
The CodeX Cantina
Literature discussions on James Joyce, William Faulkner, Ernest Hemingway and more. If you are into Literary Fiction, let's start talking! Join us in a conversational approach to literature! Find us on various platforms here: https://linktr.ee/thecodexcantina
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Feb 19, 2024 • 15min
What I Have Been Doing Lately –Jamaica Kincaid - Short Story Summary, Analysis, Review
Welcome to the CodeX Cantina where our mission is to get more people talking about books! Was there a theme or meaning you wanted us to talk about further? Let us know in the comments below! Today we discuss "What I Have Been Doing Lately" by Jamaica Kincaid.
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Feb 15, 2024 • 21min
Uncle Wellington's Wives by Charles W. Chesnutt- Short Story Summary, Analysis, Review
Welcome to the CodeX Cantina where our mission is to get more people talking about books! Was there a theme or meaning you wanted us to talk about further? Let us know in the comments below! Let's talk "Uncle Wellington's Wives" by Charles W. Chesnutt!
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Feb 12, 2024 • 12min
Still I Rise by Maya Angelou - Poem Summary, Analysis, Review
Welcome to the CodeX Cantina where our mission is to get more people talking about books! Was there a theme or meaning you wanted us to talk about further? Let us know in the comments below! Today we react to the poem "Still I Rise" by Maya Angelou.
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0:06 Poem Reading
2:00 Poem Discussion
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Jan 29, 2024 • 17min
Cannibalism in the Cars by Mark Twain - Short Story Summary, Analysis, Review
Welcome to the CodeX Cantina where our mission is to get more people talking about books! Was there a theme or meaning you wanted us to talk about further? Let us know in the comments below! Today we talk about "Cannibalism in the Cars" by Mark Twain. It was recommended by us to check out as a great satire of American politics.
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Jan 22, 2024 • 20min
Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote by Jorge Luis Borges - Short Story Summary, Analysis, Review
Welcome to the CodeX Cantina where our mission is to get more people talking about books! Was there a theme or meaning you wanted us to talk about further? Let us know in the comments below! What is the role of the author and reader in a text? Can one come to the same conclusion? Let's talk about "Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote" by Argentine author Jorge Luis Borges.
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Labyrinths Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQeQXFMUimI&list=PLHg_kbfrA7YCN2pqyI4DFFWhxVw9eJLbB
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Jan 15, 2024 • 18min
The Murders in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allan Poe - Short Story Summary, Analysis, Review
Welcome to the CodeX Cantina where our mission is to get more people talking about books! Was there a theme or meaning you wanted us to talk about further? Let us know in the comments below! Today we talk about the possible and the improbable. The analytical and the brawn. The insightful and the brilliance. Let's talk about the first modern detective story "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" by Edgar Allan Poe.
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Jan 8, 2024 • 23min
The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber by Ernest Hemingway - Short Story Summary, Analysis, Review
Welcome to the CodeX Cantina where our mission is to get more people talking about books! Was there a theme or meaning you wanted us to talk about further? Let us know in the comments below! Themes of courage and cowardice come to a head today in "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber" by Ernest Hemingway.
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Dec 25, 2023 • 28min
A Very French Christmas - Short Story Collection || Book Summary, Analysis, Review
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Let's talk about "A Very French Christmas" collection from New Vassel Press.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS:
0:00 Introductions
6:40 "I Take Supper with my Wife" by Antoine Gustave Droz
7:47 "The Wooden Shoes of Little Wolff" by François Coppée
8:27 "The Lost Child" by François Coppée
9:49 "The Louis D'or" by François Coppée
11:46 "St. Anthony and his Pig" by Paul Arène
12:41 "Salvette and Bernadou" by Alphonse Daudet
14:23 "The Juggler of Notre Dame" by Anatole France
15:30 "Noel" by Irène Némirovsky
18:57 "Christmas Eve" by Guy de Maupassant
21:36 "A Miracle" by Guy de Maupassant
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Dec 14, 2023 • 10min
The Sermon in the Cradle by W. E. B. DuBois - Short Story Summary, Analysis, Review
Welcome to the CodeX Cantina where our mission is to get more people talking about books! Was there a theme or meaning you wanted us to talk about further? Let us know in the comments below! Today we talk about "The Sermon in the Cradle" by WEB DuBois.
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Dec 11, 2023 • 23min
Tulips by Sylvia Plath - Poem Summary, Analysis, Reading
Welcome to the CodeX Cantina where our mission is to get more people talking about books! Was there a theme or meaning you wanted us to talk about further? Let us know in the comments below! Sylvia Plath was an incredible and talented poet. Let's talk about "Tulips" today and its meaning to us as well as possible interpretations and analyses.
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0:06 Poem Reading
4:02 Discussion and Analysis
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