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Learning The Tropes: A Reading Podcast

Learning The Tropes: A Reading Podcast

By: Erin Leafe and Clayton Gumbert
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Longtime friends Erin and Clayton sit down for a monthly chat about all things books.Copyright 2019 All rights reserved. Art Literary History & Criticism
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  • Erin and Clayton read Lonesome Dove!
    Feb 16 2026

    We're back!

    A little older, wiser and with a whole new vibe. In this episode Erin and Clayton discuss where they've been, what they've been reading and why they're back!

    Full episode also on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/@learningthetropespodcast

    Erin's Best Reads of 2025

    These Summer Storms by Sarah MacLean

    Our Song by Anna Carey

    You Dreamed of Empires by Alvaro Enrigue

    The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa

    Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar

    A Ghost in the Throat by Doireann Ní Ghríofa

    Clayton's Best Reads of 2025

    The Wall Marlen Haushofer

    Sky Daddy by Kate Folk

    Blue Light Hours by Bruna Dantas Labato

    Breaking and Entering by Joy Williams

    Stainless by Todd Grimson

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    1 hr and 21 mins
  • It Ends With Us (2024) Movie Review (w/Clayton Gumbert)
    Aug 29 2024

    Clayton & Erin return to discuss the Colleen Hoover adaptation It Ends With Us!

    See Clayton and Producer Patty live onstage in Los Angeles on Tuesday October 8:

    https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-bo-boys-present-box-office-save-america-tickets-908516526387

    New York City live show on Oct 22! Get your tickets:

    https://events.humanitix.com/the-b-o-boys-in-box-office-save-america

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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • Interview with Yulin Kuang!
    Apr 10 2024

    This episode I chat with romance author Yulin Kuang about her debut novel How to End a Love Story, adapting romance novels for film and her writing process!

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    See Clayton and Producer Patty live onstage in Los Angeles on Tuesday October 8:

    https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-bo-boys-present-box-office-save-america-tickets-908516526387

    New York City live show on Oct 22! Get your tickets:

    https://events.humanitix.com/the-b-o-boys-in-box-office-save-america

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    Please Rate, Review and Follow on Apple Podcasts. It helps the podcast grow.

    MERCH!

    Go to Tee-Public to get T-Shirts, Totes, Onesies and MORE:

    http://tee.pub/lic/learningthetropes

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    Instagram @learningthetropes

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    Email: learningthetropespodcast@gmail.com

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    1 hr and 14 mins
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