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A review of the wonderful, seamless, cyclic “Garden by the Sea” by Mercè Rodoreda. — patreon.com/relevanceofliterature relevanceofliterature.com/notes — Music by Lizzie Discenza Our Show: relevanceofliterature.com Our old (and yes, still functioning) blog: didionandhawthorne.blubrry.net

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Today’s book box covers the Barnes and Noble edition of “Classic Stories” by Edgar Allan Poe, provided by the Coffee and a Classic book box. — patreon.com/relevanceofliterature relevanceofliterature.com/notes — Music by Lizzie Discenza Our Show: relevanceofliterature.com Our old (and yes, still functioning) blog: didionandhawthorne.blubrry.net

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Today we delve into of my top ten favorite pieces of literature: quiet, beautiful “Agnes Grey” by Anne Brontë. — patreon.com/relevanceofliterature relevanceofliterature.com/notes — Music by Lizzie Discenza Our Show: relevanceofliterature.com Our old (and yes, still functioning) blog: didionandhawthorne.blubrry.net

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A late-night discussion of the final short story in our Poe mini-series on the beginnings of detective fiction. — patreon.com/relevanceofliterature relevanceofliterature.com/notes — Music by Lizzie Discenza Our Show: relevanceofliterature.com Our old (and yes, still functioning) blog: didionandhawthorne.blubrry.net

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Today we do a reading check-in for our collective reading goals. Herein I reflect on how my reading has been going for the first part of 2021, things I have noticed about my habits, and what I would like to change moving forward. — patreon.com/relevanceofliterature relevanceofliterature.com/notes — Music by Lizzie Discenza Our Show: relevanceofliterature.com Our … Continue reading Week 8 of Reading – Episode 162 →

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Today’s #BookUnboxing features buddy novel “Miss Benson’s Beetle” by Rachel Joyce, which is a tale about two women finding themselves on a hunt for a beetle in 1950s New Caledonia. Correction: I mention at the beginning of the episode that the box set up a meeting with the author. They actually just printed the author’s … Continue reading Once Upon a Book Club #BookUnboxing – Episode 161 →

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The second installment of our mini-series on the inception of the detective story, featuring Edgar Allen Poe’s trio about detective Dupin, the Chevalier himself. — patreon.com/relevanceofliterature relevanceofliterature.com/notes — Music by Lizzie Discenza Our Show: relevanceofliterature.com Our old (and yes, still functioning) blog: didionandhawthorne.blubrry.net

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Today we review our first official novel of the year, 2019’s “Trust Exercise” by fabulous up-and-coming author Susan Choi. Herein lie my thoughts about this novel as well as Susan Choi’s short fiction. — patreon.com/relevanceofliterature relevanceofliterature.com/notes — Music by Lizzie Discenza Our Show: relevanceofliterature.com Our old (and yes, still functioning) blog: didionandhawthorne.blubrry.net

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A fascinating early detective story written by the father of American Gothic himself, Edgar Allen Poe. patreon.com/relevanceofliterature relevanceofliterature.com/notes — Music by Lizzie Discenza Our Show: relevanceofliterature.com Our old (and yes, still functioning) blog: didionandhawthorne.blubrry.net

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I hope you enjoy this fun addition to our “Language in 24-Hour” series, where I talk about what it is like moving from German to French speaking and learning French on my own for the first month of practice. — patreon.com/relevanceofliterature relevanceofliterature.com/notes — Music by Lizzie Discenza Our Show: relevanceofliterature.com Our old (and yes, still … Continue reading Learning French in One Month – Episode 157 →