You Don’t Know Lit

Willy Wonka is the greatest villain ever, Wheelers, and the campaign to make Arnold Schwarzenegger the next Vice President begins. Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator by Roald Dahl (1972) vs The Marvelous Land of Oz by L. Frank Baum (1904).

Finical advise from two high school English teachers, two more Nicks and name-dropping friend-of-the-show photographer Russel Wong. Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan (2013) vs The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (1925).

Dr. Dre health updates, 12-word books, and detailed instructions on how to make a sharp knife. Swann's Way by Marcel Proust (1913) vs Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig (1974)

Hip youth words, terrible pirate metaphors and the sailing the high seas of the Jersey Shore on this episode. Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson (1883) vs Peter and Wendy by J. M. Barrie (1911).

The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin (2008) vs Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke (1953).

In this abbreviated episode we discuss Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë published in 1847.

Happy 50th episode, Lit Heads! Goldfinger by Ian Fleming (1959) vs The Man with the Golden Gun by Ian Fleming (1974)

Alone by Richard E. Byrd (1938) vs A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles (2016).

Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century by Jessica Bruder (2017) vs Blueprint for Revolution: How to Use Rice Pudding, Lego Men, and Other Nonviolent Techniques to Galvanize Communities, Overthrow Dictators, or Simply Change the World by Srdja Popovic (2015).

In this abbreviated episode we discuss To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee published in 1960.