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Here are five fun stories that came across my desk recently that I thought I’d share.
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Short Story of the Week
A Wagner Matinée, Willa Cather (1904)
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Let's Get Reading: Newsletter 77
“When I'm not writing, it's as if I've never written a word or had any desire to write. I fall into bad habits. I stay up too late and sleep in too…
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The Round-up
Here are five fun stories that came across my desk recently that I thought I’d share.
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Short Story of the Week
Smote, or When I Find I Cannot Kiss You in Front of a Print by Bridget Riley, Eley Williams (2015)
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Let's Get Reading: Newsletter 76
“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.” – Jane Austen
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The Round-up
Here are five fun stories that came across my desk recently that I thought I’d share.
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Short Story of the Week
Li Fan, Alexandra Chang (2016)
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Let's Get Reading: Newsletter 75
“Books are a form of political action. Books are knowledge. Books are reflection. Books change your mind.” – Toni Morrison
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Short Story of the Week
My Superstitions Are Your Inheritance, Esther Hayes (2024)
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Let's Get Reading: Newsletter 74
“When you’re writing, you’re trying to find out something which you don’t know. The whole language of writing for me is finding out what you don’t want…
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Best of Season 2
Time to close another season of the Lit with Charles podcast!
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The Round-up
Here are five fun stories that came across my desk recently that I thought I’d share.
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Short Story of the Week
The Nightingale and the Rose, Oscar Wilde (1888)
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Let's Get Reading: Newsletter 73
“A good book is an event in my life.” – Stendhal
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The Round-up
Here are five fun stories that came across my desk recently that I thought I’d share.
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Short Story of the Week
Welcome to the Medical Clinic at the Interplanetary Relay Station | Hours Since the Last Patient Death: 0, Caroline M Yoachim (2016)
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Best of Season 2
Time to close another season of the Lit with Charles podcast!
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40:06
Francesca Wade, author of "Gertrude Stein: An Afterlife"
Gertrude Stein is a name that inspires equal amounts of both awe and fear in prospective readers.
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46:28
Sarah Maria Griffin, author of “Eat the Ones You Love”
In this episode, I’m joined by Irish writer Sarah Maria Griffin to talk about the four books that have most shaped her creative journey – from early…
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26:02
Book Club Bites: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and her latest novel “Dream Count”
Today’s episode looks a lot like the last one.
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Book Club Bites: James Baldwin, author of "Giovanni's Room"
Today’s episode looks a little different – rather than interviewing a guest about their work, I’m getting to grips with our last Lit With Charles book…
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41:56
Oluwaseun Olayiwola, author of "Strange Beach"
Today, I’ve got an absolute treat for you: I sat down with Oluwaseun Olayiwola—poet, choreographer, and all-around creative powerhouse—to talk about his…
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43:46
Ben Markovits, author of "The Rest of Our Lives"
In this episode of Lit with Charles, I sit down with Benjamin Markovits to discuss his latest novel, The Rest of Our Lives. This beautifully reflective…
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47:09
Maryam Diener, author of "Parallel Lives"
The improbable destinies of two Soviet female spies, connected by a modernist building in North London, is an intriguing premise for any spy novel, let…
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