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The bias is real—today I review my favorite YA book series from childhood in our second (and last) Summer YA special of the year. — Show Notes: relevanceofliterature.com/notes/ patreon.com/relevanceofliterature — Music by Leo Discenza Our Show: relevanceofliterature.com Our old (and yes, still functioning) blog: didionandhawthorne.blubrry.net

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The end of the line—when “Bleak House” gets bittersweet. — Show Notes: relevanceofliterature.com/notes/ patreon.com/relevanceofliterature — Music by Leo Discenza Our Show: relevanceofliterature.com Our old (and yes, still functioning) blog: didionandhawthorne.blubrry.net

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We are chilled to announce the theme for our next #HorrifyingClassics series, airing in October 2021. https://www.relevanceofliterature.com/horrifying-classics patreon.com/relevanceofliterature

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We finish the novel! — Show Notes: relevanceofliterature.com/notes/ patreon.com/relevanceofliterature — Music by Leo Discenza Our Show: relevanceofliterature.com Our old (and yes, still functioning) blog: didionandhawthorne.blubrry.net

Continue reading “Bleak House” by Charles Dickens, serials 19-20 – Episode 191 →

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The part in which Mrs. Snagsby finally, finally gets her comeuppance. Let’s discuss. — Show Notes: relevanceofliterature.com/notes/ patreon.com/relevanceofliterature — Music by Leo Discenza Our Show: relevanceofliterature.com Our old (and yes, still functioning) blog: didionandhawthorne.blubrry.net

Continue reading “Bleak House” by Charles Dickens, serials 17-18 – Episode 190 →

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An informal review of special quotes, passages, symbols, and themes from serials 13-16 of Dickens’ “Bleak House” during our penultimate week on the novel. — Show Notes: relevanceofliterature.com/notes/ patreon.com/relevanceofliterature — Music by Leo Discenza Our Show: relevanceofliterature.com Our old (and yes, still functioning) blog: didionandhawthorne.blubrry.net

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Mackenzie formally reviews serials 13-16 in Dickens’ “Bleak House” in our penultimate week on the novel. — Show Notes: relevanceofliterature.com/notes/ patreon.com/relevanceofliterature — Music by Leo Discenza Our Show: relevanceofliterature.com Our old (and yes, still functioning) blog: didionandhawthorne.blubrry.net

Continue reading “Bleak House” by Charles Dickens, serials 13-16 (1/2) – Episode 188 →

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Mackenzie reviews her progress with her book/week goal and discusses the books that have proven the most meaningful to her throughout the past year. — Show Notes: relevanceofliterature.com/notes/ patreon.com/relevanceofliterature — Music by Leo Discenza Our Show: relevanceofliterature.com Our old (and yes, still functioning) blog: didionandhawthorne.blubrry.net

Continue reading Week 32 of Reading – Episode 187 →

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Welcome to “The Book Album”. Host Mackenzie goes over the ins and outs of our new name, and touches on a piece from “The White Album” by Joan Didion. — Show Notes: relevanceofliterature.com/notes/ patreon.com/relevanceofliterature — Music by Leo Discenza Our Show: relevanceofliterature.com Our old (and yes, still functioning) blog: didionandhawthorne.blubrry.net

Continue reading The Book Album ft. “The White Album” by Joan Didion – Episode 186 →

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In our last episode under the name “Didion, Hawthorne, and the In-Between,” Mackenzie delves into a short story by one of the show’s namesake authors. — Show Notes: relevanceofliterature.com/notes/ patreon.com/relevanceofliterature — Music by Leo Discenza Our Show: relevanceofliterature.com Our old (and yes, still functioning) blog: didionandhawthorne.blubrry.net

Continue reading “The Birthmark” by Nathaniel Hawthorne – Episode 185 →