Literary Connections

Feb 21 2025 41 ep. 41 mins 20
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Staying connected around the world by reading together.

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40. The Wedding People

Feb 21 2025 45 mins  
Melissa and James discuss Alison Espach’s The Wedding People through themes of loneliness, connection, and ritual. Trigger warning for attempted suicide. Join us next month for The Pairing by Casey McQuiston (spiciness warning).

39. The Merriest Misters

Dec 24 2024 42 mins  
Melissa and James discuss Timothy Janovsky’s The Merriest Misters by through themes of control, mentorship, and personal growth. Join us next month for The Wedding People by Alison Espach.

38. Intermezzo

Dec 15 2024 54 mins  
James, Melissa, and special guest Elyse Kanagaratnam discuss Sally Rooney’s Intermezzo through themes of care ethics, character doubling, and Melissa’s very strong views on birth order. Join us later this month for The Merriest Misters by Timothy Janovsky.

37. Slow Dance

Nov 26 2024 42 mins  
James and Melissa discuss Rainbow Rowell’s Slow Dance through themes of personal growth, escape, and returning home. Join us next month for Intermezzo by Sally Rooney.

36. Twelfth Knight

Oct 06 2024 45 mins  
James and Melissa discuss Alexene Farol Follmuth's Twelfth Knight through themes of performance, identity, and greatness via their respective source texts of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night and the great 2006 romcom She's the Man. Join us next month for Slow Dance by Rainbow Rowell.

35. I Hope This Finds You Well

Aug 29 2024 49 mins  
James and Melissa discuss Natalie Sue's I Hope This Finds You Well through themes of power, personal growth, and whether or not you should be friends with your coworkers. Join us next month for Twelfth Knight by Alexene Farol Follmuth.

34b. How to End a Love Story Bonus - The Google Form

Jul 23 2024 3 mins  

34. How to End a Love Story

Jul 12 2024 46 mins  
James and Melissa discuss Emily Henry’s Funny Story through themes of communication, community, and compromise. Join us next month for Yulin Kuang's How to End a Love Story (spiciness alert for lots of heterosexual intercourse.)

33. Funny Story

Jun 16 2024 41 mins  
James and Melissa discuss Emily Henry’s Funny Story through themes of communication, community, and compromise. Join us next month for Yulin Kuang's How to End a Love Story (spiciness alert for lots of heterosexual intercourse.)

32. The Spirit Bares Its Teeth

May 26 2024 42 mins  
James and Melissa discuss Andrew Joseph White’s The Spirit Bares Its Teeth, talking about systems of power, resistance, and the use of violence in this book's (warning!) very graphic imagery. Join us next month when we return to lighter themes with Emily Henry's 2024 summer read, Funny Story.