Better Read than Dead: Literature from a Left Perspective
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Episode 9: In Cold Blood
01 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Slightly less snark than usual in this episode on Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood (1966). Capote’s “non-fiction novel” (sure) is about the inves...
Episode 8: Billy Budd
25 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
All aboard, it's time to sail the high seas with Herman Melville's Billy Budd (1924)! Melville's posthumously published tale is about a very hot dumb ...
Episode 7: Robinson Crusoe
18 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We have conflicting opinions about Daniel DeFoe’s Robinson Crusoe (1719). Megan for some reason finds a book about a dude making lists of every sing...
Episode 6: 1984
11 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A slight verge from previous eps in that we spend a lot of time on this one talking Bad Takes. We’re still not sure why neoliberals, conservatives, ...
Episode 5: Pride and Prejudice
04 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It’s Pride and Prejudice! Jane Austen’s beloved 1813 novel about two jerks who discover that they’re hot for each other. We talk about character...
Episode 4: The Scarlet Letter
28 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter (1850) and everyone’s favorite religious extremists — Puritans! We’re talking adultery, hi...
Episode 3: The Sun Also Rises
21 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Are you sick of novels that are way too chill with their symbolism? Do you want a novel that has no chill at all? That blasts its symbolism on pretty ...
Episode 2: Dracula
14 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We continue our Creature Feature and discuss Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1897). We get to the important stuff here, trying to figure out why blood transf...
Episode 1: Frankenstein
09 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Frankenstein On the inaugural episode of Better Read than Dead, we talk about why three jerky socialist academics wanted to do a books podcast. We als...