Hi, I’m Christy Shriver, and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us. And I’m Garry Shriver and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast. This is our third and final episode discussing Ismael Beah’s personal memoir A Long Way Gone, Memoir of a Boy Soldier . In Week one, we discussed the first ten chapters of the book, introduced a very brief history of Sierra Leone, as a country, as well as a little background as to what started the civil unrest and why it lasted f...
Dec 10, 2022•39 min•Season 1Ep. 194
Hi, I’m Christy Shriver and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us. And I’m Garry Shriver, and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast. This is episode two in our three part series on Ishmael Beah’s national bestseller A Long Way Gone, Memoirs of a Boy Soldier . It is Ismael Beah’s first hand account of what he experienced as a child during Sierra Leone’s long armed conflict which completely ravaged the country and displaced a third of its inhabitants between 199...
Dec 03, 2022•38 min•Season 1Ep. 193
Ismael Beah - A Long Way Gone - Episode 1 - The Stirring Memoir of a Child Soldier Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 26, 2022•35 min•Season 1Ep. 192
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Nov 19, 2022•39 min•Season 1Ep. 137
Edgar Allan Poe - The Cask Of Amontillado Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 05, 2022•44 min•Season 1Ep. 190
Edgar Allan Poe - The Raven Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 29, 2022•35 min•Season 1Ep. 189
I’m Christy Shriver, and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us. I’m Garry Shriver and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast. Last episode we concluded our series on George Bernard Shaw, a man who believed art should be didactic. This week we explore another artist, Mary Fisher, who also has something important to say. Fisher advocates through her sculptures, quilts and textiles, but also through her speeches. She has authored six books, received honorary docto...
Sep 24, 2022•35 min•Season 1Ep. 184
Hi, I’m Christy Shriver and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us. And I’m Garry Shriver and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast. This episode we are wrapping up our three-part series on George Bernard Shaw otherwise known as GBS and his phenomenally successful play, Pygmalion . In week 1, we introduced Shaw, some of his political ideologies, the Greek myth Pygmalion from where Shaw took his inspiration, as well as ACT 1. Last week, we discussed Acts 2 and 3...
Sep 17, 2022•38 min•Season 1Ep. 183
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Sep 10, 2022•38 min•Season 1Ep. 182
George Bernard Shaw - Pygmalion - Episode 1 - No One Is Safe From The Acerbic Wit Of GBS! Hi, I’m Christy Shriver and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us. And I am Garry Shriver, and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast. This is our second week discussing the life of George Bernard Shaw as well as his most famous piece, Pygmalion . Last week, we introduced this Nobel prize winning author, as well as gave some background as to his life, personality, and cont...
Sep 03, 2022•43 min•Season 1Ep. 181
Nathaniel Hawthorne - The Scarlet Letter - Episode 5 - The Revelation And Conclusion! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 29, 2022•45 min•Season 1Ep. 180
Nathaniel Hawthorne - The Scarlet Letter - Episode 4 - Do Hester and Dimmesdale surrender to love? Find out in this episode! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 28, 2022•59 min•Season 1Ep. 179
The Scarlet Letter - Nathaniel Hawthorne - Episode 3 - The Narcissism of Dimmesdale and Chillingworth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 27, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 178
The Scarlet Letter Episode - Nathaniel Hawthorne -Episode 2 - We meet Hester Prynne, Arthur Dimmesdale, Roger Chillingworth and little Pearl! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 21, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 177
The Scarlet Letter Episode #1 - Meet Hawthorn, the Puritans and the first scaffold scene. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 20, 2022•34 min•Season 1Ep. 176
Elizabeth Bishop - Pink Dog - The Iconic Work Of One Of America’s Favorite Poets! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 04, 2022•49 min•Season 1Ep. 169
Phillis Wheatley - Poet of the Revolutionary Era - ”His Excellency General Washington” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 04, 2022•49 min•Season 1Ep. 170
The Alchemist Episode #4 - Magical Realism, The 7 Rules, And becoming the wind! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 19, 2022•40 min•Season 1Ep. 168
The Alchemist - Episode #3 - Journey to the oasis! - Personal legends, omens.....and sheep! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 18, 2022•38 min•Season 1Ep. 167
The Alchemist - Episode #2 - Learn the rules of the universe! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 14, 2022•46 min•Season 1Ep. 166
The introduction to the Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. Meet the author, Paulo Coelho and get introduced to his most famous work Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 11, 2022•40 min•Season 1Ep. 464
Guy de Maupassant - The Necklace - The Master Of The Short Story At His Best! Hi, I’m Christy Shriver and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us. I’m Garry Shriver and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast. Today we are going to journey to France and meet one of the greatest short story writers in the world- he influenced O Henry, Chekov, Kate Chopin and many others- this would be Guy de Maupassant. And the story we will be reading and discussing is his most fa...
Jun 04, 2022•40 min•Season 1Ep. 163
Kate Chopin - The Awakening - Episode 4 - Symbolism, Romanticism, Nihilism And A Dissonant Ending! Hi, I’m Christy Shriver. We’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us. I’m Garry Shriver, and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast. This is our final episode in our four-part series of Kate Chopin’s masterpiece The Awakening. There is a lot layered in such a short book. In episode 1, we discuss Chopin’s life, we introduce the concept of “local color” and we arrive on t...
May 21, 2022•59 min•Season 1Ep. 161
Kate Chopin - The Awakening - Episode 3 - Edna Pontellier Battles The Forces Without Only To Meet The Forces Within! Hi, I’m Christy Shriver and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us. I’m Garry Shriver and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast. This is our third episode discussing Kate Chopin’s controversial novella, The Awakening . Week 1 we introduced Chopin, her life and the book itself. We talked about what a stir it made during her lifetime ultimately res...
May 14, 2022•50 min•Season 1Ep. 160
Kate Chopin - The Awakening - Episode 2 - Edna Pontellier Defies All Explanations! HI, I’m Christy Shriver and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us. And I’m Garry Shriver and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast. This is our second episode in our four part series discussing the world of Kate Chopin. Last week we introduced our author and what is generally considered her masterpiece, the novella, The Awakening. Today we will continue discussing this book as w...
May 07, 2022•51 min•Ep. 159
Kate Chopin - The Awakening - Episode 1 - Meet The Author, Discover Local Color And Feminism! I’m Christy Shriver, and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us. And I’m Garry Shriver, and this is the How to Love lit Podcast. This episode we begin a journey to a very unique American location to discuss a very American author. Kate Chopin, was born in St Louis but her heritage is more associated with Louisiana than with Missouri as she is from an originally Ameri...
Apr 30, 2022•46 min•Season 1Ep. 158
Foo Fighters - Lyrics That Camus Would Call The Antidote Of Absurdity! Hi, I’m Christy Shriver, and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us. And I am Garry Shriver, and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast. You have heard Christy say, over dozens of times if you’ve listened to a lot of our episodes that we’re here to discuss books. Having said that, the word “books” is being used as a synecdoche- to use a literary word- in other words, books is a word we’re usi...
Apr 23, 2022•48 min•Season 1Ep. 157
Albert Camus - The Stranger - Episode 3 - The Absurdity Of A Happy Ending??? Hi, I’m Christy Shriver, and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us. And I’m Garry Shriver, and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast. Today we finish up our three part series on Albert Camus’ class novella L’Etranger- translated in English to either The Stranger or The Outsider depending on which side of the Atlantic ocean you reside. We talked extensively about problems with translat...
Apr 09, 2022•52 min•Season 1Ep. 155
Albert Camus - The Stranger - Episode 2 - The Consequences Of Meaninglessness! Hi, I’m Christy Shriver, and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us. And I am Garry Shriver, and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast. This is episode 2 in our three part series in the first work of Albert Camus’ great cycle of Absurdity- the novella, l”etranger or the Stranger also called The Outsider. Last week we began discussing Camus’ life, his homeland Algeria, and the events-...
Apr 02, 2022•46 min•Season 1Ep. 154
Albert Camus - The Stranger - Episode 1 -Introduction To Absurdity!I’m Christy Shriver and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us. And I’m Garry Shriver and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast. Today we begin a three part series on Albert Camus’ mostly widely translated and perhaps even read book, “L’Estranger”- which in English has been translated “The Outsider” as well as “The Stranger”- both apply and apply well, which we’ll talk about more in episode thre...
Mar 26, 2022•48 min•Season 1Ep. 153
