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Literative
by DYV Media
Literative brings literature out of the classroom and into the real world, where it belongs. No grades, no assignments, no attendance policy. Just great discussion of great books. Let's get started! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
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The Enchanted April, Chapter 18
Today we go on to Chapter 18 of The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim. Mr. Briggs, the owner of the castle, pays an impromptu visit and makes no effort to hide his admiration of Rose Arbuthnot. Rose, Lotty, and Mrs. Fisher all find Briggs charming, but Mr. Wilkins' professional opinion is...
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The Enchanted April, Chapter 17
Today we go on to Chapter 17 of The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim. Rose finally writes to her husband, inviting him to join her at San Salvatore, and she is beside herself with anxiety until a telegram arrives . . . with a message she never expected. Literative is now on Patreon! Readers...
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The Enchanted April, Chapter 16
Today we go on to Chapter 16 of The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim. It is the second week of the Italian holiday, and all the ladies recognize a remarkable change in Mr. Wilkins. If San Salvatore can save Lotty's marriage to Mellursh, what other miracles await? Literative is now on…
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The Enchanted April, Chapter 15
Today we go on to Chapter 15 of The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim. After his explosive introduction to San Salvatore, Mellursh Wilkins is getting on surprisingly well with his four hostesses. But now it's time to pay the bills from the first week, and additional scores must be settled....
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The Freedom to Read
Today we're celebrating not only Banned Books Week but 150 years of the American Library Association. Happy birthday, ALA! To honor both of these events, we'll discuss one of the important moments in ALA's history, the creation of the Freedom to Read Statement. "The people should have the freedom...
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The Enchanted April, Chapter 14
Today we go on to Chapter 14 of The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim. This is it, the moment everyone has been dreading. Lotty's husband, Mr. Wilkins, arrives at San Salvatore and soon learns the meaning of the word pericoloso! Literative is now on Patreon! Readers who join for free can...
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The Enchanted April, Chapter 13
Today we go on to Chapter 13 of The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim. The servants at San Salvatore are bored with their current guests, who seem to have no life in them, but appearances are deceiving! We eavesdrop on the private thoughts of Lady Caroline, Mrs. Fisher, and Rose Arbuthnot to...
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The Enchanted April, Chapter 12
Today we go on to Chapter 12 of The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim. For the first time, all four women gather for a rather tense meal at San Salvatore, and Mrs. Wilkins makes a startling announcement: she's invited her husband to join them. Literative is now on Patreon! Readers who join…
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The Enchanted April, Chapter 11
Today we go on to Chapter 11 of The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim. Rose Arbuthnot is bewildered by the changes that she observes in herself and in Lotty Wilkins. Can the beauty of San Salvatore really be responsible for this transformation? Literative is now on Patreon! Readers who join...
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The Enchanted April, Chapter 10
Today we go on to Chapter 10 of The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim. Lady Caroline considers what the future might hold for someone who has "wasted so much time being beautiful," and Mrs. Fisher discovers intruders in her inner sanctum. Literative is now on Patreon! Readers who join for…
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The Enchanted April, Chapter 9
Today we go on to Chapter 9 of The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim and learn more about the two women Rose and Lotty have invited to share their holiday at San Salvatore. Mrs. Fisher and Lady Caroline Dester arrived early so they could claim the best rooms and finest views for themselves....
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The Enchanted April, Chapter 7
Today we go on to Chapter 7 of The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim. Mrs. Fisher arrived a day early and has already taken over the management of San Salvatore. Lotty doesn't mind, but Rose refuses to be treated as a guest during the holiday she organized. Literative is now on Patreon!...
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The Enchanted April, Chapter 8
Today we go on to Chapter 8 of The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim. Lotty encourages Rose to stop fussing and just enjoy the beauty that surrounds her. Meanwhile, Lady Caroline withdraws from everyone so that she can do something she's never wanted to do before . . . think. Literative is…
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The Enchanted April, Chapter 5
Today we go on to Chapter 5 of The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim. Mrs. Wilkins and Mrs. Arbuthnot arrive in Italy, but a series of misadventures with a late train, a disobedient horse, and a band of mysterious men leaves them wishing they'd learned Italian and wondering if they will ever...
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The Enchanted April, Chapter 6
Today we go on to Chapter 6 of The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim. After the nightmare of their midnight arrival, Lotty Wilkins and Rose Arbuthnot wake up to find that San Salvatore is even more heavenly than they'd imagined. But there is already trouble in paradise. Literative is now on...
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The Enchanted April, Chapter 3
Today we go on to Chapter 3 of The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim. Mrs. Wilkins and Mrs. Arbuthnot find that the cost of the Italian castle obliges them to share their holiday with other people, but only two women answer their ad. Literative is now on Patreon! Readers who join for free…
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The Enchanted April, Chapter 4
Today we go on to Chapter 4 of The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim. Mrs. Wilkins and Mrs. Arbuthnot are finally leaving for Italy, but how will their husbands react? Literative is now on Patreon! Readers who join for free can access the Literative library of published episodes or use the...
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Singing American Labor
Happy Labor Day! We're celebrating with poems by Walt Whitman and Joseph O. Legaspi that honor the dignity of the individual laborer and the importance of working together to build a better world. Get the full story at www.patreon.com/Literative. Resources: Academy of American Poets....
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The Enchanted April, Chapter 1
We begin our reading of The Enchanted April, Elizabeth von Arnim's beloved 1922 novel. Chapter 1: On a miserably rainy London day, Mrs. Wilkins and Mrs. Arbuthnot meet over a newspaper advertisement: "To Those who Appreciate Wistaria and Sunshine." Literative is now on Patreon! Readers who join…
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The Enchanted April, Chapter 2
Today we go on to Chapter 2 of The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim. Mrs. Wilkins and Mrs. Arbuthnot respond to the advertisement about the Italian castle, but Mrs. Arbuthnot struggles to justify (even to herself) her desire for a holiday. Literative is now on Patreon! Readers who join for...
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Introducing The Enchanted April
Welcome to Literative's Fall 2026 schedule! I'm very excited to announce our first read-along: The Enchanted April (1922) by Elizabeth von Arnim. Today I'll introduce the novel and the author, and I'll drop new chapters each week. I'm also delighted to invite you to our new Patreon community....
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Normal + Meditation for Procrastinators
July is what you meant when you promised yourself that this summer you would get back to that project and make some real progress. But it’s sooo hot. Here's a strategy that can help you get started and enter a flow state. Try it as a writing exercise or let April guide you through a meditation....
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Acting Shakespeare's Sonnets
Today I'm delighted to introduce my first guest speaker, professor and theater director Leslie Reidel. Leslie shares his strategy of using Shakespeare's sonnets as training exercises for professional and student actors. Resources: Shakespeare, William. Sonnet 29 ("When in disgrace with fortune…
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Goblin Market
This poem has been illustrated by Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Arthur Rackham. It has been framed as a children's book, a warning about consumerism and addiction, a cautionary tale about sex, a Christian allegory about sin and redemption, and a feminist fable about sisterly solidarity. It’s even…
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Come Away, O Human Child
June is the month of midsummer magic. Celebrate the solstice with us as we read W. B. Yeats’ poem “The Stolen Child” and leave the mundane world behind. Resources: Hughes, Edward Robert. “Midsummer Eve.” https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Edward_Robert_Hughes_-_Midsummer_Eve_(1908c).jpg...
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PSA: Support Your Library and Your Liberty
This is a test of the public library system and American democracy. This is only a test. To prevent an actual emergency, please stay on the line for the following public service announcement and support your local library. Resources: American Library Association. https://www.ala.org/ · Advocacy &...
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Was April the Cruelest Month?
April showers bring May flowers, along with longer days, warmer nights, and constant birdsong. So why are poets in such a mood about spring? Maybe because all that new life is hard to take when you’re grieving a loss or coping with change. Now that we’re well into May, might we look back and…
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Shall I Compare Thee to a Cherry Tree?
Peak bloom is brief, for humans and for cherry trees. How should we value what comes after beauty? William Shakespeare, Ada Limon, and W. B. Yeats have some thoughts. Celebrate the end of National Poetry Month and Poem in Your Pocket Day with us! Resources: Limón, Ada. “Instructions on Not Giving...
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We Must Love One Another or Die
Today we discuss W. H. Auden's poem "September 1, 1939," by way of Georgi Gospodinov's award-winning novel Time Shelter, and Auden's message for uncertain and fearful times. There is no such thing as the State And no one exists alone; Hunger allows no choice To the citizen or the police; We must...
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Happy National Poetry Month!
Literative is celebrating the official start of National Poetry Month, the 30th anniversary celebration of poetry's influence on our daily lives. Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales and T.S. Eliot’s The Waste-Land both take place in April, as does William Shakespeare's birthday. But April 1st is also…
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Anxiety Dreams
April is National Poetry Month, and today we're discussing poems that help us understand, manage, and recover from anxiety dreams. We'll compare Edgar Allan Poe's "A Dream within a Dream" and Samuel Taylor Coleridge's "The Pains of Sleep" to help us distinguish an anxiety dream from a nightmare....
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Let Me Count the Ways
Valentine's Day is stressful. It demands big public gestures and celebrates romance while ignoring other kinds of love. But not here at Literative. Today we’ll read several poems that explore the complexity of love, all kinds of love, and we'll make Valentine’s Day safe for introverts and single...
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Normal + Morning Pages
Today we continue our Normal Plus series with Julia Cameron's The Artist's Way and the morning pages, a powerful tool for clearing your mind, outrunning your inner Censor, and unblocking your creativity. Resources Julia Cameron, The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity Julia…
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Poems for a Poet
Today we remember Renee Nicole Good through poetry: her own award-winning poem from 2020 and new poems by Cornelius Eady and Amanda Gorman. Renee Nicole Good Poem: "On Learning to Dissect Fetal Pigs" About Renee Nicole Good:...
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Happy New Year for 2026!
Welcome to 2026 and Season 2 of Literative! We begin the new year by reading Joy Harjo's "For Calling the Spirit Back from Wandering the Earth in Its Human Feet," a poem about loss and restoration, about wandering and welcome. Joy Harjo reminds us to treat our spirit like a beloved child and...
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Blue Christmas
Year's end is a busy festive time, but it can also be a sad and lonely one for people who are grieving a loss. If you’re having a Blue Christmas this year, this episode is for you. We'll read several passages from the poem In Memoriam in which Alfred, Lord Tennyson reveals the journey that…
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Introducing Normal Plus!
In the first season of Literative, we learned that we need to make some space for inspiration and serendipity. In Season 2, our motto for January is "Normal Plus," borrowed from Sophie Kinsella's novel What Does It Feel Like? This thinly fictionalized novel recounts Kinsella's own battle with…
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Happy Birthday, Jane Austen!
Happy birthday, Jane Austen! We're celebrating with a field trip to Winchester Cathedral, where Austen is buried, and Jane Austen's House in Chawton, where she spent the last years of her life. Resources: Jane Austen's House, Chawton, UK Smart, Stephanie. The House of Embroidered Paper Winchester...
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The Betrayal of Anne Frank and the Consolation of Tom Stoppard
I've been derailed in the best possible way, by discovering a book that I could not put down: The Betrayal of Anne Frank, by Rosemary Sullivan. I share my personal history with Anne Frank, some provocative ideas from Sullivan's book, and one surprising connection to Jane Austen. I also take this...
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Dead Leaves and Fresh Starts
It's December, the holiday season has officially begun, and it's time to simplify our schedule! Today we reflect and reset with less regret for the past and more hope for the future, with a little help from Elinor and Marianne Dashwood (Sense and Sensibility) and Romantic poet Percy Bysshe…
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Jane Austen at 250
This season we're celebrating 250 years of Jane Austen, and she needs a proper introduction. We talk about her family and how they've helped and hindered our understanding of "Dear Aunt Jane." We discover how Austen's difficulties with publication helped her become a more confident and…
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Happy Birthday, John Keats!
What do Jane Austen and John Keats have in common? Winchester! We're subverting our semester on Austen to wish John Keats a happy birthday and explore two of his poems, "On First Looking into Chapman's Homer" and "To Autumn." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Welcome to Literative!
April Kendra welcomes you to Literative and uses Adrienne Rich's essay "As If Your Life Depended On It" to explain the purpose of the podcast. This first season celebrates 250 years of Jane Austen! We'll explore the life, novels, and enormous influence of Jane Austen, with a special birthday...
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Literative brings literature out of the classroom and into the real world, where it belongs. No grades, no assignments, no attendance policy. Just great discussion of great books. Let's get started!
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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