• April Reading Wrap-Up
    May 7 2025

    Welcome back to another episode of the Extra Literary Affairs podcast. This week we are wrapping up our reading for the month of April.

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    36 mins
  • Story Analysis - The Paper Menagerie - Ken Liu
    May 5 2025

    Welcome back to the Extra Literary Affairs podcast. This week we are discussing "The Paper Menagerie" by Ken Liu. Grab a tissue, this one's a tearjerker.

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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • Story Analysis: Hills Like White Elephants - Ernest Hemingway
    Apr 28 2025

    Welcome back to another episode of the Extra Literary Affairs podcast. This week we are discussing "Hills Like White Elephants" by Ernest Hemingway. In this episode we explain the "iceberg theory" and how Hemingway uses that to engage with the reader and his economical writing style.

    We would like to offer a content warning for discussions around abortion which is central to the narrative of this story.

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    53 mins
  • Story Analysis: A Rose for Emily - William Faulkner
    Apr 21 2025

    Welcome back to another episode of the Extra Literary Affairs podcast. This week we are discussing "A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner. We explore the differences in Faulkner's writing style compared to his more famous novels like The Sound and the Fury and As I Lay Dying. Let us know if you were also shocked by this surprise ending!

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    51 mins
  • Story Analysis: Happy Endings - Margaret Atwood
    Apr 14 2025

    Welcome back to another episode of the Extra Literary Affairs podcast. This week we are discussing "Happy Endings" by Margaret Atwood. In this quintessential post-modern short story, Atwood explores the craft of story-telling and challenges us to create narratives for ourselves.

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    37 mins
  • Story Analysis: The Lady in the Looking Glass - Virginia Woolf
    Apr 7 2025

    Welcome back to another episode of the "Extra Literary Affairs" podcast. This week we are analyzing, "The Lady in the Looking Glass" by Virigina Woolf. If you ever read Woolf's work and thought, "What is see talking about?", follow along as we delve deeper into her life and work.

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    52 mins
  • March Reading Wrap Up
    Apr 2 2025

    Welcome back to another episode of the Extra Literary Affairs podcast. This week we are wrapping up our March reading. We discuss our favorite stories of the month and what we are looking forward to in April.

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    43 mins
  • Story Analysis: The Smallest Woman in the World - Clarice Lispector
    Mar 31 2025

    Welcome back to another episode of the Extra Literary Affairs podcast. This week we are discussing "The Smallest Woman in the World" by Clarice Lispector. Follow along as we explore how characters express love, colonialism, and the nature of joy. We also dive into the life of the author and try to understand possible motivations for her writing.

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    1 hr and 13 mins