F***bois of Literature Book Podcast

Samantha Endres, content creator for Jurassic Outpost ( @SamanthaJo28 / @JurassicOutpost ) is here to discuss the most classic sci-fi nightmare of our Millennial childhoods: JURASSIC PARK. The horror of cloning and genetic engineering was the specter of the 1990s, only exacerbated by huge, headline-grabbing innovations that are reflected in the hellscape of 2020. Love Fuckbois of Lit? Follow us on...

Publicist and all-around fangirl of things, A.J. Feuerman (@ AJFeuerman ) is here to discuss her longstanding love for the weird Shakespearean sex farce, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. This bonkers play is not-so-secretly about women's choices and agency, with a nice dash of romance and sisterly bonds. It's so, so much more than Puck. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @FuckboisOfLit http://www.twitte...

Writer A.R. Vishny (@AR_Vishny) is here to discuss the 1819 swashbuckling epic IVANHOE by Sir Walter Scott. This swashbuckling epic has everything: damsels in distress, a couple hundred pages discussing a knight's tournament, a swineherd named Gurth, and just piles and piles of anti-Semitism. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @FuckboisOfLit http://www.twitter.com/fuckboisoflit http://www.instagra...

Screenwriter Delondra Mesa ( Black Summer, Step Up: High Water, on Twitter at @DelondraMesa) is here to talk about wine, whiteness, and wealth in Rex Pickett's 2004 best-seller, SIDEWAYS.  Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @FuckboisOfLit http://www.twitter.com/fuckboisoflit http://www.instagram.com/fuckboisoflit Love FBOL? Become a Patron! http://www.patreon.com/fuckboisoflit SUMMARY Jack is gett...

Bea Koch's new book, MAD & BAD: REAL HEROINES OF THE REGENCY is the subject of this week's episode! Bea owns The Ripped Bodice bookstore with her sister here in Los Angeles, and it's the only romance-exclusive bookstore on the West Coast. You can order a signed copy of Bea's book directly from her bookstore here, while supplies last: https://www.therippedbodicela.com/product/mad-and-bad-real-h...

The guy who brought you CLARE DE LUNE and other tunes you use to fall asleep at night is here to whip you up into a frenzy of adultery, suicide threats, and complete and total smackdowns with other composers. Claude Debussey was a total piece of garbage. Transcript: http://bit.ly/FBoLDebussey--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fuckboisoflit/message More ways to enjoy FBOL & Emily J....

French composer Hector Berlioz had a little secret: he was a fucking stalker. Exacting his obsession on THREE separate women that we know of, Berlioz was most famous for one particularly hair-brained, cross-dressing, thankfully-failed murder plot. Listen now! TRANSCRIPT: https://bit.ly/FBoLBerlioz --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fuckboisoflit/message More ways to enjoy FBOL & Em...

What do you get when you cross approximately $200million, an aversion to monogamy, and Italian tempers? The sordid life of Giacomo Puccini, one of the world's most famous opera composers. Puccini's life was FILLED with affairs, questionable deaths, and surprisingly little VD.  TRANSCRIPT available here: https://bit.ly/FBoLPuccini --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fuckboisoflit/message...

It's not really a sign of a life well lived when everyone accuses you of selling your soul to the Devil. Niccolo Paganini was the 1800s equivalent to Marilyn Manson, only with a lot more talent. His life was filled with debauchery, and ended on a very sour note. Listen to our first bonus ep on the Fuckbois of Classical Music now! TRANSCRIPT available here: https://bit.ly/FBoLPaganini --- Send in a...

NYT/USA Today Bestselling author Cat Valente ( @CatValente ) is here to dish about Cornwall's biggest fuckboi-- Ross Poldark! The myth of war heroism, what to do with maturing kitchenmaids, and how to screw over unscrupulous bankers is discussed at hilarious length. To pick up a copy of Cat's books, click here: https://bookshop.org/shop/fuckboisoflit For a transcript of this episode, visit our web...

Writer Justin Aucoin ( @JMAucoin_writer ) joins host Emily Edwards to discuss Porthos, Athos, Aramis, and D'Artagnan, also known as the most hard-drinking, wife-stealing, sword-playing French swashbucklers, THE THREE MUSKETEERS. We discuss the appeal of male ride-or-die friendships, Alexander Dumas's multi-racial approach to writing for racist readers, and wine. Lots of wine.  Buy books discussed...

Writer David Avallone ( @DAvallone ) is back on the show to discuss another post- WWI pulpy text: Dashiell Hammett's THE MALTESE FALCON. What is it about the chaos after the first World War that led us to this cynicism? Where does a Private I stand on sex? And is there a sea change in the power binaries of male vs. female?  Summary of THE MALTESE FALCON Sam Spade and his partner, Miles Archer, are...

Our guest from our Greek Mythology episode is back! Kerri Kearse ( @_iamlivingcolor ) is here to get theater nerdy with us about THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA by Gaston Leroux! We talk about diverse casting, social ostracizing, and Ramin Karimloo's abdominal muscles. Listen, we're just covering all the bases of this WILD book/play.  Summary of THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA While attending a landmark perform...

For our sequel on THE SHINING, Dave Child ( @MrDaveChild ) tackles the sequel to THE SHINING, the book-turned-movie, DOCTOR SLEEP. How does generational trauma get healed? How do you tackle having written a racist text? Can Ewan McGregor save even the worst film ever written? Summary of THE SHINING by Stephen King A young family is moved to an isolated hotel after the father, Jack Torrance, has ta...

Happy Belated Father's Day, fellow Quarantine-Americans. We're talking about one abusive dad's descent into madness and what it teaches us about racism on this week's FBOL. Brilliant friend and frequent guest Dave Child ( @MrDaveChild ) joins host Emily Edwards to impart some empathy and perspective on a typically midcentury American tale of dread. Summary of THE SHINING: A young family is moved t...

Dana Schwartz (@DanaSchwartzzz), author of three novels and host of the NOBLE BLOOD podcast ( http://noblebloodtales.com/ ) joins host Emily Edwards to discuss her book THE WHITE MAN'S GUIDE TO WHITE MALE WRITERS OF THE WESTERN CANON. Who is the subject of the criticism? What's "punching up"? And can dudes please stop already?  More ways to enjoy FBOL & Emily J. Edwards! Find Emily's books and...

One of our favorite guests, Danielle Ryan (@ danirat ), returns to discuss madness, white feminism, and racism with Charlotte Perkins Gilman's classic short story THE YELLOW WALLPAPER. If you've been feeling the stress of being cooped up and also the suffocating pressure of America's systemic racism, Gilman's high-school-reading-list classic is the choice for you.  Summary of THE YELLOW WALLPAPER...

The ethical quagmire of the existence of the billionaire gets a bit easier when you're confronted with the reality of Bruce Wayne. Guest Andy Michaels (from our episode on the X-MEN in season one, @StopThatAndy ) is here to talk about white, WASPy privilege and, possibly, the need for super-hero therapists.  More ways to enjoy FBOL & Emily J. Edwards! Find Emily's books and professional inform...

A.M. Ridley is back to discuss one of the most disturbing fuckbois of art history: Paul Gauguin. What do you get when you mix horrible sexual predilections with colonialism and color? A fucking Gauguin painting of Tahiti. [CW] Sexual abuse & statutory rape. Gauguin is a monster. Flat out. But context, as always, is what matters.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fuckboisoflit/mes...

What does Hollywood Boulevard have to do with the Atomic Bomb and systemic racism? Well, all three topics of conversation get woven into our discussion with Miles Klee (@MilesKlee) on Kurt Vonnegut's classic sci-fi and sociology novel, CAT'S CRADLE. We wanted to know: does the book still work like it did when we were teens, before we realized it was satire?  Summary of CAT'S CRADLE John, the narra...

Literature sure as hell isn't the only art form with an endless supply of Fuckbois. A.M. Ridley joins me for a few short episodes on the Fuckbois of Art History, proceeding with the most famous painters of all time. Turns out, it wasn't all chapels n' helicopters. Woohoo! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fuckboisoflit/message More ways to enjoy FBOL & Emily J. Edwards! Find Emily...

Jude Ellison Doyle ( @sadydoyle ), writer and author of Dead Blondes and Bad Mothers: Monstrosity, Patriarchy, and the Fear of Female Power and Trainwreck: The Women We Love to Hate, Mock, and Fear . . . and Why joins host Emily Edwards ( @MsEmilyEdwards ) to discuss the most famous play about a really, really bad spring break: HAMLET .  Summary of HAMLET: Sad boi Hamlet is sad because his fa...

Literature sure as hell isn't the only art form with an endless supply of Fuckbois. A.M. Ridley joins me for a few short episodes on the Fuckbois of Art History, starting with one of the biggest shitheels of all time: Caravaggio. There were... issues.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fuckboisoflit/message More ways to enjoy FBOL & Emily J. Edwards! Find Emily's books and profess...

Dr. Anthony Oliveira ( @meakoopa ) joined host Emily Edwards ( @MsEmilyEdwards ) for a conversation about– what else? – John Milton's PARADISE LOST. We get into the nitty gritty of what it means to be a lapsed Catholic who connects a bit too much with Satan, the role this poem had on Romantic literature and literature of the post-Victorian age, plus all the ways the Bible interacts with women. It'...

The phenomenal comedian, writer, and podcast host Gaby Dunn ( @gabydunn ) is here to discuss BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY's by Truman Capote. We get into white girl privilege (from which we both benefitted), the early 2000s club scene, and #OwnVoices writing. Keep in contact with Gaby's shows, Just Between Us ( https://www.youtube.com/user/justbetweenusshow ) and Bad With Money ( https://www.stitcher.com/...