Lit Century Podcast

Catherine Nichols discusses one book per year of the 20th Century with a variety of guests. Email at [email protected]

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Listen to @amitavakumar and @clnichols6 discuss Denis Johnson's Train Dreams--https://t.co/9lv95sejQc

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@FinleyJapp @MarkdeSilva1 Thank you so much! We’re on hiatus for the time being but really appreciate this!

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Listen to Daniel Saldaña París, Wah-Ming Chang and @clnichols6 discuss the new translation of Juan Rulfo's 1955 masterpiece Pedro Páramo--https://t.co/fThInxReCG

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Iris Murdoch's unique mental texture, swimming, taking the train to London, changing your mind--it's The Bell! with @nazhongwriting and @clnichols6 https://t.co/NTLr45GK9l

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A first for LC! We've got John Cheever and Dorothy Parker in a single episode--just for fun! Two stories that @clnichols6 and Christine Coulson couldn't stop reading from: https://t.co/thn8KAF1YN

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After reporting on the Armenian genocide, Zabel Yesayan wrote My Soul in Exile (1922), an enigmatic, joyful book about art and love. Sally Foreman and @clnichols6 discuss it: https://t.co/ApkFnyjGbm

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Audio's all fixed!

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Lit Century is back for a new season! In this episode, @egabbert, @mk_wlsh and @clnichols6 talk about Rilke--different translations, the space between his life and his writing, and the novel he spent ten years writing: https://t.co/JwjWjujAPa

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I have heard that there was a problem with the audio on that new Rilke episode, updated/fixed audio coming ASAP--don't listen yet, please!

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I'm back on Lit Century to talk about the best book ever

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Lit Century is back for a new season! In this episode, @egabbert, @mk_wlsh and @clnichols6 talk about Rilke--different translations, the space between his life and his writing, and the novel he spent ten years writing: https://t.co/JwjWjujAPa

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Lit Century is on summer vacation--we'll be back in September!

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There's a kind of Warhol voice in Songs for Drella that doesn't sound like his speaking voice--where does it come from? @clnichols6 and @liorschnairsohn investigate: https://t.co/2xGqVD7YWr

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The new episode of Lit Century cuts off before the ending, I'm working on getting a full version online before I post it!

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In this episode, @clnichols6 and @LucyFerriss1 discuss The Death of the Heart and sixteen-year-old Portia's stubborn, admirable demand to be loved: https://t.co/bVTj7frW2o

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Revisiting Svetlana Alexeivich's The Unwomanly Face of War, @megan_buskey talks about the connection between Soviet soldiers in WWII and the current war in Ukraine, with @clnichols6 : https://t.co/WSBrciKhJT

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@issekinicho I love this reading, I wouldn't have got there from the poem but I love it.

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Loved @litcenturypod on Zweig:
https://t.co/xzPrMGMjvF
and the mention of the unknown self has me thinking of a friend's take. I told him Guts is one of my favorites and he said yeah you know. that part of yourself you don't know. and you coddle it.
'And she knows every strategy'

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This was a stunning book, like gazing directly into the author's eyes-- and Tyrese was such a great guest! @litcenturypod

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It feels like a 19th century story till the Nazis take power--@clnichols6 @parabasis and @liorschnairsohn talk about Stefan Zweig's Chess Story: https://t.co/Nhwpy8dXoz

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At last! @clnichols6 and @kelfarbs settle the question: what is Dust supposed to be, anyway? https://t.co/fmXkumb55r