The History of Literature

519 Shakespeare's First Folio (with Emma Smith) | My Last Book with Luke Parker

The compilation of Shakespeare's plays known as the First Folio is one of the most important...

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518 The Curse of the Marquis de Sade - A Notorious Scoundrel, a Mythical Manuscript, and the Biggest Scandal in...

Not even imprisonment could stop the Marquis de Sade from writing his insanely intense,...

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517 The Marquis de Sade

The Marquis de Sade (1740-1814) was more than just a rake or a cad - based on his egregious...

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516 Sappho (with Diane Rayor)

When Diane Rayor was in college, a professor recommended a work by a 2600-year-old poet that...

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515 The Plague by Albert Camus (with Alice Kaplan and Laura Mariss) | My Last Book with Alison Strayer

What were you doing when the pandemic arose? And did you turn to The Plague by Albert Camus to...

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514 Southern Gothic (with David van den Berg) | My Last Book with Jason Feifer

In the aftermath of a Civil War loss that shattered the region and exposed the moral and cultural...

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513 The Writers of Northern Ireland (with Alexander Poots) | My Last Book with Laura Lee

The literary world has long celebrated the incredible contributions of Ireland and its writers,...

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512 Hannah Arendt (with Samantha Rose Hill) | My Last Book with Scott Carter

Born to a German-Jewish family in 1906, Hannah Arendt became one of the most renowned political...

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511 Annie Ernaux, Winner of the 2022 Nobel Prize for Literature (with Alison Strayer) | My Last Book with Bob Blaisdell

Jacke talks to Alison Strayer, translator of several books by French author Annie Ernaux, who won...

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510 The Figure in the Carpet by Henry James (Part 2)

Does a famous author's body of work contain a hidden meaning? Part Two of Jacke's look at the...

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509 The Figure in the Carpet by Henry James (Part 1)

Does a famous author's body of work contain a hidden meaning? With an assist from Jorge Luis...

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508 Lord Byron (with David Ellis) | My Last Book with Ariel Lawhon, Susan Meissner, and Kristina McMorris)

The poet Lord Byron is well known as a passionate revolutionary and a brooding hero who harbors...

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507 The Class of 1989 - A Special Year in Black Cinema (with Len Webb and Vincent Williams)

For years, pop culture critics Len Webb and Vincent Williams have hosted the podcast The Micheaux...

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506 Black Shakespeare (with Ian Smith) | My Last Book with David Castillo and William Egginton

For centuries, Shakespeare's works have been scrutinized by scholars and fans eager to engage...

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505 Ford Madox Ford (with Max Saunders) | My Last Book with Bethanne Patrick

Ford Madox Ford lived a fascinating life, surrounded by some of the most famous writers of the...

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503 Persuasion (Book One) (with Gina Buonaguro)

What happens when we let opportunities slip past us? And what if we let others talk us out of...

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504 Persuasion (Book Two) (with Mike Palindrome) | My Last Book with Juliette Bretan

Persuaded by the well-meaning Lady Russell, Anne Elliot turns down prospective suitor Frederick...

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502 Persuasion by Jane Austen

Harold Bloom called Persuasion "the perfect novel." Virginia Woolf said "In Persuasion, Jane...

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501 The Naked World (with Irina Mashinski)

Irina Mashinski is a bilingual Russophone American writer, poet, essayist, teacher, and...

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500 Episode 500! Meg White, Listener Emails, Johnson and Boswell, and More! (with Margot Livesey)

It's Episode 500! Jacke shares some thoughts on Meg White's drumming, Boswell and Johnson, and...

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