Ep 697 - The Sound and the Fury, by William Faulkner
This is a podcast, recorded by two nincompoops, full of the novel The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner, signifying...something? a recording in which we discuss the Modernism the italics the three sons the Mother the golf course the South and is Craig sick who knows this consciousness won't stream itself you know
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Ep 696 - Sunrise on the Reaping (The Hunger Games #0.5), by Suzanne Collins
The Hunger Games are back, and so are we! Remember Haymitch Abernathy, the occasionally sympathetic drunk from the original Hunger Games trilogy? Well, here he is as a young man, being ground into dust by his authoritarian government and its media apparatus. Collins really wants to make sure that you Get It This Time.
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Ep 695 - Orbital, by Samantha Harvey
Ep 694 - Supercomputer (Choose Your Own Adventure), by Edward Packard
Ep 693 - Piranesi, by Susanna Clarke
Welcome to the infinite halls of Piranesi’s House. Don’t mind the flooded basement, or the cloudy attic, or the fact that staying here more than a day starts to really take a toll on your memory. Piranesi’s got it all written down, so he knows everything there is to know about the House. Or does he?
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Ep 692 - The Princess Bride, by William Goldman
It's not every day you run across this skillful an abridgment of S. Morgenstern's classic tale of love and adventure, one that was also turned into a beloved feature film of the same name. But there's something weird going on here. Both author and abridger are editorializing a LOT, and I'm not sure I can even find the kingdom of Florin on a map. Oh well! It's probably nothing.
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Ep 691 - The Invasion (Animorphs #1), by K.A. Applegate
Ep 690 - The Vanishing Half, by Brit Bennett
How does one construct an identity? And what must you sacrifice to forge one all your own (and who is most impacted by your choices)? Bennett's acclaimed novel The Vanishing Half meditates on these questions and more in a story about passing, sister/motherhood, and acting.
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