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Talk Write

Talk Write

By: Brandon Cook
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  • Bleak House Revisited

    Bleak House Revisited
    Jun 26 2025

    Today, we’re revisiting an episode from February. What makes Dickens’s “Bleak House” so compelling? A number of factors, not least of which is his as-always remarkable powers of description, mood, and setting-building. Nothing exemplifies this better than the opening pages of this middle masterpiece.



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    10 mins
  • Orientalism: A (Blurry) Window to the East

    Orientalism: A (Blurry) Window to the East
    Jun 24 2025

    Today, I offer my thoughts about Edward Said’s classic 1978 study, “Orientalism.” According to Said, for the past three hundred years, Western powers have built up a series of representations and traditions about Eastern culture which now forms the background to everything said or thought about Eastern culture. Listen to my thoughts about Said’s thesis, and where I think it goes astray.



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    17 mins
  • The Best Christian Novel?

    The Best Christian Novel?
    Jun 18 2025

    Today, we’re talking about what gives this 1827 novel by Allesandro Manzoni the claim of “Greatest Christian Novel Ever Written.” Is it the celebration of marriage? The dauntless, magnanimous characters? The humanity shown for even the most depraved villain? All of the above? Absolutely! Not to mention the fact that it’s a wonderful action-adventure historical novel of the highest quality, a page-turner, and chock-full of characters you love and characters you love to hate.



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    22 mins

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