A warm welcome back to Kimberly Fludd! Join us as we discuss 3rd-century South Indian Poetry and how it is still relevant today. We draw parallels between the themes of love in both Akam Poetry and Taylor Swift song lyrics. And we consider how the Buffy/Angel relationship from the early seasons of Buffy the Vampire Slayer has a lot in common with the lovers in these poems.

We utilized the Norton Anthology World Literature, Volume B, 4th edition.

Other references include:

Adam Bradley, "The Poetry of Pop"

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Music: Fugue in C# Major, from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1": J.S. Bach

Music Synthesizer and Programming: Shawn P. Russell

Sound Consultant and Mixing: Shawn P. Russell

Recording and Editing: Rebecca L. Salois

A warm welcome back to Kimberly Fludd! Join us as we discuss 3rd-century South Indian Poetry and how it is still relevant today. We draw parallels between the themes of love in both Akam Poetry and Taylor Swift song lyrics. And we consider how the Buffy/Angel relationship from the early seasons of Buffy the Vampire Slayer has a lot in common with the lovers in these poems.

We utilized the Norton Anthology World Literature, Volume B, 4th edition.

Other references include:

Adam Bradley, "The Poetry of Pop"

Follow the podcast!

Twitter: @whydowereadthis

Instagram: @wdwrt_podcast

For podcast merch check out: https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/55982933

Music: Fugue in C# Major, from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1": J.S. Bach

Music Synthesizer and Programming: Shawn P. Russell

Sound Consultant and Mixing: Shawn P. Russell

Recording and Editing: Rebecca L. Salois

This week's guest is my friend Gretchen Pineo, an architectural historian and fan of all things geeky. In this episode, we discuss some of the European imperialists' letters from the Americas back to their respective Kings. We consider how Science Fiction employs similar lessons on imperialism and colonialism in general, but specifically in the film Starship Troopers. And we draw parallels between the these letters with letters written by New England missionaries to Hawaii in the early nineteenth century, focusing on some of the motivations behind their letters and the reactions of the Hawaiian people who they were trying to convert.

We utilized the Norton Anthology World Literature, Volume C, 4th edition.

Other references include:

John Rieder - Colonialism and the Emergence of Science Fiction

Noah Berlatsky - Why Sci-Fi Keeps Imagining the Subjugation of White People

Sarah Vowell - The Wordy Shipmates

Follow the podcast!

Twitter: @whydowereadthis

Instagram: @wdwrt_podcast

For podcast merch check out: https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/55982933

Music: Fugue in C# Major, from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1": J.S. Bach

Music Synthesizer and Programming: Shawn P. Russell

Sound Consultant and Mixing: Shawn P. Russell

Recording and Editing: Rebecca L. Salois

This week's guest is my friend Gretchen Pineo, an architectural historian and fan of all things geeky. In this episode, we discuss some of the European imperialists' letters from the Americas back to their respective Kings. We consider how Science Fiction employs similar lessons on imperialism and colonialism in general, but specifically in the film Starship Troopers. And we draw parallels between the these letters with letters written by New England missionaries to Hawaii in the early nineteenth century, focusing on some of the motivations behind their letters and the reactions of the Hawaiian people who they were trying to convert.

We utilized the Norton Anthology World Literature, Volume C, 4th edition.

Other references include:

John Rieder - Colonialism and the Emergence of Science Fiction

Noah Berlatsky - Why Sci-Fi Keeps Imagining the Subjugation of White People

Sarah Vowell - The Wordy Shipmates

Follow the podcast!

Twitter: @whydowereadthis

Instagram: @wdwrt_podcast

For podcast merch check out: https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/55982933

Music: Fugue in C# Major, from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1": J.S. Bach

Music Synthesizer and Programming: Shawn P. Russell

Sound Consultant and Mixing: Shawn P. Russell

Recording and Editing: Rebecca L. Salois

This week my guest is Maudro Alexis, friend and fellow Gish team member. We discuss Clarice Lispector's short story "Daydreams of a Drunk Woman." We draw parallels around the cost of a different lifestyle between the protagonist, Maria and Ruby Baptiste from HBO's Lovecraft Country. We also consider the similarities between Maria's struggle to adapt to her new life and Supernatural's Mary Winchester and her struggle to adapt to coming back from the dead.

Introduction: 0:00

Background: 4:38

Lovecraft Country: 9:25

Supernatural: 34:35

Final Thoughts: 58:45

We utilized the Norton Anthology World Literature, Volume F, 4th edition.

Follow the podcast!

Twitter: @whydowereadthis

Instagram: @wdwrt_podcast

Music: Fugue in C# Major, from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1": J.S. Bach

Music Synthesizer and Programming: Shawn P. Russell

Sound Consultant and Mixing: Shawn P. Russell

Recording and Editing: Rebecca L. Salois

This week my guest is Maudro Alexis, friend and fellow Gish team member. We discuss Clarice Lispector's short story "Daydreams of a Drunk Woman." We draw parallels around the cost of a different lifestyle between the protagonist, Maria and Ruby Baptiste from HBO's Lovecraft Country. We also consider the similarities between Maria's struggle to adapt to her new life and Supernatural's Mary Winchester and her struggle to adapt to coming back from the dead.

Introduction: 0:00

Background: 4:38

Lovecraft Country: 9:25

Supernatural: 34:35

Final Thoughts: 58:45

We utilized the Norton Anthology World Literature, Volume F, 4th edition.

Follow the podcast!

Twitter: @whydowereadthis

Instagram: @wdwrt_podcast

Music: Fugue in C# Major, from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1": J.S. Bach

Music Synthesizer and Programming: Shawn P. Russell

Sound Consultant and Mixing: Shawn P. Russell

Recording and Editing: Rebecca L. Salois

This week I am joined by another wonderful guest, Amina El-Annan, fellow English professor at Baruch College. We discuss a short story by Naguib Mahfouz entitled "Zaabalawi." We draw parallels between the narrators failed search for Zaabalawi and King Arthur's failed search for the Holy Grail in Monty Python and the Holy Grail. We also consider the journeys of both the skeptic and the believer as they are presented in the short story and the television show The X-Files.

We utilized the Norton Anthology World Literature, Volume F, 4th edition.

Follow the podcast!

Twitter: @whydowereadthis

Instagram: @wdwrt_podcast

Music: Fugue in C# Major, from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1": J.S. Bach

Music Synthesizer and Programming: Shawn P. Russell

Sound Consultant and Mixing: Shawn P. Russell

Recording and Editing: Rebecca L. Salois

This week I am joined by another wonderful guest, Amina El-Annan, fellow English professor at Baruch College. We discuss a short story by Naguib Mahfouz entitled "Zaabalawi." We draw parallels between the narrators failed search for Zaabalawi and King Arthur's failed search for the Holy Grail in Monty Python and the Holy Grail. We also consider the journeys of both the skeptic and the believer as they are presented in the short story and the television show The X-Files.

We utilized the Norton Anthology World Literature, Volume F, 4th edition.

Follow the podcast!

Twitter: @whydowereadthis

Instagram: @wdwrt_podcast

Music: Fugue in C# Major, from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1": J.S. Bach

Music Synthesizer and Programming: Shawn P. Russell

Sound Consultant and Mixing: Shawn P. Russell

Recording and Editing: Rebecca L. Salois

Welcome Back! We're excited to get started again along with the new semester. In this episode, I am joined by guest co-host Chris Trogan. We discuss Jamaica Kincaid's first published short story "Girl." We talk about rules, both spoken and unspoken, that exist for girls and women by drawing parallels to Candace Bushnell and Katie Cotugno's YA novel Rules for Being a Girl. We also consider the complicated nature of mother/daughter relationships in both the short story and the Netflix series Never Have I Ever.

We utilized the Norton Anthology World Literature, Volume F, 4th edition.

Follow the podcast!

Twitter: @whydowereadthis

Instagram: @wdwrt_podcast

Music: Fugue in C# Major, from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1": J.S. Bach

Music Synthesizer and Programming: Shawn P. Russell

Sound Consultant and Mixing: Shawn P. Russell

Recording and Editing: Rebecca L. Salois

Welcome Back! We're excited to get started again along with the new semester. In this episode, I am joined by guest co-host Chris Trogan. We discuss Jamaica Kincaid's first published short story "Girl." We talk about rules, both spoken and unspoken, that exist for girls and women by drawing parallels to Candace Bushnell and Katie Cotugno's YA novel Rules for Being a Girl. We also consider the complicated nature of mother/daughter relationships in both the short story and the Netflix series Never Have I Ever.

We utilized the Norton Anthology World Literature, Volume F, 4th edition.

Follow the podcast!

Twitter: @whydowereadthis

Instagram: @wdwrt_podcast

Music: Fugue in C# Major, from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1": J.S. Bach

Music Synthesizer and Programming: Shawn P. Russell

Sound Consultant and Mixing: Shawn P. Russell

Recording and Editing: Rebecca L. Salois