Canon or Canceled?

"Julie", "Jefferson", "Kai", "Maddie", and "Milo", go into detail on the overview of the book and the writing style of Cormac McCarthy. We also look into factors that may lead to its cancellation such as sexist and racist writing. We ended with figuring out if the book should be Canon or Cancled!

Henry, Jacob, Ewen, and Braedon discuss the literary merits of Grady Hendrix’s book Horrorstör, where IKEA tells you to assemble the terror yourself. Are the details fleshed out enough?

Thea, Maddie, Will, and River discuss Kafka’s nonsensical and complicated world of logical fallacies and hidden messaging. There are offices in your attic!

C, R, E, and B psychoanalyze Kafka, his biases, and his insecurities through the world of "The Trial". The group thoroughly critiques the main character, Josef K., and the way he treats other characters in the novel by touching on his socioeconomic standing, growing psychological condition, and the struggles of the author who curated him. In a back and forth about character development (or lack thereof), the influence of the temporal setting, and the impact of Kafka's identity on his writing, we discuss whether reading "The Trial" is worth your time or if it is, in fact, a trial. Full spoiler warning.

In this episode we talk about The Secret History by Donna Tartt. Hosted by Atticus, Evan, Tyler, and Kiran.

Canon or canceled…or cloned? Minon, Maia, Minal and Naomi discussed Kazuo Ishiguro’s 2005 novel, Never Let Me Go, and its navigation of friendship, self discovery and its chilling insight into what it means to be human.

Nic, Maya, Augustine, and Angie sing a little rap; taste test 1950s cookies; and touch on Giovanni’s Room to delve into themes of sexism, labels, and echo chambers.

FULL SPOILERS AHEAD!!"

Spener, Laith, Brandon, Ryder, and Drew dive into whether Ursula K. LeGuin's A Wizard of Earthsea belongs as literary cannon or not. Analyzing gender roles, character cliches, and the possible creation of many classic fantasy troupes, this episode will entrance you, no secret name needed!

Cameron, Carter, Milo, and Tee discuss how the characters in Blood Meridian are driven to do bad things, and how the Judge expresses this cycle of war and death as the natural and true way of the world. Do the its complex themes, symbols, and allusions make Blood Meridian great, or should it be canceled?

(spoilers) (TW: gore)

Lila, Toby, Nico, Nala, and Nicola bumble through Arthur Golden's Memoirs of a Geisha and discuss the book's exploration of women, colonialism, and Japan as a whole.