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School Reading ListEpisode 28 - Is It Time To Rethink Dressing-Up For World Book Day?School Reading List podcast hosted by Tom TolkienSeason 1: Episode 28For transcripts, resources, show notes and contact details, see https://schoolreadinglist.co.uk/podcasts/series-1-episode-28/Part 1Book postDiary Of A Future Billionaire by Pamela Butchart, illustrated by WottoSurviving Vesuvius by Christopher Harrisson, illustrated by Beth WatersPaloma Flies Away by María J. GuardaI Really Really Love My Noisy Bum by Karl Newson and Duncan BeedieLet’s Play Rugby by Gordon D’Arcy and Paul HowardDetective Stanley and the Mystery at the Museum by Hanna...2025-03-0143 min
Remedial StudiesEpisode 42: "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse"Well, robots, we're back, and this time we bring you a long awaited discussion on Sony's formal apology for *The Emoji Movie*. Miles Morales and the denizens of the Spider-Verse enable us to discuss animation, fandom culture, and the evolution of Nerdom as a popular identity.
Talking points: We both forget that the Amazing Spider-Man movies happened; Donald Glover was robbed; polite racists; using animation to its fullest extent; the overshadowing of Jack Kirby; comic visual language; the age of superheroes; and, hey, stay safe robots.2020-07-2057 minRemedial StudiesEpisode 41: 2019 Year in ReviewWe return to you, sweet robots, bearing memories of a year past, and a hopeful look towards our future.
Talking Points: A character development year; sweet tunes from the revolutionary bog; heavenly good television; Rachel's least surprising pick ever; they really just let a ten year old have to save the world; steel for humans, silver for monsters, coin for your Witcher; the blinding light of the fireside; that time Henry VIII's wives put on a pop concert; mortality on the riverbank; the impact of choice in an age of dragons; quality critical crafting; and, hey, we missed you.2020-01-281h 11Remedial StudiesEpisode 40: Amy Stewart's "The Earth Moved: On the Remarkable Accomplishments of Earthworms"This episode, we dive deep into the bowels of the earth to explore the life of one of nature's most fascinating creatures. Told from the perspective of an author bursting at the seams to share her thoughts and findings, this book helps us explore the ins and outs of science writing, literacy, and how both influence and are affected by the public.
Talking Points: our individual experiences with science as a popular and academic pursuit; the aesthetic value of the natural; the trickle down economics of popular opinion; our inability to conceptualize the impact of something that seems so small...2019-09-0348 minRemedial StudiesEpisode 39: Amanda Lovelace's "the princess saves herself in this one"Hello, robots! Today, we're bringing you something a little different, a book of poetry that has caused quite a stir from the social medias to the blogs of academics who are always giving a Ted Talk in their own minds. Join us as we discuss what we look for in our books of verse, as well as why we find ourselves jumping to the defense of someone who's work is, apparently, easy to hate.
Talking points: reliance on archetypal language to communicate power and self-understanding; coming of age in the time of evolving literary forms; the misconception that if one...2019-07-1648 minRemedial StudiesEpisode 38: Sarah J. Maas's "A Court of Thorns and Roses" & "A Court of Mist and Fury"We return, robots! As we kick off our summer programming, join us as we journey into the depths of Prythian, a land of fae and magic and well-executed romance tropes, that Hannah has been begging Rachel to get into for over a year. Will the prophecies of Hannah the Oracle remain true? You'll have to listen to find out.
Talking Points: our longest and most giggly source recap thus far; what to do when there's only one bed; meaningful consequences even when that plot point has passed by; Phantom of the Opera understudies; dealing with trauma in a fantasy setting...2019-06-281h 05Remedial StudiesEpisode 38: Hannah Yells About Comics #2Join Hannah for a spoiler-free review of Jim Henson's *The StoryTeller: Sirens* -- "The Mermaid and the Fisherman" written by Bartosz Sztybor and illustrated by Jakub Rebelka. This episode reviews other reviews, wonders what it means to be "indie", and gets mad about the captured mermaid motif.2019-05-2822 minRemedial StudiesEpisode 37: Terry Pratchett's "Night Watch"The climax of characters old and new, and both at the same time, is the topic of today's Remedial Readalong. An ancient prophecy between friends is finally fulfilled as we travel back in time to an Ankh-Morpork without Commander Vimes, until now, on the eve of an ill-fated revolution.
Talking points: being the hero you needed when you were young; actual, functional time-travel; cool monks; ties to other hopeless revolutions; keeping the Beast on a leash; not confusing a temporary lack of light with endless darkness; the anchor of a cigarette case; the culmination of almost thirty books' worth of...2019-05-0758 minRemedial StudiesEpisode 36: Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman's "Good Omens"This fortnight, the world is hurtling towards the End of Days, and dragging us all along for the ride. Join us as we revisit one of our favorite stories by two of our favorite people.
Talking points: dread and hilarity at the end of the world; the semantic and literal distinctions between good and evil; what happens when two masters start blending their styles; updating Revelations for the 90s scene; the power of belief; the strength of the ensemble piece; the fallout of underestimating children; and, hey, you are not who you were born to.2019-04-2348 minRemedial StudiesEpisode 35: Neil Gaiman's "American Gods"A fortnight has passed, and in this episode we're coming to America. Well, maybe not the America, but an America. Full of gods and miracles and the horror both bring with them. Join us as we road trip with the olds gods and the new.
Talking points: this book is one long existential crisis; perspectives of space and time informed by one's geographical origin; what we're willing to sacrifice for normality and prosperity; you are what you worship, and you worship what you value; how this work has aged in a vast technological world; and, hey, it doesn't matter if...2019-04-0951 minRemedial StudiesEpisode 34: Dungeons & Dragons Extravaganza Palooza SpectacularAt last! The long foretold of episode about our favorite table top roleplaying game is here! We just reached out second anniversary of playing D&D and we've been so affected by it that it warrented its own episode.
Talking points: chance and collaboration in narrative; leaning into bad stats; several anecdotes about several campaigns; that time Hannah and Rachel played as fish cousins; the catharsism of in-character emotion; death by dice; changing base modules to suit your own desires; what effects watching and listening to actual-play shows has had on our own expectations; and, hey, maybe the real treasure...2019-03-261h 08Remedial StudiesEpisode 33: Terry Pratchett's "The Fifth Elephant"The fifth installment of our Remedial Readlong has arrived. Join us as we venture out of the familiar confines of Ankh-Morpork and into the wild unknowns of Uberwald, full of waring races, lessons on the fat economy, and existential dread caused by false binaries.
Talking Points: Pratchett doing Pratchett things, aka sliding in deep psychological questions amid Jokes Galore; how characters are revealed once taken out of their usual environment; the importance of varied female characters; the comfort of seeing love in middle age; the false dichotomies that plague society; how things become things; the fury of good men; and...2019-03-051h 03Remedial StudiesEpisode 32: Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein"This week we come to you from the year without a summer, as well as everyone's high school reading list, to bring you a tale of monsters and storms and Romantic woe. Believe us when we say that the opinions were flowing fast and loose this episode! #JusticeForElizabeth
Talking Points: Victor Frankenstein's unhealthy coping mechanisms; the bonds between creator and created and how they mimic those of parents and their children; way too many Jeff Goldblum references; the Russian Nesting Doll theory of unreliable narration; how poorly the internet prepared Hannah to read this book; the nature of monstrosity and...2019-02-1950 minRemedial StudiesEpisode 31: Netflix's "To All the Boys I've Loved Before"Sliding in a bit late, but we're still kicking. This episode we discuss the frankly delightful story of Lara Jean and her journey to find love off the pages of letters and romance novels alike.
Talking Points: the state of modern romance; the neverending question of if genre readers need to be challenged; gender bending expectations of emotionally blindness; the importance of letting people live in their own stories; if we want to experience the joys of life, we must submit ourselves to the terror of being seen; our emphatic support of the fake-dating subgenre; and, hey, you're a sexy...2019-02-0952 minRemedial StudiesEpisode 30: Deborah Harkness's "A Discovery of Witches"We return from our holiday break refreshed and full of opinions, ocassionally even ones that are relevant to the episode we're recording! Today we discuss the magical, indulgent, and, at times, confounding world of creatures found in the first book of the All Souls trilogy.
Talking Points: vampire romance and the female gaze; the intertwining of science and magic; world-building and the need for internal sense; women as a discrete audience; sometimes it doesn't pay to read the book before the television show; why characters like Matthew Clairmont appeal to female power fantasy; the unequal scrutiny of female-generated media; and...2019-01-2246 minRemedial StudiesEpisode 29: 2018 Year in ReviewHi robots! Another year, another wrap-up of the media we enjoyed most while experiencing that particular unit of time. The fact that we've made it to a second-annual anything is, frankly, astonishing, and we thank you for hanging in there with us. No matter how big or small, we love knowing you're there.
Talking points: spooky houses and the nature of ghosts; Japanese workplace anime ft. heavy metal; genre flexibility in science fiction audio drama; novels of family devotion and dementia; monster girls and readers who love them; science as philosophical and cultural touchstone; why we needed to go to...2018-12-2559 minRemedial StudiesEpisode 28: The McElroys' "The Adventure Zone: Balance"It's time to discuss our first podcast of this show and who better to kick it off with then three kids and their dad rolling some dice to save the multiverse? Strap on your fantasy seat belts, because spoilers will abound in...The Adventure Zone!
Talking points: I'm gonna be 100% real with y'all we do a lot of crying about Dungeons & Dragons in this episode; the magic of collaborative story telling; what happens when you let go of full narrative control; how podcasts can attach themselves to a time and place in our lives; bonding with family in the theatre...2018-12-111h 06Remedial StudiesEpisode 27: The CW's "Riverdale"This week we zoom in on a seemingly perfect American small town rocked by murder, teen drama, and the aftershocks of Christopher Nolan. Join us as we discuss season one of Riverdale.
Talking points: this show is obviously the heir apparent to MTV's Teen Wolf; the anatomy of a gritty reboot; distrust of perfection in literature; if a show about normal people doing normal things viable in our time; trashy teens and the twenty-somethings that love to laugh at them; how the orignal comics were buckwild; the importance of timeless design (and when to back it up; debts to Twin...2018-11-2750 minRemedial StudiesEpisode 26: Terry Pratchett's "Jingo"In the fourth installment of our Remedial Readalong series, we return to the the world of the Disc, caught in the middle of a fight over a spit of land in the middle of the ocean. What follows is a tale of patriotism gone mad, where seemingly harmless talk about some leads to war and ruin for all. But it's also a story about what can happen when good people choose to stand up and do something about it.
Talking points: nationalism in fantasy setting; American involvement in the Middle East vs British Expansionism; extended metaphors about rockslides; quiet racism...2018-11-1348 minRemedial StudiesEpisode 25: Guillermo del Toro's "Crimson Peak"The most magical and spooky of days is upon us, listeners, and with it we bring you a long promised tale of love and horror, set amidst a house that has become a living thing unto itself. Prepare to indulge in some prime gothic heroine problems, and have a Happy Halloween!
Talking points: setting as protagonist; Real Life Byronic Hero Tom Hiddleston; color in costumes and lighting; GDT continuing to know what we need; sex and the horror genre; what makes a ghost; supernatural versus mundane horror; the gothic plot formula in film; gendered fears in character and authorship; and...2018-10-3159 minRemedial StudiesEpisode 24: Michelle Mcnamara's "I'll Be Gone In The Dark"Just as a fair warning, this episode isn't very funny, because this book wasn't very funny. It's buckwild, really affective, and hits several nerves for us, though, so we think it's still important. Also...maybe don't listen to this one alone in the dark. Don't make our mistakes. Step into the light.
Talking points: perpetual flapness; hopelessness in the face of overwhelming terror; series killer fandom; who we deem worthy of victim hood; are the real monsters human; why we keep telling ourselves the same bloody stories; the celebrity of anonymity; and, hey, is there a way true crime can...2018-10-1649 minRemedial StudiesEpisode 23: Hozier's "Nina Cried Power - EP"It's not the waking, it's the rising. Our favorite fae prince turned folk singer has returned to us at last, and in his wake comes a sound that fits with the moment we're in, and, oh boy, do we feel some kind of way about it.
Talking points: the four genres of Hozier songs; a microcosm of a vibe; protest as process, not just an event; Andrew Hozier-Bryne is the only person allowed to at us about this show; apocalyptic love and the interplay of rage and hope; the space been initiation and consummation; when an artist's standards for himself...2018-10-021h 02Remedial StudiesEpisode 22: Tomi Adeyemi's "Children of Blood and Bone"We return to you after a brief hiatus to take you to the land of Orisha, and into the journey of a young woman seeking to bring magic back into a world that feels all too real.
Talking Points: The limitations of empathy when it comes from places of privilege; is power only power when it's used as a weapon; the importance of stories other than our own; how Inan needed to be Zuko, but was too much of a Hamlet to pull it off; questions means nothing if you're not willing to answer them; how centrism ultimately favors the...2018-09-1850 min
Remedial StudiesEpisode 21: Terry Pratchett's "Feet of Clay"Hail and well met, citizens of Ankh-Morpork! We've reached the third installment of our Remedial Readalong series, and if you thought our good buddy Terry had run out of punches to pull, well...if you've done the reading you know how wrong you were. Join us as we journey back to the city full of turmoil, intrigue, existential crisis, and buddy cop comedy!
Talking points: We're so messed up about this book, you could make a drinking game out of it; Uncle Terry piling on the facets of cultural and self-inflicted oppression; what, if anything, puts the artificial in artificial...2018-08-2159 minRemedial StudiesEpisode 20: Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda's "Monstress"For our big 2-0, our teeth and claws are ready to shred as we bring you a story of women and the monsters who reside in them.
Talking points: this comic left us Straight Up Messed Up; the nature and impact of time and betrayal; the old gods and the new wars; Plath's figs; the importance of seeing the Other in fiction; the job prospects of cats; why can't the world just be art deco; Kippa is the cutest moral compass; and, hey, we say this a lot but PLEASE read this comic immediately.
Shout-outs this episode: @lithappenspods and @loadedlitpod2018-08-0751 minRemedial StudiesEpisode 19: Norman Jewison's "Moonstruck"Once upon a time in Brooklyn, where the moon lights up the sky with reckless romantic possibility, we bring you the story of love both as it is and as it could be, fueled by brutality, gentleness, and the raw, unstoppable power of 80s Cher and Nicky Cage.
Talking points: the longest summary segment yet (but we promise it's all necessary); how a spread in character age lends legitimacy to romantic subplots; love as a gendered power struggle; bringing the operatic to the cinematic; heightened setting and grounded character; Nicolas Cage's arms; and, hey, why do men chase women?
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Remedial StudiesEpisode 18: The Wachowskis' "Jupiter Ascending"It was a dark and stormy night, when your loyal hosts sat down to discuss a film that...well. It was something. Through sparse and disjointed plot, effects galore and spectacular, and a love interest straight out of novels we would have written in middle school, we bring to you a story of media not objectively good nor groundbreaking, but worthwhile just the same.
Talking points: Spectacle over story; how to know someone is a villain by their economic views; if bees are the most trustworthy insects; how turning the camp up to eleven is a good thing; you are...2018-07-1059 min
Remedial StudiesEpisode 17: Terry Pratchett's "Men at Arms"The second installment of our Remedial Read-along series has arrived. Did you do your homework? The Anhk-Morpork Night Watch hope you have! Well, maybe just Corporal Carrot.
Talking points: allegories of the inhuman and inhumane in fantasy; how to tell when a throne isn't real gold; when is a weapon more than a weapon; can triggers ever pull themselves; unequal treatment under local law enforcement; how are we supposed to handle it when Terry gets too real; and, hey, what the heck was that dog subplot?2018-06-2650 minRemedial StudiesEpisode 16: Anaïs Mitchell's "Hadestown"On the road to Hell there was a railroad line, and two ladies waiting for a train. Come with us way down under the ground as we dive into Anaïs Mitchell's musical vision of the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, and it's world of gods and men.
Talking Points: the cycle of seasons, trains, and stories; call, response, and reprise; the interplay of the mythical, personal, and political; why is it human to look back; can love truly flourish without trust; and, hey, why do we sing it anyway?2018-06-1251 minRemedial StudiesREmediaL STUDIES, Episode 15: Diana Gabaldon's "Outlander"In this episode, we break down *Outlander*: a sexy, action-packed historical romance classic. We'll discuss romance as a genre, pronounce Scottish names very badly, and take a long detour to talk about country music.
Talking Points: the inversion of romance tropes, Brexit, violence on screen, villainy, the Female Gaze, our complicated relationships with country music, and the excellent, grounded writing of Diana Gabaldon.
Content warning: physical and sexual assault2018-05-2854 minRemedial StudiesREmediaL STUDIES, Episode 14: Hannah Yells About Comics #1Join Hannah for a spoiler-free review of the weird and orange *Factory* by Elgo.
Hannah will discuss her own comics background, give you the DL on the comic's origin, and whether or not you might like *Factory*. Also up for grabs: the politics of dystopia, color theory, and Hannah's major beef with the comic *Low*.2018-05-1524 minRemedial StudiesREmediaL STUDIES, Episode 13: Terry Pratchett's "Guards! Guards!"The first segment in our Remedial Read-Along commences with a tale of a city on a river, of fantasy police, an (almost) incompetent secret society, a Noble Dragon, and a masterclass in fury-fueled comedy.
Talking Points: what the heck is a Discworld, descent into cynicism in reverse, alignment as it informs character interaction, yet ANOTHER D&D story, does being lawful mean you must be loyal to an unlawful authority, a thing doesn't depend on your belief to be real (until it does), the price of believing in Good, and, hey, complacency can be its own kind of evil.2018-05-0150 minRemedial StudiesREmediaL STUDIES, Episode 12: Taika Waititi and Jermaine Clement's "What We Do in the Shadows"This week we're up to our elbows in vampires and existential angst. It turns out being immortal is kind of lame. But also funny.
In addition to *What We Do in the Shadows*, there are also spoilers for *Only Lovers Left Alive* and *The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle*.
Talking Points: the subversion of vampire tropes, old age is brutal, why vampires are so self-centered, *Only Lovers Left Alive*, Hannah's personal vendetta against *The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle*, optimistic and pessimistic nihilism, and the creation of meaning in every day life.2018-04-1850 minRemedial StudiesREmediaL STUDIES, Episode 11: Madeleine L'Engle's "A Wrinkle in Time"Time is weird. Sometimes things that are supposed to come out on Tuesdays actually come out early Saturday. Sometimes a trio of kids get pulled into an adventure about how love and compassion are the most powerful forces in the cosmos. These things are not as dissimilar as they appear.
Talking Points: The fallibility of humans, how hollow intellectualism will fall before a heart full of love, Trademark Christian Overtones, the importance of letting children feel exactly what they feel, can we ever really communicate our inner selves to others, sameness as totalitarianism, and, hey, like and equal are not...2018-04-0753 minRemedial StudiesREmediaL STUDIES, Episode 10: Kieron Gillen & Jamie McKelvie's "The Wicked + The Divine"With the help of some teenage angst-fueled divine intervention, we now return you to our regularly scheduled programming.
Talking Points: the cult of celebrity, the price of fame, saying a lot of names wrong, writing and drawing the world in full color, deification only leads to the fall, plot twists so fresh you'll want to punch something, and, hey, let female characters be awful, you cowards!
2018-03-2045 minRemedial StudiesREmediaL STUDIES, Episode 9: Alan Moore's "Watchmen"On this episode of REmediaL STUDIES, the doomsday clock ticks closer to midnight. We enter an alternate history of super heroes and villains that turned the comic world on its head, and remains uncomfortably relevant over thirty years after publication.
Talking points: the assignment of meaning to meaningless objects, time is weird, how we respond to media that isn't meant for us, the persistence of nuclear anxiety, how much Rachel hates Doctor Manhattan, what really matters if nothing ever ends, and, hey, who watches the watchmen?2018-02-2151 minRemedial StudiesREmediaL STUDIES, Episode 8: The Duffer Brothers' "Stranger Things"A week late, but hopefully not a dollar short, today we journey back in time to suburban Indiana and through both seasons of this show that has dominated pop culture and our Netflix feeds.
Talking Points: Not splitting the party, the hero's journey, getting distracted by how much we hate Billy, the gender divide in vulnerability and vilification, the marketability of nostalgia, a comfort in formula, standing in your truth (and tropes), and, hey, not every female character has to be likable.2018-02-1247 minRemedial StudiesREmediaL STUDIES, Bonus Episode: Guillermo Del Toro's "The Shape of Water"Our experiments into making more content commence with our first off week episode. We left the theater teary eyed this Christmas and we come to you with a tale of a princess without voice, and the fish-man boyfriend we all started this year wanting for ourselves.
Talking points: how structure informs story, the fluidity of genre, what does it mean to have a voice in both a story and in real life, empathy in the face of societal violence, beautiful monstrosities, the softness of water, and, hey, maybe true love is real.2018-01-3050 minRemedial StudiesREmedaL STUDIES, Episode 7: Rian Johnson's "Star Wars: The Last Jedi"Another fortnight has passed, and this time we come to you from a galaxy far, far away. Let us whisk you away, into a story of a resistance and fan base divided.
Talking points: the oweness of cultural relevance, "Everything an Ordeal in Local Family", the narrative value of tradition versus the new, writing things for fun on the internet, flaws in character, power fantasy and response to villainy, the consequences of conflict and heroism, and hey, maybe one of the villains was the toxic masculinity we found along the way.2018-01-2353 minRemedial StudiesREmediaL STUDIES, Episode 6: Vladimir Nabokov's "Lolita"For our first episode of the year, we take a big ol' swing at a modern classic. As we always say, there are always wrong answers in literary study, and we're here to call 'em out, one _Vanity Fair_ quote at a time.
Talking Points: The exception to our Authorial Intent Is Boring rule, brain blossoming, wrapping ugliness in beauty, interpretation as a reflection of the reader, the effect of unreliable narrators, a (very) brief history of aestheticism, and, hey, maybe we should chill out on sexualizing pre-teens.2018-01-0953 minRemedial StudiesREmediaL STUDIES, Episode 5: Year in ReviewThe end of 2017 is upon us, and we bring you glad tidings of media consumed and enjoyed. For this episode, we discuss the top ten things we read, watched, played, and listened to that made this year bright. So saddle up with a full plate of leftovers and join us, won't you?
Talking points: lady monsters, the magic of the Discworld, CRJ's everything, how we have way too many feelings about Dungeons and Dragons, fae and their courtly hijinks, the power of keys both to their bearers and the things they unlock, the notion of personhood, and hey, sometimes the...2017-12-2656 minRemedial StudiesREmediaL STUDIES, Episode 4: Taika Waititi's "Thor: Ragnarok"Through scheduling changes and last minute recordings, we come to you once more, bearing gifts of Norse myth and movie legend. In this episode, we parse through the comedic and the political threads of the newest offering from Marvel Studios and lament about how Tom Hiddleston's face Does The Thing.
In the immortal words of the bards themselves: Valhalla, we are coming.
Talking points: We almost forget this isn't supposed to be a Guillermo del Toro themed episode, #LetChrisHemsworthBeFunny, undoing character assassination, seriously how does his face Do That, the generational impact of imperialism, how you just gotta let the...2017-12-1247 minRemedial StudiesREmediaL STUDIES, Episode 3: George R. R. Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire"If you think we talk too much about one book, you should hear us go to town on a six-volume series. This episode has it all: righteous fury, both academic and personal, a potential drinking game to be made out of how many times we say "interesting," Tolkien callouts, Serena Williams, and Rachel giving a mini-lecture about English history.
Also, spoilers.
Talking points: reconstruction vs deconstruction, an American in Middle Earth, from page to screen: violence against women, character assassination in adaptation, history as source material, lady knights, Strong Female Characters, #YouAin'tSlickGeorge.2017-11-2857 minRemedial StudiesREmediaL STUDIES, Episode 2: Taylor Swift's "Reputation"A second episode! We're just as shocked as you, we swear!
This week, we delve into Taylor Swift's most recent studio album _Reputation_ (as much as we can) and all the cans of worms that seem to have come with it.
Talking points: identity as construction, aesthetic over content, the tenuous and conditional acceptance of the female celebrity, the ACLU pun fest, can art ever be separate from the artist, lawful evil capitalism, and hey, Nazis are bad.2017-11-1448 minRemedial StudiesREmediaL STUDIES, Episode 1: Mark Z. Danielewski's "House of Leaves"In the inaugural episode of REmediaL STUDIES, we dive into the twisting pathways of Mark Danielewski's enigmatic debut novel _House of Leaves_ and manage to keep ourselves mostly on track while doing it.
This is not for you.
Talking points: Introductions and instructions to the audience, death of the author, kitchen mics, setting as character, mind theatres, academic fraud, Jack Dorito, what evil lurks in the hearts (and hallways) of man.2017-10-3155 min