(Re)Read

(Re)Read

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(Re)Read episodes

  • Episode 45: Let There Be Twilight, Pt. 1

    #Twilight is the most divisive book of all time ... but why? Morgan and Casey add their discourse to #TheDiscourse on #StephenieMeyer's polarizing vampire romance.


    Show notes: 

    Lolita Podcast by Jamie Laftus

    "Forced Seduction": The Trope of Non-Consensual Romantic Fiction by Kayleigh Donaldson

    1 hr 10 min
  • Episode 43: In the Wuthering Heights, Pt. 1

    Nothing says love like promising to rip out your boo's husband's heart out and drink his blood. Revisit the glory of the most toxic relationship in the universe in #EmilyBronte's classic romance, #WutheringHeights.


    Show notes:

    Quotes from contemporary reviews of Wuthering Heights

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    1 hr
  • Episode 41: Time Flies When You're Having a Wrinkle, Pt. 1

    On this episode, we go back to a classic from elementary school—#AWrinkleinTime by Madeleine L'Engle! Will we go mad for Madeleine's mad book this time around ... or will it just drive us mad?


    Show Notes:

    "The Power of Adolescent Anger: L'Engle's Meg Murry and Pratchett's Tiffany Aching" by Dorothy Bennett





    #AWrinkleinTime #MadeleineLEngle #Meg #CharlesWallace #MrsWhatsit #MrsWho #MrsWhich

    1 hr 14 min
  • Episode 39: Of Dead Dogs and Steinbeck, Pt. 1

    If you grew up in California, you read #JohnSteinbeck's #OfMiceAndMen. But was it actually any...good? Or should Steinbeck's dog, Max, have done a better job of eating the draft of the book?


    Show Notes:

    "The Autistic Victim: Of Mice and Men and Flowers for Algernon" by Sonya Freeman Loftis


    #JohnSteinbeck #OfMiceAndMen #Lenny #George #Max

    50 min
  • Episode 38: It's Raining Men, Howl-elujah!, Pt. 2

    Is Howl a jerk? Or is he just misunderstood? Morgan and Casey debate this age-old questions asked of all #badboys. (Also, a preemptive apology to #DianaWynneJones for possibly the dumbest pun ever.)


    Show Notes:

    A delightful interview with Diana Wynne Jones

    1 hr 6 min
  • Episode 37: It's Raining Men, Howl-elujah!, Pt. 1

    Wailing wizards and wily witches make wonderful company ... unless they're trying to eat your heart. We (re)visit the fantasy favorite that sparked a billion adolescent crushes and inspired the (not-so-favorite) #StudioGhibli film, #HowlsMovingCastle by #DianaWynneJones!

    1 hr 31 min

About (Re)Read

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Welcome to (Re)Read, the podcast where we look back at the books from our youth and find out if they hold up under the cold, harsh light of adulthood.