The world's top authors and critics join host Gilbert Cruz and editors at The New York Times Book Review to talk about the week's top books, what we're reading and what's going on in the literary world. Listen to this podcast in New York Times Audio, our new iOS app for news subscribers. Download now at nytimes.com/audioapp

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Backlisted

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The literary podcast presented by John Mitchinson and Andy Miller. For show notes visit backlisted.fm and get an extra two shows a month by supporting the pod at patreon.com/backlisted

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The Book Club

The Spectator

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Literary interviews and discussions on the latest releases in the world of publishing, from poetry through to physics. Presented by Sam Leith.

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The Literaries

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A podcast by story tellers for story lovers. Join Morgan and Maren as they discuss all mediums of story, and talk about every genre and topic they can get their hands on.

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Literary Quest

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A podcast dedicated to fantasy fiction! Each week Marysa and Vicki will discuss a different book from the fantasy genre. A great podcast if you love talking about fantasy and are looking for recommendations.

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New Books in Literary Studies

New Books Network

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Interviews with Scholars of Literature about their New Books Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literary-studies

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Outside Podcast

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Outside’s longstanding literary storytelling tradition comes to life in audio with features that will both entertain and inform listeners. We launched in March 2016 with our first series, Science of Survival, and have since expanded our show and now offer a range of story formats, including reports from our correspondents in the field and interviews with the biggest figures in sports, adventure, and the outdoors.

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The Great Books

National Review

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Hillsdale College’s John J. Miller discusses classic works within the Western literary canon.

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The Literary Life Podcast

Angelina Stanford Thomas Banks

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Not just book chat! The Literary Life Podcast is an ongoing conversation about the skill and art of reading well and the lost intellectual tradition needed to fully enter into the great works of literature. Experienced teachers Angelina Stanford and Thomas Banks (of www.HouseOfHumaneLetters.com) join lifelong reader Cindy Rollins (of www.MorningtimeForMoms.com) for slow reads of classic literature, conversations with book lovers, and an ever-unfolding discussion of how Stories Will Save the ...

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Creepypasta Book Club

Jonah and Wednesday

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The Creepypasta Book Club is a podcast about reading, analyzing and discussing significant creepypastas, nosleeps, and web horror flash fiction. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Page Fright: A Literary Podcast

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Andrew French interviews established and emerging authors about breaking through as writers and finding their literary style.

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Arts Calling

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Arts Calling brings you down to earth conversations with artists in the literary, visual, and performing arts. Your host Jaime Alejandro catches up with friends and artists across disciplines and cultural backgrounds to learn their origin story, how to overcome real-world hardships, and why it is essential to remain true to an artistic calling. Stop by artscalling.com for the latest episodes!

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Canonball

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In this podcast we discuss the European literary canon and the history, culture, philosophy, art, and science that surrounds it.

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The Gene Wolfe Literary Podcast

Claytemple Media

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Brandon Budda and Glenn McDorman travel through the works of the great speculative-fiction writer Gene Wolfe one story at a time.

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Four Corners Arts Forum

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Who knew that the small mountain town of Durango had such an active art scene! Four Corners Arts Forum features art that is visual, performance, literary, musical, corporal, culinary, and art that you may not have thought of as art. Host Margy Dudley finds remarkable stories of creative and dedicated artists who have long lived at the corners of our minds, and brings them to the center of our conversations.

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The Archive Project

Literary Arts

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In partnership with Oregon Public Broadcasting, Literary Arts is building a retrospective of some of the most engaging talks from the world’s best writers over the first 30 years of Portland Arts & Lectures in Portland.

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Critterature

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A bug scientist and a literary scholar delve into the representation of BUGS in media.

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Close Reads Podcast

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Close Reads is a book-club podcast for the incurable reader. Featuring David Kern, Tim McIntosh and Heidi White, alongside a couple of other occasional guests, we read Great Books and talk about them. This is a show for amateurs in the best sense. We’re book lovers, book enthusiasts. This is not an experts show and it’s barely literary analysis in the way that literary analysis is commonly understood. Instead it’s a show about experiences with literary urge. Join us! closereads.substack.com

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Welcome to Novel Pairings, a podcast dedicated to making the classics readable, relevant, and fun. As two nerdy bookworms, we appreciate the role of classic lit, but we but we won’t get too academic about it. We’ll talk about the books we love and the books we loath, and help stock your TBR pile with old and new reads for every literary taste.

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Book Fight

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A podcast where writers talk honestly about books, writing, and the literary world. Hosted by Mike Ingram and Tom McAllister, authors and long-time editors for Barrelhouse, a nonprofit literary magazine and book publisher. New episodes every other week, with bonus episodes for Patreon subscribers.

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It's like a book club, but we actually read the book. Join hosts Becca and Corinne as they recreate their days working and hanging out at their local independent book store.

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KR Live Podcast

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Welcome to the KR Live Podcast! Join us on a captivating journey into the diverse world of creativity. Explore visual arts, literary arts, performing arts, and culinary arts. Engage in intimate conversations with talented artists, uncovering their personal stories and inspirations. Get ready to be inspired and immersed in the magic of human creativity.

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Campfire Classics Podcast

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A Literary Comedy podcast where we try to read those books that look good on your shelf...and laugh a lot along the way!

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London Review Bookshop Podcast

London Review Bookshop

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Listen to the latest literary events recorded at the London Review Bookshop, covering fiction, poetry, politics, music and much more. Find out about our upcoming events here https://lrb.me/bookshopeventspod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Literaticast

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A literary agent and her friends dish about writing and publishing books for children and young adults.

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The Literary London podcast.

Nick Hennegan - Writer, Producer and Broadcaster

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The channel for the Award-Winning Maverick Theatre Company and their London Literary Pub Crawl productions and Resonance 104.4FM Radio shows. General theatre and literary news from London, England.

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The Duffer’s Literary Companion

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A podcast exploring the rich literary tradition of the game of golf, hosted by authors Stephen Proctor and Jim Hartsell.

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Books: Authors and Agents

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Hear Rose Quinn interview your favorite authors and literary agents!

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Unsound Methods

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A literary fiction podcast hosted by authors Jaimie Batchan and Lochlan Bloom. We talk to fellow writers of literary fiction about process, what makes fiction 'real' and the motivation to sit down in front of an empty page and make things up...

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Writing The Rapids

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LitCit: Antioch's Literary Citizen Podcast

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Lit Cit explores the multi-faceted life of a writer in today’s literary community through insightful interviews with authors, editors, agents, and all of the people who help make writing happen. The podcast is produced and run by members of Antioch Los Angeles’ MFA Creative Writing program.

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Books Are My People

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Find your next great read. Book recommendations, book news and guests, including top authors and other book enthusiasts who discuss what’s happening in the world of books with a focus on frontlist and backlist fiction including literary fiction, suspense, historical, memoir and nonfiction.

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The Los Angeles Review of Books Radio Hour is a weekly show featuring interviews, readings and discussions about all things literary. Hosted by LARB Editors-at-Large Kate Wolf, Medaya Ocher, and Eric Newman.

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Carolina Writers Speak

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A literary podcast featuring writers from the Carolinas. Listen to them discuss their journeys, their successes, failures, and lessons learned.

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REFRACTION

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REFRACTION is the volunteer-made podcast from PRISM, Oregon State University’s undergraduate art and literary magazine. This show takes you through an array of creative topics from student works to current discourse in the art world and beyond. REFRACTION is our revamped podcast that was previously called Beyond the Page and run by the editors. Follow @osuprism on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook for more.

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Literally Literary

Reyna Muñoz, Vanessa Zuñiga, Richie Marrufo, and jorge gomez

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From Papagayo and the Humanities Collaborative at EPCC-UTEP, this podcast dissects culturally-relevant literature: novels, memoirs, poetry, and short stories. We love reading and analyzing books, comparing their adaptations, and connecting their allusions. We interview authors too! #Ad-Free #ElPaso Español: este podcast disecciona literatura culturalmente relevante: novelas, memorias, poesía, y cuentos cortos. Nos encanta leer y analizar libros, comparando sus adaptaciones, y conectando sus ...

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The Shit No One Tells You About Writing

Bianca Marais, Carly Watters and CeCe Lyra

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This is a podcast for emerging writers who want to improve the quality of their work and learn more about the publishing industry. Your one host, Bianca Marais (the bestselling author of 'The Witches of Moonshyne Manor') interviews authors, agents, editors and just about anyone and everyone who's involved in bringing a book to market. She's joined by her cohosts, literary agents Carly Watters and CeCe Lyra from P.S. Literary Agency, who read and critique query letters as well as opening page ...

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Open Book

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Ever wonder what goes on in the literary world, especially in this day and age? Want to know who your favorite authors actually are? Open Book, a weekly podcast hosted by Jessica Sorentino, is the literary tell-all you’ve been waiting for.

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Seattle Arts & Lectures

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SAL/on air is a literary podcast featuring engaging author talks and readings from over thirty-five years of Seattle Arts & Lectures' programming. Seattle Arts & Lectures (SAL) is a literary nonprofit. Seattle Arts & Lectures cultivates transformative experiences through story and language with readers and writers of all generations. Get in-person or online tickets to SAL events at lectures.org.

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Wireless Books

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Holly Fletcher explores our city's rich literary heritage, with people who are passionate about the printed word. Thanks to Dunedin Athenaeum Library and Mechanics Institute

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Griffin Dunne on His Joyful and Tragic Family Memoir 37:50

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Every family has its stories, and every family has its drama — and some families, like the one the actor and director Griffin Dunne was born into, have an excess of both. His uncle was the writer John Gregory Dunne, his aunt was Joan Didion and his father was Dominick Dunne, who became famous for his Vanity Fair dispatches from the trial of the man…

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147. Amanda ReCupido | Writing, producing your own work, and humor through it all 56:55

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Weekly Shoutout: New Poetry Collection from Daniel Damiano (AC5), published by Bottlecap Press! -- Hi there, Today I am so excited to be arts calling writer/producer Amanda ReCupido! (linktr.ee/amandarecupido) About our guest: Amanda ReCupido is an author, book reviewer, playwright, storyteller and podcaster whose work has appeared in various humor…

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167: Interview with Romance Author Sarah Smith 38:27

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Sarah joins me to talk about her latest release, publishing books indie and traditionally and so much more!By Rose Quinn

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A Queer Vision of Old Hollywood 44:59

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Medaya Ocher and Eric Newman speak with author Patrick Nathan about his latest novel, and this month's LARB Book Club pick, The Future Was Color. The novel chronicles the life of Hungarian immigrant writer George Curtis. When we meet George, he's writing the hacky sort of monster movies that are today's cult classics, trying to find sex and love am…

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Malcolm Schofield, "How Plato Writes: Perspectives and Problems" (Cambridge UP, 2023) 1:03:26

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Plato is a philosophical writer of unusual and ingenious versatility. His works engage in argument but are also full of allegory, imagery, myth, paradox and intertextuality. He astutely characterises the participants whom he portrays in conversation. Sometimes he composes fictive dialogues in dramatic form while at other times he does so as narrati…

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Suganya Anandakichenin, "For My Blemishless Lord: Commentaries on Tiruppāṇāḻvār's Amalaṉ Āti Pirāṉ" (de Gruyter, 2023) 35:03

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For My Blemishless Lord (de Gruyter, 2023) presents the text and translation of the exquisite poem Amalaṉ Āti Pirāṉ by Tiruppāṇ Āḻvār, which is part of the Śrīvaiṣṇava canon, the Nālāyira Divya Prabandham (6th- 9thcenturies CE), as well as of the three Śrīvaiṣṇava commentaries in Tamil-Sanskrit Manipravala (13th- 14th centuries) by key figures in t…

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Escape Velocity: Sarah Manguso in Conversation with Tess McNulty (EH) 50:01

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What’s the truth and what’s a lie? What’s a memoir, what’s a novel, and what if both are just a series of “prose blocks”? This conversation between Sarah Manguso and Tess McNulty takes up questions of writing and veracity, trauma and memory. Sarah Manguso is the author of nine books, including three memoirs. Her first novel, Very Cold People, was n…

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Stories of King Arthur and His Knights, by Uriel Waldo Cutler. Part IV. 1:37:20

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Stories of King Arthur and His Knights, retold from Malory's "Morte dArthur" (Full title of the book) Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacyBy Great Literature

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Stories of King Arthur and His Knights, by Uriel Waldo Cutler. Part III. 1:39:59

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Stories of King Arthur and His Knights, by Uriel Waldo Cutler. Part II. 1:46:10

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Stories of King Arthur and His Knights, by Uriel Waldo Cutler. Part I. 1:43:22

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The Tragedy of King Richard II, by William Shakespeare. Part III. 56:30

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Billed by scholars as the first part of the all-encompassing Henriad, Richard II is a richly satisfying probe into the inner workings of monarchical rule and its evolution from being seen as divinely held to a more modern conception that incorporates political cunning. Shakespeare positions the titular Richard in the former position, his shortcomin…

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The Tragedy of King Richard II, by William Shakespeare. Part II. 1:15:41

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The Tragedy of King Richard II, by William Shakespeare. Part I. 42:40

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How Interiority Makes a Character Come Alive 1:12:27

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In today's Books with Hooks, Bianca, Carly, and CeCe critique a rom-com and a YA submission. They discuss the importance of clarity in your query and avoiding language that might cause confusion; the necessity of a clear major dramatic question in your query; ensuring your protagonists aren't anticipating everything that happens in your pages; the …

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66: Hallucinating AI Spider Robots with Martha Brockenbrough 1:38:26

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Author Martha Brockenbrough joins me to discuss her new book FUTURE TENSE: HOW WE MADE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE -- AND HOW IT WILL CHANGE EVERYTHING. We're tackling your burning AI-related questions, such as: Should authors and illustrators be worried about AI? HOW worried? Are there ethical ways to utilize AI technology? How can AI help us, and how…

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The Five Stages of Stuttering: Part 1 1:03:28

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Join us this episode as we begin our breakdown of the first two sections of The Five Stages of Stuttering, the first full-length poetry collection (FlowerSong Press 2024) by Cassie Holguin-Pettinato. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/literallyliterary/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod…

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Let Us Fill Your Fancy 1:32:02

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Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! if you like Creep Corner but find yourself thinking "I wish they talked about things that should scare me in real life," then this is the episode for you! Once we get through that little amuse bouche, the episode starts in earnest. Heather has picked a story for Ken to read by a new author n…

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Joe Dunthorne, Hanan Issa & Manon Steffan Ros: Wales in Words 56:55

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Three of Wales' best contemporary writers in an early St David's Day celebration of Wales in words. Novelist Joe Dunthorne, National Poet of Wales Hanan Issa and Carnegie prize-winning novelist and playwright Manon Steffan Ros explore the country's literary history, share its less-known treasures, and discuss the meaning of 'Welshness' today, in a …

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Caroline Gleich's Biggest Adventure Yet 57:53

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Caroline Gleich is a renowned climber and skier, a climate activist, and now the Utah democratic party’s candidate for US Senate. But what would she actually do in Washington? And does she have a chance of getting elected? Gleich joined author and conservationist Luis Benitez onstage at the Outside Festival in Denver in early June to talk about how…

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Mark Bostridge: In Pursuit of Love 41:14

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My guest on this week’s Book Club podcast is Mark Bostridge. In his new book In Pursuit of Love: The Search for Victor Hugo’s Daughter, Mark describes his quest to uncover the traces of Adele Hugo and the doomed love affair which cost her her sanity. He tells me how Adele’s story chimed in poignant ways with his own life and what it taught him abou…

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To Kill a Mockingbird: Chapters 1-8 1:11:08

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Welcome back to a new series of discussions on another beloved novel, this time on one of the best American novels ever written. In this episode, we talk about Harper Lee’s use of voice in telling the story (and why it’s somewhat similar to Jane Austen), the importance of the character of Jem, the Southerness of the book, and much more. Happy liste…

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Episode 329: 'On the Origin of Species' by Charles Darwin 29:16

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John J. Miller is joined by Renee Berglund of Simmons University to discuss Charles Darwin's 'On the Origin of Species.'By John J. Miller, Renee Berglund

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TV Stars Brilliant Naked Ambition! 27:39

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Megan Prescott shot to fame at the age of 15 in the hit Channel Four TV show ‘Skins’. After the show finished, she took regular jobs. She was working seven days a week, and struggling to find opportunities to write and create, when a friend suggested she try sex work. She’s now selling nude photographs of herself… to raise money to fund her first-e…

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Episode 229: “Best of” Series, “Araby” by James Joyce, Ep. 11 1:36:17

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This week on The Literary Life we return to the podcast vault for a re-airing of Episode 11, in which Cindy Rollins and Angelina Stanford enjoy a discussion of the short story “Araby” by James Joyce. Delving into “Araby,” Angelina talks about the history and development of the short story form. Cindy gives a little of her own background with readin…

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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight 1:10:54

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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is the subject of this episode of Backlisted. Dr Martin Shaw and Dr Laura Varnam (hwaet Laura!) join Andy and John to discuss this late 14th-century chivalric romance - or subversion thereof - written in Middle English alliterative verse, author unknown. We discuss the poem's chequered history and a variety of transl…

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The Sandwich Generation and Book Recommendations 23:27

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On episode 128 I speak with author Catherine Newman about summer hair, humor as survival strategy and Catherine’s previous job working in a sandwich shop. This episode of Books Are My People is sponsored by Let Gravity Seize the Dead by Darrin Doyle. Sandwich by Catherine Newman We All Want Impossible Things by Catherine Newman Books Recommended: Q…

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Lucas Mann on The Marriage Plot 1:16:39

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We couldn't do a season on "the marriage plot" in literature without reading the Jeffrey Eugenides novel that's literally titled The Marriage Plot. Guest Lucas Mann (author, most recently, of the essay collected Attachments, and co-owner of Riffraff Bookstore and Bar in Providence, Rhode Island) joins us to discuss Eugenides' novel, which contains …

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Eusebius History of the Christian Church, by Eusebius of Caesarea. Part VIII. 1:42:59

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Eusebius presents the history of the Church from the apostles to his own time, with special regard to the following points: 1. the successions of bishops in the principal sees 2. the history of Christian teachers 3. the history of heresies 4. the history of the Jews 5. the relations to the heathen 6. the martyrdoms. (Adjusted from Wikipedia.) Trans…