Close Reads is a book-club podcast for the incurable reader. Featuring David Kern, Tim McIntosh and
What is the purpose of Alyosha? Is Shukov a hero? Is there a specific moral vision at the core of th
Join David, Heidi, and Tim as they dig into Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s classic prison novel—one of the
You have questions—we try to answer them. So join David, Heidi, and Tim as they discuss such things
Normally, we would be dropping a new subscriber-exclusive episode today, but since Monday was Labor
The final pages of The Picture of Dorian Gray are pretty wild, packed full of famous scenes and imag
It’s time for more Oscar Wilde talk. This week, the conversation explains how this section made Tim
Join David, Heidi, and Tim as they discuss the introduction of Sibyl Vane and her family, Dorian’s i
Tim’s back, friends—and it’s time for a new book! So join us as we dig into Oscar Wilde’s infamous n
We’re mixing things up this week! Join David, Heidi, and Sean as they draft the great cinematic adap
It’s time to answer listener questions about Everything Sad Is Untrue and we have the great honor of
And so we come to the end. Join David, Heidi, and Sean as they dig into Daniel Nayeri’s novel as a w
This section of Daniel Nayeri’s novel included a lot of . . . well . . . poop. So on this week’s epi
Daniel Nayeri’s Everything Sad is Untrue may be listed as a middle grade novel by its publisher, but
Here we are at the end of our conversation on Hawthorne’s novel, which means it’s time to answer you
In this episode, Sean and Heidi join David and get their say about the legacy of Cormac McCarthy—and
The great Cormac McCarthy died last week, leaving behind a canon of brilliant, challenging novels th
And so we come to the end of another novel! Join David, Heidi, and Karen as they dig into the ending
Heidi is in Greece this week (!), but David Kern and Karen Swallow Prior are back to continue this s
Does this book offer an alternative vision to the spiritual corruption that it criticizes? How would
Join David, Heidi, and special guest, Karen Swallow Prior, for a conversation about this very famous
