202. Famous Feuds
Literary Rivals: Feuds and Antagonisms in the World of Books by Richard Bradford (2014) VS Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe (2019)
May 06, 2024•54 min•Ep. 202
You Don’t Know Lit
Book club meets fight club. Two book recommendations every Monday from high school English teachers Ian and Joe. And Nick.
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201. Unputdownable (RERUN)
Basking in our 200th episode for one more week as we take this week off. Throwing it back to our first episode with Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck (1937) VS The Hobbit by John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1937).
Apr 29, 2024•1 hr•Ep. 201
200. Tolkien Archivist William Fliss
We're joined by William Fliss - Marquette University's Tolkien Archivist and co-curator for the exhibition J.R.R. Tolkien: The Art of the Manuscript at the Haggerty Museum of Art on Marquette’s campus. Marquette owns the manuscripts for The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, Farmer Giles of Ham, and Mr. Bliss as well as research collections totaling over 11,000 pages.
Apr 22, 2024•54 min•Ep. 200
Ep 199: Books by Billionaires
The Testing of Luther Albright: A Novel by MacKenzie Scott (2005) VS Sam Walton: Made in America by Sam Walton (1992)
Apr 15, 2024•54 min•Ep. 199
198. Self Help II
Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman (2021)
Apr 08, 2024•31 min•Ep. 198
197. Self Help Books I
Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead by Brené Brown (2012)
Apr 01, 2024•40 min•Ep. 197
196. Dystopian Shorts
The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas by Ursula K. Le Guin (1973) VS The Machine Stops by E. M. Forster (1909)
Mar 25, 2024•49 min•Ep. 196
195. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin (2022)
Mar 18, 2024•34 min•Ep. 195
194. Fictional Autobiographies
The Noise of Time by Julian Barnes (2016) VS The Color Purple by Alice Walker (1982)
Mar 11, 2024•1 hr•Ep. 194
193. Women's History Month
Circe by Madeline Miller (2018)
Mar 04, 2024•26 min•Ep. 193
192. Child Authors
The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton (1976)
Feb 26, 2024•32 min•Ep. 192
191. Corporate Drama
The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine by Michael Lewis (2010) VS DisneyWar by James B. Stewart (2005)
Feb 19, 2024•52 min•Ep. 191
190. Arizona
Riders of the Purple Sage by Zane Grey (1912) VS The Monkey Wrench Gang by Edward Abbey (1975)
Feb 12, 2024•50 min•Ep. 190
189. Public Domain II
Orlando: A Biography by Virginia Woolf (1928)
Feb 05, 2024•26 min•Ep. 189
188. Best Books of 2023
The Country of the Blind: A Memoir at the End of Sight by Andrew Leland (2023) VS A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy by Nathan Thrall (2023)
Jan 29, 2024•54 min•Ep. 188
187. 2024 Public Domain I
Lady Chatterley's Lover by D. H. Lawrence (1928)
Jan 22, 2024•32 min•Ep. 187
186. Debunked Books
A Million Little Pieces by James Frey (2003) VS Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell (2008)
Jan 15, 2024•54 min•Ep. 186
185. Tender is the Flesh
Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica (2017)
Jan 08, 2024•36 min•Ep. 185
184. Joyce Carol Oates
Wild Nights! by Joyce Carol Oates (1985) vs Blonde by Joyce Carol Oates (2001)
Jan 02, 2024•50 min•Ep. 184
183. Letters from Father Christmas
The Father Christmas Letters by John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1976)
Dec 25, 2023•23 min•Ep. 183
182. The Art Thief
The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession by Michael Finke (2023)
Dec 19, 2023•33 min•Ep. 182
181. The Woman in Me
The Woman in Me by Britney Spears (2023)
Dec 11, 2023•28 min•Ep. 181
180. Louisa May Alcott
Hospital Sketches by Louisa May Alcott (1863) VS Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (1868)
Dec 05, 2023•51 min•Ep. 180
179. Napoleon
Talleyrand by Alfred Duff Cooper (1935) VS Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian (1969)
Nov 27, 2023•58 min•Ep. 179
178. Perfect Adaptations
The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot (2001) VS Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton (1990)
Nov 20, 2023•46 min•Ep. 178
177. Shame Books
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro (1989) VS The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank (1947)
Nov 13, 2023•59 min•Ep. 177
176. Nevada
Battleborn by Claire Vaye Watkins (2012) VS Basin and Range by John McPhee (1981)
Nov 07, 2023•47 min•Ep. 176
175. Spooktacular
New moon by Stephenie Meyer (2006) VS Fifty Shades Darker by E. L. James (2011)
Oct 30, 2023•51 min•Ep. 175
174. Slump Books
Homer Price by Robert McCloskey (1943) VS His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman (1995)
Oct 23, 2023•44 min•Ep. 174
173. Overrated II
Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach (1970)
Oct 09, 2023•27 min•Ep. 173
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