Book Club for Masochists

This episode we’re talking about Adaptations! We discuss (the fictional) Junji Ito’s Anne of Green Gables, The Muppets presents Dune the Musical, bad wigs in...

This episode we discuss non-fiction books about Music! We talk about sea shanties, whether musical scores count as non-fiction, reading about music we’re unfamiliar with,...

This episode we’re playing Hearts of Magic: Threads Entangled! There’s illegal printing presses, malformed creatures, rooftop chases, stolen hats, tea ceremonies, and a masquerade ball!...

This episode we’re talking about Erotica! We discuss the relationship between erotica and porn, the differences between erotica and romance fiction, fanfiction, and much more!...

This episode we’re discussing Piranesi by Susanna Clarke! Major spoiler warning for this episode as we talk about a lot of various plot points! (Though...

This episode we’re talking about Flash Fiction (aka: microfiction, sudden fiction, micro-stories, & short-short stories)! We discuss poetry hating barbarians, SEO for formats, Twitterature, intentionality,...

This week it’s another episode where we talk about Media We’ve Recently Enjoyed! We talk about woman’s basketball, resource mining, musicals, translations, and more!  You...

This episode we’re talking about Cyberpunk fiction! We discuss the aesthetics of neon and grime, cultural fears and xenophobia, techno-pessimism, survival and revolution, noir fiction,...

This episode it’s the first part of our 2021 Battle of the Books! We’re each pitching a book that we think we should all read...

This episode it’s the first part of our 2021 Battle of the Books! We’re each pitching a book that we think we should all read...