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Find the Lit
by Find the Lit
In this podcast, Em and Jess take it in turns to pick a book to read and talk about. The choices are random and the conversation far-ranging. No reading required (although watch out for spoilers!)
Episodes
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Ep. 19: The White Album
Light a cigarette, pack your mohair throw and take a turn around the shopping mall with us as we discuss The White Album by Joan Didion.
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Ep. 18: Doppelganger
Have you ever been confused for someone else? Do you have an evil twin? In this episode we discuss the bestselling new book Doppelganger by Naomi Wolf...sorry Klein! You'll never smell sandalwood incense the same way again...
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Ep 17: Night Boat to Tangier
Join us in a Spanish ferry terminal as we wait for a Night Boat to Tangier. In our latest episode we discuss Kevin Barry's novel about two Irish gangsters coming to terms with the repercussions of a life of crime.
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Booksplain: Sedated
We're BACK. We know you missed us. Join us for the launch of Booksplain - our new spin off, in which Jess Booksplains her latest non fiction read. Sedated by James Davies explores how neoliberalism has shaped our understanding and 'treatment' of mental distress. It's fascinating, shocking,...
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Ep. 16: Auden’s Poems
A new and slightly unusual episode of Find the Lit! Tune in as Em and Jess loose themselves (and almost their brains) in Auden's poetry, a profound and poignant world of time, death, love...and trains. We recommend pausing to read the poems - unless you enjoy being very confused!
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Ep. 15: Cold Comfort Farm
Join Em and Jess in rural Sussex with Flora Post and the strange Starkadder family. Do we think Cold Comfort Farm is the 'funniest book ever written'?
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Ep. 14: Lanny
Find the Lit is back! Join Em and Jess to discuss Booker longlisted Lanny by Max Porter. An unusual young boy, an ancient mystical being and plenty of village gossip awaits!
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Em Read: Lewis Percy
In the first of our spin-off series, Em chats to Jess about a novel she has just finished reading; Lewis Percy by Anita Brookner. Does Em recommend this story of an acamedic torn between the dusty library and the alluring but confusing world of women?
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Ep. 13: The Group
Em and Jess dive into the world of upper-middle class New York circa 1930s. Mary McCarthy's most infamous novel, The Group, features the lives of eight college graduates, whose experiences of relationships, sex, marriage, pregnancy and the workplace seem strikingly similar yet a world apart from...
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Ep. 12: Ethan Frome
Once again, Em and Jess explore the pages of a tragic love story. Ethan Frome is Edith Wharton's best-known work and for such a short book it raises a lot of questions! How accurately does Wharton describe a poverty-stricken existence she never experienced herself? What are the pitfalls of…
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Ep. 11: Giovanni's Room
Love, sex, intimacy, shame and oysters are just some of the topics we encounter as we delve into James Baldwin's Giovanni's Room. So pour yourself a large cognac (it's never too early in 1950s Paris) and prepare for one of the most heartbreaking love stories ever written.
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Ep. 10: Time's Arrow
Join Em & Jess for a discussion about Martin Amis' Time's Arrow. At once harrowing, thought-provoking and hilarious – it's one not to be missed!
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Ep. 9: The Mezzanine
Our second long-distance episode has landed! This time we're riding the escalator in Nicholson Baker's The Mezzanine, where we discuss the intricacies of the office lunch break. Essential listening – and reading – for finding wonder in the quotidian world of shoelaces, straws and staplers.
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Ep. 8: Housekeeping
We discuss one of the Guardian's top 100 novels, Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson. This is our first episode recorded long distance – sorry if you can tell! You'll need to turn the volume up!
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Ep. 7: L.A. Confidential
We're back with a new, sexier name and we’re celebrating in L.A.! Join us in the darkest of Disneylands for a chat about our latest read: L.A. Confidential by James Ellroy. There are spoilers galore so maybe save this one for later if you want to read the book yourself. Also, this episode comes...
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Ep 6: And Our Faces, My Heart, Brief as Photos
There’s disharmony in Flat 26 again! This time we’re disagreeing about John Berger’s And Our Faces, My Heart, Brief as Photos. Listen on for scintillating chats about time, death and poetry, as well as an offensively sweeping characterisation of male writers. It might just be our breast episode yet…
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Ep 5 Pond
Em and Jess discuss Pond by Claire Louise Bennett...and finally disagree with each other about something. Will their friendship survive?
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Ep 4 Nausea
Em and Jess try their very best to talk about Sartre (go easy on us!)
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Ep 3 The Book of Evidence
Emily and Jess talk murder, freedom and existentialism in their discussions about their latest read - John Banville's The Book of Evidence.
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Ep 2 Men Explain Things to Me
Find the Lit is back! In the second episode Emily and Jess discuss Rebecca Solnit's Men Explain Things to Me.
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Ep 1 Battleborn
Episode 1 of Find the Lit. In this episode Jess and Emily discuss Claire Vaye Watkins' short story collection, Battleborn.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
In this podcast, Em and Jess take it in turns to pick a book to read and talk about. The choices are random and the conversation far-ranging. No reading required (although watch out for spoilers!)
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Find the Lit currently has 21 episodes available on PodParley. New episodes are automatically indexed when they're published to the podcast feed.
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In this podcast, Em and Jess take it in turns to pick a book to read and talk about. The choices are random and the conversation far-ranging. No reading required (although watch out for spoilers!)
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