F***bois of Literature Book Podcast

Journalist and author Leslie Gray Streeter (@LeslieStreeter) is here to discuss all the ramifications of Mark Twain's most celebrated classic novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. From how to present the audio book (don't, maybe?), to who is the sociopath of the novel (not Huck!), we get into it, and discuss how our relationship to this novel has changed as we grew older, and politics changed.Find Leslie Gray Streeter's work:The Baltimore Banner: https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/Personal Website: https://lesliegraystreeter.com/Buy her book BLACK WIDOW: https://www.littlebrown.com/titles/leslie-gray-streeter/black-widow/9780316490726/Follow FBOL:Host: @MsEmilyEdwardsShow: @FuckboisOfLitPatreon: http://www.patreon.com/fuckboisoflitMore ways to enjoy FBOL & Emily J. Edwards!Find Emily's books and professional information at https://www.msemilyedwards.comLove T shirts, pins, and other merch? The merch shop is live! https://msemilyedwards.threadless.com/ICMYI, the best way to support the show is to become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/msemilyedwardsFollow Emily's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/msemilyedwards Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Writer and comedian Katharine LaRonde (@KatLaRonde) graces us with her presence to discuss our "homegirl" Laura in Tennessee Williams's first and most famous play, THE GLASS MENAGERIE. SUMMARYAmanda is a struggling single mother to two children in their 20s– Tom, who works at a shoe factory, and Laura, who is self conscious about a slight physical deformity. Amanda pressures Tom to bring a "gentleman caller" around for Laura, to get her daughter married, but Jim is a disappointment to the whole family. More ways to enjoy FBOL & Emily J. Edwards!Find Emily's books and professional information at https://www.msemilyedwards.comLove T shirts, pins, and other merch? The merch shop is live! https://msemilyedwards.threadless.com/ICMYI, the best way to support the show is to become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/msemilyedwardsFollow Emily's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/msemilyedwards Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, journalist and co-founder of the Pittsburgh Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, Jody DiPerna (@JodyDiPerna) is here to discuss my favorite play by one of my favorite writers, ENDGAME by Samuel Beckett.To hear the whole episode, become a patron at http://www.patreon.com/fuckboisoflitFollow FBOL on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/fuckboisoflitSUMMARY:We are in a singular room with four characters: Hamm, who is blind and in a wheeled chair; Clov, his servant who cannot sit down; Nagg, a man in an ash bin and Hamm's father; and Nell, Nagg's wife who is also in a trash bin. They discuss that there is no other life on earth beyond the room. At some point, Nell dies. That's it. That's the whole play.For an article on Samuel Beckett's work with the French Résistance, read this: https://forward.com/culture/144905/samuel-becketts-letters-reveal-roots-of-resistance/More ways to enjoy FBOL & Emily J. Edwards!Find Emily's books and professional information at https://www.msemilyedwards.comLove T shirts, pins, and other merch? The merch shop is live! https://msemilyedwards.threadless.com/ICMYI, the best way to support the show is to become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/msemilyedwardsFollow Emily's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/msemilyedwards Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're here to ruin one of Emily's childhood books, Ellen Raskin's THE WESTING GAME. As it turns out, it's pretty racist, ableist, and glorifies the owner of a company town. Woo hoo?Follow my guest, Taverlee Laskauskas, on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TaverleeJayeGet the rest of this episode on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/fuckboisoflitSummary:Sixteen "heirs" are tricked into moving to a new housing development on Lake Michigan, overlooking the famous Samuel Westing house. After Samuel Westing dies, the residents of the complex are summoned to Westing's house to hear the reading of the will– where they are all now in competition to be the sole heirs to Westing's $200million fortune.More ways to enjoy FBOL & Emily J. Edwards!Find Emily's books and professional information at https://www.msemilyedwards.comLove T shirts, pins, and other merch? The merch shop is live! https://msemilyedwards.threadless.com/ICMYI, the best way to support the show is to become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/msemilyedwardsFollow Emily's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/msemilyedwards Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Well, Team Attic Wife, we're back with another dip into the world of grease paint and footlights, only SO MINIMALIST ALL YOU GET IS SPALDING GREY AND A GODDAMN LADDER. It's time for Thornton Wilder's OUR TOWN, the most widely read play in all of American history, which your host managed to avoid reading until she was 36 years old. Don't worry, I did a google of "Thornton Wilder antisemite" and we discuss the results in this episode.Follow AJ online: Twitter Personal Instagram Hollywood Brunch InstaFor the remainder of this episode, become a patron! http://www.patreon.com/fuckboisoflitMore ways to enjoy FBOL & Emily J. Edwards!Find Emily's books and professional information at https://www.msemilyedwards.comLove T shirts, pins, and other merch? The merch shop is live! https://msemilyedwards.threadless.com/ICMYI, the best way to support the show is to become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/msemilyedwardsFollow Emily's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/msemilyedwards Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our dear friend Andy Michaels (@StopThatAndy) is here to discuss the world's mot famous genius, billionaire, playboy philanthropist, Tony Stark, AKA, Iron Man. How did it take us this long to get to the archetypal fuckboi of Marvel Comics and the Marvel Cinematic Universe? Tony Stark has a tendency to fuck around *and* find out. Follow Andy's music projects:@AtomicGhost85The Neutron BombsHear the rest of this episode on Patreon! http://www.patreon.com/fuckboisoflitMore ways to enjoy FBOL & Emily J. Edwards!Find Emily's books and professional information at https://www.msemilyedwards.comLove T shirts, pins, and other merch? The merch shop is live! https://msemilyedwards.threadless.com/ICMYI, the best way to support the show is to become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/msemilyedwardsFollow Emily's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/msemilyedwards Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

My friend Abby– best known to you all on twitter as @ClapIfYouLikeMe– is here to discuss monarchical aspirations, poverty in settler times, and buying orphans. It's L. Frank Baum's THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ!Want to hear the rest of the episode? Become a patron at http://www.patreon.com/fuckboisoflitFollow FBOL on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/fuckboisoflitMore ways to enjoy FBOL & Emily J. Edwards!Find Emily's books and professional information at https://www.msemilyedwards.comLove T shirts, pins, and other merch? The merch shop is live! https://msemilyedwards.threadless.com/ICMYI, the best way to support the show is to become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/msemilyedwardsFollow Emily's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/msemilyedwards Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Author Lillah Lawson (@lillahlawson) is here to discuss a slightly different maniacal dystopia than THE CRUCIBLE– it's Lois Lowery's early 1990s YA classic, THE GIVER. What does it mean to be the only person in your world with emotions? What does it do to a tween when he realizes everyone around him lies?Find all of Lillah's books on her website: https://lillahlawson.wordpress.com/shop/ For the remainder of this episode, become a patron! http://www.patreon.com/fuckboisoflitMore ways to enjoy FBOL & Emily J. Edwards!Find Emily's books and professional information at https://www.msemilyedwards.comLove T shirts, pins, and other merch? The merch shop is live! https://msemilyedwards.threadless.com/ICMYI, the best way to support the show is to become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/msemilyedwardsFollow Emily's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/msemilyedwards Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Actor John Dellaporta (@JohnDellaporta) joins me this week to discuss the Christian Scientist manifesto THE SECRET GARDEN. One guess as to how your atheist, Advil-obsessed, and childfree host liked the text.To hear the rest of this episode, become a patron! http://www.patreon.com/fuckboisoflitMore ways to enjoy FBOL & Emily J. Edwards!Find Emily's books and professional information at https://www.msemilyedwards.comLove T shirts, pins, and other merch? The merch shop is live! https://msemilyedwards.threadless.com/ICMYI, the best way to support the show is to become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/msemilyedwardsFollow Emily's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/msemilyedwards Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

PRE-ORDER TAKE HER DOWN BY LAUREN EMILY WHALEN, RELEASING ON THE IDES OF MARCH: Bold Strokes BooksIndieBoundBarnes & NobleAmazonFollow Lauren on Social Media:TwitterInstagramHer websiteLauren joins us once again to discuss the source text of her new novel: Shakespeare's JULIUS CAESAR. Not just a history, but more of a Law & Order "ripped from the headlines" dramatization, the play discusses motivations, hate, regret, and thinking ahead towards your own legacy.Join FBOL on social media:TwitterInstagramWatch Damian Lewis perform "Friends, Romans, Countrymen": https://youtu.be/q89MLuLSJgkMore ways to enjoy FBOL & Emily J. Edwards!Find Emily's books and professional information at https://www.msemilyedwards.comLove T shirts, pins, and other merch? The merch shop is live! https://msemilyedwards.threadless.com/ICMYI, the best way to support the show is to become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/msemilyedwardsFollow Emily's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/msemilyedwards Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.