You can mention so many books that aren't controversial like this, you know, that people misinterpret, you know?

Yes, yes.

People misinterpret Tom Sawyer, you know?

Yeah.

And I think when you don't teach books, you lose the context in which a book was written, the time period, which it was written, and you're not being challenged in the way that the author was

intending to challenge people.

Welcome to the Stacks, a podcast about books and the people who read them.

I'm your host, Tracy Thomas, and it's the Stacks Book Club Day.

And this month, we are

discussing the 1955 novel, Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov, with our returning guest, author and

podcaster Ira Madison III. This novel follows Humbert, Humbert, a man consumed by his obsession

with a 12-year-old girl named Dolores Hayes, who he calls Lolita.

It's a book that has been widely debated for decades, both for its place in the literary canon

and for the way it manipulates the reader. We talk about all that and a lot more on today's episode.

As a reminder, there are spoilers on today's episode, so make sure you've either read the book

before you listen or decide that you don't care about spoilers and carry on. Be sure to listen to the end of

today's episode to find out what our March book club pick will be. And as a reminder, everything

Ira and I talk about on today's episode can be found in the link in the show notes.

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