Literal Fiction Book Club
69 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsA weekly book club where we discuss sections of books we've always wanted to read, but never took the time to.
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Episode 32.1 - The Road To Kalamatta by Mike Hoare
June 21, 2021 22:22 - 1 hour - 55.1 MBThis week we’re reading ‘The Road to Kalamata’ by “Mad” Mike Hoare. This is Hoare’s personal account of what it was like as a mercenary for the Katanga secessionists in the early 1960’s. Hoare exposes us to the logistical challenges, camaraderie, mortal ambivalence, and appeal of the mercenary life while dodging Baluba ambushes, escaping arrest by the U.N, and leading men through the Congo bush. Between events, Hoare gives us some insight into his own thoughts. How he understands the Katan...
Episode 31.2 Burmese Days by George Orwell
June 06, 2021 19:58 - 58 minutes - 40.4 MBThis week we’re discussing the second half of Burmese Days by George Orwell. The Tannerite has been lit and the explosion, rather than revealing the gender of a baby on the way, sends sharpnel of despair into the reader’s eyes. For the first few chapters, Flory’s star is rising. He has made up with Elizabeth by going hunting with her. On their hunt Flory and Elizabeth encounter a leopard which they successfully slay. Elizabeth is overcome with emotional whimsey and expects Flory to ask for...
Episode 31.1 - Burmese Days by George Orwell
May 16, 2021 16:57 - 1 hour - 48.1 MBThis week we’re discussing the first half of Burmese Days by George Orwell. The first half of the novel is an evocative, semi-autobiographical account of the man John Flory, an English timber merchant living in the Burmese imperial district of Kyauktada. Flory is a sensitive and depraved fellow, a person whose life did not play out exactly as he planned. Lacking other prospects, Flory secured a job at the timber company with the help of his parents, and was sent out to Burma in his early tw...
Episode 30.3 - The Scorching Wind by Walter Macken
March 28, 2021 18:57 - 1 hour - 85.1 MBThis week we’re reading the last third of The Scorching Wind by Walter Macken. The final section of the book brings us to the apex of the Irish struggle for independence. Dominic’s character trajectory from vacillating fellow traveler to full blooded Irish Republican is brought to fruition, as is the cementing of Dualta’s and Dominic’s relationship as brothers. The conflict between Irish Republicans and British imperial soldiers heats up to the point where Dominic is constantly on the run -...
Episode 30.2 - The Scorching Wind by Walter Macken
March 21, 2021 23:51 - 46 minutes - 43 MBThis week we’re reading the second third of The Scorching Wind by Walter Macken. This section opens up with Dominic on a train, bringing with him weapons and grenades for the Irish Independence movement. While he is on the train, two British soldiers, Skin and Mac, take seats next to him. They chat Dominic up about playing snooker (pool in American), poker, and politics. Dominic escapes without being found out and is picked up by Sam in a buggy which brings them to a “safe” house. In this h...
Episode 30.1 - The Scorching Wind by Walter Macken
March 15, 2021 01:42 - 1 hour - 56.4 MBThis week we’re reading the first third of The Scorching Wind by Walter Macken. The Scorching Wind opens from the perspective of Dominic, who is preparing to accompany his older, more handsome brother Dualta to the train that will bring Dualta to the Western Front of World War I. The boys come from a family steeped in the politics of Irish Independence. The Irish Nationalist movement is split at the outbreak of the Great War, on the one side the Redmond volunteers agreeing to fight for the ...
Episode 29 - Kim by Rudyard Kipling
March 07, 2021 21:04 - 1 hour - 40.2 MBThis week we’re reading the first half of Kim by Rudyard Kipling Kim is an odd tale of an Irish orphan from the Indian city of Lahore. He is known to the people of Lahore as “Friend of the World” and Kipling shows us the varied peoples that consider Kim such a friend. The main arc of the story begins when Kim meets a Holy Man from Tibet, known to us as llama. This man is searching for a great River which will wash away his sins and release the llama from the Wheel of Life, coincidentally Ki...
Episode 28 - She by H Rider Haggard
February 21, 2021 22:36 - 1 hour - 52.4 MBThis week we’re She by H Rider Haggard She is the quintessential story of British Adventure during the height of the nation’s imperialist empire. The story is written as a manuscript sent to an academic for later publication, the author another academic Holly. In the manuscript Holly recounts how he became the adopted father to Leo, the descendent of a long line of men whose destiny is to fulfill their vengeance on a sorceress in East Africa. Holly, Leo, and their manservant Job sail to dis...
Episode 27.3 - The Rise and Fall of the British Empire by Lawrence James 01:13:55 20 0 Published on12/20/20
January 25, 2021 22:04 - 1 hour - 61.3 MBThis week we’re discussing Part 5 from the Rise and Fall of the British Empire by Lawrence James. Parts 5 bring us from the Second World War to the anti-climactic end of the British Empire. Lawrence gives much focus to how the empire’s colonial subjects responded to the call for support from Britain during its fight against Hitler - whole hearted support with an implicit understanding that independence would soon follow. The Suez Crisis of 1956, in which British and French forces attempted ...
Episode 27.3 - The Rise and Fall of the British Empire by Lawrence James
January 25, 2021 22:04 - 1 hour - 61.3 MBThis week we’re discussing Part 5 from the Rise and Fall of the British Empire by Lawrence James. Parts 5 bring us from the Second World War to the anti-climactic end of the British Empire. Lawrence gives much focus to how the empire’s colonial subjects responded to the call for support from Britain during its fight against Hitler - whole hearted support with an implicit understanding that independence would soon follow. The Suez Crisis of 1956, in which British and French forces attempted ...
Bonus Episode: So Who Is Cornwallis Anyway?
January 10, 2021 23:22 - 38 minutes - 29.9 MBThe Life of Charles Edward Cornwallis the Fifth aka the 1st Marquess Cornwallis aka Viscount Brome aka Earl Cornwallis aka Failure at Yorktown aka George Washington’s bitch.
Episode 27.2 - The Rise and Fall of the British Empire by Lawrence James
December 20, 2020 16:47 - 1 hour - 68.4 MBThis week we’re discussing Parts 3 and 4 from the Rise and Fall of the British Empire by Lawrence James. Parts 3 and 4 take us from the emerging dominance of British imperialism after the defeat of Napoleon in 1815 to its inevitable sunset at the end of World War II. The extent of the British Empire and its importance, for good or ill, is truly felt in James’ account. From the imperial cooperation of the two world wars to the postage stamps decorated with oddities at the far reaches of the ...
Episode 27.1 - The Rise and Fall of the British Empire by Lawrence James
December 15, 2020 16:39 - 1 hour - 54.3 MBThis week we’re discussing Part 1 and 2 from the Rise and Fall of the British Empire by Lawrence James. James takes a sober approach to the early phases of the British Empire, avoiding condemnation or affirmation of the project itself while detailing both the Empire’s triumphs and it’s horrors. The first two sections lay the groundwork for the rest of this history and treats the British Empire as a heavily coupled phenomena with the international scramble for colonies - first against the Sp...
Episode 26.2 - Fear And Loathing on The Campaign Trail '72 by Hunter S Thompson
December 07, 2020 01:36 - 1 hour - 64.2 MBThis week we’re discussing the second half of Fear and Loathing On The Campaign Trail of ‘72 by Hunter S. Thompson. The second half brings us from the Demcoratic Party convention in Miami up to the post-mortem on McGovern’s shellacking in the primary against Nixon. There’s a play by play of the battle between the McGovernites and the Anything But McGovern coalition at the convention, insights into the craven and drug fueled world of presidential campaigning, and the steady decline of Thomps...
Episode 26.1 - Fear And Loathing on The Campaign Trail '72 by Hunter S Thompson
December 01, 2020 16:43 - 1 hour - 69.3 MBThis week we’re discussing the first half of Fear and Loathing On The Campaign Trail of ‘72 by every adolescent boy’s favorite author Hunter S. Thompson. Unlike other ephemeral teenage interests, Hunter S. Thompson ages like a block of cheese - it gets stinkier but also objectively better. We follow the drug-addled, big drinking, screed writing Thompson on his journey ywith the Democratic Primary campaign of 1972 - the year Richard Nixon sought re-election. We are introduced to hacks and id...
Episode 24 - Unit Roundup: Japanese Literature
November 16, 2020 16:01 - 1 hour - 59.6 MBThis week is our wrap up episode for the Japanese literature unit. We’ve learned to enjoy the three main ingredients of the Japanese Spirit - koku, depravity, and suicide. There have been many memorable characters as well, the goshin in his search for Yam Gruel, the outcast eta Segawa, the hysterical Komako and her emotionally distant lover Shimamura, and of course Noboru and his sadistic friends. We also had the pleasure of learning of Saigo Takamori’s failed rebellion with Mark Ravina and...
Episode 23.2 - The Last Samurai by Mark Ravina
November 07, 2020 16:42 - 1 hour - 57.8 MBThis week we’re discussing the second half of The Last Samurai: The Life and Battles of Saigo Takamori by Mark Ravina. This is a biography of Saigo Takamori, who we met briefly in Beasly’s Meiji Restoration. Saigo is a legendary figure in modern Japanese history and was an early proponent of imperial as opposed to shogunate rule in Japan. However, as the Meiji Restoration’s direction pointed towards modernization of Japan rather than preservation of it’s traditions, Saigo became the last reb...
Bonus Episode: Dunwich Horror by H.P Lovecraft
October 31, 2020 15:18 - 48 minutes - 35.4 MBThis week we're bringing to you a special bonus episode for Halloween. We're discussing Dunwich Horror by H.P Lovecraft - enjoy! Next week will be our first of two episodes on Hunter S. Thompson's Fear and Loathing on The Campaign Trail of '72 You can call and leave voicemails on our Book Nerds Hotline and we'll play them on the show: 1-978-255-3404 Follow us on Instagram @literalfictionbookclub
Episode 23.1 - The Last Samurai by Mark Ravina
October 17, 2020 18:07 - 56 minutes - 52.1 MBThis week we’re discussing the first half of The Last Samurai: The Life and Battles of Saigo Takamori by Mark Ravina. This is a biography of Saigo Takamori, who we met briefly in Beasly’s Meiji Restoration. Saigo is a legendary figure in modern Japanese history and was an early proponent of imperial as opposed to shogunate rule in Japan. However, as the Meiji Restoration’s direction pointed towards modernization of Japan rather than preservation of it’s traditions, Saigo became the last rebe...
Episode 23 (Bonus) - Troy Talk
October 12, 2020 04:09 - 36 minutes - 26 MBA special episode where Troy shares his thoughts on the state of the world and recommends his favorite history books. Enjoy! Next week we're reading the first half of the Last Samurai by Mark Ravina. You can call and leave voicemails on our Book Nerds Hotline and we'll play them on the show: 1-978-255-3404 Follow us on Instagram @literalfictionbookclub
Episode 22 - The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With The Sea by Yukio Mishima
October 06, 2020 21:26 - 52 minutes - 42.7 MBThis week we’re reading The Sailor Who Fell From Grace with The Sea by Yukio Mishima (who I’ve mispronounced as Yukia Mishima several times.) The book is about a young child named of Noboru, the son of the middle class mother. Noboru and his friends shun the world of adults as illusory and beneath contempt with only a few “permissible” things such as the sea and ships. Noboru’s mother Fusako falls in love with a sailor named Ryuiji who Noboru initially identifies as a hero. Ryuji rises above...
Episode 21.2 - Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata
September 19, 2020 23:29 - 41 minutes - 38.1 MBThis week we’re reading the second half of Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata. Shimamura, Kamako, and to a lesser extent Yoko reveal themselves as people in this second section. The tragic love of Kamako for Shimamura is heightened by Kamako’s erratic and desperate behavior - her frequent drunken visits, her scolding of Shimamura’s broken promises, her oscillation between rejecting Shimamura and seeking his approval. Shimamura remains aloof, but leaks out a degree of emotional vulnerability i...
Episode 21.1 - Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata
September 12, 2020 02:45 - 1 hour - 58.6 MBDescription: This week we’re reading the first half of Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata. It is the story of a well to-do traveler named Shimamura who heads into the mountains as a relief from the busy world of Tokyo - this is known as Snow country, where in the winter seasons the snowfall can accumulate to up to fifteen feet. During his stay at the inn in a mountain village he is introduced to the young, fickle geisha Komako, an intriguing and erratic personality. Both her and Shimamura o...
Episode 20 - Rashōmon and Other Stories by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
September 06, 2020 00:17 - 1 hour - 61.7 MBThis week we discuss a collection of short stories, Rashōmon and Other Stories by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa. Ryunosuke Akutagawa was considered a renegade of his time and had a prolific, if short lived, career as a writer. Born in 1882 and dying by suicide in 1927, he wrote in the Taisho period and rejected the main schools of literary thought of his time. He is considered the “father of the Japanese short story”, having produced 150 in his life. His story In A Grove was directly used for Akira ...
Episode 19.1 - Broken Commandment by Tōson Shimazaki
August 28, 2020 18:16 - 1 hour - 76.9 MBThis week we discuss Tōson Shimazaki's Broken Commandment. This is the story of Ushimatsu Segawa who is a member of the oppressed minority group the eta. Segawa's father separated his family from the local eta community to give his son a chance to make a life for himself and gave Segawa a commandment to never reveal his ethnic origins. To live authentically or to live by your father's commandment - that is the question. You can call and leave voicemails on our Book Nerds Hotline and we'll...
Episode 19 - Broken Commandment by Tōson Shimazaki
August 28, 2020 18:16 - 1 hour - 76.9 MBThis week we discuss Tōson Shimazaki's Broken Commandment. This is the story of Ushimatsu Segawa who is a member of the oppressed minority group the eta. Segawa's father separated his family from the local eta community to give his son a chance to make a life for himself and gave Segawa a commandment to never reveal his ethnic origins. To live authentically or to live by your father's commandment - that is the question. You can call and leave voicemails on our Book Nerds Hotline and we'll...
Episode 18.2 - The Meiji Restoration by W.G Beasly
August 15, 2020 12:37 - 1 hour - 60.5 MBThis week we finish our historical account of the Meiji Restoration. How does the newly found Restoration government secure it's legitimacy? How is the feudal hierarchy both preserved and abolished? Could the Restoration movement be considered a revolution? Next week we're reading the Broken Commandment by Toson Shimazaki. You can call and leave voicemails on our Book Nerds Hotline and we'll play them on the show: 1-978-255-3404 Follow us on Instagram @literalfictionbookclub
Episode 18.1 - The Meiji Restoration by W.G Beasley
July 19, 2020 17:35 - 1 hour - 86.6 MBThis week we ring in our new unit on Japanese literature with the first half of W.G Beasley's history of the Restoration movement, The Meiji Restoration. Unlike Western revolutions, the push to modernize Japan came primarily from the large feudal samurai class. The aims of the samurai class while not homogenous in its entirety, primarily focused on the need to compete with the impressive industrial power of the West. Largely, they did not see their project as a progress towards social equal...
Episode 17.1 - Unit Roundup: Foreign Science Fiction
July 05, 2020 20:52 - 1 hour - 69.9 MBThis week we have a special round up episode on our foreign science fiction unit. Thank you everyone for listening :) Next week we begin our Japanese Literature unit, beginning with a William Beasly's history of the Meiji Restoration. You can call and leave voicemails on our Book Nerds Hotline and we'll play them on the show: 1-978-255-3404 Follow us on Instagram @literalfictionbookclub
Episode 17 - Unit Roundup: Foreign Science Fiction
July 05, 2020 20:52 - 1 hour - 69.9 MBThis week we have a special round up episode on our foreign science fiction unit. Thank you everyone for listening :) Next week we begin our Japanese Literature unit, beginning with a William Beasly's history of the Meiji Restoration. You can call and leave voicemails on our Book Nerds Hotline and we'll play them on the show: 1-978-255-3404 Follow us on Instagram @literalfictionbookclub
Episode 16.3 - The Spontaneous Reflex/My Dad's An Antibiotic
June 24, 2020 14:09 - 1 hour - 48.4 MBThis week we discuss two more stories from the Soviet science fiction collection Red Star Tales, the Spontaneous Reflex by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky and My Dad's An Antibiotic by Sergei Lukyanenko Next week we're doing a round up episode on our foreign science fiction unit. You can call and leave voicemails on our Book Nerds Hotline and we'll play them on the show: 1-978-255-3404 Follow us on Instagram @literalfictionbookclub
Episode 16.2 - The Nur-I-Desht Observatory
May 27, 2020 15:21 - 1 hour - 58.5 MBThis week we discuss the short story Nur-I-Desht Observatory by Ivan Yefremov from the Red Star Tales collection of Soviet science fiction. We are joined by friend of the show and creative director of the Monadnock Underground Chris DiLoreto. We take on the meaning of science, the nature of science fiction, and whether a story about Thomas Jefferson with access to a train would constitute as a science fiction novel. Next week we're reading two more stories from Red Star Tales - The Sponta...
Episode 16.1 - One Evening In 2217
May 18, 2020 23:36 - 1 hour - 69.5 MBThis week we select a story from the Red Star Tales collection, One Evening In 2217 by Nikolai Fyodorov. One Evening in 2217 is considered a precursor story to "We" which we read in the previous week. Next week we'll be reading Nur-I-Desht-Observatory by Ivan Yefremov from the same Red Star Tales collection. 1-978-255-3404 Follow us on Instagram @literalfictionbookclub
Episode 15.2 - The Square Root of Minus One
May 09, 2020 14:59 - 1 hour - 46 MBThis week we discuss the second half of "We" by Yevgeny Zamyatin - its pioneering work in one of Western literature's favorite genres, and its haphazard, muddled plot. We also really want to go back to the gym. Next week we're reading "One Evening in 2217" by Nikolai Fyodorov from the Red Star Tales collection of Soviet science fiction. You can purchase it here: https://www.amazon.com/Red-Star-Tales-Century-Russian-ebook/dp/B016C3KATY You can call and leave voicemails on our Book Nerds H...
Episode 15.1 - Give 'Em That D-503
May 01, 2020 21:57 - 1 hour - 45.3 MBThis week we talk about what Youtube holes we've dived down while stuck at home and break into "We" by Yevgeny Zamyatin. Supplementary Readings: George Orwell on "We": https://orwell.ru/library/reviews/zamyatin/english/e_zamy Next week we'll be finishing the book! You can call and leave voicemails on our Book Nerds Hotline and we'll play them on the show: 1-978-255-3404 Follow us on Instagram @literalfictionbookclub
They Build Drones, And We Will Shoot Them
April 25, 2020 20:17 - 1 hour - 56.1 MBThis week we read "The Day of The Builders" by Kristine Ong Muslim, a short story on the loss of culture and the what is sacrificed with the advancement of civilization. We discuss COVID-19, how to blast drones out of the sky, and whether the hysteria around this pandemic is justified. Read the short story here: https://weirdfictionreview.com/2016/09/day-of-the-builders/ 1-978-255-3404 Follow us on Instagram @literalfictionbookclub
Bonus Episode: They Build Drones, And We Will Shoot Them
April 25, 2020 20:17 - 1 hour - 56.1 MBThis week we read "The Day of The Builders" by Kristine Ong Muslim, a short story on the loss of culture and the what is sacrificed with the advancement of civilization. We discuss COVID-19, how to blast drones out of the sky, and whether the hysteria around this pandemic is justified. Read the short story here: https://weirdfictionreview.com/2016/09/day-of-the-builders/ 1-978-255-3404 Follow us on Instagram @literalfictionbookclub
Episode 14.2 - Escape and Return
April 13, 2020 13:36 - 1 hour - 49.3 MBThis week we continue our discussion on "A Planet For Rent" by Yoss. The second half of this book is less humorous and more somber. We watch humans try to escape their captivity from Earth, and while some succeed and some don't, all lose a part of themselves for trying. Next week we're reading the first half of the Russian dystopian novel "We" by Yevgeny Zamyatin. The English translated work of Yoss and many other authors can be found at Restless Books. Check it out! https://restlessbooks....
Episode 14.1 - Voxl Your Heart Out
April 09, 2020 03:38 - 1 hour - 50.8 MBThis week we cover the first half of "A Planet For Rent" by Yoss. A haunting and humorous set of vignettes set in a world where aliens turn Earth into a tourist park. Next week we're finishing the book! You can find "A Planet For Rent" here: https://restlessbooks.org/bookstore/a-planet-for-rent You can call and leave voicemails on our Book Nerds Hotline and we'll play them on the show: 1-978-255-3404 Follow us on Instagram @literalfictionbookclub
Episode 13.1 - The Three Titty Problem
April 05, 2020 15:32 - 1 hour - 67.9 MBThis week we discuss Cixin Liu's "The Three Body Problem", a popular and genre defining book in Chinese science fiction. We're continuing our foreign science fiction unit with the Cuban writer Yoss and his book "A Planet For Rent". You can call and leave voicemails on our Book Nerds Hotline and we'll play them on the show: 1-978-255-3404 Follow us on Instagram @literalfictionbookclub
Episode 13 - The Three Titty Problem
April 05, 2020 15:32 - 1 hour - 67.9 MBThis week we discuss Cixin Liu's "The Three Body Problem", a popular and genre defining book in Chinese science fiction. We're continuing our foreign science fiction unit with the Cuban writer Yoss and his book "A Planet For Rent". You can call and leave voicemails on our Book Nerds Hotline and we'll play them on the show: 1-978-255-3404 Follow us on Instagram @literalfictionbookclub
Episode 12.2 - So Sad, So Horny, So Knoxville
March 11, 2020 21:56 - 59 minutes - 45 MBThe boys finish off Cormac McCarthy's semi-autobiographical novel Suttree. Things get steamy between Suttree and a hooker, Harrogate attempts to rob a bank by digging under Knoxville, and our favorite character gets iced in a police shootout Next time we'll be reading "The Three Body Problem" by Cixin Liu as we enter our Foreign Sci Fi unit. You can call and leave voicemails on our Book Nerds Hotline and we'll play them on the show: 1-978-255-3404 Follow us on Instagram @literalfictionbook...
Episode 12.1 - Watermelons Make The Best Girlfriends
February 23, 2020 16:53 - 1 hour - 51.9 MBThis week the boys delve deep into Cormac McCarthy's semi-autobiographical novel about being a southern bum. Is it good? Maybe. Does anything happen? Kind of. Despite what you may hear on the episode, we're finishing the book for the next one. You can call and leave voicemails on our Book Nerds Hotline and we'll play them on the show: 1-978-255-3404 Follow us on Instagram @literalfictionbookclub
Episode 11.1 - A Streetcar Named Desire
January 30, 2020 16:49 - 59 minutes - 43.3 MBWe're talking Tennessee Williams and his most famous play, A Streetcar Named Desire. Much like Stanley, we go off the rails with our uncontrollable levels of testosterone. Next week we begin our reading of Cormac McCarthy's novel Suttree. Thank you for listening! You can call and leave voicemails on our Book Nerds Hotline and we'll play them on the show: 1-978-255-3404 Follow us on Instagram @literalfictionbookclub
Episode 11 - A Streetcar Named Desire
January 30, 2020 16:49 - 59 minutes - 43.3 MBWe're talking Tennessee Williams and his most famous play, A Streetcar Named Desire. Much like Stanley, we go off the rails with our uncontrollable levels of testosterone. Next week we begin our reading of Cormac McCarthy's novel Suttree. Thank you for listening! You can call and leave voicemails on our Book Nerds Hotline and we'll play them on the show: 1-978-255-3404 Follow us on Instagram @literalfictionbookclub
Episode 10.1 - One Simple Trick To Resolve Childhood Trauma
January 15, 2020 15:06 - 53 minutes - 41 MBWe finally get to talking about Mel Gibson, his distasteful personality and place in our hearts as an actor of our childhood. Also...the book! Truman Capote's In Cold Blood, a true crime novel which follows Dick and Perry who murder the Clutter family and try to escape to Mexico. Next time we'll be discussing A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams. It's a short one, so it'll be the whole play. You can call and leave voicemails on our Book Nerds Hotline and we'll play them on the s...
Episode 10 - One Simple Trick To Resolve Childhood Trauma
January 15, 2020 15:06 - 53 minutes - 41 MBWe finally get to talking about Mel Gibson, his distasteful personality and place in our hearts as an actor of our childhood. Also...the book! Truman Capote's In Cold Blood, a true crime novel which follows Dick and Perry who murder the Clutter family and try to escape to Mexico. Next time we'll be discussing A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams. It's a short one, so it'll be the whole play. You can call and leave voicemails on our Book Nerds Hotline and we'll play them on the s...
Episode 9 - Their Eyes Were Watching God
January 01, 2020 21:51 - 1 hour - 45.9 MBThis week we discuss the tragic and moving tale, Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neal Hurston. Next week, we'll be reading In Cold Blood by Truman Capote You can call and leave voicemails on our Book Nerds Hotline and we'll play them on the show: 1-978-255-3404 Follow us on Instagram Sam - @nineteenth_brumaire Alex - @tofu_dogs Chloe - @auntchlo
Episode 9.1 - Their Eyes Were Watching God
January 01, 2020 21:51 - 1 hour - 45.9 MBThis week we discuss the tragic and moving tale, Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neal Hurston. Next week, we'll be reading In Cold Blood by Truman Capote You can call and leave voicemails on our Book Nerds Hotline and we'll play them on the show: 1-978-255-3404 Follow us on Instagram Sam - @nineteenth_brumaire Alex - @tofu_dogs Chloe - @auntchlo
Episode 8 - A Christmas Carol
December 22, 2019 18:12 - 1 hour - 55.9 MBIt's Christmas time and what better way to celebrate the holiday than discuss the most famous Christmas story in the Anglosphere. We swap Christmas memories, discuss the timelessness of A Christmas Carol, and attempt to avoid politics, but fail miserably. We'll actually be releasing the "Their Eyes Were Watchin God" episode the first week of the New Year. It's for the whole novel! Read or not! Listen!!!!!! You can call and leave voicemails on our Book Nerds Hotline and we'll play them on ...