The Book Album

In our last episode under the name “Didion, Hawthorne, and the In-Between,” Mackenzie delves into a short story by one of the show’s namesake authors. — Show Notes: relevanceofliterature.com/notes/ patreon.com/relevanceofliterature — Music by Leo Discenza Our Show: relevanceofliterature.com Our old (and yes, still functioning) blog: didionandhawthorne.blubrry.net

Today Mackenzie delves into a one-page short story by Ernest Hemingway. — Show Notes: relevanceofliterature.com/notes/ patreon.com/relevanceofliterature — Music by Leo Discenza Our Show: relevanceofliterature.com Our old (and yes, still functioning) blog: didionandhawthorne.blubrry.net

Featuring “Erasure” by Percival Everett and “Garden by the Sea” by Mercé Rodoreda, this book box is our last in the series, as well as Mackenzie’s top pick. — Show Notes: relevanceofliterature.com/notes/ patreon.com/relevanceofliterature — Music by Leo Discenza Our Show: relevanceofliterature.com Our old (and yes, still functioning) blog: didionandhawthorne.blubrry.net

Today we review the first novel in our Summer YA series, in which Mackenzie reads the young adult books that proved formative to her development as a young reader. — patreon.com/relevanceofliterature relevanceofliterature.com/notes — Music by Leo Discenza Our Show: relevanceofliterature.com Our old (and yes, still functioning) blog: didionandhawthorne.blubrry.net

I peruse this selection of serials chronologically to point out the literary gems in each. — patreon.com/relevanceofliterature relevanceofliterature.com/notes — Music by Leo Discenza Our Show: relevanceofliterature.com Our old (and yes, still functioning) blog: didionandhawthorne.blubrry.net

Another “Bleak House” episode puts us squarely over halfway through the novel. — patreon.com/relevanceofliterature relevanceofliterature.com/notes — Music by Leo Discenza Our Show: relevanceofliterature.com Our old (and yes, still functioning) blog: didionandhawthorne.blubrry.net

Another look at the masterful “Emma” by Jane Austen, a bit over a year after I read and reviewed the novel for the first time on the show. — patreon.com/relevanceofliterature relevanceofliterature.com/notes — Music by Leo Discenza Our Show: relevanceofliterature.com Our old (and yes, still functioning) blog: didionandhawthorne.blubrry.net

Our long-anticipated discussion of the newest Joan Didion collection is finally here! Cheers to the most contemporary book review on the show thus far. — patreon.com/relevanceofliterature relevanceofliterature.com/notes — Music by Leo Discenza Our Show: relevanceofliterature.com Our old (and yes, still functioning) blog: didionandhawthorne.blubrry.net

In anticipation of our upcoming review of “Let Me Tell You What I Mean” by Joan Didion, we thought we would revisit our last episode on Didion’s fiction novel, “Run River.” — patreon.com/relevanceofliterature relevanceofliterature.com/notes — Our Show: relevanceofliterature.com Our old (and yes, still functioning) blog: didionandhawthorne.blubrry.net

I read along with Youtuber JadetheLibra’s spooky book club for the month of April. **Trigger warning: I talk in broad strokes about erotica in this episode. JadetheLibra: https://www.youtube.com/jadethelibra — patreon.com/relevanceofliterature relevanceofliterature.com/notes — Music by Leo Discenza Our Show: relevanceofliterature.com Our old (and yes, still functioning) blog: didionandhawthorne.bl...

This week we talk about how Mackenzie is doing with her reading challenge and how to persevere in the face of time or lifestyle constraints with reading. — patreon.com/relevanceofliterature relevanceofliterature.com/notes — Music by Leo Discenza Our Show: relevanceofliterature.com Our old (and yes, still functioning) blog: didionandhawthorne.blubrry.net

We don’t do reposts very often, but in lieu of a new short story episode (on the way next week), we will be listening to a classic episode from a year and a half ago on the very American “Good Country People” by Flannery O’Connor. — patreon.com/relevanceofliterature relevanceofliterature.com/notes — Our Show: relevanceofliterature.com Our old (and yes, still functioning) bl...

A slight extension to our second “Bleak House” week, today we overview the chapter informally based on three different quotations from serials 5-8. — patreon.com/relevanceofliterature relevanceofliterature.com/notes — Music by Leo Discenza Our Show: relevanceofliterature.com Our old (and yes, still functioning) blog: didionandhawthorne.blubrry.net

Fighting through the Lincolnshire fog and mist comes the second episode in our second “Bleak House” week. What’s going on with Nemo’s mysterious passing? What role does poor Jo play in all of this mess? What is the utility of having a character like Skimpole in the mix? — patreon.com/relevanceofliterature relevanceofliterature.com/notes — Music by Leo Discenza Our Show: rel...

We debut our second week of “Bleak House” with a broad-view discussion of plot, character, and theme/message in serials 5 and 6 of “Bleak House.” Tune in on Thursday for our continuation of serials 7 and 8! — patreon.com/relevanceofliterature relevanceofliterature.com/notes — Music by Leo Discenza Our Show: relevanceofliterature.com Our old (and yes, still functioning) blog...

Time to celebrate financial literacy month with a combinatory episode on two of our favorite topics: books and finance. — patreon.com/relevanceofliterature relevanceofliterature.com/notes — Music by Leo Discenza Our Show: relevanceofliterature.com Our old (and yes, still functioning) blog: didionandhawthorne.blubrry.net

Today’s episode is part-reflection, part-deep-dive into the one-year Masterclass subscription that I bought myself at the beginning of the pandemic. — patreon.com/relevanceofliterature relevanceofliterature.com/notes — Music by Leo Discenza Our Show: relevanceofliterature.com Our old (and yes, still functioning) blog: didionandhawthorne.blubrry.net

My friend Sachin Shukla, economist and violist, helps break down three models of the welfare state around the world, as exemplified in “The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism” by Gøsta Esping-Andersen. — patreon.com/relevanceofliterature relevanceofliterature.com/notes — Music by Leo Discenza Our Show: relevanceofliterature.com Our old (and yes, still functioning) blog: didionandhawthorne.bl...

Part 2 of the first installment of our “Bleak House” series, where we walk through specific passages, quotes, and characterizations in this section of the novel. — patreon.com/relevanceofliterature relevanceofliterature.com/notes — Music by Leo Discenza Our Show: relevanceofliterature.com Our old (and yes, still functioning) blog: didionandhawthorne.blubrry.net

Introducing our 5-month series on the one-and-only “Bleak House” by Charles Dickens. — patreon.com/relevanceofliterature relevanceofliterature.com/notes — Music by Leo Discenza Our Show: relevanceofliterature.com Our old (and yes, still functioning) blog: didionandhawthorne.blubrry.net