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Lit Society: Books and Drama Kari Herrera and Alexis Honoria
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Laugh out loud and fall in love again with reading! Thursdays, join life-long friends Kari and Alexis as they use literature to humorously explore pop culture and personal peculiarities. Travel across worlds real and imagined via dramatic readings of their favorite passages. Take a break from your routine with a book club that’s LIT!
Find Alexis and Kari on social media @LitSocietyPod and get in on the conversation by using #booksanddrama. Lit Society is independently owned and operated. Support these women by listening on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Soundcloud, YouTube, and LitSocietyPod.com.
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King Lear by William Shakespeare
A man's enemies will be persons of his own household. In one of the most tragic classics, we are forced to stare unflinchingly into a household descending into madness and chaos.
The play: King Lear
The playwright: William Shakespeare
LET'S GET LIT!!!
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The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
"As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect.." The most kafkaesque book we've ever read is about isolation, capitalism, and the meaning of family - we think.
The book: The Metamorphosis
The author: Franz Kafka
LET'S GET LIT!!!
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A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry
One family's matriarch does all she can to honor her late husband's memory, save her son from despair, and support the dreams of her daughter — Is there hope for them, a family who the world is against, a family who already feels death inside the walls of their dwelling?
The play: A Raisin in the Sun
The playwright: Lorraine Hansberry
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Sources for theme discussion: The Lasting Effects of Covenants and Red-Lining
https://www.npr.org/2017/05/03/526655831/a-forgotten-history-of-how-the-u-s-government-segregated-america
https://www.npr.org/2021/11/17/1049052531/racial-covenants-housing-discrimination
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No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
What would you give for 2.4M dollars? Would you give up everything, and if so, in what order would you choose to abandon your life and everyone in it? One man must quickly decide his answer. What he chooses and what happens next is a story that uncovers the not-so-secret depravity of an entire country.
The book: No Country for Old Men
The author: Cormac McCarthy
LET'S GET LIT!!!
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ReLIT: Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell
This episode was first published on April 14, 2022, and it's still one of our favorites. We return next week with a new episode covering No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy. Enjoy!
America's Most Wanted was a television show launched by a man who knew what it meant to lose a child forever, in the blink of an eye, to the hands of a monster. He took his pain and helped others find their missing children before it was too late. Today, we discuss how that man, Jon Walsh, lost his son and what we all can do to be a little safer in these streets. Then, on to our book...
On the tenth anniversary of her youngest daughter's disappearance, one woman must choose to let go of her pain and reopen herself to life and love. After meeting a charming writer, who reminds her of her ex-husband, she begins a path that takes her somewhere she never imagined — to the truth about her daughter's disappearance a decade earlier.
The woman's name? Laurel Mack.
The book? Then She Was Gone: A Novel by Lisa Jewell
LET'S GET LIT!
Find Alexis and Kari online: Instagram — www.instagram.com/litsocietypod/; Twitter — twitter.com/litsocietypod; Facebook — www.facebook.com/LitSocietyPod/; and our website www.LitSocietyPod.com. Get in on the conversation by using #booksanddrama.
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Small Things like These by Claire Keegan
Not all heroes wear capes or have long epic trilogies written about them. Some live quiet lives, doing what they can to protect the most vulnerable. In a small Irish town, one man must choose if he'll become a hero or remain a silent enabler of a horrific system perpetrated by the church of his community.
The book: Small Things Like These
The author: Claire Keegan
LET'S GET LIT!!!
- View the video podcast here: https://www.youtube.com/@litsocietypod
Find Alexis and Kari online:
Instagram — www.instagram.com/litsocietypod
Twitter — www.twitter.com/litsocietypod
Facebook — www.facebook.com/LitSocietyPod
Our website — www.LitSocietyPod.com.
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I love these ladies. I am constantly laughing out loud with them. I’ve listened to every ep and sometimes when I need a “comfort listen” I’ll go back and pick a random episode. But they aren’t ALL comedy, not sure they even try to be funny they just are!!! I love the book discussion and they often point out things I haven’t picked up on :) love it