F***bois of Literature Book Podcast
229 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 1 rating•FBOL is now on Patreon! Subscribe: http://www.patreon.com/fuckboisoflit•The podcast about the most groan-worthy, enraging, and sh*t characters in lit. Join host Emily Edwards and a guest for a weekly "book club" discussion on every book you wanted to destroy in English class, but couldn't. Classic literature of Europe and the Americas– everything from mythology to Victorian epics to the modernists– is hard to get through, and each week, we take on a frequently assigned book to talk about all of its highs and lows. These are the Fuckbois of Literature.
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17: Peter Pan / Hook - Narrator Chael of ONCE UPON A RE-WATCH
August 10, 2022 04:00 - 47 minutes - 64.6 MBCW: Some discussion of H*rry P*tter & the writer Chael (@NarratorChael) from Once Upon A Re-Watch & Vampires Ruined My Life (https://linktr.ee/Narratorchael) is here to discuss the boy who won't grow up-- but does, both physically and emotionally, in both the movies we're discussing today. A portion of our proceeds from this month will be donated to an abortion access fund! Become a patron today: patreon.com/fuckboisoflit Pre-order Emily's first two books here: https://www.penguinrandomh...
16: The Death and Life of Bobby Z - Derik of Ratchet Book Club
August 03, 2022 04:00 - 33 minutes - 45.5 MBCW: Rape, sexual language, Paul Walker's alleged crimes, racism/hate speech Listen. We know this isn't literature. But there is something truly sublime about ripping into a movie based on a book you love. Especially when the terribleness of the movie helps you realize that maybe the book wasn't great to begin with. Derik of Ratchet Book Club is here to help us resuscitate THE DEATH AND LIFE OF BOBBY Z. Keep in touch with Derik: https://linktr.ee/sscast A portion of our Patreon proceeds ...
15: Alice In Wonderland (Disney) - Jonny Holt
July 27, 2022 04:00 - 31 minutes - 43.6 MBAlice in Wonderland is an essential piece of modern folklore, and yet... how many of us have ever read the book? Not as many as you'd think. So Jonny Holt (@jonnyliterati) and I sit down to discuss the logic of the trip, the morality of the crazy, and when you should eat oysters. Donations from this episode will go to the New Orleans Abortion Fund: https://t.co/x0rkct0kLs Want the rest of this episode? Join our Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/fuckboisoflit Love Emily's sense of humor? Pre...
14: Much Ado About Nothing (film) - Malavika Praseed, Your Favorite Book
July 20, 2022 04:00 - 24 minutes - 34.2 MBMan, I love this movie almost as much as I love chatting with Malavika about pretty much anything. And today we're discussing the sublimely cast, picture-perfect MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING starring Kenneth Branagh and Emma Thompson– among countless other beautiful people. Check out the Your Favorite Book podcast! If you like us, you'll like it! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/your-favorite-book/id1527050387 Find us on Patreon, for extra-long episodes, back catalogue, and extras: patreon...
13: Congo - TV's Travis
July 13, 2022 04:00 - 27 minutes - 38.2 MBJoin your host Emily J. Edwards and Travis Crawford (aka, TV's Travis) to discuss a movie based on novelist Michael Crichton's famous novel of terrifying creatures-- CONGO. It's all sorts of colonialist nightmare, plus sci-fi horror, and so many wonderful moments of Tim Curry swaggering in khaki. Become a patron: http://www.patreon.com/fuckboisoflit Find Travis's podcast, "Wait, You Haven't Seen...?" here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wait-you-havent-seen/id1456473102 Find your c...
12: Breakfast at Tiffany's (film) - Jody DiPerna
July 06, 2022 04:00 - 27 minutes - 38 MBJody DiPerna (@JodyDiPerna) is back for our first installment of our Summer Movie Series, this time talking about Truman Capote's brilliant novella of the same name becoming a film with Audrey Hepburn. And it's super racist and really weird! Keep up with Jody's work with the Pittsburgh Institute for Non-profit Journalism here: https://twitter.com/PINJNEWS // https://pinjnews.org/ Become a patron and support Abortion Access Networks! http://www.patreon.com/fuckboisoflit Donate directly to ...
11: Huck Finn - Leslie Gray Streeter
May 18, 2022 04:00 - 31 minutes - 43.9 MBJournalist and author Leslie Gray Streeter (@LeslieStreeter) is here to discuss all the ramifications of Mark Twain's most celebrated classic novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. From how to present the audio book (don't, maybe?), to who is the sociopath of the novel (not Huck!), we get into it, and discuss how our relationship to this novel has changed as we grew older, and politics changed. Find Leslie Gray Streeter's work: The Baltimore Banner: https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/ ...
10: The Glass Menagerie - Katharine LaRonde
May 11, 2022 04:00 - 23 minutes - 31.7 MBWriter and comedian Katharine LaRonde (@KatLaRonde) graces us with her presence to discuss our "homegirl" Laura in Tennessee Williams's first and most famous play, THE GLASS MENAGERIE. SUMMARY Amanda is a struggling single mother to two children in their 20s– Tom, who works at a shoe factory, and Laura, who is self conscious about a slight physical deformity. Amanda pressures Tom to bring a "gentleman caller" around for Laura, to get her daughter married, but Jim is a disappointment to th...
9: Endgame - Jody DiPerna
May 04, 2022 04:00 - 35 minutes - 48.5 MBThis week, journalist and co-founder of the Pittsburgh Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, Jody DiPerna (@JodyDiPerna) is here to discuss my favorite play by one of my favorite writers, ENDGAME by Samuel Beckett. To hear the whole episode, become a patron at http://www.patreon.com/fuckboisoflit Follow FBOL on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/fuckboisoflit SUMMARY: We are in a singular room with four characters: Hamm, who is blind and in a wheeled chair; Clov, his servant who cannot sit do...
8: The Westing Game - Taverlee Jaye
April 27, 2022 04:00 - 23 minutes - 32.7 MBWe're here to ruin one of Emily's childhood books, Ellen Raskin's THE WESTING GAME. As it turns out, it's pretty racist, ableist, and glorifies the owner of a company town. Woo hoo? Follow my guest, Taverlee Laskauskas, on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TaverleeJaye Get the rest of this episode on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/fuckboisoflit Summary: Sixteen "heirs" are tricked into moving to a new housing development on Lake Michigan, overlooking the famous Samuel Westing house. After Sa...
Our Town - AJ Feuerman
April 20, 2022 04:00 - 29 minutes - 40.2 MBWell, Team Attic Wife, we're back with another dip into the world of grease paint and footlights, only SO MINIMALIST ALL YOU GET IS SPALDING GREY AND A GODDAMN LADDER. It's time for Thornton Wilder's OUR TOWN, the most widely read play in all of American history, which your host managed to avoid reading until she was 36 years old. Don't worry, I did a google of "Thornton Wilder antisemite" and we discuss the results in this episode. Follow AJ online: Twitter Personal Instagram Hollywood Br...
7: Our Town - AJ Feuerman
April 20, 2022 04:00 - 29 minutes - 40.2 MBWell, Team Attic Wife, we're back with another dip into the world of grease paint and footlights, only SO MINIMALIST ALL YOU GET IS SPALDING GREY AND A GODDAMN LADDER. It's time for Thornton Wilder's OUR TOWN, the most widely read play in all of American history, which your host managed to avoid reading until she was 36 years old. Don't worry, I did a google of "Thornton Wilder antisemite" and we discuss the results in this episode. Follow AJ online: Twitter Personal Instagram Hollywood Br...
Iron Man - Andy Michaels
April 13, 2022 04:00 - 24 minutes - 33.7 MBOur dear friend Andy Michaels (@StopThatAndy) is here to discuss the world's mot famous genius, billionaire, playboy philanthropist, Tony Stark, AKA, Iron Man. How did it take us this long to get to the archetypal fuckboi of Marvel Comics and the Marvel Cinematic Universe? Tony Stark has a tendency to fuck around *and* find out. Follow Andy's music projects: @AtomicGhost85 The Neutron Bombs Hear the rest of this episode on Patreon! http://www.patreon.com/fuckboisoflit See acast.com/pr...
6: Iron Man - Andy Michaels
April 13, 2022 04:00 - 24 minutes - 33.7 MBOur dear friend Andy Michaels (@StopThatAndy) is here to discuss the world's mot famous genius, billionaire, playboy philanthropist, Tony Stark, AKA, Iron Man. How did it take us this long to get to the archetypal fuckboi of Marvel Comics and the Marvel Cinematic Universe? Tony Stark has a tendency to fuck around *and* find out. Follow Andy's music projects: @AtomicGhost85 The Neutron Bombs Hear the rest of this episode on Patreon! http://www.patreon.com/fuckboisoflit Hosted on Acast....
5: The Wizard of Oz- Abby, @ClapIfYouLikeMe
April 06, 2022 04:00 - 30 minutes - 41.9 MBMy friend Abby– best known to you all on twitter as @ClapIfYouLikeMe– is here to discuss monarchical aspirations, poverty in settler times, and buying orphans. It's L. Frank Baum's THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ! Want to hear the rest of the episode? Become a patron at http://www.patreon.com/fuckboisoflit Follow FBOL on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/fuckboisoflit Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Wizard of Oz- Abby, @ClapIfYouLikeMe
April 06, 2022 04:00 - 30 minutes - 41.9 MBMy friend Abby– best known to you all on twitter as @ClapIfYouLikeMe– is here to discuss monarchical aspirations, poverty in settler times, and buying orphans. It's L. Frank Baum's THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ! Want to hear the rest of the episode? Become a patron at http://www.patreon.com/fuckboisoflit Follow FBOL on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/fuckboisoflit See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
4: The Giver - Lillah Lawson
March 24, 2022 14:25 - 29 minutes - 41.2 MBAuthor Lillah Lawson (@lillahlawson) is here to discuss a slightly different maniacal dystopia than THE CRUCIBLE– it's Lois Lowery's early 1990s YA classic, THE GIVER. What does it mean to be the only person in your world with emotions? What does it do to a tween when he realizes everyone around him lies? Find all of Lillah's books on her website: https://lillahlawson.wordpress.com/shop/ For the remainder of this episode, become a patron! http://www.patreon.com/fuckboisoflit Hosted on A...
The Giver - Lillah Lawson
March 24, 2022 14:25 - 29 minutes - 41.2 MBAuthor Lillah Lawson (@lillahlawson) is here to discuss a slightly different maniacal dystopia than THE CRUCIBLE– it's Lois Lowery's early 1990s YA classic, THE GIVER. What does it mean to be the only person in your world with emotions? What does it do to a tween when he realizes everyone around him lies? Find all of Lillah's books on her website: https://lillahlawson.wordpress.com/shop/ For the remainder of this episode, become a patron! http://www.patreon.com/fuckboisoflit See acast.c...
The Secret Garden - John Dellaporta
March 16, 2022 07:00 - 29 minutes - 40.4 MBActor John Dellaporta (@JohnDellaporta) joins me this week to discuss the Christian Scientist manifesto THE SECRET GARDEN. One guess as to how your atheist, Advil-obsessed, and childfree host liked the text. To hear the rest of this episode, become a patron! http://www.patreon.com/fuckboisoflit See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
3: The Secret Garden - John Dellaporta
March 16, 2022 07:00 - 29 minutes - 40.4 MBActor John Dellaporta (@JohnDellaporta) joins me this week to discuss the Christian Scientist manifesto THE SECRET GARDEN. One guess as to how your atheist, Advil-obsessed, and childfree host liked the text. To hear the rest of this episode, become a patron! http://www.patreon.com/fuckboisoflit Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2: Julius Caesar + Take Her Down - Lauren Emily Whalen
March 08, 2022 08:00 - 26 minutes - 36.9 MBPRE-ORDER TAKE HER DOWN BY LAUREN EMILY WHALEN, RELEASING ON THE IDES OF MARCH: Bold Strokes Books IndieBound Barnes & Noble Amazon Follow Lauren on Social Media: Twitter Instagram Her website Lauren joins us once again to discuss the source text of her new novel: Shakespeare's JULIUS CAESAR. Not just a history, but more of a Law & Order "ripped from the headlines" dramatization, the play discusses motivations, hate, regret, and thinking ahead towards your own legacy. Join FBOL on...
Julius Caesar + Take Her Down - Lauren Emily Whalen
March 08, 2022 08:00 - 26 minutes - 36.9 MBPRE-ORDER TAKE HER DOWN BY LAUREN EMILY WHALEN, RELEASING ON THE IDES OF MARCH: Bold Strokes Books IndieBound Barnes & Noble Amazon Follow Lauren on Social Media: Twitter Instagram Her website Lauren joins us once again to discuss the source text of her new novel: Shakespeare's JULIUS CAESAR. Not just a history, but more of a Law & Order "ripped from the headlines" dramatization, the play discusses motivations, hate, regret, and thinking ahead towards your own legacy. Join FBOL on...
1: The Fault In Our Stars - Malavika Praseed of Your Favorite Book
March 02, 2022 08:00 - 23 minutes - 32.7 MBWe're here to get into The Book About Kids With Cancer– THE FAULT IN OUR STARS. We touch on Lurleen McDaniel and what it feels like to read about kids, death, love, and loss as an adult. Malavika Praseed of @YFBpodcast (who works in oncology) and I discuss all the faults of the navigational stars in this most-famous novel by John Green. We reference this review of TFIOS from a kid who survived cancer here: https://disabilityinkidlit.com/2015/07/17/review-the-fault-in-our-stars-by-john-gre...
The Fault In Our Stars - Malavika Praseed of Your Favorite Book
March 02, 2022 08:00 - 23 minutes - 32.7 MBWe're here to get into The Book About Kids With Cancer– THE FAULT IN OUR STARS. We touch on Lurleen McDaniel and what it feels like to read about kids, death, love, and loss as an adult. Malavika Praseed of @YFBpodcast (who works in oncology) and I discuss all the faults of the navigational stars in this most-famous novel by John Green. We reference this review of TFIOS from a kid who survived cancer here: https://disabilityinkidlit.com/2015/07/17/review-the-fault-in-our-stars-by-john-gre...
47: The Nutcracker - Lauren Emily Whalen
December 22, 2021 08:00 - 27 minutes - 31.5 MBCW: Injury, menstruation, some intimated underage sex, it’s weird. Is THE NUTCRACKER a ballet? Yes. Is it also a novella by ETA Hoffmann? Yes. It’s a Christmas miracle that Lauren Emily Whalen (@laurenemilywri, laurenemilywrites.com) is here to discuss all the different ways we can have a sexual awakening to small kitchen appliances! Buy Lauren's books! Be A Patron: Patreon.com/fuckboisoflit Link to ETA Hoffmann texts: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/2008 Link to The Hard Nut Pa...
46: Creepy Christmas
December 15, 2021 08:00 - 11 minutes - 13.1 MBCW: Lots of Child Abuse While American Christmas is here to tell you that scampering elves are magical and not malicious, cultures around the globe have Winter Solstice traditions that are a bit more fitting for the time of year when daylight hours are near non-existent and the darkness seems never ending. These traditions often involve violence and goats and sex and fertility and all sorts of stuff that gets right to the heart of the emotionally charged, shortened days of winter: Darkness ...
45: The Hogfather - Sara and Lilly of Fiction Fans
December 08, 2021 08:00 - 26 minutes - 30.7 MBCW: None? I think? Maybe hunting humans for sport. Sara and Lilly of Fiction Fans (@fictionfanspod) are here to be my guide into Terry Pratchett's Discworld, with THE HOGFATHER. We talk about death and murder and Christmas and darkness and it is so lovely! Be a patron: patreon.com/fuckboisoflit Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
44: Among The Thugs - Jonathan Ade
December 01, 2021 08:00 - 31 minutes - 29.2 MBCW: Deep violence, sexual violence, domestic violence, crowds + mobs, police violence, racism, body-shaming, self harm BECOME A PATRON: PATREON.COM/FUCKBOISOFLIT Our friend Jonathan Ade (@JonoKino) from our previous episodes on FRANNY & ZOOEY and LES MISERABLES is here to discuss a non-fiction novel of violence and tribalism and masculinity: AMONG THE THUGS by Bill Buford. SUMMARY: An American in England, Bill Buford witnesses a train full of soccer hooligans erupt in violence. This lead...
43: John Cheever - Andrew Rostan
November 24, 2021 08:00 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBCW: Substance abuse, conversion therapy, mid-century queerness, incest John Cheever is the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer who is the master of the American short story. My guest, Andrew Rostan (@AndrewRostan) and I fully believe Cheever should be taught more in American schools, especially through the lens of the evolution of queer writers. BECOME A PATRON: patreon.com/fuckboisoflit Buy Andrew’s Books: Form of A Question An Elegy for Amelia Johnson Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privac...
42: William Faulkner - Dr. Daniel Kasper
November 17, 2021 08:00 - 22 minutes - 20.7 MBCW: Transgender Identities, Homophobia, Racism, Suicide & Self-Harm, Slavery William Faulkner is part of the Big American Triad of writers: Hemingway, Fitzgerald, and Faulkner. Why is that? Especially when he never considered America past the lines of the fictional Yoknapatawpha. Dr. Daniel Kasper, professor at UT Arlington, discusses the transitive definition of whiteness, the inherit nature of WASPishness, plus Quinten Compson and the sex no one is having. Click here to spread the word a...
41: The Crucible - Lillah Lawson
November 10, 2021 08:00 - 21 minutes - 25 MBCW: Abuse, murder, capital punishment, pregnancy and infant loss Want the whole episode? Become a patron! http://www.patreon.com/fuckboisoflit Author and history student Lillah Lawson (@LillahLawson, linktree) is here to discuss Arthur Miller's 1953 play about communism and HUAAC, THE CRUCIBLE. Based on the real events of 1692, Miller adjusted the facts of history to fit his narrative and create one of the more interesting commodifications of American hysteria in art. Hosted on Acast. Se...
40: Ready Player One - Thom Dunn
November 03, 2021 07:00 - 26 minutes - 24.9 MBCW: GamerGate, Jordan Petersen/Toxic Atheism, Fatphobia, Racism, Toxic Masculinity, Neurodivergence They had time to unpack all of it, but they didn't. Today, guest Thom Dunn (@ThomDunn, https://linktr.ee/thomdunn) discusses Ernest Cline's READY PLAYER ONE, which has helped define Geek culture and absolutely for the worse. With no desire to dissect the world he's creating and asking the ultimate "why?", RPO takes a great storyline about governments, tech, and surveillance and does nothing w...
39: The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P. - Kerri Kearse
October 27, 2021 07:00 - 32 minutes - 30 MBCW: Emotional abuse, Explicit sexual language, Antisemitism, Racism We've had multiple requests to do this book, and I was so excited Kerri Kearse (@_iamlivingcolor) offered to cover it with us! The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P. is a 2013 novel by Adelle Waldman that covers the dating life of Nathaniel Piven in earl 2000s New York City. TL; DL: he's awful! SUMMARY Nate attends a party at his ex-girlfriend Elisa's apartment and meets Hannah. He and Hannah date and delve into a relationship ...
38: The Talented Mr. Ripley - Danny Bowes
October 20, 2021 07:00 - 21 minutes - 19.7 MBLink to a review of a biography of Patricia Highsmith: https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/highsmith-was-a-troll-on-richard-bradfords-devils-lusts-and-strange-desires/ As it turns out, Patricia Highsmith was another one of those common birds, a midcentury writer of the antisemite variety, whose advanced-level bigotries really don’t come come up in the same breath as the praises heaped upon her, and they should. She was shitty. But THE TALENTED MR RIPLEY is a fantastic novel, colored by High...
37: Ethan Frome - Taverlee Jaye
October 13, 2021 07:00 - 15 minutes - 13.9 MBCW: Suicide, depression, age-inappropriate reatlionships ETHAN FROME is a weird-ass book. It’s shorter than JUDE THE OBSCURE, so that’s very nice. It’s nominally less bleak, but that’s just because it doesn’t involve child murderers. But it is bleak, it is creepy, it is foreboding and as we’ll discuss in the episode, we feel justified including it in our Spooky Season programming. Find Tav on Twitter at @TaverleeJaye and Instagram Love FBOL? Review us on iTunes! bit.ly/FBoLiT REALLY Love...
BONUS - Charlie + The Chocolate Factory
October 11, 2021 22:53 - 24 minutes - 22.3 MBCONTENT WARNING: RAPE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, GENOCIDE, RACISM I did an entire series for Patreon on Roald Dahl. The final installment was an episode on CHARLIE + THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY, which feels prescient to the discussion of the upcoming movie starring Timothee Chalamet. My patrons generously gave permission to make the audio public. Read along with the transcript here. IF YOU LIKE THIS EPISODE: BECOME A PATRON AT PATREON.COM/FUCKBOISOFLIT Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inf...
36: Michelle Remembers - Emmet Cameron of Believe Me Now
October 06, 2021 07:00 - 20 minutes - 19.2 MBIt's time to do the Satanic Panic! What I thought was a uniquely American Christian thing turns out to have some gnarly roots in Canada. Emmet joins me in a multi-part series to discuss MICHELLE REMEMBERS: the threat of colonialism, the trauma of miscarriages, and the lurking specter of creepy Catholic psychologists. Support Emmet on Patreon! Follow Emmet on Twitter: Believe Me Now and Emmet's Personal Twitter Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Fuck Around + Find Out - Ratchet Book Club
October 01, 2021 18:28 - 1 hour - 93 MBJust as I say in the intro, I chatted with Derik of Ratchet Book Club just for fun. If you're looking for a way to hang out with some people, this is a fun episode of 20 questions. Check out all of Derik's projects: https://linktr.ee/RatchetBooks Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
35: The World According to Garp - Malavika Praseed of YOUR FAVORITE BOOK
September 29, 2021 07:00 - 17 minutes - 15.8 MBCW: Rape, self-mutilation, adultery, racism, transphobia This week, Malavika joins us to discuss some 1970s wackiness with John Irving's most famous novel, THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP. It's a book about feminism. Sort of. Follow Malavika's show: Subscribe here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/your-favorite-book/id1527050387 Twitter: https://twitter.com/yfbpodcast PROMOS: Find TICKLISH BUSINESS on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TicklishBiz/ Find ENTS AND SENSIBILITY here: https...
34: Love's Labour's Lost - Lauren Emily Whalen
September 22, 2021 07:00 - 12 minutes - 11.6 MBLauren Emily Whalen (@LaurenEmilyWri) joins us this week to discuss the Shakespearean sex farce LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST. Everyone loves a strong, saucy lady PLUS at least two scenes of masks! What's not to love about this play? Listen to the full hour-long episode on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/fuckboisoflit Order Lauren’s book based on THE WINTER’S TALE now! Two Winters (physical copies): https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781636790190 Two Winters (digital copies): https://www.boldstroke...
33: The X-Men: Wolverine - Andy Michaels
September 15, 2021 07:00 - 7 minutes - 6.92 MBWe’ve long maintained that Graphic Novels and comics **are** literature, so it should come as no surprise that we’re discussing this guy today. He’s one of the most successful ONSCREEN comic book translations we’ve ever seen. He has everything-- pathos, motive, historical context, and pecs that just won’t quit. What else could we ask for? Follow Andy on Twitter: @StopThatAndy and/or @AtomicGhost85 Listen to the whole episode on Patreon: Patreon.com/fuckboisoflit Click for our original ep...
ARCHIVE - The X-Men: Cyclops + Prof. X - Andy Michaels, Thom Dunn
September 13, 2021 18:20 - 43 minutes - 40.3 MBFrom the archive: Technically one of our first episodes EVER, Andy Michaels (@StopThatAndy/@AtomicGhost85) and Thom Dunn (@thomdunn) joined us to discuss the various Fuckbois of Graphic Novels in the classic series THE X-MEN. Andy will be back this week to discuss Wolverine, and Thom will be back later this season to discuss READY PLAYER ONE by Ernest Cline. For full episodes, be a patron: patreon.com/fuckboisoflit Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
32: Tender is the Night - David Avallone
September 08, 2021 07:00 - 18 minutes - 17.3 MBCW: sexual assault, incest, trauma, abusive relationships, homophobia GET THE FULL EPISODE: PATREON.COM/FUCKBOISOFLIT If you hate the modernists as much as I do, you'll want to click away. But don't! This is one of the first books in which we can watch a real-life fuckboi of literature grapple with the way he has hurt and continues to hurt the people in his life. WIth the glitz, glamour, and shine of Hollywood and the French Riviera, Dick Diver– the stand-in for F. Scott Fitzgerald– comes t...
31: Slaughterhouse-Five - Rob Walker
September 01, 2021 07:00 - 14 minutes - 13.9 MBMy guest, Rob Walker (@timidwerewolf) gets into a discussion of hope and beauty while discussing the PTSD manifesto from Kurt Vonnegut. CW: Fat-shaming, torture, murder, war, PTSD SUMMARY Billy Pilgrim is an optometrist from Ilium, New York who is living with the memories of his time as a POW from World War II. This manifests as a consciousness that has become "unstuck in time," so that his brain will travel to all future and past memories at random. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pri...
30: Ted Hughes - Prof. Emily Van Duyne
August 25, 2021 07:00 - 13 minutes - 12.5 MBSylvia Plath scholar Emily Van Duyne (@EmilyVanDuyne) is here to discuss the complex and interlinked legacies of Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath. CONTENT WARNINGS: suicide (obviously), physical abuse, adultery. Normally I give a quick bullet points of what we discuss in the episode, but it's here that I have to say: we discuss everything. Legacy, outsider-ism, choice, American vs British politics, sexual politics, and criticism and the nature of art. There are more laughs than you think. S...
29: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
August 18, 2021 07:00 - 11 minutes - 11.1 MBThe extended episode on FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS discusses truth, fiction, and how people can break down power structures. But in this 10 minute segment, my guest Danielle Ryan (@danirat) and I talk about all the people who see the exposed power structures in the prose of white male writers and… embrace it. And become a part of it. Become a patron for just $1 and receive the full episode: patreon.com/fuckboisoflit Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
ARCHIVE - A Clockwork Orange - Lucé Tomlin-Brenner
August 17, 2021 07:00 - 56 minutes - 51.8 MB**This episode first aired in October 2019** Content warnings: violence, rape, torture We are re-posting our episode on A CLOCKWORK ORANGE in preparation for the 2021 airing of an episode of FEAR + LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS by Hunter S. Thompson. Books of kindred spirit, FEAR + LOATHING was published roughly a decade after CLOCKWORK ORANGE appeared in 1962. FROM THE ORIGINAL POST: The amazing Lucé Tomlin-Brenner (@LTBComedy) got host Emily Edwards (@MsEmilyEdwards) to read a book she's dreade...
Welcome, New Listeners
August 16, 2021 20:11 - 1 minute - 1.47 MBGreetings, Attic Wives and Lit witches, I'm the host of Fuckbois of Literature, Emily Edwards. [music] Thank you so much for tuning in, and sticking around. FBOL is the ultimate comedy podcast about books, and the shittiest people in lit. In case you haven’t noticed, we like to keep it casual, with informed but not academic takes on books, often laced with more than a little bit of down-home profanity. In addition to all the classics you read in school, including books like FRANKENSTEIN or...
28: Pygmalion - Val
August 11, 2021 17:11 - 11 minutes - 10.7 MB• Follow FBOL on Twitter: twitter.com/fuckboisoflit Our dear friend Val (@whiskeyandspite) is back for a discussion on abuse, gaslighting, and class through the lens of George Bernard Shaw's PYGMALION. CW for endless emotional abuse. SUMMARY Poverty-stricken flowerseller, Eliza Doolittle, is the subject of a bet between Henry Higgins and his friend, Colonial Pickering. Higgins, an elocution teacher, bets Pickering he can turn Doolittle into a "lady." He teaches Doolittle the finer points ...
27: Twilight (Again!)
August 04, 2021 07:00 - 15 minutes - 14.5 MB• Follow FBOL on Twitter: twitter.com/fuckboisoflit Hey attic wives and lit witches and welcome to Fuckbois of Literature, I’m Emily Edwards. Since I found out a lot of y’all are still subscribed on our free platforms, I wanted to give you a little taste of our TWILIGHT episode. In this excerpt, Strats and I discuss the inherent grossness of Vampire stories with an adult and a youth, comparing TWILIGHT to both Buffy and Pride and Prejudice, and how we feel about flawed female teens. If ...