Interview With The Vampire - Literary Literacy

Book Talk for BookTok

Cloud10

Arts, Books

4.8 • 642 Ratings

🗓️ 4 June 2026

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Welcome to Academia Unlocked, our literary deep-dive series on Book Talk for BookTok! In this episode, we kick off our three-part series discussing Interview With The Vampire by Anne Rice With over 13 years of combined academic training in literature and creative writing, we walk listeners through the foundational tools of reading beyond the surface. The book community talks about the "decline of literacy" constantly, but almost no one stops to define what literary literacy actually is or how to build it. This series exists to change that. One of the most common ways readers come to Interview with the Vampire is as a horror story. A man becomes a monster and spends eternity regretting it. But Anne Rice was doing something far more precise on the page: writing a confession that doubles as an elegy, for grief that couldn't be named, for love that couldn't be spoken, for a community already disappearing before the world had a word for what was taking it. This series is about making space for both of those readings at once. Whether you fell in love with Lestat on your screen, couldn't put the novel down at 2am, or only know Louis de Pointe du Lac as Brad Pitt looking beautiful and tragic, this series will give you the critical lens to engage with Anne Rice's world with more depth, more confidence, and a lot more to say. The Subtext Society Journal: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://thesubtextsocietyjournal.substack.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ We’re thrilled to announce our newest venture: The Subtext Society Journal—the first of its kind, dedicated to Romance, Romantasy, and fandom with an academic yet accessible voice. We’re publishing original essays and thought pieces, and we encourage listeners to submit their own articles for a chance to be featured. Share your thoughts for a chance to be featured! Submit them at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠booktalkforbooktok.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for a future mini-episode or exclusive Patreon discussion. Support the Show: Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠patreon.com/booktalkforbooktok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Merch: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Etsy Store⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Us on Social: Instagram: @BookTalkForBookTok TikTok: @BookTalkForBookTok YouTube: @BookTalkForBookTok Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Amy, I have an itch and it is for a spicy, dark romance, and I need one bad.
0:05.0	I have the book for you. It is a reign of shadows and endings by Melissa K. Rourick.
0:09.7	It was an instant New York Times bestseller. It was a huge indie hit on book talk, and I think it is right up your alley.
0:17.0	It seriously has some of my favorite tropes, like shifters, vampires, witches, you know how I feel about vampires?
0:22.8	There can never be enough. It has the best morally gray characters, faded mates, meddling gods, force proximity, touch her and die. One bed, one horse, he falls first. Enemies with benefits. I loved enemies with benefits. Don't tell me your feelings at all. Just ravage me,
0:41.9	please. I need to read this immediately. I love that there's even LGBTQ rep. The series overall
0:47.9	features romantic relationships like MFM Polyamory, MM, and FM. give it all to me. You know how I love to feel devastated
0:57.6	by reading a book. A Rain of Shadows and Endings is it. And if you're like Jack and I, and you love
1:04.2	special editions, there is a gorgeous deluxe version with stenciled edges, foil details, and full
1:10.7	color character arc from Kensington
1:12.6	publishing. It is, in fact, in my heart currently. We're so excited to read it and you can too.
1:18.0	You can find a reign of shadows and endings by Melissa K. Rourich wherever books are sold in print
1:23.7	and in ebook. You can also find Melissa online at her website, Melissa K-Rorick.com, at Melissa
1:30.8	K-Rourik on Instagram and at author Melissa K-Rourke on TikTok.
1:39.3	That's R-O-E-H-R-I-C.
1:44.1	Attention all passengers.
1:46.5	The Uber ride for Jeff's rugby team will depart in five minutes from Platform 15.
1:52.1	Your ride comes with six toilets and a refreshment's carriage that you'll empty within five minutes.
1:58.9	Thank you for booking your tickets on Uber.
2:02.7	Trains on Uber.
2:04.4	Hey everyone, it's Olivia Culpo, and I can't wait to tell you all about Abercrombie's new summer
2:08.9	collection.
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