New Books in Literary Studies

2429 Episodes

1. Book Talk 65 Emily Dickinson, with Sharon Cameron

   Published: 4/18/2025
2. Yellowlees Douglas, "Writing for the Reader's Brain: A Science-Based Guide" (Cambridge UP, 2024)

   Published: 4/16/2025
3. Reading Parties: A Discussion with Ben Bradbury, Founder of "Reading Rhythms"

   Published: 4/14/2025
4. Nora Gold, "18: Jewish Stories Translated from 18 Languages" (Cherry Orchard, 2023)

   Published: 4/13/2025
5. Jina B. Kim, "Care at the End of the World: Dreaming of Infrastructure in Crip-Of-Color Writing" (Duke UP, 2025)

   Published: 4/12/2025
6. The Great Gatsby is an American Dystopia

   Published: 4/11/2025
7. Christian Sheppard, "The Ancient Wisdom of Baseball: Lessons for Life from Homer's Odyssey to the World Series" (Greenleaf, 2025)

   Published: 4/10/2025
8. 9.2 Monstrous Dreaming: Lauren Beukes and Andrew Pepper

   Published: 4/10/2025
9. Roland Mayer, "The Ruins of Rome: A Cultural History" (Cambridge UP, 2025)

   Published: 4/8/2025
10. Elana Wolff, "Faithfully Seeking Franz" (Guernica Editions, 2023)

    Published: 4/7/2025
11. Joseph J. Diorio, "A Few Words about Words" (Beaufort Books, 2021)

    Published: 4/6/2025
12. Xiaolu Ma, "Transpatial Modernity: Chinese Cultural Encounters with Russia Via Japan (1880-1930)" (Harvard UP, 2024)

    Published: 4/5/2025
13. Katherine Hallemeier, "African Literature and US Empire: Postcolonial Optimism in Nigerian and South African Writing" (Edinburgh UP, 2024)

    Published: 4/4/2025
14. Miriam Haughton, "The Theatre of Louise Lowe" (Cambridge UP, 2025)

    Published: 4/2/2025
15. Dorothea Heiser and Stuart Taberner, eds., "My Shadow in Dachau: Poems" (Camden House, 2014)

    Published: 4/2/2025
16. Vidyan Ravinthiran, "Asian/Other: Life, Poems, and the Problem of Memoir" (Icon Books, 2025)

    Published: 4/1/2025
17. Letizia Osti, "History and Memory in the Abbasid Caliphate: Writing the Past in Medieval Arabic Literature" (I. B. Tauris, 2024)

    Published: 3/31/2025
18. Hannan Hever, "Hasidism, Haskalah, Zionism: Chapters in Literary Politics" (U Pennsylvania Press, 2023)

    Published: 3/30/2025
19. Julia Jarcho, "Throw Yourself Away: Writing and Masochism" (Cambridge UP, 2024)

    Published: 3/29/2025
20. Surekha Davies, "Humans: A Monstrous History" (U California Press, 2025)

    Published: 3/27/2025