Extra Literary Affairs Podcast

Extra Literary Affairs - The Bloody Chamber

Welcome back to "Extra Literary Affairs", a LitFiction Podcast. 
In this series, we will dive deeper into specific themes and topics that we can't fully explore in our main show. It’s a space for us to unleash our creativity and discuss our ideas in more detail. Think of this as a companion to our main podcast—just don't tell them about us, no need to make them jealous!
 
This week, Joey is exploring themes within "The Bloody Chamber" by Angela Carter.  Get ready to deep dive into liminal space, the initiations of women, parallels with the Biblical representation of Eve, and the symbolism of the lily.
 
Works Cited:
Lincoln, Bruce. Emerging from the Chrysalis. 1981.
‌McLaughlin, Becky. “Perverse Pleasure and Fetishized Text: The Deathly Erotics of Carter’s “the Bloody Chamber.” (Angela Carter).” Style, vol. 29, no. 3, 22 Sept. 1995, p. 404. Accessed 19 Oct. 2024.
‌Renfroe, Cheryl. “Initiation and Disobedience: Liminal Experience in Angela Carter’s ‘The Bloody Chamber.’” Marvels & Tales, vol. 12, no. 1, 1998, pp. 82–94. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/41388483. Accessed 19 Oct. 2024.
‌Schmidt, Josef. “Maria Tatar, the Hard Facts: Grimm’s Fairy Tales; Jack Zipes, the Brothers Grimm: From Enchanted Forests to the Modern World.” International Fiction Review, vol. 17, no. 1, 1 Jan. 1990. Accessed 19 Oct. 2024.
 

The Bloody Chamber - Angela Carter

Check out this week's episode to hear our review and analysis of Angela Carter's short story, "The Bloody Chamber".
 
 

Extra Literary Affairs - The Canterville Ghost

Welcome back to "Extra Literary Affairs", a LitFiction Podcast. 
In this series, we will dive deeper into specific themes and topics that we can't fully explore in our main show. It’s a space for us to unleash our creativity and discuss our ideas in more detail. Think of this as a companion to our main podcast—just don't tell them about us, no need to make them jealous!
This week, Joey is exploring themes within The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde.  To read and discuss Wilde's work, we MUST talk about Aestheticism and Paradox.

The Canterville Ghost

Check out this week's episode of the LitFiction Podcast, where wediscuss "The Canterville Ghost" by Oscar Wilde.  It's a unique storywith the ghost as our main character who quickly becomes the hauntedas a new American family moves into his old mansion.
 
If you want to listen to the "Scooby-Doo"esque audiobook Jennifer refers to, see the link below.
 
The Canterville Ghost by Bleak December, Oscar Wilde - Audiobook - Audible.com
 
#ghoststory #literature #halloween #shortstory 

Extra Literary Affairs - The Library of Babel

Welcome to the first episode of "Extra Literary Affairs", a LitFiction Podcast. 
In this series, we will dive deeper into specific themes and topics that we can't fully explore in our main show. It’s a space for us to unleash our creativity and discuss our ideas in more detail. Think of this as a companion to our main podcast—just don't tell them about us, no need to make them jealous!
 
This week, Joey is exploring themes within the Library of Babel by Jorge Luis Borges.  Put your space suit on, because we will be using astrophysics to explain the endlessness of the Library!
 

The Library of Babel

Check out this week's episode of the LitFiction podcast where we discuss "The Library of Babel" by Jorge Luis Borges.
 
#shortstory #bookreview #fiction
 
Sources:
Modern Fiction Studies , Autumn 1973, Vol. 19, No. 3, TRIBUTE ISSUE FORJORGE LUIS BORGES (Autumn 1973), pp. 395-405

The Autobahn

Check out this week's episode of "The Autobahn" by Hugo Hamilton.
 
#shortstory #fiction #bookreview

The Semplica Girl Diaries

Check out this week's episode where we discuss "The Semplica Girl Diaries" by George Saunders in the New Yorker in 2015.
 
#shortstories #fiction #bookreviews