The Book Light Podcast

10/31/2018

Happy international day! Today, people from all over the world will get together to read and talk about Mary Shelley’s haunting novel, which is celebrating its 200th birthday this year. Halloween is the perfect time to delve into Shelley’s tale of hubris, creation, and revenge - and once you’re done, be sure to check out our podcast episode on the origins and afterlives of Frankenstein. Find it on our website (link in profile) or iTunes. Happy reading! 🎃
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07/02/2018

It’s alivvvvvvve!!! (Sorry, impossible to resist.) The latest episode of The Book Light Podcast has dropped! It’s all about the genre-busting, form-shattering Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, which is celebrating its 200th birthday this year.

Listen to learn all about how “the creation myth of our time” came to be (and to feel smug the next time someone refers to the Monster as Frankenstein). You’ll also hear an amazing interview with the brilliant Dr. Giffen Maupin, who drops all kinds of knowledge about Romanticism and stitches and friendship. You can find the ep on our website (thebooklight.org) or subscribe and rate on iTunes. And if you listen, let us know what you think!

04/14/2018

Here is a drawing of Cedar Hill, Frederick Douglass’ last home in the Anacostia neighborhood of Washington, D.C., from when he lived there, and a picture from a visit last month. You’ll see the exterior of the house is nearly unchanged from Douglass’ time, and the interior is incredibly preserved as well. From this spot, Douglass could look down over the capital city that welcomed and excluded him, that he critiqued and implored to change. It’s a marvelous place to visit if you’re in D.C.—an embodiment of how much change Douglass and others created in his lifetime, and how much work there is left to do.

Curious to learn more about Douglass’ life and times? Visit our website thebooklight.org and subscribe/download on iTunes!

04/08/2018

Our second episode, on the life and times of Frederick Douglass, is live! Listen to learn more about Douglass the writer--including the constant revisions he made to his own life story, his experimental novella, our favorite speeches, and more. We also make a visit to Douglass's house in the Anacostia neighborhood of D.C. to see how the great man lives on today, and we interview Dr. Alex Black about 2018. Download and subscribe on iTunes (link below), or check out the episode on our website, thebooklight.org.

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03/30/2018

Who was the most photographed American of the nineteenth century? Frederick Douglass! Throughout his life, Douglass harnessed the power of his own image to challenge hierarchies of power and create change. Our next podcast episode covers this aspect of Douglass's remarkable life, and much more.

The abolitionist wanted to ensure a more accurate depiction of black Americans during the tumultuous years before the Civil War, Harvard's John Stauffer writes in Picturing Frederick Douglass.

03/22/2018

On this day-after- , we're turning our thoughts to spring. What's your favorite springtime poem? Here's ours, from the ever astonishing .

03/21/2018

Happy ! Why not celebrate with a bit of Poe-try? Listen to our first podcast episode for much more on Poe's legacy as a master of poetic sound and rhythm! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-book-light/id1356858848

03/15/2018

Go behind the scenes of our first episode, on Edgar Allan Poe, by checking out our blog! You'll learn how to convince a 4-year-old to accompany you to the grave of a long-dead author (hint: fill him up with really good Vietnamese fusion food, from The Red Boat in Baltimore). Read all about it here: http://thebooklight.org/blog

03/09/2018

Our first episode--on the creepy, moody, misunderstood Edgar Allan Poe--is live! You can find it listed on iTunes or on our website, thebooklight.org.

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03/05/2018

Coming soon!