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The second part of Breanna and I’s chat about the legendary writer William Faulkner. Part 1: https://didionandhawthorne.blubrry.net/2019/04/02/faulkner-1-3-ft-breanna-poston-episode-35/
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Like modern cinema, fashion, and literature, the 1920s also gave birth to today’s riveting topic: comics. https://the-artifice.com/history-of-comics/
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Part 1/3 of our #AprilinParis mini series on Faulkner! Bearded Faulkner at Luxembourg: http://mwp.olemiss.edu//dir/faulkner_william/paris.html
Continue reading Faulkner (1/3) ft. Breanna Poston – Episode 35
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A comprehensive overview of what makes a NY Times Bestseller. Behind the List: https://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/21/opinion/21pubed.html The List Itself: https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/ Freakonomics Episode: http://freakonomics.com/podcast/creativity-5/ Interviews from NY Times Employees: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/07/reader-center/behind-the-new-york-times-best-seller-not-best-reviewed-lists.html Northeastern Article: https://news.northeastern.edu/2018/04/06/the-science-of-a-new-york-times-bestseller/
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Another book review for March? Introducing weekly episodes and a poetry series. Gingerbread: https://www.amazon.com/Gingerbread-Novel-Helen-Oyeyemi/dp/1594634653/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=gingerbread&qid=1553024719&s=gateway&sr=8-1 Oyeyemi: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/59813/helen-oyeyemi
Continue reading “Gingerbread” by Helen Oyeyemi #NewRelease – Episode 33
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Bonus episode #2 with a bite-sized discussion of burnout, love, and my relationship with poetry. Featuring two poems I wrote!
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What is the deal with the popular linguistic expression “cellar door,” referenced in media like the film Donnie Darko? The guy who taught his son Klingon: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/19/darmond-speers-dad-spoke_n_363477.html?guccounter=1 The article that started it all: https://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/14/magazine/14FOB-onlanguage-t.html Tolkien’s cellar door speech: http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Cellar_door Some mustings on cellar door: https://www.quora.com/What-makes-the-phrase-Cellar-Door-the-most-beautiful-phrase-in-English-language-What-is-the-proof-for-the-claim Nunberg’s work: http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=2142
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Welcome to the collage of voices that has become my first book review! “Where Reasons End” is officially the most recent book for the show to discuss–check it out, it came out on February 5th!
Continue reading “Where Reasons End” by Yiyun Li #BookReview – Episode 30
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Our first romance novel? The paperback (not affiliate): https://www.amazon.com/Chasing-Red-Isabelle-Ronin/dp/1492658456/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1544710121&sr=8-1&keywords=chasing+red
Continue reading “Chasing Red” by Isabel Ronin #LoveofFebruary – Episode 29
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Nothing says February love like “Norwegian Wood” “Gatsby in Japan” article: https://www.spectator.co.uk/2018/10/gatsby-in-japan-killing-commendatore-by-haruki-murakami-reviewed/ A weird blog with bookish drinks (I do not support underage drinking): http://www.statepress.com/article/2016/04/books-and-booze-blog-norwegian-wood-haruki-murakami
Continue reading “Norwegian Wood” by Haruki Murakami #LoveofFebruary – Episode 28