92 The Books of Our Lives

The History of Literature

Jacke Wilson

Arts, History, Books

4.6 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2017

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

“In the middle of life’s journey,” wrote Dante Alighieri, “I found myself in a selva oscura.” Host Jacke Wilson and frequent guest Mike Palindrome take stock of their own selva oscura in a particularly literary way: What books have they read? What books have been the most important to them? What do they expect to come next? It’s a celebration of reading – and friendship – on this episode of The History of Literature Podcast. Authors discussed include: John D. Fitzgerald, Karl Ove Knausgaard, Thomas Mann, Rainer Maria Rilke, Elena Ferrante, Alice Munro, Lorrie Moore, Jay McInerney, Rene Descartes, James Boswell and Samuel Johnson, Graham Greene, Patrick O’Brian, Marcel Proust, Javier Marias, Haruki Murakami, Paul Celan, and Leo Tolstoy. FREE GIFT! Write a review on iTunes (or another site), then send us an email at jackewilsonauthor@gmail.com to receive your free History of Literature postcard as a thank you gift. Act now while supplies last! Show Notes: Contact the host at jackewilsonauthor@gmail.com or by leaving a voicemail at 1-361-4WILSON (1-361-494-5766). You can find more literary discussion at jackewilson.com and more episodes of the series at historyofliterature.com. Check out our Facebook page at facebook.com/historyofliterature. You can follow Jacke Wilson at his Twitter account @WriterJacke. You can also follow Mike and the Literature Supporters Club (and receive daily book recommendations) by looking for @literatureSC. Music Credits: “Handel – Entrance to the Queen of Sheba” by Advent Chamber Orchestra (From the Free Music Archive / CC by SA). *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information about our shows, launches, and events. For more information on how The Podglomerate treats data, please see our Privacy Policy. Since you're listening to The History of Literature, we'd like to suggest you also try other Podglomerate shows surrounding literature, history, and storytelling like Storybound, Micheaux Mission, and The History of Standup. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The History of Literature Podcast is a member of the Podglamorate Network and LIT Hub Radio.
0:07.0	This episode of The History of Literature Podcast is brought to you by audible.
0:13.6	Get a free audio book download and a 30-day free trial at
0:16.8	W.w.w. dot Audible Trial.com slash H-O-L.
0:20.5	That's H as in Harold Lloyd, O is in Orson Wells, and L is in Lillian Gish.
0:27.0	Over 180,000 titles to choose from for your iPhone, Android, Kindle, and MP3 player. That's
0:34.4	W.W. dot Audible Trial.com slash H-O-L. Oh, Hello I'm Jack Wilson welcome to the show. Today is an exciting episode. Mike Pallandrome is here. Return of Mike Pallandrome. We've been getting a lot of requests to have Mike. Where's Mike? Where is Mike? Well, Mike is here today. Mike and I, as many of you know, are old friends. We go back a long time and today as he and I
1:16.3	reached the midpoint of our lives, the middle of the Selva Oskura, the dark wood as Dante might say, we come across a sign that says,
1:26.0	what have he read?
1:28.0	We're going to take a look at the books we've read over the decades.
1:32.0	This is a tribute to reading and friendship and a friendship
1:36.2	that really is founded on reading as much as anything. That's coming up. I hope you enjoy it.
1:41.6	Gar, I understand you have some interesting news for us.
1:45.0	Gar, our producer has been working on a theme for this episode.
1:49.7	I didn't know composing was one of your skills, Gar.
1:52.1	A theme for the show. know composing was one of your skills gar
2:00.0	a theme for the show or or the episode okay okay just this episode that's wonderful gar are going to get themes for every episode now?
2:05.0	That would be flattered. Can we hear it? Is it ready? Can you cue it up? Okay, we're ready. Here we go. The theme for this episode
2:20.6	composed by our very own producer, Gar.
2:25.0	Oh, he sells kind of familiar.
2:31.0	Like the sands through the hourglass.
2:34.0	Gar.
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