All Episodes

Child of God by Cormac McCarthy and Announcement

Stoner by John Williams

Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward (a more detailed critical review)

M Train by Patti Smith

Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward

"A Man With A Rake" by Ted Kooser (w/ Cody)

"Digging" by Seamus Heaney (w/ Cody)

The Cloisters by Katy Hays

Brooklyn Crime Novel by Jonathan Lethem

Booker Prize Shortlist, 2023

"Body Fished From The Seine" by Gregory Corso

The Road by Cormac McCarthy

If I Survive You by Jonathan Escoffery (Booker Update #2)

Giller Prize Longlist

The Last Ranger by Peter Heller

Pearl by Sian Hughes (with Stephanie)

Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson

Booker Prize Update #1, 2023

The Stranger (aka L'etranger) by Albert Camus

The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain (with Nathaniel)

“Dragged Fighting From His Tomb” by Barry Hannah

Booker Prize Longlist, 2023

"Water Look Away" by Bob Hicok

Season Four Introduction

"The Enlightenment of Katzuo Nakamatsu" by Augusto Higa Oshiro

Indie Author Spotlight: Jaidyn L. Attard ("There's a Tale to This City" & "The Street Poet")

"The Sensible Thing" by F. Scott Fitzgerald (Fitzgerald Friday, 4)

"The Guest" by Emma Cline

"Whale" by Cheon Myeong-kwan (Booker International, 3)

"Dice, Brassknuckles & Guitar" by F. Scott Fitzgerald (Fitzgerald Friday, 3)

Intro to 'The Sun Also Rises' by Ernest Hemingway (May Book Club, 1)

"Winter Dreams" by F. Scott Fitzgerald (Fitzgerald Fridays, 2)

Podcast Update

"Absolution" by F. Scott Fitzgerald (Fitzgerald Fridays, 1)

(S3.E10) "Greek Lessons" by Han Kang

(S3.B6) “Still Born” by Guadalupe Nettel (Booker International Prize, 2)

(S3.B5) “Today is Friday” by Ernest Hemingway

(S3.B4) "Ecce Homo" by Gregory Corso (Poetry Month, 2)

(S3.B3) "A True Account of Talking to the Sun at Fire Island" by Frank O'Hara (Poetry Month, 1)

(S3.E9) Imperialism and Looking the Other Way in "Babel" by R.F. Kuang

(S3.B2) "Ninth Building" and "Boulder" (Booker International Prize, 1)

(S3.E8) Intro to "Babel" by R.F. Kuang

(S3.B1) "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe (w/ Cody and Nathaniel)

(S3.E7) “Pocketknives” by Ron Rash (w/ Cody)

(S3.E6) "Bunny" by Mona Awad

(S3.E5) "Southern History" by Natasha Trethewey

(S3.E4) "In Ruth's Country" by Rick Bass

(S3.E2) "Rose Madder" and "Gerald's Game" by Stephen King

(S3.E1) "The Netanyahus" by Joshua Cohen

"Man in Black" by Sylvia Plath

"The Hollow Men" by T.S. Eliot (w/ Camden)

“Rain at Night” by Victoria Chang

Two Poems by Emily Dickinson (w/ Camden)

"Good Bones" by Maggie Smith (w/ Camden)

“Deliverance” by James Dickey (Opening Paragraph) (w/ Cody)

"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" by Douglas Adams

General discussion of ideas involving the future of the podcast...

"Cat in the Rain" by Ernest Hemingway (In Our Time, 10)

"Mr. and Mrs. Elliot" by Ernest Hemingway (In Our Time, 9)

"The Revolutionist" by Ernest Hemingway (In Our Time, 8)

"Wild nights - Wild nights (269)” by Emily Dickinson

"Old Glory" by Ocean Vuong

“Soldier’s Home” by Ernest Hemingway (In Our Time, 7) w/ Cody

“A Very Short Story” by Ernest Hemingway (In Our Time, 6) w/ Cody

"The Picture of Dorian Gray" by Oscar Wilde

"The Battler" by Ernest Hemingway (In Our Time, 5)

"The Three-Day Blow" by Ernest Hemingway (In Our Time, 4)

"The Chaser" by John Collier

"The End of Something" by Ernest Hemingway (In Our Time, 3)

"The Doctor and the Doctor's Wife" by Ernest Hemingway (In Our Time, 2)

"Indian Camp" by Ernest Hemingway (In Our Time, 1)

"On the Quai at Smyrna" by Ernest Hemingway (In Our Time, 0)

"Old Man at the Bridge" by Ernest Hemingway

"Up In Michigan" by Ernest Hemingway

"The Great Gatsby" (Chapter Eight) by F. Scott Fitzgerald

"The Great Gatsby" (Chapter Nine) by F. Scott Fitzgerald

"The Great Gatsby" (Chapter Seven) by F. Scott Fitzgerald

"When I have fears that I may cease to be" by John Keats

"The Great Gatsby" (Chapter Six) by F. Scott Fitzgerald

"Do not go gentle into that good night" by Dylan Thomas

"The Great Gatsby" (Chapter Five) by F. Scott Fitzgerald

"Harlem" by Langston Hughes

"The Hanging Man" by Sylvia Plath

"The Great Gatsby" (Chapter Four) by F. Scott Fitzgerald

"The Great Gatsby" (Chapter Three) by F. Scott Fitzgerald

"The Great Gatsby" (Chapter Two) by F. Scott Fitzgerald

"Sweat" by Zora Neale Hurston

"The Great Gatsby" (Chapter One) by F. Scott Fitzgerald

"Son of Friedman" by Emma Cline

"A Naughty Boy" by Anton Chekhov

"Absent-Mindedness in a Parish Choir" by Thomas Hardy

"A Day's Wait" by Ernest Hemingway (w/ Cody)

"Head and Shoulders" by F. Scott Fitzgerald

"Logos" by Mary Oliver (w/ Cody)

"A Clean, Well-Lighted Place" by Ernest Hemingway