Episodes
Episodes
Monday May 12, 2025
Story Analysis: The Umbrella - Tove Ditlevsen
Monday May 12, 2025
Monday May 12, 2025
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!
Wednesday May 07, 2025
April Reading Wrap-Up
Wednesday May 07, 2025
Wednesday May 07, 2025
Welcome back to another episode of the Extra Literary Affairs podcast. This week we are wrapping up our reading for the month of April.
Monday May 05, 2025
Story Analysis - The Paper Menagerie - Ken Liu
Monday May 05, 2025
Monday May 05, 2025
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.
Monday Apr 28, 2025
Story Analysis: Hills Like White Elephants - Ernest Hemingway
Monday Apr 28, 2025
Monday Apr 28, 2025
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.
Monday Apr 21, 2025
Story Analysis: A Rose for Emily - William Faulkner
Monday Apr 21, 2025
Monday Apr 21, 2025
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!
Monday Apr 14, 2025
Story Analysis: Happy Endings - Margaret Atwood
Monday Apr 14, 2025
Monday Apr 14, 2025
Welcome back to another episode of the Extra Literary Affairs podcast. This week we are discussing "Happy Endings" by Margaret Atwood. In this quintessential post-modern short story, Atwood explores the craft of story-telling and challenges us to create narratives for ourselves.
Monday Apr 07, 2025
Story Analysis: The Lady in the Looking Glass - Virginia Woolf
Monday Apr 07, 2025
Monday Apr 07, 2025
Welcome back to another episode of the "Extra Literary Affairs" podcast. This week we are analyzing, "The Lady in the Looking Glass" by Virigina Woolf. If you ever read Woolf's work and thought, "What is see talking about?", follow along as we delve deeper into her life and work.
Wednesday Apr 02, 2025
March Reading Wrap Up
Wednesday Apr 02, 2025
Wednesday Apr 02, 2025
Welcome back to another episode of the Extra Literary Affairs podcast. This week we are wrapping up our March reading. We discuss our favorite stories of the month and what we are looking forward to in April.





