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Back to Search341 Constance and Henry - The Story of "Miss Grief"
Episode 341
In the immediate aftermath of her death at the age of 53, Constance Fenimore Woolson (1840-1894) was considered one of the greatest writers of her da…
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340 Forgotten Women of Literature 5 - Constance Fenimore Woolson
Episode 340
When she died tragically at the age of 53, Constance Fenimore Woolson was ranked with the greatest female writers of all time, including Jane Austen,…
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339 Jack Kerouac
Episode 339
Jack Kerouac (1922-1969) was one of the most famous American writers of the mid-twentieth century. As a key member of a group of writers known as the…
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338 Finding Yourself in Hollywood (with Meg Tilly)
Episode 338
Jacke talks to actress and novelist Meg Tilly about her unusual childhood, her life as a ballet dancer and Hollywood star, and her current life writi…
4 years, 10 months ago
337 Oscar Wilde, Ovid, and the Myth of Narcissus (with A. Natasha Joukovsky)
Episode 337
Debut novelist A. Natasha Joukovsky (The Portrait of a Mirror) joins Jacke for a discussion of Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray, Ovid's myth …
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336 Painting the Paintings in Literature (with Charlie Stein)
Episode 336
German artist Charlie Stein joins Jacke for a discussion of art in literature, including her series 100 Paintings Imagined by Authors, in which she a…
4 years, 10 months ago
335 Machado de Assis (with Cláudia Laitano)
Episode 335
Finally! At long last, Jacke responds to years of requests from his Brazilian listeners to take a closer look at Machado de Assis, the novelist whom …
4 years, 11 months ago
334 Katherine Mansfield
Episode 334
Born into a well-to-do family in New Zealand, Katherine Mansfield began writing fiction at the age of 10. But it was in England and continental Europ…
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333 Tristram Shandy
Episode 333
It's the OG of experimental literature! (In English, anyway...) In this episode, Jacke takes a look at the wild and woolly Tristram Shandy by Laurenc…
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332 Hamlet (with Laurie Frankel)
Episode 332
Novelist Laurie Frankel joins Jacke to talk about her writing, her theater background, and her new novel One Two Three. Then Jacke and Laurie geek ou…
4 years, 11 months ago