Phoebe reads a chapter a day of Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray. Read along.
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Jun 2024
To Kill a Mockingbird: Chapters 1-8
Welcome back to a new series of discussions on another beloved novel, this time on one of the best American novels ever written. In this episode, we talk about Harper Lee’s use of voice in telling the story (and why it’s somewhat similar to Jane Austen), the importance of the cha ... Show More
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Sep 2025
Ian McEwan on Speculative Fiction, Lost Poems and What We Can Know
Ian McEwan is the critically acclaimed author of nineteen novels and two short story collections. His novels include Atonement, Enduring Love, The Children Act and On Chesil Beach, and he is the recipient of many awards including the Booker Prize, the Somerset Maugham Award and t ... Show More
42 m
May 2022
Chapter 17: The Past and Present Kings of Nothing
There is a place beyond that which can be touch, where those who walk with long shadows stride. Their heels always to the nothing of that place, taking from it, but giving in equal measure their sacrifice to whatever built that palace of inky darkness. That is the domain that Edw ... Show More
18m 52s
Jun 2021
Interview with Jenny Lawson
In this week’s episode, Kendra talks with Jenny Lawson about her most recent book, Broken (in the Best Possible Way), which out now from Henry Holt.
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