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  • SMALL MERCIES by Dennis Lehane >> Lehane has hinted this might be his last novel--tune in to hear why the crime thriller works so well in his hands.

    SMALL MERCIES by Dennis Lehane >> Lehane has hinted this might be his last novel--tune in to hear why the crime thriller works so well in his hands.
    2025/10/07
    Weirdly, amazon added the subtitle "A Detective Mystery" to Small Mercies. When one of the best things about this book is that it's NOT a detective at the center. You all know this genre isn't my usual fare, but Lehane's historical focus, together with his excellent prose, and dialogue (plus plot, duh) made this so satisfying to dive into.
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    44 分
  • REPOST: Lecture 7: Joan Didion’s The White Album Part 1 > Learn why Didion is such an icon and why her inimitable prose means so much to so many people!

    REPOST: Lecture 7: Joan Didion’s The White Album Part 1 > Learn why Didion is such an icon and why her inimitable prose means so much to so many people!
    2024/04/12
    Didion needs almost no description. Kimberly argues why you should read this seminal work, touches on Didion’s biography then digs into why her engaging, dark, entirely inimitable prose is almost universally respected. (For parts 2 and 3 of this lecture, scroll down through the episodes to Lecture 7!)
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    30 分
  • THE HOUSE OF THE SPIRITS and ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE >> Ever thought about these two classics in dialogue with one another? Want to know more about magic realism? Tune in!

    THE HOUSE OF THE SPIRITS and ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE >> Ever thought about these two classics in dialogue with one another? Want to know more about magic realism? Tune in!
    2025/09/25
    Isabel Allende's THE HOUSE OF THE SPIRITS didn't just build upon the magic realism established by García Márquez's ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE. Allende's 1982 novel (published in Spain, not her native Chile for political reasons) was immensely popular with Americans when it was published in English in 1985. Indulge in a reminder of these absolute masterpieces while learning more about how they relate to one another, more about magic realism in general, and how the historical-political situations in Colombia and Chile influenced both works. Kimberly had SO much fun with this. Join in now.
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    1 時間 4 分
  • MRS. DALLOWAY by Virginia Woolf >> The novel might be 100 years old but wow do we need it today.

    MRS. DALLOWAY by Virginia Woolf >> The novel might be 100 years old but wow do we need it today.
    2025/09/22
    Whether you've loved Mrs. Dalloway forever or Woolf is new to you, there's nothing more satisfying than thinking about this book for 45 minutes. We do a quick bio, a little chunk on modernism then a deep dive into the SEXY parts of the book. Indulge now and come away a little smarter.
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    44 分
  • FROG AND TOAD by Arthur Lobel >> I hate to self-aggrandize, but this might be some of my finest work.

    FROG AND TOAD by Arthur Lobel >> I hate to self-aggrandize, but this might be some of my finest work.
    2025/09/18
    What an honor to add my voice to the important chorus extolling everyone's favorite kid book, Frog and Toad. Allow me to explain how structure, monosyllabic word choice, vowel sounds and syntax all combine to result in PROFOUND resonance. The big bonus is that the queer elements of the work make reading Lobel not only a nostalgic delight, but an important act.
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    44 分
  • WHAT WE TALK ABOUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT LOVE by Raymond Carver >> If you've never read Carver, tuck in to just ONE of his insanely great stories then skedaddle back here.

    WHAT WE TALK ABOUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT LOVE by Raymond Carver >> If you've never read Carver, tuck in to just ONE of his insanely great stories then skedaddle back here.
    2025/09/15
    People. Raymond Carver's short fiction is so good that it's essentially responsible for the American short fiction heyday in the 1980s. Listen in to why the content and the STYLE makes Carver entirely inimitable and so compelling.
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    52 分
  • JAMES by Percival Everett >> Dig in to all the ways Everett's re-imagining is a HUGE IMPROVEMENT on the source material.

    JAMES by Percival Everett >> Dig in to all the ways Everett's re-imagining is a HUGE IMPROVEMENT on the source material.
    2025/09/11
    Even if HUCK FINN is your favorite ever, you have to admit that what Everett has done is amazing. Listen in for all the nuance you need about HUCK (without spending days [re]reading Twain). Kimberly shares not only why JAMES is an insanely great revisioning of the 1884 adventure story--but why Everett's crucial text is hilarious, unique and JUST SO GOOD.
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    1 時間 15 分
  • MOBY DICK by Herman Melville >> Whether this doorstop is your favorite of all time, or whether you don't quite get the hype--listen in to why it deserves its status as one of the very best.

    MOBY DICK by Herman Melville >> Whether this doorstop is your favorite of all time, or whether you don't quite get the hype--listen in to why it deserves its status as one of the very best.
    2025/09/08
    Melville's classic is always right at the top of BEST EVER novels lists. We really dig into what is so appealing about this masterpiece: its weird structure, its likeable, unique narrator, an open-mindedness that seems pretty radical for 1851 (including some serious homoeroticism)--and, of course, the appeal of Queequeg, everyone's favorite harpooner.
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    1 時間 8 分