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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit grandhotelabyss.substack.com Welcome back to The Invisible College, my series of literature courses for paid subscribers. The introduction to and schedule for the 2025 season is here . The 2024 archive is here . This episode, of which the first 10 minutes are free, is the ninth in a 15-week sequence on the modern American novel. It conc...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit grandhotelabyss.substack.com Welcome back to The Invisible College, my series of literature courses for paid subscribers. The introduction to and schedule for the 2025 season is here . The 2024 archive is here . This episode, of which the first 15 minutes are free, is the eighth in a 15-week sequence on the modern American novel. It con...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit grandhotelabyss.substack.com Welcome back to The Invisible College, my series of literature courses for paid subscribers. The introduction to and schedule for the 2025 season is here . The 2024 archive is here . This episode, of which the first 10 minutes are free, is the eighth in a 15-week sequence on the modern American novel. It con...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit grandhotelabyss.substack.com Welcome back to The Invisible College, my series of literature courses for paid subscribers. The introduction to and schedule for the 2025 season is here . The 2024 archive is here . This episode, of which the first 10 minutes are free, is the seventh in a 15-week sequence on the modern American novel. It co...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit grandhotelabyss.substack.com Welcome back to The Invisible College, my series of literature courses for paid subscribers. The introduction to and schedule for the 2025 season is here . The 2024 archive is here . This episode, of which the first 10 minutes are free, is the sixth in a 15-week sequence on the modern American novel. It conc...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit grandhotelabyss.substack.com Welcome back to The Invisible College, my series of literature courses for paid subscribers. The introduction to and schedule for the 2025 season is here . The 2024 archive is here . This episode, of which the first 10 minutes are free, is the fifth in a 15-week sequence on the modern American novel. It conc...

Welcome back to The Invisible College, my series of literature courses for paid subscribers. The introduction to and schedule for the 2025 season is here . The 2024 archive is here . This episode, which is free in its entirety, is the fourth in a sequence on the American novel. It concerns O Pioneers! by Willa Cather. We discuss Cather’s biography, critical reception, literary influences, claim to...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit grandhotelabyss.substack.com Welcome back to The Invisible College, my series of literature courses for paid subscribers. The introduction to and schedule for the 2025 season is here . The 2024 archive is here . This episode, of which the first 10 minutes are free, is the third in a 14-week sequence on the American novel. It concerns Th...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit grandhotelabyss.substack.com Welcome back to The Invisible College, my series of literature courses for paid subscribers. The introduction to and schedule for the 2025 season is here . The 2024 archive is here . This episode, of which the first 10 minutes are free, is the second in a 14-week sequence on the American novel. It concerns T...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit grandhotelabyss.substack.com Welcome back to The Invisible College, my series of literature courses for paid subscribers. The introduction to and schedule for the 2025 season is here . The 2024 archive is here . This episode, of which the first 10 minutes are free, is the first in a 14-week sequence on the American novel. It concerns He...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit grandhotelabyss.substack.com Welcome back to The Invisible College, my series of literature courses for paid subscribers. The introduction to and schedule for the 2025 season is here . The 2024 archive is here . This episode, of which the first 10 minutes are free, is the fourth in a four-week sequence on the works of John Milton. It co...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit grandhotelabyss.substack.com Welcome back to The Invisible College, my series of literature courses for paid subscribers. The introduction to and schedule for the 2025 season is here . The 2024 archive is here . This episode, of which the first 10 minutes are free, is the third in a four-week sequence on the works of John Milton. It con...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit grandhotelabyss.substack.com Welcome back to The Invisible College, my series of literature courses for paid subscribers. The introduction to and schedule for the 2025 season is here . The 2024 archive is here . This episode, of which the first 10 minutes are free, is the second in a four-week sequence on the works of John Milton. It co...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit grandhotelabyss.substack.com Welcome back to The Invisible College, my series of literature courses for paid subscribers. The introduction to and schedule for the 2025 season is here . The 2024 archive is here . This episode, of which the first 10 minutes are free, is the first in a four-week sequence on the works of John Milton. It con...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit grandhotelabyss.substack.com Welcome back to The Invisible College, my series of literature courses for paid subscribers. The introduction to and schedule for the 2025 season is here . The 2024 archive is here . This episode, of which the first 20 minutes are free, is the final in an eight-week sequence on the plays of Shakespeare. It c...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit grandhotelabyss.substack.com Welcome back to The Invisible College, my series of literature courses for paid subscribers. The introduction to and schedule for the 2025 season is here . The 2024 archive is here . This episode, of which the first 10 minutes are free, is the seventh in an eight-week sequence on the plays of Shakespeare. It...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit grandhotelabyss.substack.com Welcome back to The Invisible College, my series of literature courses for paid subscribers. The introduction to and schedule for the 2025 season is here . The 2024 archive is here . This episode, of which the first 10 minutes are free, is the sixth in an eight-week sequence on the plays of Shakespeare. It c...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit grandhotelabyss.substack.com Welcome back to The Invisible College, my series of literature courses for paid subscribers. The introduction to and schedule for the 2025 season is here . The 2024 archive is here . This episode, of which the first 10 minutes are free, is the fifth in an eight-week sequence on the plays of Shakespeare. It c...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit grandhotelabyss.substack.com Welcome back to The Invisible College, my series of literature courses for paid subscribers. The introduction to and schedule for the 2025 season is here . The 2024 archive is here . This episode, of which the first 10 minutes are free, is the fourth in an eight-week sequence on the plays of Shakespeare. It...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit grandhotelabyss.substack.com Welcome back to The Invisible College, my series of literature courses for paid subscribers. The introduction to and schedule for the 2025 season is here . The 2024 archive is here . This episode, of which the first 10 minutes are free, is the third in an eight-week sequence on the plays of Shakespeare. It c...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit grandhotelabyss.substack.com Welcome back to The Invisible College, my series of literature courses for paid subscribers. The introduction to and schedule for the 2025 season is here . The 2024 archive is here . This episode, of which the first 10 minutes are free, is the second in an eight-week sequence on the plays of Shakespeare. It...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit grandhotelabyss.substack.com Welcome back to The Invisible College, my series of literature courses for paid subscribers. The introduction to and schedule for the 2025 season is here . The 2024 archive is here . This episode, of which the first 10 minutes are free, is the first in an eight-week sequence on the plays of Shakespeare. It d...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit grandhotelabyss.substack.com Welcome back to The Invisible College, my series of literature courses for paid subscribers. The introduction to and schedule for the 2025 season is here . The 2024 archive is here . This episode, of which the first 10 minutes are free, concerns Jorge Luis Borges’s Ficciones . We discuss Borges’s influence o...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit grandhotelabyss.substack.com Welcome back to The Invisible College, my series of literature courses for paid subscribers. The introduction to and schedule for the 2025 season is here . The 2024 archive is here . This episode, of which the first 20 minutes are free, concerns Franz Kafka’s The Trial . I discuss Kafka’s biography and the m...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit grandhotelabyss.substack.com Welcome back to The Invisible College, my series of literature courses for paid subscribers. The introduction to and schedule for the 2025 season is here . The 2024 archive is here . This episode, of which the first 20 minutes are free, concerns Rainer Maria Rilke’s Duino Elegies . We consider Rilke’s biogra...