The Class of 1989 - A Special Year in Black Cinema (with Len Webb and Vincent Williams)
Episode 507
For years, pop culture critics Len Webb and Vincent Williams have hosted the podcast The Micheaux Mission, which aims to watch and review every Black…
3 years, 1 month ago
506 Black Shakespeare (with Ian Smith) | My Last Book with David Castillo and William Egginton
Episode 506
For centuries, Shakespeare's works have been scrutinized by scholars and fans eager to engage with and learn from the texts. And yet, in spite of the…
3 years, 1 month ago
505 Ford Madox Ford (with Max Saunders) | My Last Book with Bethanne Patrick
Episode 505
Ford Madox Ford lived a fascinating life, surrounded by some of the most famous writers of the era: Joseph Conrad, H.G. Wells, Henry James, Stephen C…
3 years, 1 month ago
504 Persuasion (Book Two) (with Mike Palindrome) | My Last Book with Juliette Bretan
Episode 504
Persuaded by the well-meaning Lady Russell, Anne Elliot turns down prospective suitor Frederick Wentworth. Will life give her a second chance at love…
3 years, 1 month ago
503 Persuasion (Book One) (with Gina Buonaguro)
Episode 503
What happens when we let opportunities slip past us? And what if we let others talk us out of what looks like our best chance at love? In this episod…
3 years, 1 month ago
502 Persuasion by Jane Austen | My Last Book with Stephen Dobranski
Episode 502
Harold Bloom called Persuasion "the perfect novel." Virginia Woolf said "In Persuasion, Jane Austen is beginning to discover that the world is larger…
3 years, 1 month ago
501 The Naked World (with Irina Mashinski)
Episode 501
Irina Mashinski is a bilingual Russophone American writer, poet, essayist, teacher, and translator, whose works include Giornata and eleven books of …
3 years, 1 month ago
500 Episode 500! Meg White, Listener Emails, Johnson and Boswell, and More! (with Margot Livesey)
Episode 500
It's Episode 500! Jacke shares some thoughts on Meg White's drumming, Boswell and Johnson, and living in Taiwan. Then author Margot Livesey (The Boy …
3 years, 1 month ago
499 Wilde Nights and Robber Barons (with Laura Lee)
Episode 499
Jacke talks to author Laura Lee about her new book Wilde Nights and Robber Barons: The Story of Maruice Schwabe, the Man Behind Oscar Wilde's Downfal…
3 years, 2 months ago