The Feast | Part 3

Welcome back to The Feast! Things are boiling over at Pendizack Manor Hotel, and Shari and Rhea are in for it. In this episode, they talk about the 7 evils spilling over in the host characters: the disgusting St. Merrick episode (termed by Shari as the Epstein Island escapade), soapstone insanity, envy’s constant pot-stirring, the super-righteous “symposium,” a mother ready to abandon her children to imminent doom (!), and more.And yet, beauty abounds through the turning of other characters toward goodness, truth, and beauty. And all the while preparations for the Feast continue, and the cliff slowly crumbles overhead.Next week, Shari and Rhea will discuss the final day, “Friday”, and wrap up their discussion of The Feast.As mentioned in the episode, below is the list and links to many of the references to poems, songs, myths, etc. that show up over “Wednesday” and “Thursday.”The Great Conversation happening in The Feast:* Scapegoat | Fairies at the bottom…* ‘There are Fairies at the Bottom of Our Garden’ - Michael Aspinall, the Surprising Soprano (Scapegoat)* There are Fairies at the Bottom of our Garden | Odyssey Theatre Ensemble* Bond or Free?* What to write in a headstone epitaph? - Mississauga Cemetery* “Wind, gentle evergreen!...”* Epitaph on Sophocles headstone.* Oh Shenandoah - Wikipedia (Duff, Robin, and Angie singing)* Symposium | My Aged Uncle Arly* Edward Lear | The Poetry Foundation* Limericks / playful* Mrs. Paley | The Quangle Wangle’s Hat | The Poetry Foundation* Robin | The Dong with a Luminous Nose | The Poetry Foundation* Gerry & Angie | Mr and Mrs Discobbolos by Edward Lear - Famous poems* Duff | The Pobble Who Has No Toes - Edward Lear* Nancibel | Carmen - Wikipedia (opera)Thanks for reading The Reader & the Writer! If you like this episode ❤️ it and share it.The Reader & the Writer is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support our literary work, become a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to The Reader & the Writer at thereaderandthewriter.substack.com/subscribe