Episodes
Wednesday Jun 30, 2021
H. P. Lovecraft Book Club: Series 8: Episode 5: Letters, Jan-April 1933
Wednesday Jun 30, 2021
Wednesday Jun 30, 2021
More of Lovecraft's letters are examined in this episode covering the period from January to April 1933. Some of the most notable elements include the publication of DREAMS IN THE WITCH HOUSE and the death of H.S. Whitehead.
Wednesday Jun 30, 2021
Episode 461: Barbara Tuchman: The Proud Tower (Chapters 5-6)
Wednesday Jun 30, 2021
Wednesday Jun 30, 2021
As we move on in Barbara Tuchman's THE PROUD TOWER we explore chapters devoted to the Hague Conventions on peace with their successes and failures, as well German culture. The later chapter deals almost exclusively with the career of Richard Strauss, the composer.
Wednesday Jun 23, 2021
H. P. Lovecraft Book Club: Series 8: Episode 4: Letters, Nov. 1932-Jan. 1933
Wednesday Jun 23, 2021
Wednesday Jun 23, 2021
In this episode, I talk about the fourth volume of H. P. Lovecraft's Selected Letters, focusing on the winter of 1932-1933. Overall, a tame set of letters during a transformative period for the United States and the world.
Wednesday Jun 23, 2021
Episode 460: BarbaraTuchman: The Proud Tower (Chapters 3-4)
Wednesday Jun 23, 2021
Wednesday Jun 23, 2021
In chapters 3-4 of THE PROUD TOWER by Barbara Tuchman we examine the emergence of a new phase of American imperialism and the Dreyfus Affair in France. These two chapters are not very related, but the entire book is quite fragmented.
Sunday Jun 13, 2021
H. P. Lovecraft Book Club: Series 8: Episode 3: Letters July-October 1932
Sunday Jun 13, 2021
Sunday Jun 13, 2021
I continue to explore the fourth volume of Lovecraft's selected letters. While these 20 letters are not the most exciting we see a continuation of some important themes: frustration with publication in commercial fiction market and Lovecraft's flirtation with fascism.
Sunday Jun 13, 2021
Episode 459: Barbara Tuchman: The Proud Tower (1)
Sunday Jun 13, 2021
Sunday Jun 13, 2021
I kick off my four-part look at THE PROUD TOWER by Barbara Tuchman. The first two chapters of this book look at pre-Great War British aristocracy and anarchism. Two topics that do not see to meld, within a book that does either.
Sunday Jun 06, 2021
H. P. Lovecraft Book Club: Series 8: Episode 2: Letters March-July 1932
Sunday Jun 06, 2021
Sunday Jun 06, 2021
In these letters we see Lovecraft's continued frustration over the the state of the magazine fiction market and the personal impact of the death of his aunt, Lillian Clark.
Sunday Jun 06, 2021
Episode 458: Barbara Tuchman: Guns of August (5)
Sunday Jun 06, 2021
Sunday Jun 06, 2021
The finale of my review of THE GUNS OF AUGUST by Barabara Tuchman. I give my overall feelings of this text along with a look at the last chapters and Tuchman's conclusion.