June 27, 2019
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There’s a new Poet Laureate in town —Joy Harjo. Tracy K. Smith, the previous Poet Laureate, has done a beautiful job of her laureateship. One of her endeavors is Slowdown, an audio podcast featuring a poem a day. Smith has some … Continue reading
June 6, 2019
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Stumbled on to a great podcast called Literary Friction hosted by Carrie Plitt, a literary agent, and her friend Octavia Bright, an academic. This monthly podcast features an author and the show is usually centered on some kind of theme. … Continue reading
May 23, 2019
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If you are looking for some good book recommendations, you will enjoy listening to What Should I Read Next by Anne Bogel or Modern Mrs. Darcy as she calls herself. Her podcast is aired every week and she talks to … Continue reading
May 9, 2019
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Get Booked has an interesting format. It is a weekly podcast for personalized reading recommendations hosted by Book Riot’s Amanda Nelson and Jenn Northington. You can fill out a form to submit your own recommendation request. The hosts are chatty and … Continue reading
April 25, 2019
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For some light-hearted banter about books on authors’ bookshelves, You’re Booked is the perfect podcast for literary nosy parkers. Daisy Buchanan plays Book Inspector and interviews primarily British authors about the first forbidden books on their list. She talks about … Continue reading
April 11, 2019
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Reading books doesn’t have to be a solitary activity. That’s just what the Mostly Lit podcast hosted by a trio of Black British millennials. Derek Owusu discovered D. H. Lawrence when he was in university. Rai is an East African East … Continue reading
March 28, 2019
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Have any of you watched The Lizzie Bennet Diaries? It’s is an American vlog series by Bernie Su and Kate Rorick and has been adapted from Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. It premiered on April 9, 2012 and concluded when the … Continue reading
March 14, 2019
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I chanced upon By the Book, a podcast By the Book Pod. It’s a ‘half reality show, half self-help podcast’. In each episode, Jolenta Greenberg, a producer and performer in New York, and Kristen Meinzer, an audio producer and host, … Continue reading
February 28, 2019
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Familiar with the Oedipus myth? If not watch Hank Green’s crash course on Oedipus. Now that you know the myth, you might be amused by this animation featuring vegetables as the cast. Vegetables have featured in art before in good … Continue reading
February 14, 2019
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Ways of Seeing is a four-part BBC documentary by writer John Berger and producer Mike Dibb. It was broadcast in 1972 and was later adapted into a book of the same name. Says Wikipedia “The series was intended as a response … Continue reading