This week on Getting Literate, Katie and Julia cover their second novella, Brick House, from Daniel Nayeri’s collection Straw House, Wood House, Brick House, Blow: Brick House! The gals discuss blending dichotomies, demonizing figures from Arabic folklore, and the differences between neo-noir films and detective novels. Katie wonders why this novella focuses on criminalizing hope, and Julia wants to take a closer look at the way we think about femme fatales. PLUS: Sin City, Megamind, and eggs. As always, there's definitely spoilers, so proceed with caution.

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This week's book was Brick House, by Daniel Nayeri. More info at https://www.danielnayeri.com/

Intro and outro music by Julia M.

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