We discuss the movie Oppenheimer in particular and generally how dissatisfied we are with the state of movies, as well as the movie Barbie, and also why our system of society is destroying beauty.
We discuss Nash’s new book staring Phineas in a sequel to his first book, The Griggsville Society.
We discuss Virginia Woolf and this novel in particular generally. Next episode will deal in specifics from the text.
Nash and I discuss his new collection of stories, Woman in White, available on Amazon.com.
We discuss three Auden poems: We Too Had Known Golden Hours, Musee des Beaux Arts, and In Memory of W. B. Yeats.
The most interesting hour you’ll listen to about Robert Kennedy and His Times by Arthur Schlesinger
We discuss chapter four of A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. Hint: Stephen doesn’t become a priest.
Are you religious? Were you raised Catholic? Are you anti-religious? Did you visit prostitutes at 16? Then this ep is for you!
We take a one week break from James Joyce, and discuss other novels we read recently, Lucky Per by Henrik Pontoppidan and Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
We discuss the next two short stories in James Joyce’s book of short stories, Dubliners.
We discuss Nash’s novel, The Griggsville Review, incidentally available on Amazon.com. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08NZ9GYLR/ref=nodl_
We continue our frolic through The Dubliners by James Joyce, covering the next three stories.
We discuss the upsides or reasons for a life of reading, and why it’s difficult or questioned by some who just don’t get it.
We discuss Joyce and Dubliners generally and the first two stories, The Sisters and An Encounter.
We dialogue loosely about James Joyce, commencing our journey to reading him story by story, chapter by chapter, and getting involved in understanding and enjoying his art together. Enjoy!