Didn't Read It
By Grace Todd
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Episodes: 90
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A guided tour through the stories that have shaped our culture and the world we live in.
Whether you’re a literature nerd, a romance aficionado, or just Not That Into Books, there’s no denying that the “great works” of literature have played a part in influencing everything from public policy to superhero movies. If you’ve ever wanted to know whether that pretentious guy on Twitter is correct in referring to news stories as “Orwellian,” wondered what stories inspired shows like Bridgerton, or just been curious about why, exactly, your high school English teacher was so insistent about assigning books by Dead White Guys, Didn’t Read It is the podcast for you.
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Skirt Lunches and War Zones: Guy de Maupassant's "Boule de Suif"
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Jun 14, 2026 |
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What We Do for Country: "War," by Luigi Pirandello
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Mar 29, 2026 |
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Death, Daughters and Bugs Bunny: The Sixth Fragment of the Canterbury Tales
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Feb 15, 2026 |
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Ghosts of the Middle Class: "A Strange Christmas Game," by Charlotte Riddell
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Dec 14, 2025 |
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Bedrot and the Rest Cure: Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper"
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Oct 19, 2025 |
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Nobody Loves Edwardian Farce Anymore: P.G. Wodehouse with Zach Weinersmith
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Sep 21, 2025 |
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Kid Lit and Preparing to Die: John Newbury's "The History of Little Goody Two-Shoes"
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Aug 03, 2025 |
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Christmas Pride in July: "My Visitation," by Rose Terry
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Jul 20, 2025 |
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"His America," by Susan Glaspell
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Jul 06, 2025 |
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More Marriage, More Problems: The Fifth Fragment of the Canterbury Tales
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Jun 22, 2025 |
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Extravagant Morals & Hat Bribery: Katherine Mansfield's "The Garden Party"
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Jun 08, 2025 |
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Vintage Smut With Things to Say: Eliza Haywood's "Fantomina," with Kathleen Lubey
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May 25, 2025 |
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100 Years of Fiction: Happy Birthday to the New Yorker!
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May 11, 2025 |
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Imaginary Mammal Algorithms: Tove Jansson's "The Storm" and "The Squirrel"
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Apr 27, 2025 |
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Creepy Janitors & Perfect Apartments: Richard Matheson's "Shipshape Home"
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Apr 20, 2025 |
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We're All Crazy Here: Shirley Jackon's "Colloquy"
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Apr 13, 2025 |
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Male Friendship & Cornish Shipwrecks: "The Roll Call of the Reef," with Jake Phillips
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Apr 06, 2025 |
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Didn't Read It Throwback: Jane Rice's "The Refugee"
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Mar 30, 2025 |
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Raymond Chandler's "The Big Sleep," Part Two!
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Mar 23, 2025 |
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Dizzy Dames & Private Eyes: Raymond Chandler's "The Big Sleep," Pt 1
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Mar 16, 2025 |
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From Victoriana to Tech Billionaires: Nosferatu, Nosferatu, and Dracula
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Mar 09, 2025 |
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Part Two: Solzhenitsyn, the American Right Wing, & Censorship: "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich," with Goad Gatsby
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Mar 02, 2025 |
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Who Doesn't Love a Gulag? "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich," with Goad Gatsby
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Feb 23, 2025 |
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A Smutty Valentine's Day Spectacular: Anne Rice's "Sleeping Beauty" Series
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Feb 14, 2025 |
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Farmers and Forgotten Radicals: Susan Glaspell's "Pollen," with Cat Baab
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Feb 09, 2025 |
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Tattoos, Starving Artists, and Being Eaten by the Rich: Roald Dahl's "Skin"
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Feb 02, 2025 |
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True Crime and Spouse Disposal: Anthony Shaffer's "Murderer"
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Jan 26, 2025 |
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Part Two - Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: Chivalry and Right-Wing Propaganda
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Jan 19, 2025 |
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Mud, Chivalry, and A24: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight on Page & Screen
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Jan 12, 2025 |
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They Can't All Be Classics: Smilin' Jack and the Daredevil Girl Pilot
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Jan 05, 2025 |
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Another Holiday Haunt: "A Christmas Meeting," by Rosemary Timperley
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Dec 29, 2024 |
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Holiday Haunt: "The Man Who Came Back," by Margery Lawrence
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Dec 22, 2024 |
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Going on Strike for Christmas: Maeve Binchy's "This Year It Will Be Different."
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Dec 15, 2024 |
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Daddy Issues and Festive Shafts: L.P. Hartley's "Someone in the Lift"
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Dec 08, 2024 |
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Part Two! Jane Austen's "Northanger Abbey": A Little Jane in These Hard Times
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Dec 01, 2024 |
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A Bit of Escapism, As A Treat: Jane Austen's "Northanger Abbey"
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Nov 24, 2024 |
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"F*ck Your Truth": Farley Mowat, Ironic Wolf T-Shirts, and Defining Nonfiction
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Nov 17, 2024 |
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Mawwiage Story: The Fourth Fragment of "The Canterbury Tales"
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Nov 10, 2024 |
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The Nerd and the Succubus: "Amore Dure: Passages from the Diary of Spiridion Trepka," by Vernon Lee
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Nov 03, 2024 |
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Italian Witchcraft and a Mad Madonna: Alicia Ramsey's "A Modern Circe"
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Oct 27, 2024 |
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Uterine Fury and Bloodlust: "The White Maniac," by Mary Helene Fortune
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Oct 20, 2024 |
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Undead Trad Wives: "The Nature of the Evidence," by May Sinclair
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Oct 13, 2024 |
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Volume Three - Mary Shelley's Prophetic Apocalypse: "The Last Man."
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Oct 06, 2024 |
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Volume Two - Hamster Wheel of Doom: Mary Shelley's "The Last Man"
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Sep 29, 2024 |
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Volume One - From Frankenstein to the End of the World: Mary Shelley's "The Last Man"
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Sep 22, 2024 |
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Pt 2! Be Gay Do Crime: The Crossdressing Jacobean Antics of "The Roaring Girl"
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Sep 15, 2024 |
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Be Gay Do Crime: The Crossdressing Jacobean Antics of "The Roaring Girl" - Part One
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Sep 08, 2024 |
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Cruising in the Catacombs: Edgar Allan Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado"
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Sep 01, 2024 |
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A Hauntingly Good Special: Plot Me Baby One More Time, Summer Edition
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Jul 14, 2024 |
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Blackmail, Gay Besties, and Too Much Hand Licking: The Triumphant Conclusion of Georgette Heyer's "Regency Buck"
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Jun 23, 2024 |
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Attempted Himbo Murder, Carriage Scandal, and More Bridgerton Inspiration: Georgette Heyer's "Regency Buck," Part Two
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Jun 16, 2024 |
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The Birth of Bridgerton and So Much Horse Girl Content: Georgette Heyer's "Regency Buck"
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Jun 09, 2024 |
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Double Lives and Color Codes: Oscar Wilde's "The Sphinx Without a Secret"
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Jun 02, 2024 |
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Stop Eating the Spinsters: Mary Wilkins Freeman's "Luella Miller"
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May 19, 2024 |
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Old Man Besties & Metaphorical Boots: "Waiting for Godot," by Samuel Beckett
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May 12, 2024 |
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Queer Prince Charming, Decadence, and the End of the World: "Fairy Tales for the Disillusioned"
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May 05, 2024 |
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Fart division, Shallow Hal, and Chaucer: the Third Fragment of "The Canterbury Tales"
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Apr 28, 2024 |
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Patricia Highsmith Was a Terrible Dinner Guest: "Where the Action Is" and Art vs. Artist
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Apr 14, 2024 |
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Edith Wharton's "Kerfol": Gals, Ghosts, & Very Good Boys
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Apr 07, 2024 |
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Plant Daddies, Empire, and H.G. Wells: "The Flowering of the Strange Orchid"
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Mar 31, 2024 |
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Sad Art Boys and the Housewives Who Love Them: Thomas Hardy's "An Imaginative Woman."
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Mar 24, 2024 |
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More Mules More Problems: "The Unvanquished," Part Two
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Mar 17, 2024 |
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Lost Causes and Stolen Mules: William Faulkner's "The Unvanquished," with Maddie Wood - Part One
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Mar 10, 2024 |
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Raising the Stakes with Your Wine Bros: Roald Dahl's "Taste," with Michael Smith
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Mar 03, 2024 |
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Leigh is #TeamKitty: Rebecca West's "The Return of the Soldier," Part Two
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Feb 25, 2024 |
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Crimes Against Fashion AND Humanity: Rebecca West's "The Return of the Soldier" - Part One
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Feb 18, 2024 |
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World War One Propaganda and the Original Main Character Girlie: Arthur Machen's "The Bowmen."
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Feb 11, 2024 |
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Pay Us in Wine: The First Fragment of the Canterbury Tales, with Toni DiNardo
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Feb 04, 2024 |
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Shameless Filler - Plot Me Baby One More Time
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Jan 28, 2024 |
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Cursed Books and Bad Architecture: Robert W. Chambers' "The King in Yellow," with Ty Phelps
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Jan 21, 2024 |
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James Joyce's "Ulysses," with Marilyn Drew Necci - Part Two
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Jan 14, 2024 |
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James Joyce's "Ulysses," with Marilyn Drew Necci - Part One
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Jan 07, 2024 |
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"How Fear Departed from the Long Gallery" - Holiday Horror Story Theater
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Dec 31, 2023 |
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Holiday Horror Story Theater - "Lucky's Grove"
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Dec 24, 2023 |
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Part Two! Charles Dicken's "A Christmas Carol" on Page vs. Screen
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Dec 17, 2023 |
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Muppets and Lobsters: Charles Dicken's "A Christmas Carol" on Page vs. Screen
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Dec 10, 2023 |
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War Tourists & Werewolves: Jane Rice's "The Refugee," with William Albritton
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Nov 19, 2023 |
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Part Two: Domestic Dystopias & Interwar Eugenics: Rose Macaulay's "What Not"
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Nov 12, 2023 |
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Domestic Dystopias & the Ministry of Brains: Rose Macaulay's "What Not."
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Nov 05, 2023 |
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Happy Halloween!
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Oct 31, 2023 |
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Surely Not, "Shirley": Shirley Jackson's Life & the Lies We Tell About It
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Oct 29, 2023 |
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"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," with Kayleigh Hughes
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Oct 22, 2023 |
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Back from the grave, it's Carmilla Part Two!
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Oct 15, 2023 |
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They Were Vampire Roommates: Sheridan Le Fanu's "Carmilla"
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Oct 08, 2023 |
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That. Girl. Is. Poiiiisoooooon: Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Rappaccini's Daughter.”
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Sep 24, 2023 |
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The Metamorphosis Part Two: Now With More Bug!
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Sep 17, 2023 |
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Bug in the Bed: Franz Kafka's "The Metamorphosis," Part One
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Sep 10, 2023 |
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The Ones Who Post About Omelas
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Sep 03, 2023 |
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The Faust and the Furious: Christopher Marlowe's "Doctor Faustus," Part Two
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Aug 27, 2023 |
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Condemn Me, Daddy: Christopher Marlowe's "Doctor Faustus"
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Aug 20, 2023 |