Didn't Read It

Send us Fan Mail We're BACK with more Scrooge, more Muppet references, and some very important commiseration about the truly frightening costume designs for one particular spirit. Like the last episode, this is a bit more of a sprawling conversation, a little less structured than our usual episodes, but we hope you'll join the party!!  Extra special love to all our service industry folks...

Send us Fan Mail Light the lamp, not the rat, light the LAMP, NOT THE RAT! The holidays are beginning at Didn't Read It!  Grace rounded up her besties--Jess, Galen, & Leigh--to talk about Charles Dickens' beloved, oft-adapted novella "A Christmas Carol," especially the aspects of the story that don't usually make it onto stage or screen.  Much like our Halloween specia...

Send us Fan Mail We're prowling through the text of Jane Rice's prescient and darkly funny short story, "The Refugee." This oft-anthologized short story is sometimes billed as the tale of an ingenue outwitting sinister forces in war-torn France... but we think there's a little more to the story.  As ALWAYS, you can find sources, notes, and a list of all our episodes at did...

Send us Fan Mail We've seen what happens to the Ministry of Brains, but what does it all mean ??? Join us as we dive back into the world of "What Not," pick through some of the knottier elements of Macaulay's world building, and talk about where we see domestic science fiction narratives and dystopias in contemporary fiction!  As always, sources and other information can be fou...

Send us Fan Mail Aerobuses! Baby laws! The Ministry of Brains! It's Guy Fawkes Night and we're taking a trip into a Very English Dystopia as tribute.  Join us as we explore the world of Rose Macaulay's interwar science-fiction satire novel "What Not," where we draw unflattering parallels to our real lives, ponder the wisdom of idealism, and wonder how long it will be befor...

Send us Fan Mail Hello gals, gays, ghouls and ghosties! A little Halloween gift--one of Shirley Jackson's oh-so-disconcerting short stories, just for you. <3  Happy Halloween, we love you! XOXOXO Closing music: "Tippy Toe," by VOLK.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Hello my loves! Join us as we celebrate Halloweekend by diving into the most frightening thing of all: the misappropriation of a woman's life and legacy! It's a very special episode, featuring Kayleigh Hughes, Jess Versus, and Just Leigh <3--we're having a spooky little party and can't wait for you to join us! XOXO Support the show

Send us Fan Mail It's spooky season, and we're celebrating with an exploration of Washington Irving's timeless classic, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"! Join us as we dive in (and try not to lose our heads) to a story of gluttony, superstition and nerds vs. jocks in early American literature.  **GRACE got distracted by putting up her Halloween decorations and didn't hav...

Send us Fan Mail We resurrected ourselves to bring you all the dirty details about Carmilla , including some of Carmen Maria Machado's additions to the classic text, an homage to Anne Rice, and thoughts on Vampire Mommies. Sources can be found at didntreaditpod.com! XOXO Support the show

Send us Fan Mail It's vampires! It's lesbians! It's lesbian vampires! Join us as we take a bite out of one of the first works of vampire literature, just in time for spooky season, with beloved friend of the show Galen Canham.   Support the show

Send us Fan Mail If you're going to turn someone into a bioweapon, consent is key!!! We're talking about Nathanial Hawthorne, poisonous ladies, and--you guessed it--even more Daddy Issues in this pre-spooky-season chat with Galen Canham.  For sources cited, visit us at didntreaditpod.com. Totally bitchin' episode artwork courtesy of https://rapideyes.bigcartel.com/. Go buy her stuff...

Send us Fan Mail We're back and bugger than ever! Join William and Grace as they dive into the depths of Franz Kafka's "The Metamorphosis," talk sh*t about Sigmund Freud, and get down to the daddy of it all.  XOXO Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from troubled dreams to discover that he had been transformed in his bed into #Content.  Part one of two! It's Kafka! It's the Metamorphosis! It's beloved friend of the show William Albritton, learning about the trials and tribulations of A Bug's Life. Join us as we dive into the flesh and bones (exoskeleton?) of this classic work...

Send us Fan Mail It's "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas," and the ones who post about it! We're talking about Ursula K. Le Guin's immortal short story and its enduring appeal as a source of Takes, both good and bad.  You can find more about Ty at typhelps.com, and as always, you can find our sources, the works we recommended, and more at didntreaditpod.com!! XOXOXO Suppo...

Send us Fan Mail We continue our brief and torrid love affair with Christopher Marlowe in part two! Here you'll find us digging into Elizabethan queerness, the Trouble with Theocracies, and the eternal question of our own mortality. Plus, Grace recommends a historical fiction novel that lovers of queerness, theater, and oldey-timey intrigue should not miss!! XOXO Support the show

Send us Fan Mail **Quick note: I got my Catholic power struggles a little muddled talking about popes and anti-popes and the reformation, so don't cite me in your history papers, lol. Suffice it to say that there was a lot going on!** Faustian bargains! Heresy! Suppressed queerness in Elizabethan England! Marlowe and his timeless tragedy, Doctor Faustus, have it all! Join us this week as we d...