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Breaking the Laws
Manage episode 409430849 series 3424318
When, whether, and how often. With a little help from Humbert Humbert.
Questions/comments/ideas/snark go in the comments. We love you.
Thing 1: Ryan Davis
Thing 2: Mike Laws
Producer: Amanda Darrach
Find all your favorite Red Pen songs over on the Red Pen Official Playlist.
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Show Notes:
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov on Google Books
A Teen’s Fatal Plunge Into the London Underworld, Patrick Radden Keefe, The New Yorker
Chapters
1. Breaking the Laws (00:00:00)
2. The virtues of rule breaking (00:05:09)
3. Ryan reads the opening of ‘Lolita’ by Vladimir Nabokov (00:06:25)
4. Fragments and rhythm (00:07:30)
5. Tension and the verb ‘to be’ (00:11:04)
6. Standout words (00:12:49)
7. How to hypnotize your reader (00:16:24)
8. Journalism and the risks of overediting (00:21:33)
36 episodes
Manage episode 409430849 series 3424318
When, whether, and how often. With a little help from Humbert Humbert.
Questions/comments/ideas/snark go in the comments. We love you.
Thing 1: Ryan Davis
Thing 2: Mike Laws
Producer: Amanda Darrach
Find all your favorite Red Pen songs over on the Red Pen Official Playlist.
To use Red Pen chapters, swipe up on the Now Playing screen or click the top-right-corner Chapters button on Apple Podcasts for macOS.
Show Notes:
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov on Google Books
A Teen’s Fatal Plunge Into the London Underworld, Patrick Radden Keefe, The New Yorker
Chapters
1. Breaking the Laws (00:00:00)
2. The virtues of rule breaking (00:05:09)
3. Ryan reads the opening of ‘Lolita’ by Vladimir Nabokov (00:06:25)
4. Fragments and rhythm (00:07:30)
5. Tension and the verb ‘to be’ (00:11:04)
6. Standout words (00:12:49)
7. How to hypnotize your reader (00:16:24)
8. Journalism and the risks of overediting (00:21:33)
36 episodes
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