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812 Talking Classics (with Mary Beard) | My Last Book with Karen Spence
Jun 22, 2026
1h 02m 25s
811 The Harlem Renaissance [Reclaimed] | My Last Book with Erin Sharkey
Jun 18, 2026
54m 55s
810 "The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant (with Mike Palindrome)
Jun 15, 2026
1h 14m 32s
809 Robert Browning | The Dutch Roots of Washington Irving (with Elisabeth Paling Funk)
Jun 11, 2026
1h 26m 12s
808 A Treacherous Secret Agent - How Literature Spoke Truth to Power During the Red Scare (with Marjorie Garber) | Arthur Miller on Writing "The Crucible"
Jun 8, 2026
56m 45s
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| 6/22/26 | 812 Talking Classics (with Mary Beard) | My Last Book with Karen Spence | Why are we so fascinated by the ancient world? What can we find in the distant past that is recognizably human--and how do we grapple with the complicated and controversial issues that the past forces us to address? In this episode, Jacke talks to distinguished classicist Mary Beard about her new book Talking Classics: The Shock of the Old. PLUS Karen Spence (The Companion Guide to the Godfather Trilogy: Betrayal, Loyalty, and Family) stops by to discuss her choice for the last book she will ever read. On Sale Now! For more information and to order Great Detective! An Adventure for Two People [2-Book Boxed Set] by Jacke Wilson, visit press.historyofliterature.com. The music in this episode is by Gabriel Ruiz-Bernal. Learn more at gabrielruizbernal.com. Help support the show at patreon.com/literature or historyofliterature.com/donate. The History of Literature Podcast is a member of Lit Hub Radio and the Podglomerate Network. Learn more at thepodglomerate.com/historyofliterature. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 1h 02m 25s | ||||||
| 6/18/26 | 811 The Harlem Renaissance [Reclaimed] | My Last Book with Erin Sharkey | The Harlem Renaissance, the great flowering of African American arts and culture in the early twentieth century, is hard to define but easy to admire. Coupled with the Great Migration, in which hundreds of thousands of Southern black workers moved to the rapidly industrializing cities of the North, the Harlem Renaissance was a time of radically innovative artistic expression, as musicians, visual artists, and writers forged a new consciousness. The works they produced reflected a spirit of change, progress, and optimism – but underlying the excitement were also a sense of struggle; reflective themes of nostalgia, guilt, and regret; and a clear-eyed view of racial relations in American culture. In this episode, Jacke looks at the social context for the Harlem Renaissance, with a particular focus on works by Langston Hughes, Nella Larsen, and Zora Neale Hurston. On Sale Now! For more information and to order Great Detective! An Adventure for Two People [2-Book Boxed Set] by Jacke Wilson, visit press.historyofliterature.com. The music in this episode is by Gabriel Ruiz-Bernal. Learn more at gabrielruizbernal.com. Help support the show at patreon.com/literature or historyofliterature.com/donate. The History of Literature Podcast is a member of Lit Hub Radio and the Podglomerate Network. Learn more at thepodglomerate.com/historyofliterature. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 54m 55s | ||||||
| 6/15/26 | 810 "The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant (with Mike Palindrome) | Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893) is widely regarded as one of the greatest short story writers in history. Among his admirers were Flaubert, who befriended and mentored the younger writer, and later masters of the form like Joyce and Chekhov, who were both deeply influenced by Maupassant's precision, economy, and subject matter. In this episode, Jacke reads one of Maupassant's most famous stories, "The Necklace," about a young middle-class couple whose social climbing efforts result in disillusionment and disaster. Then Jacke is joined by Mike Palindrome, the President of the Literature Supporters Club, for a discussion of what makes this late nineteenth-century story so powerful. On Sale Now! For more information and to order Great Detective! An Adventure for Two People [2-Book Boxed Set] by Jacke Wilson, visit press.historyofliterature.com. The music in this episode is by Gabriel Ruiz-Bernal. Learn more at gabrielruizbernal.com. Help support the show at patreon.com/literature or historyofliterature.com/donate. The History of Literature Podcast is a member of Lit Hub Radio and the Podglomerate Network. Learn more at thepodglomerate.com/historyofliterature. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 1h 14m 32s | ||||||
| 6/11/26 | 809 Robert Browning | The Dutch Roots of Washington Irving (with Elisabeth Paling Funk)✨ | Victorian poetryRobert Browning+4 | Elisabeth Paling Funk | The PodglomerateMy Last Duchess+1 | — | Robert BrowningVictorian poets+5 | — | 1h 26m 12s | |
| 6/8/26 | 808 A Treacherous Secret Agent - How Literature Spoke Truth to Power During the Red Scare (with Marjorie Garber) | Arthur Miller on Writing "The Crucible"✨ | Red Scareliterature+4 | Marjorie Garber | Gabriel Ruiz-BernalLit Hub Radio+2 | — | Red ScareMcCarthyism+5 | — | 56m 45s | |
| 6/4/26 | 807 The Story of Stories (with Kevin Ashton) | My Last Book with Ilya Vinitsky and James H McGavran III✨ | storytellinghuman history+3 | Kevin AshtonIlya Vinitsky+1 | Gabriel Ruiz-BernalLit Hub Radio+3 | — | storytellinghistory+3 | — | 1h 12m 09s | |
| 6/1/26 | 806 Robert Frost (with Adam Plunkett) | My Last Book with Ursula Buchan✨ | Robert Frostpoetry+4 | Adam PlunkettUrsula Buchan | Gabriel Ruiz-BernalThe History of Literature Podcast+4 | — | Robert FrostAdam Plunkett+5 | — | 53m 22s | |
| 5/28/26 | 805 Robert Frost Finds a Friend [Revisited]✨ | Robert FrostEdward Thomas+4 | Adam PlunkettBill Hogan | The History of Literature PodcastLit Hub Radio+2 | — | Robert FrostEdward Thomas+6 | — | 54m 48s | |
| 5/25/26 | 804 Shakespeare and Loss (with Sarah Beckwith) | My Last Book with Caroline Lea✨ | Shakespeareloss+4 | Sarah BeckwithCaroline Lea | Gabriel Ruiz-BernalLit Hub Radio+8 | — | Shakespeareloss+6 | — | 1h 03m 57s | |
| 5/21/26 | 803 Literature, Authorship, and the Rise of AI (with Eric Burgess) | My Last Book with Mark Hussey✨ | Artificial Intelligenceliterary world+5 | Eric BurgessMark Hussey | CredtentLit Hub Radio+3 | — | AIliterature+7 | — | 51m 06s | |
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| 5/18/26 | 802 Colette (with Kathleen Antonioli) | My Last Book with Colombe Schneck✨ | French literatureColette+3 | Kathleen AntonioliColombe Schneck | Colette: A Critical LifeSwimming in Paris: A Life in Three Stories | — | ColetteKathleen Antonioli+3 | — | 45m 31s | |
| 5/14/26 | 801 Persuasion by Jane Austen (Revisited)✨ | Jane AustenPersuasion+5 | Emma | The PodglomerateLit Hub Radio+2 | Bath | Jane AustenPersuasion+6 | Patreonliterature | 33m 56s | |
| 5/11/26 | 800 Shakespeare in Jest (with Indira Ghose) | My Last Book with Nicholson Baker✨ | Shakespearehumor+3 | Indira GhoseNicholson Baker | Gabriel Ruiz-BernalLit Hub Radio+6 | — | Shakespearehumor+5 | — | 1h 06m 41s | |
| 5/10/26 | 799.5 Laurie Frankel's Enormous Wings (Revisited) | My Last Book with Julie Gilbert | Happy Mother's Day! Jacke takes advantage of an error to revisit a conversation with novelist Laurie Frankel about her book Enormous Wings, in which an unexpected pregnancy leads a seventy-seven-year-old woman to reflect on the meaning of motherhood. PLUS Edna Ferber's biographer (and grandniece) Julie Gilbert (Giant Love: Edna Ferber, Her Best-Selling Novel of Texas, and the Making of a Classic American Film) stops by to discuss her choice for the last book she will ever read. The music in this episode is by Gabriel Ruiz-Bernal. Learn more at gabrielruizbernal.com. Help support the show at patreon.com/literature or historyofliterature.com/donate. The History of Literature Podcast is a member of Lit Hub Radio and the Podglomerate Network. Learn more at thepodglomerate.com/historyofliterature. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 56m 31s | ||||||
| 5/7/26 | 799 Emma Smith and Shakespeare's First Folio (Revisited)✨ | ShakespeareFirst Folio+4 | Emma Smith | University of OxfordLit Hub Radio+3 | — | ShakespeareFirst Folio+6 | PatreonCODE | 48m 58s | |
| 5/6/26 | 798.5 Thinking Through Shakespeare (with David Womersley) | My Last Book with Ramie Targoff✨ | Shakespearehuman nature+3 | David WomersleyRamie Targoff | Oxford UniversityGabriel Ruiz-Bernal+6 | — | Shakespearehuman nature+4 | — | 50m 40s | |
| 5/4/26 | 798 Emma Smith and Portable Magic - A History of Books and Their Readers (Revisited)✨ | history of booksreading+3 | Emma Smith | University of OxfordGabriel Ruiz-Bernal+4 | — | Emma SmithPortable Magic+3 | — | 41m 18s | |
| 4/30/26 | 797 Marion Turner and Chaucer (Revisited)✨ | Chaucerliterature+3 | Marion Turner | University of OxfordGabriel Ruiz-Bernal+4 | — | ChaucerMarion Turner+3 | Patreon | 52m 49s | |
| 4/27/26 | 796 Marion Turner and The Wife of Bath (Revisited)✨ | literaturebiography+4 | Marion Turner | University of OxfordGabriel Ruiz-Bernal+4 | — | Wife of BathMarion Turner+4 | Patreon | 48m 22s | |
| 4/23/26 | 795 Will Tosh and Queer Shakespeare (Revisited)✨ | Queer ShakespeareLiterature+4 | Will Tosh | Shakespeare's Globe TheatreStraight Acting: The Hidden Queer Lives of William Shakespeare | carnival | Shakespearequeer literature+5 | — | 1h 05m 32s | |
| 4/20/26 | 794 E.T.A. Hoffmann (with Ritchie Robertson) | My Last Book with Gerri Kimber✨ | E.T.A. HoffmannGerman Romanticism+4 | Ritchie RobertsonGerri Kimber | Gabriel Ruiz-BernalThe History of Literature Podcast+5 | — | E.T.A. HoffmannGerman literature+5 | — | 1h 04m 30s | |
| 4/16/26 | 793 The Secret Order of Shandeans: Laurence Sterne in Early Soviet Russia (with Peter Budrin) | My Last Book with Edward Watts✨ | Russian literatureSoviet history+4 | Peter BudrinEdward Watts | The PodglomerateLit Hub Radio+7 | — | SterneSoviet Union+5 | — | 48m 26s | |
| 4/13/26 | 792 Death and Decay in Early Modern Lyric Poetry (with Eileen Sperry) | My Last Book with Bruce Gordon✨ | early modern lyric poetrymortality+4 | Eileen Sperry | Gabriel Ruiz-BernalLit Hub Radio+6 | Netherlands | lyric poetryShakespeare+6 | — | 1h 01m 31s | |
| 4/9/26 | 791 Emilia Lanier (a.k.a Aemilia Bassano Lanyer) Revisited✨ | Aemilia Bassano Lanyerwomen in literature+4 | — | The PodglomerateSalve Deus Rex Judaeorum | — | Aemilia Bassano LanyerShakespeare+4 | — | 1h 07m 07s | |
| 4/6/26 | 790 Madness and Myth (with Natasha Joukovsky) | My Last Book with Kimberly Lau✨ | March MadnessGreek myths+3 | Natasha JoukovskyKimberly Lau | Medium RareSpecters of the Marvelous: Race and the Development of the European Fairy Tale | Washington, D.C. | March MadnessGreek myths+6 | — | 58m 26s | |
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