F***bois of Literature Book Podcast

Philip Ellis ( @philip_ellis ), the amazing guest from Season 1's show on GONE GIRL is here to discuss Rainbow Rowell's 2015 YA wizard romance, CARRY ON. The first book of the Simon Snow series, CARRY ON begs us to ask: what is the difference between being a fuckboi and being a teenager? Safe for teens, after listening to this episode, you'll want to shove CARRY ON into your tween's grubby mitts. ...

We get more into the nitty-gritty grossness of medical procedures in this bonus episode with Bethany Brookshire (@BeeBrookshire)! Content Warning if you get queasy over bodily stuff. But fast forward to the 2nd half to hear us shit-talk Lord Byron and Percy Shelley, as god intended.  More ways to enjoy FBOL & Emily J. Edwards! Find Emily's books and professional information at https://www.msem...

What is probably the most famous book ever written by a woman, FRANKENSTEIN, OR THE MODERN PROMETHEUS is the emblematic text of problematic science. What luck we have Science Communications Expert Bethany Brookshire ( @BeeBrookshire ) here to help explain science ethics, anatomy, and all sorts of fun, icky things to us book nerds.  More ways to enjoy FBOL & Emily J. Edwards! Find Emily's books...

After doing an episode on NORTHANGER ABBEY, I was so excited to do an episode on a real-life "sensation novel." LADY AUDLEY'S SECRET is Mary Elizabeth Braddon's main contribution to the Victorian catalogue of books about women behaving badly. Guest Danielle Ryan (@ danirat , guest from our episode on INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE) is here to talk about comeuppance, queer-coded characters, and penny d...

The Literature Lady herself is here to walk us through the Daniel Defoe classic MOLL FLANDERS. Dr. Janet Bartholomew ( @Literature_Lady ) and host Emily Edwards ( @MsEmilyEdwards ) apparently, stan an unrepentant thief on this podcast, and ladies who commit crimes because they have to, and because it's just real fun.  More ways to enjoy FBOL & Emily J. Edwards! Find Emily's books and professio...

Danny Bowes (@bybowes) is BACK to talk about Thomas Hardy's JUDE THE OBSCURE. Let's touch upon boobs, the fleeting nature of American identity, and murderous children! Danny was the guest on our amazing Season 1 episode for A SEPARATE PEACE and his usual wit is back to lead on our We Hate Thomas Hardy Party 2020.  More ways to enjoy FBOL & Emily J. Edwards! Find Emily's books and professional...

Allison Epstein ( @rapscallison ) joins us to talk about an absolutely bananas Jacobean-era English play, THE DUCHESS OF MALFI. We opine about witches vs. werewolves, court assassins, and the Roman Catholic Church. You can't miss it!  More ways to enjoy FBOL & Emily J. Edwards! Find Emily's books and professional information at https://www.msemilyedwards.com Love T shirts, pins, and other merc...

Leslie Gray Streeter (@LeslieStreeter, https://lesliegraystreeter.com/ ) joins host Emily Edwards to discuss that most prevalent of all YA novels, THE OUTSIDERS by S.E. Hinton. What does it mean to be alone? How does white privilege work in a world without people of color? How does being an "outsider" work where everyone's virtually the same? Pre-order Leslie's book BLACK WIDOW here: https://books...

Our guest this week is Michelle Athy (@SunflowerRei), who you may remember from last season's episode on TUCK EVERLASTING! She joins host Emily Edwards (@MsEmilyEdwards) to discuss contemporary historical romance, vintage historical romance, Courtney Milan's book THE COUNTESS CONSPIRACY, and the drama amongst the Romance Writers of America. There's a lot to discuss!  More ways to enjoy FBOL &...

[CW: Rape, assault, gas-lighting, consent, colonialism, murder] Samantha Puc ( @theverbalthing ) joins host Emily Edwards (@ MsEmilyEdwards ) to BREAK HER BRAIN around the idea of reliable narration, colonialism as disruption, and the veil of choice in regards to Shakespeare's final play, THE TEMPEST. As it turns out? It ain't about playwriting, folks. THE TEMPEST is a blatantly anti-monarch, anti...

Rachel Vorona Cote joins host Emily Edwards to talk about her upcoming book TOO MUCH: How Victorian Constraints Still Bind Women Today . A deeply moving combination of memoir and literary research, this book will leave you as breathless as a cinched corset. Rachel and I discuss the concept of "muchness," how we relate to Victorian mores and heroines, and how we can move past the Victorian expectat...

Playwright and author Claire Willett ( @ClaireWillett ) joins host Emily Edwards ( @MsEmilyEdwards ) to discuss one of the English language's most popular books– Daphne du Maurier's REBECCA. Since its first publication in 1938, REBECCA has never gone out of print, proving Maxim de Winter, the Second Mrs. de Winter, Mrs. Danvers, and almost every other character in the entire novel to be some of li...

Bianca Hernandez-Knight (@ bookhoarding ) joins host Emily Edwards (@ MsEmilyEdwards ) to re-cap the fuckboi-filled, gothic comedy NORTHANGER ABBEY by Jane Austen. This is our finale for Season 1! Fuckbois of Literature will return in February 2020 with our second season of comedic commentary about literature and books. Be sure to follow us on Twitter at @FuckboisOfLit. Summary of NORTHANGER ABBEY...

Vanity Fair writer Joanna Robinson (@JoWroteThis ) joins host Emily Edwards (@MsEmilyEdwards) to discuss the perennial holiday favorite, LITTLE WOMEN by Louisa May Alcott. We discuss the new Greta Gerwig fim adaptation of Little Women, the fuckboi levels of Jo, Meg, Beth and Amy, the expectations of women in literature, and how come Behr >>> Laurie. Fuckbois of Literature abound in LITTLE...

Renaissance poet Thomas Campion gives us a charming, two-stanza poem about how to love winter, and bring little joys into your life. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fuckboisoflit/message More ways to enjoy FBOL & Emily J. Edwards! Find Emily's books and professional information at https://www.msemilyedwards.com Love T shirts, pins, and other merch? The merch shop is live ! https...

Comedian Dave Child (@MrDaveChild) joins host Emily Edwards (@MsEmilyEdwards) to discuss the ultimate Christmas classic– A CHRISTMAS CAROL. Turns out, in addition to the power he wields as an uber-rich banker, Scrooge was an absolute romantic fuckboi, to boot.  More ways to enjoy FBOL & Emily J. Edwards! Find Emily's books and professional information at https://www.msemilyedwards.com Love T s...

Winter-Time,  by Ralph Waldo Emerson, and The Snow-Storm, by Robert Louis Stevenson, are helping to remind this LA transplant what it's like to live through Nor-Easters, hail, graupel, and sleet, and all the amazing stories of growing up in a place that turns white six months out of the year. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fuckboisoflit/message More ways to enjoy FBOL & Emily J...

The modern morality tail of how to stay good for Christmas. Ashley Beall of Make It Modern Podcast (@MIM_Podcast) joins me to discuss the redemption arcs of one of KidLit's biggest fuckbois, Edmund Pevensie.  Summary of THE LION, THE WITCH, AND THE WARDROBE During World War II, the four Pevensie children– Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy– are send to a strange country home to wait out the war. While...

A short bonus episode featuring John Keats' IN DREAR-NIGHTED DECEMBER, and a short essay on the role of memory and hope.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fuckboisoflit/message More ways to enjoy FBOL & Emily J. Edwards! Find Emily's books and professional information at https://www.msemilyedwards.com Love T shirts, pins, and other merch? The merch shop is live ! https://msemilye...

The brilliant comedian and writer Sara Benincasa (@sarajbenincasa) stops by to have a fantastic conversation about spirituality, goodness, purpose, and fuckbois of the Christian Bible. I promise you it's more nuanced than you think.  More ways to enjoy FBOL & Emily J. Edwards! Find Emily's books and professional information at https://www.msemilyedwards.com Love T shirts, pins, and other merch...

Gonzaga University Classics Professor, Amy Pistone (@ apistone ) joins host Emily Edwards (@MsEmilyEdwards) to discuss the history of THE ODYSSEY, the unexpected feminism of Penelope, and all the millions of ways that Odysseus is one epic fuckboi.  Summary of THE ODYSSEY Odysseus, the great Greek general from Ithaca, is trying to return home to his wife, Penelope, after the Trojan War has kept him...

In honor of the imminent American Thanksgiving situation, I take on Colonialism, Puritans, and anti-vaxxers all in one poem! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fuckboisoflit/message More ways to enjoy FBOL & Emily J. Edwards! Find Emily's books and professional information at https://www.msemilyedwards.com Love T shirts, pins, and other merch? The merch shop is live ! https://msemi...

Becky of @PrairiePhlox joins host Emily Edwards (@MsEmilyEdwards) to discuss all of the millions of fuckbois from JRR Tolkien's epic– including Tolkien himself.   Summary of LORD OF THE RINGS Frodo, a hobbit, is left a magical ring by his uncle Bilbo. Turns out the ring is super evil and he needs a rag-tag group of friends to chuck it into an equally evil volcano. It takes like 1000 pages to tell...

I swear, we're going to be uplifting for this one. A little dash of history and a fun story from my college years.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fuckboisoflit/message More ways to enjoy FBOL & Emily J. Edwards! Find Emily's books and professional information at https://www.msemilyedwards.com Love T shirts, pins, and other merch? The merch shop is live ! https://msemilyedwards...

Val Prozorova ( @valprozwriter ) joins me from the far reaches of New Zealand to discuss one of the most landmark books in the LGBT canon: André Aciman's CALL ME BY YOUR NAME. We get into that 17 year old horny brainspace, age differences, and yes, we talk about peaches. Sorry. Summary of CALL ME BY YOUR NAME Elio Perlman is a 17 year old boy living in Italy with his scholar parents. Each summer,...