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.)
The History of Literature Podcast: Now Available on Pocket Casts
Pocket Casts has included The History of Literature on its World Book Day collection of podcast recommendations. The History of Literature is now available in Pocket Casts' Discover in-app and on its web player.
HOL Literary Tour in England
The HOL inaugural literary tour in England begins on May 6. We're excited as final plans take shape for our time in London, Oxford and Bath. Guests scheduled to join us on the tour include:Will Tosh, Director of Education at the Globe Theater (S…







