Available now: Great Detective! An Adventure for Two People by Jacke Wilson, the host of the History of Literature Podcast. Visit press.historyofliterature.com for details. #books #literature @jackewilson.bsky.social

New on The History of Literature podcast: Shakespeare in Jest (with Indira Ghose) and My Last Book with Nicholson Baker www.historyofliterature.com/800-shakespe... @holpod.bsky.social #Shakespeare

"Your past is the person you no longer are, the situations you are no longer in.” – Jamaica Kincaid (b. May 25, 1949) #books #literature

In this episode from the archives, @jackewilson.bsky.social talks to author Kenneth S. Sacks about what Emerson's wavering between self-reliance and collective action can tell us about who he was as a thinker and person. #botd #books @universitypress.cambridge.org

In this episode, @jackewilson.bsky.social talks to Sarah Beckwith about her book Shakespeare and Loss: The Late, Great Tragedies, which looks at Shakespeare's use of protagonists who are driven out (or drive themselves out) of family and society. #books #shakespeare @cornellupress.bsky.social

“Today a reader, tomorrow a leader." – Margaret Fuller #botd In this episode from the archives – @jackewilson.bsky.social talks to Pulitzer-prize winning biographer Megan Marshall about her book, Margaret Fuller: A New American Life. #books #transcendentalism @harpercollins.bsky.social

For more about Fuller and this novel, take a listen to @jackewilson.bsky.social's conversation with Allison Pataki about her book Finding Margaret Fuller. #books #literature @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social

For more about Marcus Aurelius, take a listen to @jackewilson.bsky.social's conversation with author William O. Stephens about his book on the philosopher-king. #books @reaktionbooks.bsky.social

From the archives: In this episode, @jackewilson.bsky.social talks to author Mattias Boström about Sir Arthur Conan Doyle #botd and his astonishing creation, Sherlock Holmes. #books #literature #fiction @groveatlantic.bsky.social

The rise of Artificial Intelligence has sent shockwaves through the literary world, with the impact being felt by both publishers and creative types. In this episode, @jackewilson.bsky.social talks to writer and entrepreneur Eric Burgess about the rise of AI. #books #authorship #literature

For more about Dante #botd, take a listen to @jackewilson.bsky.social's conversation with Joseph Luzzi about his book Dante's Divine Comedy: A Biography. #books #literature @princetonupress.bsky.social

What did friendship mean to Dante #botd? In this episode, @jackewilson.bsky.social travels back to the Middle Ages with Elizabeth Coggeshall (On Amistà: Negotiating Friendship in Dante's Italy) to discuss how Dante and his contemporaries understood the concept of friendship. #books #literature

In the Human Comedy, Honoré de Balzac #botd, a pioneer of the great nineteenth-century "realism" tradition, presents a panoramic view of post-Napoleonic France. From the archives – @jackewilson.bsky.social discusses Balzac's life and works with novelist Carlos Allende. #books #literature #balzac

In this episode, @jackewilson.bsky.social talks to author Kathleen Antonioli about her book Colette: A Critical Life, which tells the story of the life and legacy of literature's most artful self-creation. #books #literature @reaktionbooks.bsky.social

For more about Marion Turner's biography of the Wife of Bath, take a listen to @jackewilson.bsky.social's conversation with Marion in Episode 796. #books #biography #chaucer @princetonupress.bsky.social

For more about The Life of Violet, take a listen to @jackewilson.bsky.social's conversation with editor Urmila Seshagiri. #virginiawoolf #books #literature @princetonupress.bsky.social

As the History of Literature Podcast Tour comes to an end in Bath, we're reposting a past episode in which @jackewilson.bsky.social considers Austen's Persuasion, a novel of missed opportunities and second chances. #books #literature #janeausten #literarytour

Before leaving Bath, @jackewilson.bsky.social stopped by the wonderful Topping & Company, where he bought a selection of books to gift to our HOL literary tour members. What an amazing group! #books #literature #independentbookstore #literarytour

"Thin are the night-skirts left behind By daybreak hours that onward creep, And thin, alas! the shred of sleep That wavers with the spirit's wind" – Dante Gabriel Rossetti, "Insomnia" #botd #books #poetry #literature

It's Episode 800! @jackewilson.bsky.social celebrates the milestone by talking to Shakespeare scholar Indira Ghose about her book Shakespeare in Jest, which draws fascinating parallels between Shakespeare's humor and the things we still find funny today. #books #shakespeare #literature

The HOL tour group was delighted to be joined for dinner by the University of Oxford's Emma Smith, who's been on the podcast to talk with @jackewilson.bsky.social about her work on Shakespeare and her book Portable Magic: A History of Books and Their Readers. #books @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social

On Transformation and Addiction in My Novel-in-Progress, Chicana Werewolf. In my essay, I discuss the Hollywood inspiration for my follow-up novel to Chicano Frankenstein, this time taking a cue from the classic movies. www.horrorhomeroom.com/on-transform... #werewolf #BIPOC #horror

Happy Mother's Day! For the occasion, we're revisiting @jackewilson.bsky.social's conversation with Laurie Frankel about her new novel, Enormous Wings. #books #literature

For more about Womersley's work, take a listen to @jackewilson.bsky.social's conversation with David about his recent book Thinking Through Shakespeare. #books #literature #shakespeare @princetonupress.bsky.social

For more about Marion Turner's work, take a listen to @jackewilson.bsky.social's conversation with Marion about her book The Wife of Bath. #books #literature #chaucer @princetonupress.bsky.social

“Books are those faithful mirrors that reflect to our mind the minds of sages and heroes.” – Edward Gibbon #botd #books #history

"That’s my last Duchess painted on the wall, Looking as if she were alive. I call That piece a wonder, now; Fra Pandolf’s hands Worked busily a day, and there she stands." – Robert Browning, "My Last Duchess" #botd #literature #poetry #books #robertbrowning

As Jacke and Emma travel to England for the History of Literature Podcast Tour, they're revisiting some past interviews with special guests. @jackewilson.bsky.social talks to the University of Oxford's Emma Smith about her book Shakespeare's First Folio. #books @oxfordunipress.bsky.social

In this episode from the archives, @jackewilson.bsky.social takes a look at the nineteenth-century Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard's life and writing, with a special focus on his agonizing relationship with Regine Olsen. #botd #kierkegaard #books

As Jacke and Emma get ready for the History of Literature Podcast Tour, they're revisiting some past interviews with special guests. @jackewilson.bsky.social talks to the University of Oxford's Emma Smith about her book ⁠Portable Magic⁠⁠⁠⁠. #books #readers #literature @aaknopf.bsky.social

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Congratulations to Richard Kopley! For more about Kopley's award-winning book on Poe, take a listen to @jackewilson.bsky.social's conversation with Richard Kopley, author of Edgar Allan Poe: A Life. #books #literature @uvapress.bsky.social @mysterywriters.bsky.social

For more about the power of fairy tales, take a listen to @jackewilson.bsky.social's conversation with Jack Zipes about his book Buried Treasures: The Power of Political Fairy Tales. #books #fairytales #literature @princetonupress.bsky.social

“The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience.” – Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird #botd #books #literature #harperlee

“She needed the stimulus of an occupation which would take her out of herself.” – Jessie Redmon Fauset, There Is Confusion #botd #literature #books #jessieredmonfauset

For more about Marcus Aurelius, the Philosopher-King, take a listen to @jackewilson.bsky.social's conversation with author William O. Stephens. #books #literature @reaktionbooks.bsky.social

As Jacke and Emma get ready for the History of Literature Podcast Tour, they're revisiting past interviews with special guests. In this episode, @jackewilson.bsky.social talks to the University of Oxford's Marion Turner about her book, The Wife of Bath: A Biography. #books #literature

“I done learned my mistake and learned to do what's right by it. You still trying to get something for nothing. Life don't owe you nothing. You owe it to yourself." – August Wilson, Fences #botd #books #literature #plays

For more about Mansfield, take a listen to @jackewilson.bsky.social's discussion with Gerri Kimber. #books #literature #katherinemansfield @reaktionbooks.bsky.social

Pocket Casts has included The History of Literature on its World Book Day collection of podcast recommendations. The History of Literature podcast is now available in Pocket Casts' Discover in-app and on its web player. @pocketcasts.com @podglomerate.bsky.social @jackewilson.bsky.social #books

As a teenager #VladimirNabokov (b. April 22, 1899) engaged in some politics, some writing – and spent a lot of time at the cinema. @jackewilson.bsky.social talks to Luke Parker about this period of Nabokov's life, as explored in Nabokov Noir. #books #literature @cornellupress.bsky.social

As we get ready for the HOL first literary tour in England, we revisit some past interviews with special [email protected] talks to Will Tosh, Director of Research at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, about his book Straight Acting: The Hidden Queer Lives of William Shakespeare. #books

“… no two things can possibly be more distinct from each other [than greatness and goodness], for greatness consists in bringing all manner of mischief on mankind, and goodness in removing it from them.” Henry Fielding #BOTD, “The History of the Life of the Late Mr Jonathan Wild the Great”

“At length my friend was removed from me, and I was again left to my solitude, to the tormenting conversation with my own reflections, and to apply to books for my only comfort. I now read almost all day long." – Henry Fielding #botd #books #literature #novels #henryfielding

"I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being, with an independent will; which I now exert to leave you." – Charlotte Brontë #botd #books #literature #novels #charlottebrontë

"It was horror at the bloody deed which had just been committed, which passed out beside them. The bright morning came and revealed to the light what had been begun in the hours of darkness." – E.T.A. Hoffmann, "Mademoiselle de Scudéri" #books #literature @reaktionbooks.bsky.social

For more about Pessoa, take a listen to @jackewilson.bsky.social's conversation with Bartholomew Ryan, author of Fernando Pessoa: A Critical Life. #books #biography @reaktionbooks.bsky.social

"When a man gives himself up to the government of a ruling passion, or, in other words, when his hobby-horse grows headstrong, farewell cool reason and fair discretion!" – Laurence Sterne, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman #books #literature @academic.oup.com

For more about Mansfield, take a listen to @jackewilson.bsky.social's conversation with author Gerri Kimber. #books #literature #katherinemansfield @reaktionbooks.bsky.social

“He found all things come back to the question of what he personally might have been, how he might have led his life and 'turned out,' if he had not so, at the outset, given it up.” – Henry James, The Jolly Corner #botd #henryjames #novels #books #literature