Episode 9 - No Baggage
Let's talk about minimalism, travel, and grand experiments today with Clara Bensen's memoir, No Baggage: A Minimalist Tale of Love and Wandering. Trig...
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A book club in your earbuds, Literary Devices is a podcast that brings you in-depth discussions on all kinds of books, from contemporary literature to young adult novels to non-fiction tomes. Hosted by Jessica McGale-Cooper and Marysia Wojcik.
Episode 8 - Turtles All the Way Down
Let's talk mental health and the nature of the self with John Green's Turtles All the Way Down. Trigger warning for talk of intense anxiety. Edited an...
Episode 7 - The Witches of New York
Witches and ghosts and villainous, misogynistic preachers, oh my! Join Jessica and Marysia as they explore themes of feminism and religion in Ami McKa...
Episode 6 - Circe
Goddesses, witches, more myths than you can count: dive back into Greek mythology with this month's discussion of Circe by Madeline Miller. Trigger wa...
Episode 5 - The Song of Achilles
Jump into the world of Greek mythology and The Iliad in our discussion of Madeline Miller's phenomenal novel, The Song of Achilles. Trigger warning: d...
Episode 4 - Bringing Up Bébé
Introducing my new co-host, Marysia Wójcik! Join us for a discussion on parenting styles, raising children in a foreign country, and fatphobia surroun...
Episode 3 - Favourite Reads of 2018
Books mentioned: Beartown by Frederik BackmanThe Girl in the Tower (and The Bear and the Nightingale) by Katherine ArdenHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimam...
Episode 2 - All the Bright Places
An in-depth discussion of the novel All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven.Trigger Warning: suicideGenre: Young Adult (YA) fictionMusic by Ryan McGal...
Episode 1 - A Man Called Ove
A discussion of the novel A Man Called Ove by Frederik Backman. Trigger warning: Some discussions of suicide. Thanks to Ryan McGale for the theme song...