Extra Literary Affairs Podcast

Novel Analysis - The Waves - Viriginia Woolf

Welcome back to another episode of the Extra Literary Affairs podcast. This week we are discussing our first full length novel, so of course it had to be Virginia Woolf. This novel is poetic, tragic, and sensory. If you have read it, leave a comment below with your review!

Author Spotlight: Viriginia Woolf

Welcome back to another episode of the Extra Literary Affairs podcast. This week we are discussing the life and work of Virigina Woolf in anticipation of our discussion of The Waves. We dive into her unique writing style, her association with the Bloomsbury Group and her death.
Link to Bloomsbury Group lecture on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/IMnMTbcy62U?si=MlakwKcT8eibQEfd
 
Works Cited:
Ash, Jackiey. “The Stream of Consciousness Technique of Virginia Woolf.” Literature Analysis, Blogger, 8 Sept. 2022, www.englishliterature.info/2022/05/stream-of-consciousness-virginia-woolf.html#google_vignette. Accessed 2 May 2025.
Boeira, Manuela V., et al. “Virginia Woolf, Neuroprogression, and Bipolar Disorder.” Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria, vol. 39, no. 1, 14 June 2016, pp. 69–71, www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-44462017000100069, https://doi.org/10.1590/1516-4446-2016-1962.
“The Bloomsbury Group Wasn’t ‘Unconventional’. It Was Bisexual.” Varsity Online, www.varsity.co.uk/features/13929.
Popova, Maria. “Living against Time: Virginia Woolf on the Art of Presence and the ‘Moments of Being’ That Make You Who You Are.” The Marginalian, 12 Feb. 2025, www.themarginalian.org/2025/02/12/virginia-woolf-moments-of-being/. Accessed 2 May 2025.
“What Was the Bloomsbury Group?” TheCollector, 22 Feb. 2023, www.thecollector.com/what-was-the-bloomsbury-group/.
 

Story Analysis: Two Sisters - Ludmilla Petrushevskaya

Welcome back to another episode of the Extra Literary Affairs podcast. This week we are discussing "Two Sisters" by Ludmilla Petrushevskaya which was published in the Paris Review.

Story Analysis: The Umbrella - Tove Ditlevsen

Welcome back to another episode of the Extra Literary Affairs podcast. This week we are discussing "The Umbrella" by Tove Ditlevsen. We discovered this story completely by accident and what a happy little accident it was, as Bob Ross would say!

April Reading Wrap-Up

Welcome back to another episode of the Extra Literary Affairs podcast. This week we are wrapping up our reading for the month of April. 

Story Analysis - The Paper Menagerie - Ken Liu

Welcome back to the Extra Literary Affairs podcast. This week we are discussing "The Paper Menagerie" by Ken Liu. Grab a tissue, this one's a tearjerker.

Story Analysis: Hills Like White Elephants - Ernest Hemingway

Welcome back to another episode of the Extra Literary Affairs podcast. This week we are discussing "Hills Like White Elephants" by Ernest Hemingway. In this episode we explain the "iceberg theory" and how Hemingway uses that to engage with the reader and his economical writing style. 
 
We would like to offer a content warning for discussions around abortion which is central to the narrative of this story.

Story Analysis: A Rose for Emily - William Faulkner

Welcome back to another episode of the Extra Literary Affairs podcast. This week we are discussing "A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner. We explore the differences in Faulkner's writing style compared to his more famous novels like The Sound and the Fury and As I Lay Dying. Let us know if you were also shocked by this surprise ending!