F***bois of Literature Book Podcast
389 episodes - English - Latest episode: 5 months ago - ★★★★★ - 130 ratings•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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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 dreaded...
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 o...
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 ...
26: Pride and Prejudice (Again!) - Book It With Becca
July 28, 2021 07:01 - 54 minutes - 50 MB• Follow FBOL on Twitter: twitter.com/fuckboisoflit Becca from the blog BOOK WITH WITH BECCA (@bec_here) is my guest this week to have another discussion, more nuanced on my part, about what I refer to as "the Internet's favorite book," aka, Jane Austen's PRIDE AND PREJUDICE. As it turns out, everyone's kinda shitty in this book but it's still very nice. You know? SUMMARY Mr. & Mrs. Bennet have five daughters and an entailed estate. If one does not marry well, the family loses it all. Whil...
26: Lolita - Esmé Weijun Wang
July 21, 2021 22:48 - 55 minutesIf you’re a longtime listener, you know by now that I don’t pick the books we do every episode, the guest does. Mostly that’s so the onus of reading or rereading fresh for the recording session is on me; people normally choose books they love or have recently finished in order to not have to read 400 pages of Victorian Sadness again and again. And I admit, I have rarely said no to a book that someone chose to discuss. But I almost said no to this one. I hadn’t read it since college, I didn...
25: Lolita - Esmé Weijun Wang
July 21, 2021 22:48 - 54 minutes - 50.1 MB• Follow FBOL on Twitter: twitter.com/fuckboisoflit If you’re a longtime listener, you know by now that I don’t pick the books we do every episode, the guest does. Mostly that’s so the onus of reading or rereading fresh for the recording session is on me; people normally choose books they love or have recently finished in order to not have to read 400 pages of Victorian Sadness again and again. And I admit, I have rarely said no to a book that someone chose to discuss. But I almost said no...
15: A Streetcar Named Desire - Part 2 - Marci & Ako of Colored Pages Book Club
May 12, 2021 07:00 - 58 minutes - 67.4 MBMarci and Ako, the hosts of the PHENOMENAL podcast Colored Pages Book Club, join host Emily Edwards to discuss the intensely traumatic Tennessee Williams play, A Streetcar Named Desire. This is FBOL's final FULL, PUBLIC episode. For more, subscribe for $1 at our patreon: Patreon.com/fuckboisoflit In this episode we discuss: The hidden bigotry of the "nice guy" The progression of domestic abuse The White Christian morality's gaze on sex work and queerness Isolation vs public life ...
BONUS- Roald Dahl
May 07, 2021 14:00 - 14 minutes - 16.1 MBRoald Dahl, the author of CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY, THE WITCHES, JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH and over a dozen other books for children, had a complicated past as Her Majesty's secret sexy spy, a constant philanderer, and a long and storied history of antisemitism. A short biography and introduction to the life of Roald Dahl. Transcript available here: https://www.fuckboisoflit.com/episodes/2021/5/3/bonus-roald-dahl TO BECOME A PATRON: http://www.patreon.com/fuckboisoflit Hosted on...
14: A Streetcar Named Desire - Part 1 - Marci & Ako of Colored Pages Book Club
May 05, 2021 07:00 - 48 minutes - 55.1 MBMarci and Ako, the hosts of the PHENOMENAL podcast Colored Pages Book Club, join host Emily Edwards to discuss the intensely traumatic Tennessee Williams play, A Streetcar Named Desire. CONTENT WARNINGS: Rape, sexual assault, sex work, domestic violence, addiction In this episode we discuss: America's mutable definition of whiteness White female complicity in the patriarchy Gaslighting and abuse tactics Recovering from a broken American Dream You can find Colored Pages Book Club at: ...
13: The Magic of Childhood
April 28, 2021 07:00 - 21 minutes - 24.8 MBThis past week, a confluence of events had us considering "the magic of childhood"- from Supreme Court rulings to Peter Pan winning Fuckboi Fever, but then that Orlando Sentinal Op-Ed about the Magic of Disney sent us over the top. We get a little heavy, but I promise the next Term Paper episode will be lighter. For a transcript, visit: https://www.fuckboisoflit.com/episodes/2021/4/27/episode-90-the-magic-of-childhood Follow FBOL On Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/fuckboisoflit On Instagra...
12: The Importance of Being Earnest- Part 2- Claire Willett
April 23, 2021 07:00 - 58 minutes - 67 MBIn our second half of our discussion about Oscar Wilde and THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST, guest Claire Willett (@ClaireWillett) muses on how Oscar would have reacted to r/relationships posts, the sanctity of a name, and how we have to remember Wilde as more than just Victorian England's greatest purveyor of quips and jokes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11: The Importance of Being Earnest- Part 1- Claire Willett
April 21, 2021 07:00 - 44 minutes - 50.4 MBWriter Claire Willett (@clairewillett) joins host Emily Edwards for an in-depth conversation about Oscar Wilde, puns, and the duality of personality in THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST. Follow Fuckbois of Lit: On Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/fuckboisoflit On Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/fuckboisoflit BE A PATRON! http://www.patreon.com/fuckboisoflit SUMMARY: Jack Worthing, under the assumed name of Ernest, is in town to propose to Gwendolen Fairfax, the cousin of his friend Alger...
10: The Sun Also Rises - Joe Berkowitz
April 14, 2021 07:00 - 45 minutes - 52.5 MB[CW: Antisemitism, racism, self-harm, impotence] Fast Company staff writer Joe Berkowitz (@JoeBerkowitz) joins me this week to discuss Ernest Hemingway's first novel THE SUN ALSO RISES. A story steeped in violence, hate, antisemitism, and bullfighting lends itself to no sympathy and deep questions about how we interact with bigotry. Follow FBOL On Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/fuckboisoflit On Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/fuckboisoflit On Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/fuckboisofl...
9: America: On the Field & On the Page
April 07, 2021 07:00 - 18 minutes - 21.3 MBThis week, we discuss the multi-facted nature of American sportswriting, and why American writers of the 20th century loved a great sports narrative. From Hemingway to Malamud to Updike, the Great American Novel probably features at least one jock. For a full transcript, visit the FBOL website: https://www.fuckboisoflit.com/episodes/2021/4/6/episode-87-america-on-the-field-amp-on-the-page Follow FBOL on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/fuckboisoflit Follow FBOL on Instagram: http://www.inst...
8: The Natural - Malavika Praseed / Your Favorite Book
March 31, 2021 07:00 - 57 minutes - 65.3 MBMalavika of Your Favorite Book podcast (@yfbpodcast) is here to discuss HER favorite book, Bernard Malamud's epic tale of Roy Hobbs, Wonderboy, and seedy criminal underpinnings of professional ball in THE NATURAL. Follow FBOL: Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/fuckboisoflit Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/fuckboisoflit Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/fuckboisoflit Summary of THE NATURAL: Before he died, Roy Hobbs's father told him he was "a natural" at America's past-time. After fash...
7: Shakespeare's Other Witches
March 24, 2021 07:00 - 27 minutes - 38.4 MBAfter discussing THE WINTER'S TALE with Lauren Emily Whalen last week, I began to obsess over the role of incantation and women's speech in THE WINTER'S TALE and other Shakespeare plays. The quantity, quality, and goals of women's speech in Shakespeare's plays is directly tied to the view of womanhood and witchcraft under King James I of England. Get the transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NR-ZnbbN_Db5M7tJGY9l7zEMxhxnLZ6O5i3NwaALdCY/edit?usp=sharing Pre-order Lauren’s book based...
6: The Winter's Tale - Lauren Emily Whalen
March 17, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 57.4 MBLauren Emily Whalen (@LaurenEmilyWri) joins us this week to discuss the Shakespearean magical comedy/tragedy THE WINTER’S TALE. It’s weirdly #GirlBoss forward with a healthy dash of classist beyond belief, and a smidgeon of body horror. What could go wrong? Pre-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.boldstrokesbooks.com/books/two-winters-by-lauren-emily-whale...
5: Hercule Poirot - Andrew Rostan
March 10, 2021 08:00 - 57 minutes - 79.2 MBMy dear friend Andrew Rostan (@AndrewRostan) is back from our Season 1 episode on David Foster Wallace to get to the conspicuous details of everyone’s favorite Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot. Is he even a fuckboi? Andrew says yes, Emily says no. Listen to two nerds discuss Agatha Christie’s most famous mystery sleuth this week on Fuckbois of Literature. Watch the absolutely dynamite opening credits of AGATHA CHRISTIE’S POIROT starring David Suchet here: https://www.artofthetitle.com/title...
4: The Guide - Amrita By The Book
March 03, 2021 08:00 - 57 minutes - 79.6 MBAmrita (@AmritaIQ) from the dynamite #Booktube channel AMRITA BY THE BOOK ( https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmyb1ZvLmaDLBsen6QQrO4A ) is here to discuss one of the most important texts from colonial India: R.K. Narayan’s THE GUIDE. Analogous to WIlliam Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha County or LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE, Narayan’s fictional Malgudi is home to Railway Raju, a man who schemes, plans, and falls into becoming a point of spiritual hope in a drought-stricken community. You can also fol...
The Guide - Amrita By The Book
March 03, 2021 08:00 - 57 minutes - 53.6 MBAmrita (@AmritaIQ) from the dynamite #Booktube channel AMRITA BY THE BOOK ( https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmyb1ZvLmaDLBsen6QQrO4A ) is here to discuss one of the most important texts from colonial India: R.K. Narayan’s THE GUIDE. Analogous to WIlliam Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha County or LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE, Narayan’s fictional Malgudi is home to Railway Raju, a man who schemes, plans, and falls into becoming a point of spiritual hope in a drought-stricken community. You can also fo...
The Age of Innocence - Jason Diamond
February 24, 2021 08:00 - 54 minutes - 50.8 MBAuthor and editor Jason Diamond (@ImJasonDiamond) joins us to discuss one of the most strikingly modern books of the 1920s, set in the 1870s: Edith Wharton's THE AGE OF INNOCENCE. Deserving of a modern critique on the blissful happiness and absolute despair of New York's Gilded Age, we discuss ostentatious wealth, literary anti-Semitism, and just how badly we miss going to parties. Buy Jason's books: The Sprawl: Reconsidering the Weird American Suburbs Searching for John Hughes Follow F...
3: The Age of Innocence - Jason Diamond
February 24, 2021 08:00 - 54 minutes - 75.4 MBAuthor and editor Jason Diamond (@ImJasonDiamond) joins us to discuss one of the most strikingly modern books of the 1920s, set in the 1870s: Edith Wharton's THE AGE OF INNOCENCE. Deserving of a modern critique on the blissful happiness and absolute despair of New York's Gilded Age, we discuss ostentatious wealth, literary anti-Semitism, and just how badly we miss going to parties. Buy Jason's books: The Sprawl: Reconsidering the Weird American Suburbs Searching for John Hughes Follow FB...
Scott Pilgrim - Andy Michaels
February 17, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 67.3 MBSelf-proclaimed comic book geek Andy Michaels (@StopThatAndy/@at0micgh0st) is here to discuss one of the more formative graphic novels of our shared teen/twenties years: SCOTT PILGRIM by Bryan Lee O'Malley. Twenty-three year old Scott has to battle Manic Pixie Dream Girl Ramona's seven evil exes in order to win her partnership– but he hasn't quite told his seventeen year old girlfriend, Knives Chau, that he's fighting for another girl's love. Exes, bands, and surprisingly racist caricatures ...
2: Scott Pilgrim - Andy Michaels
February 17, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 136 MBSelf-proclaimed comic book geek Andy Michaels (@StopThatAndy/@at0micgh0st) is here to discuss one of the more formative graphic novels of our shared teen/twenties years: SCOTT PILGRIM by Bryan Lee O'Malley. Twenty-three year old Scott has to battle Manic Pixie Dream Girl Ramona's seven evil exes in order to win her partnership– but he hasn't quite told his seventeen year old girlfriend, Knives Chau, that he's fighting for another girl's love. Exes, bands, and surprisingly racist caricatures c...
1: Lady Chatterley's Lover - The Feminist Critique
February 10, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 112 MB[CW] : SEXUAL ASSAULT, ABLEISM, SEXISM, HOMOPHOBIA D.H. Lawrence's much-maligned classic LADY CHATTERLEY'S LOVER gets a much needed FBOL critique with Aislene and Gracie of The Feminist Critique! The book was notorious for being the subject of a British obscenity trial, on the grounds of the language used in the book. But far and away, the most obscene aspects of Lady Chatterley and Mr. Mellors? Flowers where flowers shouldn't go. Keep in contact with THE FEMINIST CRITIQUE on their twitch c...
Lady Chatterley's Lover - The Feminist Critique
February 10, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 56.2 MB[CW] : SEXUAL ASSAULT, ABLEISM, SEXISM, HOMOPHOBIA D.H. Lawrence's much-maligned classic LADY CHATTERLEY'S LOVER gets a much needed FBOL critique with Aislene and Gracie of The Feminist Critique! The book was notorious for being the subject of a British obscenity trial, on the grounds of the language used in the book. But far and away, the most obscene aspects of Lady Chatterley and Mr. Mellors? Flowers where flowers shouldn't go. Keep in contact with THE FEMINIST CRITIQUE on their twitch ...
BONUS: F boi of Literature, T.S. Eliot
January 07, 2021 23:00 - 18 minutes - 16.6 MBOld Possum's Book of Practical Cats is known more now as the source material for Andrew Lloyd Webber's coke-fueled nightmare of a stage show CATS and its subsequent and somehow scarier film released to cinemas in late 2019 starring an awful lot of people who should've known better. Its author, T.S. Eliot, was one of the most famous poets to emerge from the era of modernism, and carries with him many of the hallmarks of the literary movement, including but not limited to: virulent antisemitism...
T.S. Eliot
January 07, 2021 23:00 - 16 minutes - 15.3 MBOld Possum's Book of Practical Cats is known more now as the source material for Andrew Lloyd Webber's coke-fueled nightmare of a stage show CATS and its subsequent and somehow scarier film released to cinemas in late 2019 starring an awful lot of people who should've known better. Its author, T.S. Eliot, was one of the most famous poets to emerge from the era of modernism, and carries with him many of the hallmarks of the literary movement, including but not limited to: virulent anti-semiti...
Christmas Eve - Dani Ryan
December 23, 2020 05:00 - 45 minutes - 51.9 MBMy favorite guest Danielle Ryan (@DaniRat) is here to talk all about Nikolai Gogol’s novella, CHRISTMAS EVE. While other stories revolve around the sweet baby Jesus asleep in his manger or maybe a tree, CHRISTMAS EVE acknowledges the existence of the Church but is mostly about how the entire city of Dykanka is here to fuck with the Devil. Read the full text: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Night_of_Christmas_Eve Follow FBOL on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/fuckboisoflit SU...
38: Christmas Eve - Dani Ryan
December 23, 2020 05:00 - 45 minutes - 51.9 MBMy favorite guest Danielle Ryan (@DaniRat) is here to talk all about Nikolai Gogol’s novella, CHRISTMAS EVE. While other stories revolve around the sweet baby Jesus asleep in his manger or maybe a tree, CHRISTMAS EVE acknowledges the existence of the Church but is mostly about how the entire city of Dykanka is here to fuck with the Devil. Read the full text: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Night_of_Christmas_Eve Follow FBOL on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/fuckboisoflit SUM...
37: Nothing Lasts Forever - Val
December 16, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 69.6 MBVal (@WhiskeyAndSpite) from our episode on CALL ME BY YOUR NAME was kind enough to sit with me the day before the 2020 election, talk me off a ledge, and discuss 1979's fucked up classic NOTHING LASTS FOREVER, which you might know better as 1988's action movie classic DIE HARD. It's the only book-to-screen adaptation where EVERYTHING is different and EVERYTHING is the same. Follow FBOL on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/fuckboisoflit Follow FBOL on Instagram http://www.instagram.com/fuckbois...
Nothing Lasts Forever - Val
December 16, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 69.6 MBVal (@WhiskeyAndSpite) from our episode on CALL ME BY YOUR NAME was kind enough to sit with me the day before the 2020 election, talk me off a ledge, and discuss 1979's fucked up classic NOTHING LASTS FOREVER, which you might know better as 1988's action movie classic DIE HARD. It's the only book-to-screen adaptation where EVERYTHING is different and EVERYTHING is the same. Follow FBOL on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/fuckboisoflit Follow FBOL on Instagram http://www.instagram.com/fuckb...
36: The Picture of Dorian Gray - Liv Albert of MYTHS, BABY
December 09, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 86.8 MBLiv Albert of the phenomenal podcast LET'S TALK ABOUT MYTHS, BABY is here to discuss her new book, as well as a perennial favorite of ours: THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY by Oscar Wilde. It's our first Wilde podcast in two years! Pre-order Liv's new book here: https://www.mythsbaby.com/book Follow Liv @MythsBaby or @LivyRants Follow FBOL @FuckboisofLit or @MsEmilyEdwards About our Sponsor BIRMINGHAM-BASED female and non-bianry writer’s group; Script Sirens have created an exciting new proj...
The Picture of Dorian Gray - Liv Albert of MYTHS, BABY
December 09, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 86.8 MBLiv Albert of the phenomenal podcast LET'S TALK ABOUT MYTHS, BABY is here to discuss her new book, as well as a perennial favorite of ours: THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY by Oscar Wilde. It's our first Wilde podcast in two years! Pre-order Liv's new book here: https://www.mythsbaby.com/book Follow Liv @MythsBaby or @LivyRants Follow FBOL @FuckboisofLit or @MsEmilyEdwards About our Sponsor BIRMINGHAM-BASED female and non-bianry writer’s group; Script Sirens have created an exciting ne...
35: King Lear - Avant Bard
December 02, 2020 05:00 - 51 minutes - 70.9 MBFriends! This week's show features the phenomenal podcasters behind the Avant Bard podcast (@AvantBardPod), Megan and Marquez! This week, we discuss sexy blood orgies, the good servants, and how we thought Twitter would be the politician truth teller. Alas. Be sure to SUBSCRIBE to Avant Bard today! https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/avant-bard/id1519249531 LOVE FBOL? Follow us on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/fuckboisoflit Follow us on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/fuckboisofli...
King Lear - Avant Bard
December 02, 2020 05:00 - 51 minutes - 70.9 MBFriends! This week's show features the phenomenal podcasters behind the Avant Bard podcast (@AvantBardPod), Megan and Marquez! This week, we discuss sexy blood orgies, the good servants, and how we thought Twitter would be the politician truth teller. Alas. Be sure to SUBSCRIBE to Avant Bard today! https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/avant-bard/id1519249531 LOVE FBOL? Follow us on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/fuckboisoflit Follow us on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/fuckbois...
34: The Sandman - Heath Miller
November 18, 2020 05:00 - 49 minutes - 67.9 MB[CONTENT WARNING: Torture and sexual assault.] Actor and audiobook narrator Heath Miller (Twitter: @VeryHeathMiller, Audible books here) is here to talk about Neal Gaiman’s seminal graphic novel series, THE SANDMAN. Emily confesses she finds it super hard to read “through” graphic novels, Heath admits that he’d really urge people to start after the first book in the series during which people gouge out their own eyes. Follow FBOL on Social Media! Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/fuckboisofl...
The Sandman - Heath Miller
November 18, 2020 05:00 - 49 minutes - 67.9 MB[CONTENT WARNING: Torture and sexual assault.] Actor and audiobook narrator Heath Miller (Twitter: @VeryHeathMiller, Audible books here) is here to talk about Neal Gaiman’s seminal graphic novel series, THE SANDMAN. Emily confesses she finds it super hard to read “through” graphic novels, Heath admits that he’d really urge people to start after the first book in the series during which people gouge out their own eyes. Follow FBOL on Social Media! Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/fuckbois...
Beowulf - Kevin Sonney
November 11, 2020 05:00 - 50 minutes - 69.3 MBKevin Sonney (@ksonney) of Productivity Alchemy (productivityalchemy.com) is here to discuss Maria Dahvana Headley's new translation of BEOWULF (https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374110031). Beo gets a "bro!" update that somehow manages to make him the most noble of the literary fuckbois we've discussed to date. Follow FBOL on: Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/fuckboisoflit Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/fuckboisoflit SUMMARY (From Wikipedia) The story is set in Scandinavia...
Beowulf - Kevin Sonney
November 11, 2020 05:00 - 50 minutes - 69.3 MBKevin Sonney (@ksonney) of Productivity Alchemy (productivityalchemy.com) is here to discuss Maria Dahvana Headley's new translation of BEOWULF (https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374110031). Beo gets a "bro!" update that somehow manages to make him the most noble of the literary fuckbois we've discussed to date. Follow FBOL on: Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/fuckboisoflit Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/fuckboisoflit SUMMARY (From Wikipedia) The story is set in Scandinavia...
33: Beowulf - Kevin Sonney
November 11, 2020 05:00 - 50 minutes - 46.7 MBKevin Sonney (@ksonney) of Productivity Alchemy (productivityalchemy.com) is here to discuss Maria Dahvana Headley's new translation of BEOWULF (https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374110031). Beo gets a "bro!" update that somehow manages to make him the most noble of the literary fuckbois we've discussed to date. Follow FBOL on: Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/fuckboisoflit Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/fuckboisoflit SUMMARY (From Wikipedia) The story is set in Scandinavia in th...
Les Misérables - Jonathan Ade
November 04, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 97.3 MBOur guest from our FRANNY & ZOOEY episode, Jonathan Ade (@jonathanade on Twitter and @JonoKino on Instagram) is here to discuss another deeply spiritual and revolutionary work Les Misérables. Yes, we discuss the musical, our own religious pasts, and all sorts of wonderful stuff. Follow Fuckbois of Lit on Social Media Twitter: @FuckboisOfLit Instagram: @FuckboisOfLit Be a patron: www.patreon.com/fuckboisoflit SUMMARY Approximately 40 years after the French Revolution, France is stil...
32: Les Misérables - Jonathan Ade
November 04, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 97.3 MBOur guest from our FRANNY & ZOOEY episode, Jonathan Ade (@jonathanade on Twitter and @JonoKino on Instagram) is here to discuss another deeply spiritual and revolutionary work Les Misérables. Yes, we discuss the musical, our own religious pasts, and all sorts of wonderful stuff. Follow Fuckbois of Lit on Social Media Twitter: @FuckboisOfLit Instagram: @FuckboisOfLit Be a patron: www.patreon.com/fuckboisoflit SUMMARY Approximately 40 years after the French Revolution, France is still in ...
31: American Horror: From Poe to Grady Hendrix
October 29, 2020 04:00 - 1 hour - 71.7 MBEmily and Corinne from Hybrid Pub Scout (@hybridpubscout) are here to discuss all sorts of spooky scary things about American horror. From modern day workplace creeps to what to do if you're so racist you die, we're feeling the cold hand of darkness reach through the veil* * okay, we just have a fun chat about ghosts and stuff. Follow FBOL on Social Media! Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/fuckboisoflit Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/fuckboisoflit Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/fuck...
American Horror: From Poe to Grady Hendrix
October 29, 2020 04:00 - 1 hour - 71.7 MBEmily and Corinne from Hybrid Pub Scout (@hybridpubscout) are here to discuss all sorts of spooky scary things about American horror. From modern day workplace creeps to what to do if you're so racist you die, we're feeling the cold hand of darkness reach through the veil* * okay, we just have a fun chat about ghosts and stuff. Follow FBOL on Social Media! Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/fuckboisoflit Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/fuckboisoflit --- Send in a voice message: h...
30: Wishbone - Cat Cardenas
October 14, 2020 04:00 - 30 minutes - 35.2 MBCo-author of the wildly viral article on the 25th anniversary of PBS's WISHBONE series, Cat Cardenas (@catrcardenas) stops by to talk about Texas, Diversity, and irresistibly cute dogs. What else is there? Read the article here: https://www.texasmonthly.com/the-culture/wishbone-oral-history/ Follow FBOL on Social Media! Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/fuckboisoflit Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/fuckboisoflit Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/fuckboisoflit Hosted on Acast. See a...
Wishbone - Cat Cardenas
October 14, 2020 04:00 - 30 minutes - 35.2 MBCo-author of the wildly viral article on the 25th anniversary of PBS's WISHBONE series, Cat Cardenas (@catrcardenas) stops by to talk about Texas, Diversity, and irresistibly cute dogs. What else is there? Read the article here: https://www.texasmonthly.com/the-culture/wishbone-oral-history/ Follow FBOL on Social Media! Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/fuckboisoflit Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/fuckboisoflit Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/fuckboisoflit --- Send in a v...
Lady Susan - Bethany Brookshire
October 07, 2020 04:00 - 1 hour - 82.8 MBOur guest from our FRANKENSTEIN episode, Bethany Brookshire (@beebrookshire) is back to discuss a slightly less Halloweeny tale: Jane Austen's LADY SUSAN. Another one for our absolute pantheon of Lady Fuckbois, LADY SUSAN and the recent film adaptation called LOVE & FRIENDSHIP starring Kate Beckinsale gives us something we've always wanted: a slightly villainous lady who gets punished in proportion to her crimes. Follow FBOL on Social Media! Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/fuckboisof...
29: Lady Susan - Bethany Brookshire
October 07, 2020 04:00 - 1 hour - 82.8 MBOur guest from our FRANKENSTEIN episode, Bethany Brookshire (@beebrookshire) is back to discuss a slightly less Halloweeny tale: Jane Austen's LADY SUSAN. Another one for our absolute pantheon of Lady Fuckbois, LADY SUSAN and the recent film adaptation called LOVE & FRIENDSHIP starring Kate Beckinsale gives us something we've always wanted: a slightly villainous lady who gets punished in proportion to her crimes. Follow FBOL on Social Media! Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/fuckboisoflit ...