Podcast
Literary Connections
Hosted by Melissa Hansen, James Earle, and Kimberly Johnson · EN
Staying connected around the world by reading together.
11episodes
Episodes
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52. Into the Blue
2d ago00:52:29Tap to summarizeJames and Melissa discuss Emma Brodie’s Into the Blue through themes of consent, genre, and the use of allusion.Join us next month when we’ll be reading Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke.
Transcribe →51. The Night We Met
Apr 2800:42:05Tap to summarizeMelissa and James discuss The Night We Met by Abby Jimenez through themes of friendship, support, and redemption.Join us next month when we’ll be reading Into the Blue by Emma Brodie.
Transcribe →50. Fourth Wing
Mar 3100:55:18Tap to summarizeThis month, to celebrate of our fiftieth episode, James and Melissa FINALLY discuss Rebecca Yarros’ Fourth Wing (the first book only) through themes of power, friendship, and shadow daddies.Join us next month when we’ll be reading The Night We Met by Abby Jimenez.
Transcribe →49. Fake Skating
Mar 100:41:32Tap to summarizeThis month, Melissa and James discuss Lynn Painter’s Fake Skating through themes of patriarchy, objectification, and so. many. tropes.Join us next month for our FIFTIETH episode in which we finally discuss Rebecca Yarros’ endlessly popular Fourth Wing (the first book of the series only).
Transcribe →48. A Merry Little Ex-Mas
Dec 2800:37:48Tap to summarizeThis month, James and Melissa take a detour into movies discussing A Merry Little Ex-Mas through themes of gender roles, want vs need, and green worlds.Join us next month for Goodreads Choice YA Fiction Winner (and somehow our first hockey romance book), Fake Skating by Lynn Painter.
Transcribe →47. Remain
Dec 1400:38:26Tap to summarizeMelissa and James discuss Remain by Nicholas Sparks and M. Night Shyamalan through themes of money, power, and connection.Join us next month for our first movie episode, special for the holidays: A Merry Little Ex-Mas, available on Netflix.
Transcribe →46. Katabasis
Nov 1600:53:10Tap to summarizeMelissa and James discuss R. F. Kuang’s Katabasis through themes of power, motivation, and the hell that is academia.Join us next month for Remain by Nicholas Sparks and M. Night Shyamalan.
Transcribe →45. Atmosphere
Oct 300:44:42Tap to summarizeJames and Melissa discuss Taylor Jenkins Reid’s Atmosphere through themes of radical acceptance, community versus individuality, and love.Join us next month for Katabasis by R.F. Kuang.
Transcribe →44. Sunrise on the Reaping (Hunger Games #0.5)
Aug 2400:45:23Tap to summarizeMelissa and James discuss Suzanne Collins’ latest Hunger Games prequel, Sunrise on the Reaping, through themes of integrity, the role of government, and human nature.Join us next month for Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid.
Transcribe →43. Great Big Beautiful Life
Jul 100:43:56Tap to summarizeMelissa and James discuss Emily Henry’s Great Big Beautiful Life through themes of truth, process, and relationships.Join us next month for Sunrise on the Reaping, the new Hunger Games prequel by Suzanne Collins.
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