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Close Reads is a book-club podcast for the incurable reader co-hosted by David Kern, Heidi White, Sean Johnson, and occasionally Tim McIntosh. We read good books and talk about them. This is a show for amateurs in the best sense. This is not an experts show: we’re book lovers, book enthusiasts. Our goal is have empathetic and intelligent conversations about good books. Close Reads is produced by Goldberry Studios, the podcast wing of Goldberry Books, a family-run indie bookshop in Concord, N...

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Piranesi: Parts 2 and 3

May 5th, 2025 5:14 PM

Welcome back to our ongoing conversation on Susanna Clarke’s Piranesi. This week we’re discussing the book’s genre-bending nature, Clarke’s extremely allusive approach (from Coleridge to Lewis and others in between), whether the house of a dark place or a peaceful place, and much more. Happy listening! Thank you for subscribing. Leave a comment or share this episode.

Piranesi: Part 1

Apr 28th, 2025 3:43 PM

Welcome to a new series! It’s time to dig into Susanna Clarke’s Piranesi, a book that’s been requested many times since its release in 2020. In this episode, we’re previewing things and thinking about how to read it before discussing part 1. Happy listening! Thank you for subscribing. Leave a comment or share this episode.

O Pioneers!: Q&A Episode

Apr 22nd, 2025 9:15 PM

You had questions; we did our best to answer them. It’s the final episode on O Pioneers!, and we’re sad to see it go. Happy listening! Thank you for subscribing. Leave a comment or share this episode.

O Pioneers!: To the End

Apr 15th, 2025 12:42 AM

This week, Sean describes how he wasn’t prepared for the ending of this book and we discuss the precision of the writing in some of the key scenes. Plus: Is it more tragic or comic (in the literary sense), what does the book have to say about justice, and much more. Happy listening! Thank you for subscribing. Leave a comment or share this episode.

O Pioneers!: Parts 2 & #

Apr 7th, 2025 9:43 PM

What do we make of Carl’s choices (and semi-pursuit) of Alexandra? Does he have anything to offer her? What makes Marie such a compelling character? Plus, how Marie and Emil are counterpoints to Carl and Alexandra. This and much more are topics of discussion on this week’s discussion of Willa Cather’s modern classic. Happy listening! Thank you for subscribing. Leave a comment or share this episode.

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