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In a great episode, Juan Carlos and his friends discuss the troubles of reading as an adult, Virginia Woolf, and of course the classic Mrs. Dalloway. The Brothers F social media: https://www.instagram.com/thebrothersf/ (Instagram) @thebrothersf https://twitter.com/thebrothersFpod (twitter) @Brothers F Pod https://www.facebook.com/The-Brothers-F-BookCast-102188601900328 (Facebook) The Brothers F BookCast We love our listeners and we hope you guys love us! If you do, subscribe wherever you are listening to this podcast. Send us any episode ideas, comments, or feedback to brothersfpod@gmail.com.
The Brothers return from a hiatus after a family wedding to discuss one of Tolstoy's greatest: Master & Man.
Wherein the bros share interesting reads they've come across recently and try to convince each other why the books are worth it
The brothers discuss one of the most scintillating novels published in the last 100 years.
Andres reads out a short story he wrote about a kid who discovers something he doesn't really understand; the brothers discuss and critique.
Want to learn more about the author who is mentioned oh so often??? Well, this is the place to do it. Make sure to listen to this week's episode because it is the best combination of serious and HILARIOUS!!!!
The brothers had a great discussion about J.D. Salinger's "For Esme with Love and Squalor" a story about war trauma and the healing power of narrative.
"I shall deliberately destroy your credit as an essayist, as a journalist, as a critic, as a Liberal, as everything that offers your laziness as a refuge, until starvation and shame drive you to serious dramatic parturition. I shall repeat my public challenge to you; vaunt my superiority; insult your corpulence; torture Belloc; if necessary, call on you and steal your wife’s affections by intellectual and athletic displays, until you contribute something to British drama." --George Bernard Shaw to GK Chesterton in a March 1908 letter. The brothers also think about doing a hate read episode on Evelyn Waugh's The Loved One.
"Recitatif" is Toni Morrison's first published short story. The brothers discuss the story's racial ambiguities and showcase their musical chops.
The brothers discuss Nassim Nicholas Taleb's book Fooled by Randomness, a work of non-fiction that explains how to think probabilistically about people's life outcomes including your own, why Warren Buffet's hagiographers are kind of lame, and how the three worst addictions are heroin, carbs, and a steady paycheck.
The brothers discuss the classic 1946 story. It's eerie, and stays with you. And 2 years after the fact, Andrew spoils Avengers: Endgame!
Deserted Cities/You're Killing Me,Susana is the story of a writer fleeing her home and marriage in Mexico to attend an international writer's workshop in the United States, leaving her husband Eligio behind and completely unaware of her whereabouts. Eligio catches up with his wife and tries to save his marriage in the fictional town of Arcadia, Iowa. Hilarity ensues.
The brothers discuss one of F. Scott Fitzgerald's early short stories and compare it to Mean Girls.
The brothers discuss David Foster Wallace's modern retelling of the Death of Ivan Ilyich, Good Old Neon.
Lucas and Matt join the pod to share some of their wisdom on children's literature: why it works, why it's fun, and what we'd like to read to our kids. We also discuss some of our adventures with local mechanics.
The Brothers discuss The Overcoat by Nikolai Gogol. Writing in 1941, Vladimir Nabokov called it "The greatest Russian short story ever written". The Brothers also debate candidates for a hate-read, including anything by Ayn Rand, and the Fault in our Stars by John Green.
The brothers discuss The Death of Ivan Ilyich. Widely considered to be one of the finest novellas ever written, The Death of Ivan Ilyich tells the story of a high-court judge in 19th-century Russia and his sufferings and death from a terminal illness.
A Man for All Seasons is the true story of Sir Thomas More, Chancellor to King Henry VIII who was executed in 1535 for his refusal to sign the Supremacy Act. Bolt's play was adapted for the screen by Fred Zinnemann in 1966. The film, featuring Paul Scofield as Thomas More, won 6 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor (Scofield). It's a thrilling tale of conscience, politics, friendship, faith, and love. Make sure to listen to the episode, and then watch the movie!
The brothers discuss a story about suicide, cancer, and freezing to death in the woods. Somehow George Saunders makes it beautiful. The brothers also discuss turning the pod into the literary version of NPR's Car Talk. You can find the story in the New Yorker at this link: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/10/31/tenth-of-december
It's a trap! Story in Spanish: https://www.literatura.us/borges/lamuerte.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qi1yfJ99eis Story in English: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLGlcZaUe_Q
Five brothers come together to talk literature, life, and whatever else might be on their minds.
The brilliant and talented John Folley comes on the pod to talk Dorothy Sayers' anti-Pygmalion (google it) short story, The Abominable History of the Man with the Copper Fingers. You can check out John Folley and his amazing work at johnfolley.com. You can purchase Mr. Meehan's Mildly Amusing Mythical Mammals and other books that John has illustrated https://www.amazon.com/s?i=stripbooks&rh=p_27%3AJohn+Folley&s=relevancerank&language=es&text=John+Folley&ref=dp_byline_sr_book_2 (here).
What if you developed god-like powers but were too lazy to use them... Story in English https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEdRJsnOKnY Story in Spanish https://www.literatura.us/borges/escritura.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWqEfj-hlAg
Five brothers come together to talk literature, life, and whatever else might be on their minds.
Five brothers come together to talk literature, life, and whatever else might be on their minds.
Five brothers come together to talk literature, life, and whatever else might be on their minds.