782 Consent in the Regency Novel (with Zoë McGee)

782 Consent in the Regency Novel (with Zoë Mc...

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781 Laurie Frankel's Enormous Wings | My Last Book with Rhodri Lewis

"And one man in his time plays many parts," wrote Shakespeare in As You Like It, "[h]is acts being seven ages." We all know the feeling of passing from one phase to the next. But what happens when something dramatic mashes these acts together? In this episode, Jacke talks to New ...  Show more

780 Chekhov on Writing (with Bob Blaisdell)

In an 1886 letter to his brother, Anton Chekhov delivered some advice about truthfulness in writing. "Don't invent sufferings you have not experienced," he wrote, "and don't paint pictures you have not seen--for a lie in a story is much more boring than a lie in conversation." In ...  Show more

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