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Hosts Sandra Newman and Catherine Nichols choose one book for each year of the twentieth century (Nella Larsen's Passing, 1936, Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls, 1966; Mohandas Gandhi's Indian Home Rule, 1909) and talk about it in its historical and literary context. Join the hosts and their special guests to find out what the 20th century was all about.


On the Paradox of the Holocaust in W.G. Sebald’s The Emigrants

This Week From the Lit Century Podcast
July 7, 2021  By Lit Century 
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The Ongoingness of War in Ismail Kadare’s The General of the Dead Army

This Week from the Lit Century Podcast
June 29, 2021  By Lit Century 
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How Language Limits Our Ability to Describe Smells

This Week from the Lit Century Podcast
June 22, 2021  By Lit Century 
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Grappling with Yukio Mishima’s Murderous Children

This Week from the Lit Century Podcast
June 15, 2021  By Lit Century 
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Who Might Have Discovered DNA’s Structure, Given the Opportunity to Try?

Maria Naylor in Conversation with Catherine Nichols on the Lit Century Podcast
June 8, 2021  By Lit Century 
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Can We Discuss Jenny Holzer’s “Truisms” as Literature?

Robert Wiesenberger Guests on the Lit Century Podcast with Catherine Nichols and Isaac Butler
June 1, 2021  By Lit Century 
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How Robert Aickman’s Stories Illuminate the Difference Between Horror and Terror

Kathleen Rooney Guests on the Lit Century Podcast with Catherine Nichols and Elisa Gabbert
May 25, 2021  By Lit Century 
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On Midcentury American Literature’s Preoccupation with Scandalous Sex

The Lit Century Podcast Rereads Valley of the Dolls
May 18, 2021  By Lit Century 
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Should Norman Mailer Have Any Legacy Beyond Being the Guy Who Stabbed His Wife?

Miranda Popkey Guests on the Lit Century Podcast
May 11, 2021  By Lit Century 
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On the Time-Traveling Allusions of T.S. Eliot

Elisa Gabbert Joins the Lit Century Podcast
with Sandra Newman and Catherine Nichols
May 4, 2021  By Lit Century 
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How André Breton Disdained Possessions Before It Was Cool

This Week on the Lit Century Podcast
with Sandra Newman and Catherine Nichols
April 27, 2021  By Lit Century 
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On the Hazy Line Between Fact and Legend in The Chaneysville Incident

Matthew Hunte Guests on the Lit Century Podcast
with Sandra Newman and Catherine Nichols
April 20, 2021  By Lit Century 
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On Domestic Labor and Freedom in Excellent Women

V.V. Ganeshananthan Guests on the Lit Century Podcast
with Sandra Newman and Catherine Nichols
April 13, 2021  By Lit Century 
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On Gloria Naylor’s Refusal to Look Away from the Pain of a Mother’s Grief

Tyrese L. Coleman Guests on the Lit Century Podcast
with Sandra Newman and Catherine Nichols
April 6, 2021  By Lit Century 
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How Gloria Naylor Captures Love in The Women of
Brewster Place

Tyrese L. Coleman Guests on the Lit Century Podcast
with Sandra Newman and Catherine Nichols
March 30, 2021  By Lit Century 
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Why People Are Still Mad About Thomas Nagel’s 1974 Essay, “What Is It Like to Be a Bat?”

This week on the Lit Century Podcast with Sandra Newman
and Catherine Nichols
March 23, 2021  By Lit Century 
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How The End of Vandalism Treats Small-Town America

Adalena Kavanagh in Conversation with Sandra Newman
and Catherine Nichols on Lit Century
March 16, 2021  By Lit Century 
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Was Kazuo Ishiguro’s The Unconsoled the Greatest Literary Practical Joke of All Time?

From the Lit Century Podcast with Sandra Newman
and Catherine Nichols
March 9, 2021  By Lit Century 
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On the Ultra-Relatable, Modern Burnout of Chekhov’s “Ward No. 6”

From the Lit Century Podcast with Sandra Newman
and Catherine Nichols
March 2, 2021  By Lit Century 
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Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard: Further Evidence That All Stories Are Hauntings

From the Lit Century Podcast with Sandra Newman
and Catherine Nichols
February 23, 2021  By Lit Century 
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