The Spouter-Inn
By Suzanne Conklin Akbari and Chris Piuma
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Chris (a poet) and Suzanne (a professor) spent six years talking about “great books” (whatever that means), and are now talking about reading (and all the things that means).
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92. The Year of Magical Thinking / Red X.
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May 05, 2026 |
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91. On the Natural History of Destruction / Dhalgren.
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Apr 01, 2026 |
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90. Peter Hujar’s Day / On Elizabeth Bishop.
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Feb 25, 2026 |
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89. The Travels of Sir John Mandeville / Voyage Around My Room.
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Feb 14, 2026 |
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88. The Gospel According to Mark / On the Morning of Christ’s Nativity.
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Dec 30, 2025 |
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87. Waiting for Godot / Theory of Water.
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Dec 01, 2025 |
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86b. Bonus: John Nicholas on Cry of the Ancients.
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Nov 28, 2025 |
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86. Pride and Prejudice / Northanger Abbey.
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Nov 01, 2025 |
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85. Wuthering Heights / Home Cooking.
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Sep 24, 2025 |
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84. The Collected Poems of Wallace Stevens / Finnegans Wake.
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Aug 15, 2025 |
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83. The Tale of Peter Rabbit / Forgetting Elena.
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Jul 14, 2025 |
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82. The Great Gatsby / Solaris.
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Jun 24, 2025 |
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81. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz / Working Through Colonial Collections.
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May 26, 2025 |
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80. Paterson / The Door.
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Apr 25, 2025 |
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79. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn / The Nine Tailors.
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Mar 18, 2025 |
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78. Memory Serves / A Study in Scarlet.
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Feb 14, 2025 |
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77. The Iliad / The Name of the Rose.
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Jan 18, 2025 |
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76. The Return of the King.
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Dec 17, 2024 |
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75. My Life.
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Nov 08, 2024 |
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74. Shapes of Native Nonfiction.
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Nov 01, 2024 |
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73. Dancing on Our Turtle’s Back.
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Oct 25, 2024 |
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72. The Essays of Michel de Montaigne.
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Oct 18, 2024 |
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71. Troilus and Criseyde.
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Oct 10, 2023 |
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70b. Bonus: Dick Davis on Translating Persian Poetry.
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Sep 19, 2023 |
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70. Layli and Majnun.
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Sep 06, 2023 |
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69b. Bonus: Mark Sundaram and Aven McMaster on Etymology.
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Jul 15, 2023 |
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69. The Etymologies.
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Jul 01, 2023 |
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68. The Consolation of Philosophy.
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Jun 08, 2023 |
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67. The Song of Songs.
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May 11, 2023 |
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66. Antigone.
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Apr 02, 2023 |
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65. The Epic of Gilgamesh.
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Feb 26, 2023 |
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64b. Bonus: Sassan Tabatabai on Blind Owl.
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Feb 12, 2023 |
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64. Blind Owl.
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Jan 31, 2023 |
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63. Midwinter Day.
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Jan 20, 2023 |
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62. The Waste Land.
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Jan 04, 2023 |
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61. Native Tongue.
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Dec 20, 2022 |
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60b. Bonus: Jared Pechaček on The Two Towers.
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Nov 05, 2022 |
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60. The Two Towers.
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Oct 01, 2022 |
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59. Harriet the Spy.
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Sep 25, 2022 |
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58. Invisible Man.
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Sep 04, 2022 |
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57. Ulysses.
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Jun 16, 2022 |
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56. Mrs. Dalloway.
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May 25, 2022 |
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55b. Bonus: Sandow Birk on the Divine Comedy.
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May 16, 2022 |
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55. Paradiso.
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Apr 30, 2022 |
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54. The Rings of Saturn.
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Apr 07, 2022 |
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53. Confessions.
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Mar 08, 2022 |
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52. Black Skin, White Masks.
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Feb 22, 2022 |
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51. I Am Woman.
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Jan 16, 2022 |
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50. The Hereford Mappa Mundi.
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Dec 25, 2021 |
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49. Watchmen.
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Nov 16, 2021 |
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48b. Bonus: Melissa Moreton on Hidden Stories: Books Along the Silk Roads.
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Oct 19, 2021 |
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48. Orlando.
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Aug 01, 2021 |
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47b. Bonus: Daniel Heath Justice on Animals.
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Jul 14, 2021 |
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47. Charlotte’s Web.
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Jul 06, 2021 |
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46b. Bonus: Anna Wilson on Bear.
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Jun 22, 2021 |
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46. Bear.
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Jun 16, 2021 |
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45. The Conference of the Birds.
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Jun 04, 2021 |
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44b. Bonus: Oriana Schwindt on The Fellowship of the Ring.
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Apr 30, 2021 |
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44. The Fellowship of the Ring.
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Apr 20, 2021 |
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43. Braiding Sweetgrass.
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Apr 05, 2021 |
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42b. Bonus: Nahir Otaño Gracia on Laxdæla Saga.
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Mar 24, 2021 |
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42. Laxdæla Saga.
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Mar 15, 2021 |
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41. Exile and Pride.
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Feb 08, 2021 |
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40. The Boys in the Band.
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Jan 14, 2021 |
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39. The Metaphysical Poets.
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Jan 02, 2021 |
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38b. Bonus: Luther Obrock on the Mahabharata.
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Dec 22, 2020 |
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38. Mahabharata.
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Dec 21, 2020 |
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37. Times Square Red, Times Square Blue.
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Nov 15, 2020 |
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36b. Bonus: Shamma Boyarin on the Disciplina Clericalis.
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Oct 27, 2020 |
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36. Disciplina Clericalis.
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Oct 20, 2020 |
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35b. Bonus: Loretta Todd on Monkey Beach.
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Sep 24, 2020 |
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35. Monkey Beach.
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Sep 21, 2020 |
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34b. Bonus: Karla Mallette on Purgatorio.
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Sep 08, 2020 |
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34. Purgatorio.
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Sep 01, 2020 |
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33. W, or the Memory of Childhood.
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Aug 04, 2020 |
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32b. Bonus: David Hadbawnik on the Aeneid.
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Jul 20, 2020 |
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32. The Aeneid.
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Jul 13, 2020 |
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31. Beyond a Boundary.
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Jun 24, 2020 |
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30b. Bonus: Reading During Crisis, Part Two.
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Jun 12, 2020 |
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30. Vanity Fair.
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Jun 02, 2020 |
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29b. Bonus: Lee Maracle on Great Expectations.
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May 18, 2020 |
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29. Great Expectations.
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May 11, 2020 |
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28b. Bonus: Jess Henderson on Emma.
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Apr 29, 2020 |
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28. Emma.
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Apr 25, 2020 |
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27b. Bonus: Reading During Crisis.
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Apr 03, 2020 |
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27. The Decameron.
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Apr 01, 2020 |
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26b. Bonus: Mohamad Tavakoli-Targhi on Persepolis.
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Mar 27, 2020 |
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26. Persepolis.
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Mar 19, 2020 |
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25. The Jungle.
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Mar 03, 2020 |
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24b. Bonus: Lesley S. Curtis on Stella.
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Feb 21, 2020 |
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24. The Black Jacobins.
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Feb 14, 2020 |
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23. Memory Serves.
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Jan 22, 2020 |
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22. Beloved.
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Dec 19, 2019 |
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21. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
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Nov 27, 2019 |
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20b. Bonus: Irina Dumitrescu on Food Writing.
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Nov 18, 2019 |
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20. How to Cook a Wolf.
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Nov 15, 2019 |
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19b. Bonus: Simone de Rochefort on Ernest Hemingway.
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Nov 04, 2019 |
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19. A Moveable Feast.
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Nov 01, 2019 |
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18b. Bonus: Liza Blake on Margaret Cavendish.
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Oct 21, 2019 |
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18. The Blazing World.
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Oct 19, 2019 |
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17. Hayy ibn Yaqzan.
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Oct 02, 2019 |
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16b. Bonus: Michael Collins on Middlemarch.
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Sep 16, 2019 |
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16. Middlemarch.
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Sep 13, 2019 |
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15b. Bonus: Emily Wilson on the Odyssey.
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Aug 26, 2019 |
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15. The Odyssey.
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Aug 23, 2019 |
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14b. Bonus: Steve Mentz on The Tempest.
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Aug 12, 2019 |
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14. The Tempest.
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Aug 09, 2019 |
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13. To the Lighthouse.
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Jul 18, 2019 |
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12b. Bonus: Damian Fleming on Moby-Dick.
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Jul 08, 2019 |
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12. Moby-Dick.
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Jul 05, 2019 |
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11. The Autobiography of Malcolm X.
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Jun 19, 2019 |
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10b. Bonus: Peter Coviello on Leaves of Grass.
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Jun 03, 2019 |
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10. Leaves of Grass.
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May 31, 2019 |
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9b. Bonus: Sarah Chamberlain on Frankenstein.
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May 27, 2019 |
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9. Frankenstein.
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May 23, 2019 |
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8b. Bonus: Anthony Oliveira on Paradise Lost.
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May 06, 2019 |
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8. Paradise Lost.
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May 03, 2019 |
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7. Inferno.
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Apr 18, 2019 |
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6. The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas.
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Apr 04, 2019 |
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5. Little Women.
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Mar 19, 2019 |
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4b. Bonus: Timothy Perry on The Book of Peace.
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Mar 06, 2019 |
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4. The Book of the City of Ladies.
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Mar 05, 2019 |
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3. The Metamorphoses.
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Feb 19, 2019 |
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2. The Symposium.
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Feb 04, 2019 |
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1. The Iliad.
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Jan 18, 2019 |