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History of Literature #116 – Ghost Stories!
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:12:54 — 50.3MB) | Embed Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Email | RSS | More It’s the Halloween Episode! After some false starts (thanks, Gar!), Jacke settles in to discuss some ghost stories, including a few old chestnuts, a little Toni Morrison, a little Henry James, and a LOT of real-life phenomena. Along the way, he discusses how ghost stories Continue reading
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History of Literature #83 – Overrated! Top 10 Books You Don’t Need to Read
Life is short, and books are many. How many great books have you read? How many more have you NOT read? How to choose? Mike Palindrome, President of the Literature Supporters Club, joins Jacke for a discussion of overrated classics and the pleasures of shortening one’s list of must-reads. Podcast: Play in new window | Continue reading
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The History of Literature Episode 60 – Great Literary Endings
https://youtu.be/X7bInqjmEN4 Everyone always talks about the greatest openings in the history of literature – I’m looking at you, Call me Ishmael – but what about endings? Aren’t those just as important? What are the different ways to end short stories and novels? Which endings work well and why? In this episode, Jacke and Mike take a look at Continue reading
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