Literary Devices
9 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingA book club in your earbuds, Literary Devices is a podcast that brings you in-depth discussions on all kinds of books, from contemporary literature to young adult novels to non-fiction tomes. Hosted by Jessica McGale-Cooper and Marysia Wojcik.
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Episodes
Episode 9 - No Baggage
December 06, 2019 16:00 - 52 minutes - 35.9 MBLet's talk about minimalism, travel, and grand experiments today with Clara Bensen's memoir, No Baggage: A Minimalist Tale of Love and Wandering. Trigger warning: Brief mentions of anxiety and depression. Edited by Ryan McGale. Artwork by Bryan Cooper. Next book: Iscariot by Tosca Lee.
Episode 8 - Turtles All the Way Down
September 27, 2019 14:00 - 1 hour - 42.6 MBLet's talk mental health and the nature of the self with John Green's Turtles All the Way Down. Trigger warning for talk of intense anxiety. Edited and produced by Ryan McGale. Music by Ryan McGale. Art by Bryan Cooper. The Name Therapist by Duana Taha True You - Invisibilia (This is the episode that is named, and is a good episode, but isn't the one Jessica was thinking of) The Personality Myth - Invisibilia (This is the episode Jessica was actually referencing!)
Episode 7 - The Witches of New York
August 26, 2019 13:00 - 41 minutes - 28.7 MBWitches and ghosts and villainous, misogynistic preachers, oh my! Join Jessica and Marysia as they explore themes of feminism and religion in Ami McKay's spiritualist, occultist novel, The Witches of New York. Theme song, editing, and production by Ryan McGale. Artwork by Bryan Cooper.
Episode 6 - Circe
April 18, 2019 15:00 - 1 hour - 28.8 MBGoddesses, witches, more myths than you can count: dive back into Greek mythology with this month's discussion of Circe by Madeline Miller. Trigger warning: discussions of sexual violence (because Greek mythology is a patriarchal hellscape). Hosted by Jessica McGale-Cooper and Marysia Wojcik. Editing, production, and music by Ryan McGale. Art by Bryan Cooper. Next month's book is The Witches of New York by Ami McKay.
Episode 5 - The Song of Achilles
March 06, 2019 15:00 - 48 minutes - 22.1 MBJump into the world of Greek mythology and The Iliad in our discussion of Madeline Miller's phenomenal novel, The Song of Achilles. Trigger warning: discussions of violence, depictions of war, and sexual assault. Production, editing, and music by Ryan McGale. Art by Bryan Cooper.
Episode 4 - Bringing Up Bébé
February 06, 2019 15:00 - 44 minutes - 20.2 MBIntroducing my new co-host, Marysia Wójcik! Join us for a discussion on parenting styles, raising children in a foreign country, and fatphobia surrounding pregnant people and mothers in particular in Bringing Up Bébé by Pamela Druckerman. NOTE: We talk a lot about fatphobia and gender norms, etc, but realized afterwards that we were using a lot of ableist language while doing so. We would like to point out that this is something that we are working on in ourselves and will do better to avo...
Episode 3 - Favourite Reads of 2018
January 04, 2019 14:00 - 14 minutes - 6.71 MBBooks mentioned: Beartown by Frederik Backman The Girl in the Tower (and The Bear and the Nightingale) by Katherine Arden Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichi The Power by Naomi Alderman And I Darken, Now I Rise, and Bright We Burn by Kiersten White This Savage Song and Our Dark Duet by Victoria Schwab Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman Pachinko by Min Jin Lee Next book to be discussed: Bringing Up Bebe by Pamela Druckerman Editing, production, and music by Ryan McGale Art by Bryan Cooper
Episode 2 - All the Bright Places
November 07, 2018 16:00 - 23 minutes - 10.7 MBAn in-depth discussion of the novel All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven. Trigger Warning: suicide Genre: Young Adult (YA) fiction Music by Ryan McGale. Production by Ryan McGale. Artwork by Bryan Cooper. Be sure to send your feedback and thoughts on the book to [email protected]. Next book: Bringing Up Bebe by Pamela Druckerman
Episode 1 - A Man Called Ove
October 23, 2018 04:00 - 22 minutes - 10.2 MBA discussion of the novel A Man Called Ove by Frederik Backman. Trigger warning: Some discussions of suicide. Thanks to Ryan McGale for the theme song and editing help. Logo designed by Bryan Cooper. Next episode's book is All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven.