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Ep 045 - The Awakening, by Kate Chopin
21 januari 2014 · 54 min
What does it mean to be a woman? We don't know the answer to that question, and it's doubtful we ever will. But reading Kate Chopin's revolutionary novel The Awakening is as close as we'll ever come to understanding the obstacles facing a woman in late 19th-century New Orleans. Lees meer
Censored in its day for its matter-of-fact portrait of a woman stuck in a stifling marriage, The Awakening remains relevant through its insightful exploration of the pursuit of independence. It's also a perfect opportunity to practice mispronouncing French.
Join us for a discussion of watery metaphors, rakes and mademoiselles, and more than a few late-game television tangents.
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Ep 044 - Mary Poppins, by P. L. Travers
14 januari 2014 · 51 min
Have you ever revisited a classic from your childhood only to find a whole pile of weird subtext you've never noticed before? Andrew's never read Mary Poppins, but all he noticed in this children's tale of whimsy and wonder was the bizarre-and-possibly-damaging stuff. Also on tap: chatting about gambling, babysitters, and more. Lees meer
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Ep 043 - The Raven, by Edgar Allan Poe
31 december 2013 · 45 min
Nothing screams New Year's like a guy sitting in his study, missing his beloved, wishing an obnoxious, repetitive bird would just leave him the heck alone. Therefore it's only natural that Craig read a classic tale of bird vs. man antagonism. Lees meer
The Raven is arguably Edgar Allan Poe's most famous work, so it's fitting we use it as a springboard to talk about all sorts of Poe-related topics such as New Year's resolutions, Poe's Philosophy of Composition, pentameters and octometers, and James Earl Jones' luxurious voice.
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Ep 042 - A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens
24 december 2013 · 48 min
'Tis the season to do seasonally-themed episodes, and so Andrew read Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, the short story that has been so widely adapted that you know it front-to-back even if you've never come within ten miles of the book itself. Lees meer
Also on the docket: our holiday plans, a brief aside that compares A Christmas Carol to Bill Murray vehicle Groundhog Day, and our unhealthy relationships with caffeine.
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Ep 041 - Winter's Bone, by Daniel Woodrell
17 december 2013 · 52 min
What do you do when your meth-cooking father goes missing in the Missouri Ozarks? Ask your relatives? Go to the cops? Dig for evidence yourself? Lees meer
These are the options facing Ree Dolly, protagonist of Daniel Woodrell's 2006 novel Winter's Bone. Woodrell's described his Ozark-based work as "country noir" - a term we spend a minute or two attempting to define before launching into our discussion of the novel that was later adapted into an Oscar-nominated film starring Jennifer Lawrence.
Bear with us as this episode gets started. We clearly needed to talk about Christmas trees, rowdy neighbors, and nine-volt batteries before discussing family and violence in rural America.
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Ep 040 - Franny and Zooey, by J.D. Salinger
10 december 2013 · 54 min
Sometimes an author's personality (or legend, even) grows to the point that it's just as interesting as the work they produced. This is certainly true in the case of JD Salinger—the stories that sprang up around the reclusive author threaten to overshadow many of the stories he actually wrote. It doesn't help that he stopped publishing new work 45 years before his death in 2010. Lees meer
Having already read Catcher in the Rye, Andrew this week moved on to Franny and Zooey, a pair of related stories about Salinger's fictitious Glass family. Join us for a discussion of the relationship between artists and art, pizza, and the first big snow of the winter.
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Ep 039 - The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
25 november 2013 · 49 min
In 1893, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle "killed" Sherlock Holmes. Eight years later, the popular detective returned in The Hound of the Baskervilles, much to the delight of Doyle's mother. Lees meer
Why was Doyle unable to abandon his creation? Why have the zany detective and his Everyman sidekick Watson endured for over a century? Maybe we'll answer those questions. At the very least, we'll talk about how nerds have kept the crime-fighting duo alive for new generations to enjoy in print and onscreen.
In this week's episode, we'll also discuss the adventures of Sir Arthur "Iggy" Conan Doyle, Professor Challenge, nerd rage, and (last but not least) hellhounds.
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Ep 038 - Eddie and the Cruisers, by P.F. Kluge
18 november 2013 · 57 min
Andrew and Craig both come at P.F. Kluge's Eddie and the Cruisers from a unique perspective: Kluge was (and is) writer-in-residence at Kenyon College (their alma mater). They've both had him in class, and Kenyon College looms particularly large in many of Kluge's works.The book itself is part whodunit mystery, part love letter to New Jersey, and part tale of youth gone by. Join us for a discussion of all those things, plus more extensive chatter than usual about the author and his writing style. Lees meer
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Ep 037 - The Unnamable, by Samuel Beckett
12 november 2013 · 50 min
No plot, no characters, no setting. Samuel Beckett's The Unnamable sounds like it's about nothing, but it's more than just the Seinfeld of novels - or so Craig tries to convince Andrew. Beckett, a Nobel Laureate, is likely best known for Waiting for Godot, a play in which "nothing happens, twice." It stormed the theatre scene in Paris, London, and New York in the 1950s, inspiring a generation of theatregoers and angering countless more. Listen this week to find out which play angered Andrew the most. Join us also for a discussion of Twitter followers, movie previews, and cricketing. Lees meer
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Ep 036 - Battle Royale, by Koushun Takami
5 november 2013 · 57 min
Another Hunger Games movie is right around the corner, but you just can't wait. You need to read a heartwarming tale about tweens and teens who are all dropped down on an island by a repressive government and forced to kill each other, and you need to do it now. Lees meer
That's why special guest Suzannah Rosenberg joins Andrew and Craig this week for a discussion of Koushun Takami's Battle Royale. Join us for a discussion of romance, violence, birthdays, and cat whispering.
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Ep 035 - No Exit, by Jean-Paul Sartre
29 oktober 2013 · 47 min
Hell is sheeple, hot cocoa, interventions, mannequins, French pronunciations, and gin. Lees meer
Also, hell is other people. Or so wrote Jean-Paul Sartre in his famous existentialist drama No Exit.
Join us this week as we travel to Hell to figure out what, exactly, the hell Sartre meant when he penned that infamous quote.
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Ep 034 - Don't Go Back to School, by Kio Stark
21 oktober 2013 · 51 min
We tried something a little different this week—instead of reading a novel
or play, Andrew read Kio Stark's crowdfunded handbook Don't Go Back to
School. Stark interviews artists, writers, and entrepreneurs of various
stripes who all have one thing in common: they've found success despite not
having the credentials conferred by traditional educational institutions.
What followed was a discussion not just of the book, but of our own
personal experiences building careers without graduate degrees. This is a
fascinating topic, and if you have any of your own stories to share we'd
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Ep 033 - The Stand, by Stephen King
14 oktober 2013 · 52 min
Did you know that Stephen King's The Stand isn't a taut legal thriller? It's just one of the many things that Andrew and Craig learned about the book this week! Lees meer
Special guest Giaco Furino walks Andrew and Craig through the apocalyptic (and then post-apocalyptic), Lord of the Rings-inspired, vaguely supernatural "complete and uncut edition" of the book, which the author himself describes as "boss."
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Ep 032 - A Visit from the Goon Squad, by Jennifer Egan
8 oktober 2013 · 58 min
Rock and roll, PowerPoint slides, African dictators: all succumb to the inexorable march of time in Jennifer Egan's Pulitzer Prize-winning A Visit from the Goon Squad. Lees meer
Join us as we discuss the most recently published book we've read yet. Also: passive aggressive behavior, stories in the second person, and Craig admits to an unhealthy appreciation for Bryan Adams.
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Ep 031 - The Picture of Dorian Gray, by Oscar Wilde
1 oktober 2013 · 42 min
The relationship between interior evil and its effect of one's external appearance isn't new to the show, but it's explored pretty explicitly in Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray. A much darker affair than The Importance of Being Earnest, this book is the closest examination of morality in Victorian England that we've read since Jekyll and Hyde. Lees meer
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Ep 030 - Medea, by Euripides
16 september 2013 · 50 min
What's there to enjoy about a 2400-year-old tragedy? Is it the ekkyklemas? The god-chariots? Or is it the protagonist so wounded by her husband's actions that she's driven to commit atrocities only Breaking Bad's willing to put on TV? Lees meer
What if there's nothing to enjoy? Maybe that's why Euripides received third prize out of three when he submitted Medea to the annual Athenian theater festival in 431 BCE. Join us this week as we debate the tragedy's merits, bumble our Greek vocabulary, and make the obligatory Tyler Perry joke.
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Ep 029 - The Importance of Being Earnest, by Oscar Wilde
10 september 2013 · 43 min
Andrew wanted something short and funny for his selection this week, and he got it in Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest. It's up for debate whether Wilde actually meant to say anything with this farcical comedy, but if there's one thing to take away from it it's "stop taking everything so seriously all the time." Lees meer
We tried to wrap this one up early and then accidentally got into a sort-of-personal talk about the nature of marriage. Enjoy!
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Ep 028 - The Martian Chronicles, by Ray Bradbury
2 september 2013 · 44 min
Ray Bradbury once described his first novel, The Martian Chronicles, as a collection of short stories "pretending to be a novel." In fact, many of the Martian stories were published individually, and it wasn't until 1950 that Bradbury stitched them all together. Lees meer
This patchwork storytelling made it hard for us to get a bead on Chronicles . Craig liked it, but we found it hard to discuss why without the benefit of a central character or singular narrative. That said, you can still join us for a lively talk about colonialism, space travel, Fearing the Bomb, and twerking (for some reason).
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Ep 027 - You Shall Know Our Velocity! by Dave Eggers
26 augustus 2013 · 55 min
It's rare that we read a book and just out-and-out dislike it, but that's what happened when Andrew read Dave Eggers' You Shall Know Our Velocity! Eggers' tale of two young men who travel around the world and give away $32,000 may have resonated with reviewers, but Andrew had trouble getting into it. Lees meer
What follows is a discussion less about the book's plotting and themes, and more about Andrew's reaction to the book and just what he didn't enjoy about it (and why). Apologies for the audio quality on this one; it was recorded in Andrew's now-former apartment, and echoes abound though we have tried our best to minimize them.
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Ep 026 - Persuasion, by Jane Austen
13 augustus 2013 · 51 min
Craig's never read Jane Austen. Yes, it's unbelievable. Yes, it's sort of shameful. But making up for that kind of thing is what this show's all about! Lees meer
Join us for a lively discussion about Jane Austen's last novel - a charming tale of love and marriage as well as a subversive satire of the system that encompasses both. (We also talk about historical fiction, bad days, and cool pizza.)
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Ep 025 - Flowers for Algernon, by Daniel Keyes
5 augustus 2013 · 52 min
Intelligence is a wonderful thing, but as this week's book shows us it isn't the only thing. In Daniel Keyes' classic, developmentally disabled man Charlie Gordon is transformed into a genius basically overnight, but his emotional growth can't quite keep pace with his intellectual growth. It doesn't help matters that his transformation ultimately proves to be temporary. Lees meer
It's a deeply moving story, but it's not uplifting. Everyone just try to be happy, OK?
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Ep 024 - Grendel, by John Gardner
30 juli 2013 · 51 min
This week's show is all about revisiting past shows - the book Craig read, John Gardner's Grendel, is a modern prequel and/or retelling of the Beowulf myth. The book deals with monsters and the nature of good and evil, much like Frankenstein or Jekyll and Hyde. The book is all about the roles we play and the ways we try to impose order on chaos, much like Breakfast of Champions. Lees meer
Anyway, this one's apparently for those of you who have been listening to us since the early days. Thanks for that.
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Ep 023 - Breakfast of Champions, by Kurt Vonnegut
23 juli 2013 · 46 min
In the book's preface, Vonnegut called Breakfast of Champions an attempt to "clear his head of all the junk in there." He wasn't kidding. Breakfast is a melange of narrative, sketches, and character sketches - and Andrew totally dug it. Lees meer
This week we discuss current events (specifically royal babies), Vonnegut's voice, and the benefits of self-insertion.
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Ep 022 - Antony and Cleopatra, by William Shakespeare
16 juli 2013 · 45 min
What is Antony and Cleopatra ? Tragedy? Romance? History? Comedy ? The conventional wisdom is to pick tragedy, but this messy entry in the later chapters of Shakespeare's canon dances between the Bard's genres like a "high-coloured" Lepidus. Lees meer
This week we struggle with Shakespeare's portrayal of the titular heroine, get lost in the play's globe-trotting plot, and - for good measure - debate the finer points of Sister, Sister.
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Ep 021 - Life of Pi, by Yann Martel
9 juli 2013 · 44 min
One note for this one: while every episode has a general spoiler warning attached to it, we spoil Yann Martel's Life of Pi in a pretty big way in this show, so if you have the movie next in your Netflix queue or something you may want to hold off. Lees meer
That said, if you don't care about spoilers, join us for a lively discussion of the current heat wave, swearing, religion, and tigers in boats!
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Ep 020 - The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson
1 juli 2013 · 57 min
Craig and Andrew team up with their evil selves this week to read Robert Louis Stevenson's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Well, not really. But in honor of our 20th episode, we did both read the book this week, mixing up our usual format a bit. Lees meer
What follows is a discussion on the duality of man, abridged books, and that thing that happens when stories like this gloss over scientific explanations so as to avoid boring the audience.
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Ep 019 - The Color Purple, by Alice Walker
24 juni 2013 · 50 min
We're back from our hiatus, and to kick the rust off we're diving right into a thorny discussion about race, sexuality, and poverty with Alice Walker's The Color Purple. Lees meer
Also, we have a brief discussion of the movie version of World War Z , our overdue book from a few weeks back.
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Ep 018 - Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley
9 juni 2013 · 55 min
"You know Frankenstein's the name of the doctor, not the monster - right?" Lees meer
Despite decades of metal bolts and flat green foreheads muddying the waters, Mary Shelley's original Frankenstein has endured. So much so that it almost seems old hat to correct people for thinking that lumbering monstrosities in big heavy boots are called Frankensteins.
Turns out there's still plenty to learn from Shelley's Modern Prometheus. On this week's episode, we discuss the finer points of creature creation, bum out over Nature vs. Nurture, and answer some of your questions.
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Ep 017 - Winnie The Pooh, by A.A. Milne
3 juni 2013 · 41 min
A.A. Milne's famous bear is almost ninety years old. The first collection of Winnie-the-Pooh stories was published in 1926, yet many of us first traveled to the Hundred Acre Wood via the many cartoons and movies released by Disney.
In this week's episode, we discuss the first appearances of all your old favorites: Pooh, Piglet, Eeyore, and more. Tune in to learn about Bears of No Brains At All, sad birthday parties, and how to save a Piglet in a rainstorm. Lees meerSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Ep 016 - World War Z, by Max Brooks
28 mei 2013 · 49 min
Max Brooks' World War Z, soon to be a not-awesome-looking motion picture, takes an interesting approach to the zombie apocalypse story: it's told through interviews with multiple survivors of a global conflict, rather than viewing an outbreak through the eyes of a handful of people. Lees meer
Brooks also uses the story to comment on American materialism and apathy, deep-seated conflicts between countries, and the psychological impact of war. Even if you don't like zombie fiction, this one's worth a try.
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Ep 015 - The Elements of Style, by Strunk & White
20 mei 2013 · 55 min
Whether or not you've read The Elements of Style, the writing rules and techniques you learned in grade school likely came from Strunk and White’s “little book.” Lees meer
Craig had never read the book, and he thought chatting up Andrew – who gets paid to put words on the Internet – about S&W’s various axioms might prove entertaining.
Join us as we (dis)agree on a few key rules, chat incessantly about segues/segways, and tie ourselves in linguistic knots.
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Ep 014 - The Crucible, by Arthur Miller
13 mei 2013 · 38 min
When you talk about a witch-hunt, you aren't normally referring to sane, procedural, and fair trials. You're talking about a fear-driven investigation driven by suspicions rather than facts, where personal agendas can be more influential than alibis and evidence. Lees meer
That's the thrust of Arthur Miller's 1953 play The Crucible, which Andrew read this week. We also talk about how the events of the play reflect the then-current Red Scare, and how witch-hunt mentality continues to persist even today.
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Ep 013 - A Lesson Before Dying, by Ernest J. Gaines
6 mei 2013 · 46 min
Ernest J. Gaines' Pulitzer-nominated novel A Lesson Before Dying takes place in 1940s Jim Crow Louisiana, where a black schoolteacher is asked to visit a young man on death row. Lees meer
Similar to last week's episode, the discuss leans toward the serious - racism, cultural divisions, and one's duty to his community - but our fervent desire to remain politically correct should help lighten the mood.
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Ep 012 - Middlesex, by Jeffrey Eugenides
28 april 2013 · 51 min
Breaking a three-show "books from circa 1900" streak, Andrew tackles Jeffrey Eugenides' Pulitzer Prize winning Middlesex, a tale of love, incest, time-jumping, emigration, and hermaphroditism. Lees meer
Like the book itself, this show tackles some fairly heavy topics while still keeping things light and conversational. Join us for a discussion of duality, transformation, and just why "normal" isn't really a thing.
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Ep 011 - The War of the Worlds, by H. G. Wells
22 april 2013 · 41 min
H. G. Wells' classic "scientific romance" The War of the Worlds is perhaps the earliest known example of Martian invasion fiction. Lees meer
Of course, it's more than just early science fiction. Wells uses the invaders to put Humanity in its place, zapping them with a heat ray of humility right at the height of European colonialism.
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Ep 010 - The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum
15 april 2013 · 45 min
You've probably seen the movie, but have you read the book? L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz certainly follows the same basic pattern as the (much later) Judy Garland film, but there are lots of differences. Lees meer
Did you know how the Tin Man came to be? Oh man. Just you wait.
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Ep 009 - The Turn of the Screw, by Henry James
8 april 2013 · 45 min
What makes a good ghost story? If you said creepy children, gothic architecture, and unreliable narrators, then Henry James has you covered The Turn of the Screw. Lees meer
This week Andrew mangles words, Craig gets lost in James' Victorian prose, and the two solve the mystery surrounding the ghosts of Bly.
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Ep 008 - Dune, by Frank Herbert
1 april 2013 · 48 min
Good science fiction uses fantastical characters, locations, and technology to comment intelligently on problems that we face in the real world, but the best science fiction can also do this in a suspenseful, entertaining, adventuresome way. Frank Herbert's Dune gets most of the way there, but Andrew can't help but wish he had read it for the first time as a teenager instead of an adult. Lees meer
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Ep 007 - All Quiet on the Western Front, by Erich Maria Remarque
25 maart 2013 · 55 min
Billed as "The Greatest War Novel of All Time" on many a book jacket, All Quiet on the Western Front chronicles one soldier's harrowing experience in World War I. Our conversation tends toward the serious this week as we touch on the horrors of trench warfare, the issues soldiers face coming home from the Front, and the dehumanizing effects of modern warfare. Lees meer
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Ep 006 - The Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka
18 maart 2013 · 34 min
How would you and your family react if you awoke one morning changed into a huge bug? In our kafkaesque discussion of Franz Kafka's Metamorphosis, Craig and Andrew talk about communication issues, the ties that bind human beings together, and why explaining how things happened can actually make a story less meaningful. Lees meer
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Ep 005 - Beowulf
11 maart 2013 · 50 min
What book could possible be more overdue for a read than Beowulf, one of the oldest extant works of Anglo-Saxon literature? Lees meer
Join us as we revel in Beowulf's heroic deeds, discuss the finer points of oral tradition, and wonder just who infused this Old English tale with a triple-shot of Christianity.
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Ep 004 - The Da Vinci Code, by Dan Brown
3 maart 2013 · 50 min
Here on Overdue, it's definitely not going to be multi-layered critiques of religion and missives on love and cholera every week. Take this book as a case in point—Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code has long been a favorite punching bag of Andrew's, but in the interest of trying new things and keeping an open mind, he's giving this decade-old potboiler a try. Lees meer
His reactions are many and complicated. Join us for a conversation about why pop-lit is, well, popular, whether it's OK to judge a book by its cover, and some of Dan Brown's less successful sentences.
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Ep 003 - Edward Albee's Tiny Alice
25 februari 2013 · 47 min
When first performed on Broadway in 1964, Edward Albee's Tiny Alice frustrated and discomfited audiences with its metaphysical critiques on faith and religion. It is no less opaque today (at least for Craig), and reading rather than seeing it performed certainly makes things more difficult. Lees meer
The play's density aside, we do manage to discuss cantankerous authors, symbols within symbols, and staging the supernatural.
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Ep 002 - Love in the Time of Cholera, by Gabriel García Márquez
17 februari 2013 · 50 min
Florentino Ariza, the ostensible protagonist of Gabriel García Márquez' Love in the Time of Cholera, has had 622 distinct sexual partners in the 51 years, nine months, and four days that he has waited for Fermina Daza, his true love. We talk about each and every one of them in this week's episode. Lees meer
Well, no, not really. But we do have a long and sort of disjointed conversation about cholera, geography, aging, and the nature of love, which befits the disjointed nature of the story itself.
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Ep 001 - Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck
11 februari 2013 · 37 min
Did you pay attention in ninth grade English? Craig did, sort of. This week he reads – or rereads, he’s not sure – John Steinbeck’s classic tale of Depression-era migrant workers. Topics of conversation include foreshadowing, hoosegows, and male camaraderie. Lees meer
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