New Books in Literary Studies

2439 Episodes

1. Paul Chrystal, "Miracula: Weird and Wonderful Stories of Ancient Greece and Rome" (Reaktion, 2025)

   Published: 5/2/2025
2. Monika Amsler, "The Babylonian Talmud and Late Antique Book Culture" (Cambridge UP, 2023)

   Published: 4/30/2025
3. Tithi Bhattacharya, "Ghostly Past, Capitalist Presence: A Social History of Fear in Colonial Bengal" (Duke UP, 2024)

   Published: 4/29/2025
4. Shailendra Kumar Singh, "Between Resistance and Conformity: Premchand’s Fiction in Colonial North India" (Routledge, 2024)

   Published: 4/27/2025
5. Polly Jones, "Gulag Fiction: Labour Camp Literature from Stalin to Putin" (Bloombury, 2024)

   Published: 4/26/2025
6. Planetary Boundaries are Non-Negotiable: Kim Stanley Robinson and Elizabeth Carolyn Miller (JP)

   Published: 4/24/2025
7. Alexandra Popoff, "Vasily Grossman and the Soviet Century" (Yale UP, 2019)

   Published: 4/23/2025
8. Eike Exner, "Comics and the Origins of Manga: A Revisionist History" (Rutgers UP, 2021)

   Published: 4/23/2025
9. Geoffrey Roberts, "Stalin's Library: A Dictator and His Books" (Yale UP, 2022)

   Published: 4/22/2025
10. Ignat Solzhenitsyn, ed., "We Have Ceased to See the Purpose: Essential Speeches of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn" (U Notre Dame Press, 2025)

    Published: 4/20/2025
11. Book Talk 65 Emily Dickinson, with Sharon Cameron

    Published: 4/18/2025
12. Yellowlees Douglas, "Writing for the Reader's Brain: A Science-Based Guide" (Cambridge UP, 2024)

    Published: 4/16/2025
13. Reading Parties: A Discussion with Ben Bradbury, Founder of "Reading Rhythms"

    Published: 4/14/2025
14. Nora Gold, "18: Jewish Stories Translated from 18 Languages" (Cherry Orchard, 2023)

    Published: 4/13/2025
15. Jina B. Kim, "Care at the End of the World: Dreaming of Infrastructure in Crip-Of-Color Writing" (Duke UP, 2025)

    Published: 4/12/2025
16. The Great Gatsby is an American Dystopia

    Published: 4/11/2025
17. 9.2 Monstrous Dreaming: Lauren Beukes and Andrew Pepper

    Published: 4/10/2025
18. Christian Sheppard, "The Ancient Wisdom of Baseball: Lessons for Life from Homer's Odyssey to the World Series" (Greenleaf, 2025)

    Published: 4/10/2025
19. Roland Mayer, "The Ruins of Rome: A Cultural History" (Cambridge UP, 2025)

    Published: 4/8/2025
20. Elana Wolff, "Faithfully Seeking Franz" (Guernica Editions, 2023)

    Published: 4/7/2025