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Episode 233
Clive Staples Lewis (1898-1963) was an Irish-born writer who spent most of his adult life in Oxford and Cambridge, studying, teaching, enjoying the c…
6 years ago
The Diary of Samuel Pepys
Episode 232
Samuel Pepys (1633-1703) was a successful administrator and general man-about-town in Restoration London. As a devoted theatergoer, a capable bureauc…
6 years ago
James Baldwin - Going To Meet the Man
Episode 231
James Baldwin (1924-1987) was a fearless artist, an uncompromising critic, a brilliant essayist, and an American who lived within his time and yet wa…
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William Faulkner - A Rose for Emily
Episode 230
William Faulkner (1897-1962) is one of the most celebrated and divisive figures in American literature. Widely recognized as one of the greatest nove…
6 years ago
Baldwin v Faulkner
Episode 229
In the 1950s, William Faulkner (1897-1962) was one of most celebrated novelists in America, highly praised for this formal innovation, his prodigious…
6 years ago
Jorge Luis Borges
Episode 226
Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986) went from a childhood in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to a wildly successful literary career, as his poems, short stories, …
6 years ago
"A Village After Dark" by Kazuo Ishiguro
Episode 225
In this special quarantine edition, Jacke takes a brief look at the life and works of Kazuo Ishiguro, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, and h…
6 years, 1 month ago
Albert Camus
Episode 224
Albert Camus (1913-1960) was born in Algeria to French parents. After his father died in World War I, when Albert was still an infant, the family was…
6 years, 1 month ago
"Speech Sounds" by Octavia Butler
Episode 223
Imagine a plague that ravages the world and impairs the ability of humans to communicate with one another. What kind of society would we have? Who wo…
6 years, 1 month ago
The Best of the Bard: Top 10 Greatest Lines in Shakespeare
Episode 222
When was The Bard at his best? How great did the GOAT get? Hall-of-fame guest Mike Palindrome, the President of the Literature Supporters Club, joins…
6 years, 1 month ago