Close Reading Feudalism(s) in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn with James Phelan (A Project Narrative Crossover)

James Phelan and Matt Seybold read and discuss the Shepherdsons and Grangerfords episode.

Netflix Necrocapitalism & The House of Usher with Jane Hu & Phillip Maciak

A new season kicks off with a discussion of the recent Neflix adaptation of Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Fall Of The House of Usher.”

Unlearning Racism: What Roles Can Works By Mark Twain Play in An Anti-Racist Pedagogy?

A wonderful essay by Shelley Fisher Fishkin originally published in the Japanese literary journal, Mark Twain Studies.

Ponzi Austerity In The Age of Cultural Abundance (Criticism LTD, Episode #3)

How has the systemic defunding and deprofessionalizing of humanities academia impacted literary criticism? Why is there such a flourishing culture industry if demand for cultural education is supposedly declining?

Hungover From The Bad Old Days of High Theory (Criticism LTD, Episode #2)

What is criticism? Why should it matter? Can it be saved from the gun-toting businessman? A crossover episode with the High Theory podcast.