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- Christopher Isherwood - A Single Man
In this episode (the first in our new condensed format) the Spine Crackers read Christopher Isherwood's 1964 novel of grief, aging, and the American psyche, A Single Man! Full two-and-a-half hour discussion available to patrons!
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1 hr 2 min - ANNOUNCING: Spine Crackers 2.0!
The Spine Crackers share a very important announcement regarding plans for 2022 and beyond! We will be taking a brief break to get ourselves mentally, physically, spiritually, and emotionally ready for the coming changes and are so excited to get back to the show in a couple weeks!
16 min - Charles Simic - The Lunatic & The World Doesn't End
In the first episode of 2022, the Spine Crackers welcome the bleak midwinter months with their first ever episode on poetry. Specifically, they discuss the bleak, philosophical, surreal, and deeply human poetry of Yugoslav-American poet Charles Simic.
1 hr 42 min - The First Annual Spine Crackers End-of-Year Awards Spectacular
In this very special episode, the Spine Crackers present their first annual end-of-year awards. They each count down their personal top 5 books of the year, give out awards for categories such as Best Character, Best Cover, Most Disappointing Book, and many more! Have a fantastic New Year!
3 hr 14 min - Herman Melville - The Confidence-Man
In this episode, the Spine Crackers read Herman Melville's final novel, the 1857 satirical masterpiece of identity, religion, irony, and the American psyche, The Confidence-Man.
2 hr 15 min - One-Year Anniversary Q&A Blowout (The Mics)
In this very special episode, the Spine Crackers celebrate one year of the podcast with some reflections on the story so far and a Q&A with listener submitted questions! Here's to many more years and many more books!
3 hr 33 min - Truman Capote - A Tree of Night and Other Stories
In this episode, the Spine Crackers read American enfant terrible Truman Capote's 1949 collection of short stories, "A Tree of Night and Other Stories."
2 hr 27 min - Percival Everett - Percival Everett by Virgil Russell
In this episode, the Spine Crackers read Percival Everett's 2013 postmodern metatext of death, family, race, and language Percival Everett by Virgil Russell. Make sure to stay tuned through the end for a #booktube callout and a first for the podcast surprise! Let's philosophize.
2 hr 33 min - Joseph McElroy - Cannonball (feat. Ben of Book Shore)
In this episode, the Spine Crackers are joined by Ben, the proprietor of the fantastic Book Shore YouTube channel, to discuss legendary postmodern author Joseph McElroy's 2013 novel of war, family, memory, and American identity, Cannonball. Ben also breaks some genuine literary news with respect to some previously semi-lost McElroy texts!
https://www.youtube.com/c/BookShore
@bookshore_ben on Instagram.
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3 hr 6 min - Mohsin Hamid - Exit West
ALERT: THIS EPISODE DOES WORK IT JUST DOESN'T START UNTIL 45 SECONDS IN JUST SKIP TO THAT!
In this episode, the Spine Crackers read Pakistani author Mohsin Hamid's 2017 novel of place, space, emigration, and love, Exit West
2 hr 28 min
About Spine Crackers
From the publisher's feed
Spine Crackers is an in-depth literary analysis podcast where we discuss a different book every other week, with some jokes and goofs tossed in for good measure. Follow us on instagram, twitter, facebook, etc. and check out our patreon! We post our next read on twitter so you can keep up and read along with us if you like.