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Chris (a poet) and Suzanne (a professor) spent six years talking about “great books” (whatever that means), and are now talking about reading (and all the things that means).

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On the Natural History of Destruction / Dhalgren

W.G. Sebald’s essay collection On the Natural History of Destruction and Samuel R. Delany’s novel Dhalgren.

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Peter Hujar’s Day / On Elizabeth Bishop

Linda Rosenkrantz’s Peter Hujar’s Day and Colm Tóibín’s On Elizabeth Bishop.

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The Travels of Sir John Mandeville / Voyage Around My Room

We look at some old travel literature, with The Travels of Sir John Mandeville and Xavier de Maistre’s Voyage Around My Room.

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The Gospel According to Mark / On the Morning of Christ’s Nativity

The Gospel According to Mark (and some recent queer retellings of Jesus’ life story), and John Milton’s poem On the Morning of Christ’s Nativity.

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Waiting for Godot / Theory of Water

Samuel Beckett’s play Waiting for Godot and Leanne Betasamosake Simpson’s new book Theory of Water: Nishnaabe Maps to the Times Ahead.

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Bonus: John Nicholas on Cry of the Ancients

Suzanne talks with John Nicholas, whose parents Grey Owl and Little Pigeon wrote Cry of the Ancients (1974).

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Pride and Prejudice / Northanger Abbey

For Jane Austen’s 250th birthday, we’re rereading Pride and Prejudice and Northanger Abbey.

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Wuthering Heights / Home Cooking

Emily Brontë’s novel Wuthering Heights and Laurie Colwin’s essay collection Home Cooking.

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Fun grad school show

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J P Dukes

Suzanne and Chris balance literary conventional wisdom with first impressions and close readings. Listening, you place the book (usually a book) in its historical context, but also get a dose of skepticism and subjective literary criticism that makes you lean into the radio. Great show!
Some requests

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Megerik

Graham Greene!!
Suzanne talks too fast

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cocovm

Suzanne ruins an otherwise excellent podcast by talking too fast to the point she is often unintelligible. Slow down.
Soooo much better than my office book club

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Stevil Dead

This show is insightful and the book choices are so much better than the many Joe Businessman choices we are stuck with in our office book club. The books discussed here I have actually read or have always wanted to read, and have not much to do with Arts of Wars it whatever sociopath training manuals the corporate types at work pick to self gloss. Thank you for giving me a sane place to come to for great discussions about really great books.

Chris (a poet) and Suzanne (a professor) spent six years talking about “great books” (whatever that means), and are now talking about reading (and all the things that means).