Ulysses, Part 3
Ben, Gemma, and Hillary have a lot of questions about Molly Bloom, and wonder if Leo's famed gift of empathy extends to women at all. Gemma pitches a ...
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Ulysses, Part 2
Ben, Gemma, and Hillary have a lot of questions about ULYSSES. Why does it contain a 200-page play? What is Leo Bloom's greatest gift as a human being...
Ulysses, Part 1
Ben, Gemma, and Hillary prepare themselves to read ULYSSES. Hillary walks us through the obscenity court cases surrounding it, Ben compares it to "Fam...
The Odyssey, Part 2
So ... Odysseus has PTSD, right? That's what Ben, Gemma, and Danielle speculate as they finish The Odyssey. Generally, it's considered untoward to mur...
The Odyssey, Part 1
Ben, Gemma, and special guest Danielle Sheehan tackle the most classic of all classics over the next two episodes -- THE ODYSSEY, by Homer, the founda...
Wuthering Heights
CanonBallz returns with Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights, a delirious nightmare of a novel that is a true delight to read. Is Heathcliff an actual dem...
The Great Gatsby
Update: CanonBallz is back, and from now on it will update every other Friday. The new schedule begins with THE GREAT GATSBY, a book you may have hate...
Ethan Frome
Ben and Gemma discuss the bleakest book you ever had to read in high school, Edith Wharton's ETHAN FROME. Is it too sad? Is it as sad as life itself i...
The Scarlet Letter, Part 2
In honor of Valentine's Day, Ben, Gemma, and Sarah finish up their exploration of everyone's favorite adulterous canon relationship. The real devil mi...
The Scarlet Letter, Part 1
Ben and Gemma welcome Sarah Kuhn to talk about everyone's (least) favorite high school literature classic -- THE SCARLET LETTER. Is it a romance, a hu...