Uncited: An English Lit Podcast

We're reviewing one of Chantelle's top five favourite books ever, Two Dark Moons by Avi Silver! It's a queer YA fantasy that looks at: What if astrology was a main component of culture? How do we define our role in society? What if a lizard was real big?

It's another epistolary novel, which means we're once again joined by special guest Jamie Anderson (jamienerdgirl on Bluesky) to talk about The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood! It's... oof.

We're talking about Half-Blood Blues by Esi Edugyan! About taking a nice trip through the Polish countryside because of a music festival and—oh wait—no, it's about the Holocaust. Content warning for genocide, racism, and violence.

This week we're talking about Hiromi Goto's The Kappa Child! Featuring Japanese folklore, Little House on the Prairie, a mysterious pregnancy, and so many cucumbers. Keep listening for more Canadian lit coming your way.

We're talking about Delicious in Dungeons, Volume 2 by Ryoko Kui! The gang is back at it again with giant chia pets, kelpie friends, and non-edible paintings.

We're talking about The Princess Bride again! We wrap up the main story then cover some hot takes from our lovely listeners. Buttercup's Baby coming soon (we swear).

We're talking about Chantelle's favourite book, The Princess Bride by S. Morgenstern by William Goldman! If you've seen the movie, buckle up because it's entirely the same yet completely different.

It's our last episode of the year and we're talking about Hans Christian Andersen's The Snow Queen! How much does it have in common with Disney's Frozen? And how much does it have in common with The Secret, that 2006 manifestation book?

Today we're reading THAT story. The story that pops up when you give ChatGPT the prompt "Tell me a story". Can it do it? (Spoiler: No, it can't.)

This week we're talking about Daniel Perry's Modern Folklore, a book about the things that haunt us: our regrets, our vices, the mysterious figure of a woman with long dark hair, rental units.

This week, we talk about In Flanders Fields by John McCrae, along with other World War I poems in honour of Remembrance Day.

This week Amy is sharing A Sapling Cage by Margaret Killjoy, her new book recommendation with a signed copy and a lending copy. This story on trans witchcraft talks about earth magic, power struggle, and self-invention, and we talk about cool witch s***.

This week we're welcoming back Jamie Anderson (@UnabashedJames) to talk about Stephen King's 11/22/63! Much like the book, we talk about the Kennedy assassination, sure. But mostly other things.

This week we're talking about Delicious in Dungeon, Volume 1 by Ryoko Kui! In which walking mushrooms, screaming roots, and carnivorous plants are on the menu (along with friendship!)

We're talking about Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Half of a Yellow Sun! This was a standout book and a hearty recommendation, but boy is it rough. Content warnings for genocide, violence, sexual assault, and murder of a pregnant woman.

We're back in the Scott Pilgrim series with Scott Pilgrim and the Infinite Sadness! Plus, we're having something of an infinite sadness ourselves. But in a fun, chill way, you know?

We're back with a group storytelling game! And it gets wild. Check out Glen and Gertie Nuzzles from Nuzzle House and Ben and Nate from Words About Books!

This week in honour of our 100th episode, we're playing a game with some of our podcast friends! Check out Jamie @UnabashedJames, Colin @ColinMParker, and Az @Cals_Calzones on Twitter!

This week we're talking about William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, stage productions and adaptations, and Bard on the Beach in Vancouver! What does Willy do when he's scared? Willy Shakes.

This week we're finishing up The Tortured Poets Department section from Taylor Swift's Eras tour set. Songs covered are Down Bad, Fortnight, The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived, and I Can Do It With a Broken Heart.

Is Chantelle... a Swiftie? In honour of the 18th birthday of Taylor Swift's music career, we're talking about songs from The Tortured Poets Department section of the Eras tour set: But Daddy I Love Him, So High School, and Who's Afraid of Little Old Me.

This week we're talking about Emily Dickinson's poems and letters to her lifelong gal pal Susan Gilbert. References are mostly from Emily Dickinson’s Electric Love Letters to Susan Gilbert by Maria Popova. Happy Pride! P.S. The world's oldest queer book store, Glad Day, needs help keeping its doors open as one of the city's core safe spaces! Can you help save Glad Day Bookshop? htt...

In honour of the release of Bridgerton Season 3, we're tackling the first book in Julia Quinn's series, The Duke and I! We chat about daddy issues, "The Talk", and swimming in the River Thames. Content warning for sexual assault.

We're finally talking about Beowulf, the epic poem written for 300 years that could have ended about four times! Incoming intertextuality (?) with Paradise Lost, Frankenstein, The Fast and the Furious, James Bond, and Disney.

This week we're talking about Volume 2 of Bryan Lee O'Malley's Scott Pilgrim series, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World! Scott finally makes the right choice, outsmarts Chris Evans on a skateboard, and has a breakdown about his ex.