Aug. 4, 2026
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In Great Detective! An Adventure for Two People, you and a friend race through the streets of foggy London, testing your crime-solving abilities as Sherlock Holmes and his new sidekick. Each reader experiences the narrative from a different character’s point of view, coming together at key moments to decide where the story will go next. Can the two of you stay one step ahead of the criminals—and each other?
Episode 839: Elizabeth Barrett Browning with Fiona Sampson
In 1845, Edgar Allan Poe wrote, in a review of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's work, "Her poetic inspiration is the highest – we can conceive of nothing more august. Her sense of Art is pure in itself." Later that year, he dedicated his collection The …
Six Sylvia Plath Episodes on the History of Literature Podcast
Sylvia Plath (1932-1963) was born in Boston on October 27, 1932, the daughter of a German-born professor, Otto Plath, and his student, Aurelia Schober. After her father died in 1940, Plath's family moved to Wellesley, Massachusetts, where her mother…
