Sept. 9, 2025
Jacke and Mike Palindrome in Conversation: Top 10 Animals in Literature
Revisit your favorite animals in literature by listening to an early appearance of Mike Palindrome, the President of the Literature Supporters Club, on the show. In January 2018, Mike joined Jacke for on the podcast to talk the Top 10 Animals in Literature. In the episode (Episode 128), Jacke and Mike conduct a draft, picking their favorite literary works with animals, big and small, that have enchanted or enraged or in some ways affected humanity. Works discussed include those by William Shakespeare, Herman Melville, Roald Dahl, T.S. Eliot, Leo Tolstoy, Franz Kafka, Ovid, William Blake, Beverly Cleary, and George Orwell, among many others. (Mike first joined Jacke in Episode 32, which was about Debut Novels.)
November: Special Discount on Great Detective! An Adventure for Two People
It's the Thanksgiving month of November, and HOL Press has a special discount code for Great Detective! An Adventure for Two People. Visit press.historyofliterature.com and enter THANKS26 at checkout to get 26% off.
Episode 840: A History of the Romance Novel with Dale DeBakcsy
In Episode 840, Dale DeBakcsy is an author, illustrator, essayist, instructor, and the creative mind behind the popular Women in Science column. He's also a lifelong fan of romance novels. In this episode, Jacke talks to Dale about his book A Histor…