Episode 62: Another Exiled Genius
Ovid’s Metamorphoses is one of the greatest epic poems in the Latin language. Myths, gods, heroes, and and endless stream of rape victims. It’s harsh, but absolutely worth a read.
Episode 61: Patreon Bonus: Douglas Adams
I need a little more time for the next two episodes, so please enjoy this Bonus Episode from my Patreon!
Episode 60: Euripides Wrote Plays That Please!
No particular case this week, as I wanted to talk about an Ancient Athenian playwright who wrote plays that are STILL being produced!
Episode 59: Stories to Tell During the Plague
With hope for an end in sight, I thought it was time to finally talk about Giovanni Boccaccio’s plague-set book, The Decameron.
Episode 58: Bad Baby
This week we talk about Toni Morrison’s Pulitzer Prize winning classic, Beloved. It’s spoiler-lite, so please do your best to keep this book a surprise before you read it.
Episode 57: A Little Bonus in Your Coffee
This week is a little something special, a little something different. It’s a bonus episode from my Patreon account, which I’m shutting down, on Stephen King’s Rose Madder. Enjoy!
Episode 56: America the Bleak
Let’s talk AMERICA and how it was portrayed, lovingly believe it or not, by Sinclair Lewis in his work Main Street.
Episode 55: Excuse Me, How Many Pulitzer Prizes?
He’s a great poet for beginners and old hat poetry fans alike! This week, I make a case for a man who won FOUR Pulitzer Prizes for poetry, Robert Frost.
Episode 54: War is Hell…End of Story
Listener request! I make a case for Erich Maria Remarque’s WWI classic, All Quiet on the Western Front. I’m glad to have read this book.