"Freyr" by Tommy Orange

"Freyr" by Tommy Orange

A reading of Tommy Orange's story "Freyr" [https://www.all-story.com/volume/22/number/4/story/2] originally published in the Winter 2018-2019 issue of Zoetrope: All-Story.

Stream of Consciousness in Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway (part 5)

Jace continues reading Mrs. Dalloway [http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks02/0200991h.html]. In this section we see a lot go down with Septimus and Rezia. They are able to bond and laugh over Rezia having to make a ridiculously small hat for a woman with a large head, and **SPOILER** in an unexpected series of quick events Septimus throws himself from a window after hearing Sir William Bradshaw coming up the stairs to where they're at. We also witness minor events leading up to Clarissa Dalloway's party. [Content Warning: Suicide]

Stream of Consciousness in Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway (part 4)

Jace continues reading Mrs. Dalloway [http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks02/0200991h.html]. Septimus and Rezia deal with a psychiatrist. Richard Dalloway goes to lunch with Hugh Whitbread and Lady Bruton. We end with Richard giving Clarissa roses, but he doesn't tell he that he loves her even though he told himself he would. She realizes that their relationship is a lot more hollow than she initially thought.

(BONUS) St. Patrick's Day Special - Epiphanies in James Joyce's "Araby"

A St. Patrick's Day episode featuring James Joyce [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SuHkY2wAQA]'s story "Araby" [https://www.plato-philosophy.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Araby.pdf] from his collection Dubliners [https://www.gutenberg.org/files/2814/2814-h/2814-h.htm] (1914). The discussion is brief and covers Joyce's use of epiphany in his short fiction. Music: "Ordinary People" by Working for a Nuclear Free City

Stream of Consciousness in Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway (part 3)

Jace continues reading Virginia Woolf [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1W7wqXD_b0]'s Mrs. Dalloway [http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks02/0200991h.html]. In this section we read more about Septimus Warren Smith's trauma, his life before the war, and Rezia's relationship with Septimus. We also get snippets of Peter Walsh throughout. The discussion focuses more on how Woolf uses interior monologue, stream of consciousness, and head hopping to bring out the themes of loneliness, isolation, and trauma in the lives of all the main characters. Mrs. Dalloway's plot line is just barely beginning to come in contact with Septimus's plot line, and in the next episode or two, we'll see a convergence of the two characters and their narratives. Intro and outro music: "Ordinary People" by Working for a Nuclear Free City. If any of you are interested in any of Virginia Woolf's other works, here are links to To the Lighthouse [https://opentextbc.ca/englishliterature/wp-content/uploads/sites/27/2014/10/To-the-Lighthouse-Etext-Edited.pdf], Orlando [http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks02/0200331.txt], The Waves [http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks02/0201091h.html], The Voyage Out [https://www.gutenberg.org/files/144/144-h/144-h.htm], Flush: A Biography [http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks03/0301041h.html], The Years [http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks03/0301221h.html], and Between the Acts [http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks03/0301171h.html].