Save Me From My Shelf

Nov 05 2024 91 ep. 56 mins 47
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We're friends and academics who take classic literature off its pedestal by making fun of it.
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SMFMS Bookends 12: The Bloody Chamber

Nov 05 2024 37 mins  
The twelfth episode of SMFMS Bookends, the satellite show for Save Me From My Shelf. Here we read emails, answer listener questions, talk about what we're currently reading, watching, and playing, resuscitate the Bad Sex Awards™, and provide further outtakes and analysis cut from our The Bloody Chamber episode. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 60 - The Bloody Chamber

Oct 29 2024 74 mins  
Two friends and academics recap classic literature and take it off its pedestal. In our sixtieth episode and Halloween special, we examine Angela Carter's feminist novella and Bluebeard retelling (which is NOT an adult version of a fairy tale), The Bloody Chamber (1979). In this episode, Daniel expresses Carter-fatigue and we praise Carter's depiction of sex with someone gross.Cove

SMFMS Scheduling Update

Oct 08 2024
For the remainder of S5, we need to release all episodes at the end of every month, rather than in the mdidle. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

SMFMS Bookends 11: Don Quixote, Part Two

Oct 01 2024 38 mins  
The eleventh episode of SMFMS Bookends, the satellite show for Save Me From My Shelf. Here we read emails, answer listener questions, talk about what we're currently reading, watching, and playing, resuscitate the Bad Sex Awards™, and provide further outtakes and analysis cut from our Don Quixote, Part Two episode. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 59b - Don Quixote, Part Two

Sep 24 2024 73 mins  
Two friends and academics recap classic literature and take it off its pedestal. In the second part of our fifty-ninth episode, we tackle the remainder of the biggest book we've ever featured on the show: Miguel de Cervantes's Picaresque adventure, Don Quixote (1605).Cover art © Catherine Wu.Episode Theme: Manuel de Falla y Orquesta Nacional De Espana, 'Overture' in El Retablo De

SMFMS Bookends 10: Don Quixote, Part One

Sep 17 2024 36 mins  
The tenth episode of SMFMS Bookends, the satellite show for Save Me From My Shelf. Here we read emails, answer listener questions, talk about what we're currently reading, watching, and playing, resuscitate the Bad Sex Awards™, and provide further outtakes and analysis cut from our Don Quixote, Part One episode. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 59a - Don Quixote, Part One

Sep 10 2024 64 mins  
Two friends and academics recap classic literature and take it off its pedestal. In the first part of our fifty-ninth episode, we tackle the first half of the biggest book we've ever featured on the show: Miguel de Cervantes's Picaresque adventure, Don Quixote (1605).We look at its status as potential 'first novel', one of the most influential works of all time (from Shakespeare to

SMFMS Bookends 9: To Kill a Mockingbird

Aug 20 2024 36 mins  
The ninth episode of SMFMS Bookends, the satellite show for Save Me From My Shelf. Here we read emails, answer listener questions, talk about what we're currently reading, watching, and playing, resuscitate the Bad Sex Awards™, and provide further outtakes and analysis cut from our To Kill A Mockingbird episode. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 58 - To Kill a Mockingbird

Aug 13 2024 77 mins  
Two friends and academics recap classic literature and take it off its pedestal. In our fifty-eighth episode, we once again cross the Atlantic for Harper Lee's 1960 novel of racial injustice, To Kill A Mockingbird. We get some long-overdue Cornish slander, delve into the American legalistic mindset, and mutter a lot about grits and yams.Cover art © Catherine Wu.Episode Theme: Dani

SMFMS Bookends 8: Through the Looking Glass

Aug 06 2024 36 mins  
The eighth episode of SMFMS Bookends, the satellite show for Save Me From My Shelf. Here we read emails, answer listener questions, talk about what we're currently reading, watching, and playing, resuscitate the Bad Sex Awards™, and provide further outtakes and analysis cut from our Through the Looking Glass episode. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.