AmLit Readers: American Literature, Culture, and History Podcast

Texts and authors mentioned in passing: Antigone, Oedipus Rex, Yellowstone (tv show), Smoke Signals, The Last Duel (film), Unbearable Lightness of Being, Sophocles, Socrates, Homer, western genre, tragedy

Discussion of using popular culture to understand the dynamics of democracy, civic engagement, and neoliberalism in contemporary culture. Texts mentioned include the television episode "Day Break" from Yellowstone, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Kevin Costner movies.

Overview of the influence of the Book of Job on American literary culture. Texts and authors mentioned in passing include King James Bible, Robert Alter's translation of Job, Harold Bloom, Carl Jung, Herman Melville's Moby-Dick, Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, Edward P. Jones's The Known World, poet Emily Dickinson, Pulp Fiction, Hamlet, Casablanca

Discussion of Robert Frost, his poems, and place within literary modernism Check out YouTube video here: LINK [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTEhltPV1G8&t=32s] Get in touch @profomalley

Discussion of Moby-Dick Chapters 90-end. Check out YouTube video here:LINK [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijHc5W3faN8&t=5s] Get in touch @profomalley