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Back to Search289 Swann's Way
Episode 289
Since its first appearance, Marcel Proust's magnum opus In Search of Lost Time has delighted and confounded editors, readers, and critics. Published …
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288 The Triumph of Broadway (with Michael Riedel)
Episode 288
Author and notorious New York Post columnist Michael Riedel joins Jacke to discuss his new book, Singular Sensation: The Triumph of Broadway, which e…
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287 The Heptameron | Marguerite de Navarre
Episode 287
In her lifetime, Marguerite de Navarre (1492-1549) was known as a benevolent and capable leader, a protectress of free thinkers, and one of the most …
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286 JRR Tolkien
Episode 286
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892-1973) was a professor, academic essay, and professional linguist - but the world knows him best as the author of The …
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285 Herodotus
Episode 285
Herodotus (c. 484 - 425? BCE) has been called both "The Father of History" and "The Father of Lies." His accounts of the ancient world, including a d…
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284 Westerns (with Anna North)
Episode 284
Jacke continues the Thursday Theme for November with a look at a genre that began in the nineteenth century and nearly dominated the twentieth: the W…
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283 Planes, Trains & Automobiles - Top 10 Literary Modes of Transportation
Episode 283
From the dramatic trains of Anna Karenina to the wide-open roads of Jack Kerouac, getting around has always played a central role in literature. But …
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282 Science Fiction
Episode 282
In Part 2 of our look at great literary genres, Jacke probes the development of science fiction, from ancient Greek travels to the moon to the amazin…
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281 The Great Gatsby
Episode 281
Jacke takes a look at F. Scott Fitzgerald's masterpiece, The Great Gatsby (1925), which has been called by one newspaper "the American masterwork, th…
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280 Romance Novels
Episode 280
Jacke starts a new Thursday Theme with a look at genre fiction. First up: Romance novels! Every year, over a billion dollars are spent on these books…
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