Extra Literary Affairs Podcast

Red Dirt Witch - N.K. Jemisin

Welcome back to another episode of the Extra Literary Affairs podcast. This week we are discussing "Red Dirt Witch" by N.K. Jemisin, our second story selected from her collection "How Long 'Till Black Future Month?"

A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Welcome back to another episode of the Extra Literary Affairs podcast. This week we are discussing "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. 

The Hollow by 'Pemi Aguda - The Perfect Haunted House Story?

Welcome back to another episode of the Extra Literary Affairs podcast. This week we are discussing "The Hollow" by 'Pemi Aguda. Do you think this is the perfect haunted house story?

Story Analysis: Los Angeles - Ling Ma

Welcome back to another episode of the Extra Literary Affairs podcast. This week we are discussing "Los Angeles" by Ling Ma, a short story from her collection Bliss Montage. 

Story Analysis: The Switchman - Juan José Arreola

Welcome back to another episode of the Extra Literary Affairs podcast. This week we are discussing "The Switchman" by Juan José Arreola. If Kafka and Borges could have a story baby, this is what it would be.

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.