Writers talk about reading. Hosted by Tod Goldberg, Julia Pistell, and Rider Strong.
When she was 13, Wendy C. Ortiz started “dating” her 28 year-old English teacher. In her new memoir, Excavation, she returns to the years she spent maintaining this secret relationship.
It’s a disarming look at a tough adolescence.[…]
A Pulitzer Prize winner none of us had read, Tinkers is a short, innovative, and compelling novel, first released in 2009.
Join us as we discuss death vigils, hermits, epilepsy, and depressed mothers. Not to be missed: Tod cries. Really, he cries.
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For this very special episode, Tod & Julia talk about her trip aboard the Charles W. Morgan, Moby-Dick, and the difference between boats and ships. Followed by a piece Julia wrote aboard the Morgan. Enjoy this unique back-to-school specia[…]
Summer’s over and it’s time to get serious– grab a raft and float down a river while listening to us take on the Mark Twain classic, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
Read MoreThis week the Disco Trio heads to their tablets and phones.
The Atavist publishes digital essays, articles and books. One of their latest, most experimental pieces was written by Hari Kunzru. Twice Upon a Time is equal parts poem, musical experience[…]
Breece D’J Pancake died in 1979 at the age of 26, but not before writing some legendary short stories. In this episode, we read his collected work and discuss the rural landscape he explored.
But first: it’s the return of Klassics Korne[…]
This week we take on a smart book. Maybe too smart.
Rider first stumbled upon Submergence by JM Ledgard when it was given as an example of complex grown up literature within an article about the popularity of Young Adult work. The trio decided to gi[…]
It’s time for more poetry.
And much to Tod’s chagrin, the words “Mother” and “Father” appear a lot in this collection.
Undeniably, however, the poems of W.E. Butts collected in The Cathedral of Nervous Horses are[…]
Before there was the Hunger Games, there was the Lottery. And not the fun kind.
This week, we take on a newly published Shirley Jackson story and mix in a revisit to her classic short story “The Lottery”– which, incredibly, Rider h[…]
It’s back to school for the Disco, when writer and real life high school English teacher Heather Partington joins us.
We asked Heather to treat us like a class: reading assignment, quiz, discussion. She selected Albert Camus’ classic no[…]