Two English Majors Walk Into A Bar

It's still Pride Month for one more day!!! This week Christian is covering  Nevada  by Imogen Binnie and we learn about the trans experience from a trans author! We chat about how there should be more diversity in the world of literary criticism, friends you can make at Walmart, and so much more! #Let'sGetLit #EnglishMajors #Literature #TransAuthors @ChristianLutes @CathleenBrumback @TwoEn...

Happy Pride Month!!! This month the English Majors are featuring a few transgender authors you may or may not have read. This week Cathleen is covering the fascinating and complicated  Beatrice the Sixteenth  by Irene Clyde. And yes, it's from 1909! Be sure to make a trip to your local libraries this month to discover and learn about trans authors! Also check out the Transgender Law Center ! 

The English Majors are closing out HemingMay with a novel about how men can't deal with a modern woman simply living her best life! This week Christian covers The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway, and you can rest assured we will discuss the polyamorous fishing trip in Spain! *Yes, all the fish are the same* Let's get LIT! #LetsGetLit #EnglishMajors #ModernistLiterature #ErnestHemingway...

Get Excited! It's HemingMay Y'all!!! This month the English Majors are drinking along side the moderist works of Ernest Hemingway. This week Cathleen shares a tale of Man v. Fish (and discovers that all fish are the same) covering  The Old Man and the Sea ! Do you know what this novel is about and why it won a Nobel Prize? Neither do we. So join us! LET'S GET LIT!  #EnglishMajors #Drun...

You've heard the English Majors yap about sexy vampires; now it's time for SAPPHIC Vampires!!! This week Cathleen April fools Christian into covering Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu! Drink everytime someone is bitten and smitten and let get LIT! #EnglishMajors #VampireNovels #AprilFools @TwoEnglishMajorsWalkIntoABar @CathleenBrumback @ChristianLutes

Do you have an OnlyFans and occasionally enjoy some quirky Arby's? If so, you are gonna love this episode! It's April Fools time again and Spring is springing! From the three fools Christian has planned, Cathleen chooses  Margo's Got Money Troubles  by Rufi Thorpe. So get ready to start your Literature themed OnlyFans and GET LIT! #EnglishMajors #Margo'sGotMoneyTroubles #ComedyPodcast #LetsGetLit...

Ew, Ohio. We get it! But don't worry, this week's novel exposes some serious family drama! Christian covers Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng! Another brilliant and impactful feminist author who asks us to confront our own assumptions about the characters in her novel. This novel is a rabbit hole of lies and hard truths, and you better believe the English Majors are ready to pour a class of wi...

But it *could* have been Le Morte d'Arthur yall!!! This week Christian is a hater, but that's okay because the Two English Majors are celebrating women's accomplishments in Literature for international women's month. Cathleen covers  Top Girls  by Caryl Churchill.  Churchill asks if we even can be good feminists in a capitalist society and the English Majors get a little tipsy seek...

We are finally covering a novel by a Millennial author and it is a really good one!!!! In this episode Christian covers  The Hate U Give  (Angie Thomas), a very important novel about a teenage girl who takes a stand against injustice in her neighborhood. As we continue to observe Black History Month, we talk about code-switching and how it's used in Literature. Join your favorite English Major...

Happy Black History Month!!! This week Cathleen is covering the harrowing novel The Street (Petry). If this is the first time you are hearing about Ann Petry and her brilliant novels about the human condition, then join us in expanding your literary horizons! It's never too late! #LetsGetLit #EnglishMajors #Literature #BlackHistoryMonth @TwoEnglishMajorsWalkIntoABar @CathleenBrumback @Christia...

It's safe to say the names in this novel did not catch on...but at least we now have As I Lay Dying (Faulkner) in the PUBLIC DOMAIN! This week Christian takes us this wild journey through Mississippi with a dead body in the backseat! #LetsGetLIT #AsILayDying #Faulkner #EnglishMajors @TwoEnglishMajorsWalkIntoABar @ChristianLutes @CathleenBrumback

Happy PUBLIC DOMAIN month y'all!!!! The English Majors are thrilled to continue our tradition of highlighting new works of Literature entering the Public Domain in 2026. ANNNDDDD you KNOW Cathleen just couldn't resist covering a mystery/crime novel. Let's solve The Secret of the Old Clock (Keene) and Let's Get LIT! @TwoEnglishMajorsWalkIntoABar #PublicDomain #Happy2026 #Literature...

Another year, another round of classic Literature adapted for film, tv, theatre and more! In this episode the English Majors do a little something different. We are covering a year of Literature news, updates and adaptations you have brought to our attention. So get ready to GET LIT one last time in 2025! #TwoEnglishMajorsWalkIntoABar #GetLit #HappyNewYear #2025Literature #EnglishMajors @TwoEnglis...

"Yippee Ki-Yay, Motherf***ers"!!! Who knew Die Hard was based on a novel!? This week the English Majors are taking a hard stance on Die Hard and the novel Nothing Lasts Forever (Thorp) being a holiday film/novel! Cathleen takes us on an action packed journey through the air ducts of the worst corporate holiday party in LA. #LetsGetLIT #EnglishMajors #DieHard #NothingLastsForever @TwoEngl...

It's Episode 69! Nice... :) It this episode Christian takes us on a swashbuckling adventure with Jim Hawkins and a whole pirate crew covering Treasure Island (Stevenson)! If you are out there looking for your own buried treasure or just a very murderous coming of age story, then Let's Get LIT! #TwoEnglishMajorsWalkIntoABar #Let'sGetLit #Episide69 #EnglishMajors @TwoEnglishMajorsWalkInt...

Narwhals are real!? Who knew? Join the Two English Majors as we journey under the ocean and around the world when Cathleen covers  Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Verne). We examine the complications of being stuck with an off the grid man who won't stop telling you about his submarine.... Get ready for some pirate-y Literary fun! #LetsGetLit#EnglishMajors #Literature #JulesVerne @TwoEnligh...

Christian might be married but she still has not seen or read IT! Buuuttt...In true English Major style, we are reading the Wikipedia page instead of the book this week to celebrate the finale of SPOOKY SEASON! Christian reminds us all why we are afraid of clowns covering IT (King). Let's get spooky and LET'S GET LIT! #HorrorNovel #StephenKing #HappyHalloween #LiteratureNerds @TwoEnglishMa...

How exactly does one's head get taken off by an cannon ball? Happy SPOOKY SEASON everyone! This week the English Majors are taking a fun little trip upstate to Sleepy Hollow! Cathleen a little too excited to cover The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Irving)!!! Let's Get LIT! #TwoEnglishMajorsWalkIntoABar #Halloween #SpookyLiturature @TwoEnlgishMajorsWalkIntoABar @CathleenBrumback @ChristianLutes

We all know how beautiful Sanskrit poetry is, but did you know it was used to catalog all the ways to maintain a healthy sexual relationship way back in the day? So if you are looking for a sexy self-help book, the English Majors have got you covered! In this episode Christian covers the Kama Sutra (Vātsyāyana) and we discuss what it means to have an ancient surviving text celebrating sexulaity! #...

It's time for smutty, sexy, sensual SEPTEMBER!!! In this episode the English Majors try to figure out what is so sexy about the forest floor for a bored housewife with nepo baby husband. Cathleen is covering Lady Chatterley's Lover (D.H. Lawrence), and if you are dying to know the sassy results of the infamous Penguin Trail, join us for our flirtly little romp! #Let'sGetLIT #TwoEnglish...

As we inch our way to spooky season, the English Majors are binging you #HorrorLite. This week Christian covers The Witches by Roald Dahl, and we dig into the looming question, "Are these 'witches' just regular-ass women living their lives at a convention about how children stink"? What do you think? Put on your wigs and pointy shoes because it's a fun little witchy ride! #Le...

It's time for SUMMERWEEN! The English Majors are ready for things to get spooky despite there still being several months until Halloween. This week Cathleen is taking us to the English countryside on the worst legal internship one could imagine - covering The Woman in Black (Hill). Get your ghost on and LET'S GET LIT! #TwoEnglishMajorsWalkIntoABar #LiteratureNerds #EnglishMajors @CathleenB...

Does 2 + 2= 5? We're English Majors... and math might not be our stong suit... But at least we know propaganda when we see it! We all know it. We all love it. This week Christian covers the infamous 1984 (Orwell) as the English Majors continue our exploration of dystopian novels. #LetsGetLit #TwoEnglishMajorsWalkIntoABar #DystopianLiterature #EnglishMajors @TwoEnglishMajorsWalkIntoABar @ChristianL...

Things in the United States might be steaming hot garbage right now... but don't worry. It's nothing more than what was predicted back in 1935!!! That's right, this week Cathleen covers It Can't Happen Here (Sinclair Lewis), and we all draw the exact apples for apples comparisons to today... Let's Get LIT! @TwoEnglishMajorsWalkIntoABar @CathleenBrumback @ChristianLutes #America...

This episode is HEAVY! Christian covers The Color Purple (Walker) and we are just so relieved the ending is not as sad as we remember from the movie! Get your tissue boxes and let's GET LIT! #GetLit #TwoEnglishMajorsWalkIntoABar @TwoEnglishMajorsWalkIntoABar @ChristianLutes @CathleenBrumback