Welcome back to another episode of Extra Literary Affairs, a LitFiction podcast. Today I am exploring and engaging with the tradition of reading creepy ghost stories during long cold nights of the holiday season. I am advocating for everyone to read ghost stories to help us make it through the winter and connect us to ancient traditions. There is no better ghost short story than "The Empty House" at 9-10 pages long, this is a short but incredibly sharp tale that will literally give you chills.

Check out this week's episode where we discuss "One Christmas Eve" by Langston Hughes. Follow along as we analyze the technical structure of this story and the nuance of this holiday story.

Welcome back to another episode of Extra Literary Affairs, a LitFiction podcast. Today I am discussing and analyzing Audre Lorde's essay, "Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic as Power". In it, she advocates for us to forget out connection forged for us between the word "erotic" and adult content. When we reclaim fully embracing our experiences, we can live a fuller life and rebel against oppressive forces.

Check out this week's episode where we reflect on this past year of reading on our podcast and in our personal reading lives. We discuss our favorites, our least memorable, and stories we wished we had analyzed.

Check out this week's new episode as Jennifer discusses her love for the work of George Saunders.

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Check out this week's episode where we discuss "Ghoul" by George Saunders featured in the New Yorker in 2020. Listen along as Jennifer and Joey delve deeper into this underground world and try to discover is plethora of secrets.

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Welcome back to another episode of Extra Literary Affairs, a LitFiction podcast. This week I am discussing two poems by William Blake that share the same name, "The Chimney Sweeper". Follow along as I explore his life, the inspiration for his work, and the journey of the fiction chimney sweeper as he grows from young and innocent to old and experienced.

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Check out this week's episode where we discuss Shakespeare Part II, Sonnet 18.

We know Shakespeare can seem hard to understand, so our goal is for you to walk away with the understanding that you already have everything you need to decode this dated language. This sonnet is well-known and will help you better connect with the words of the world's greatest playwright.

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