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Who reads John Updike?
FromThe TLS Podcast
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Length:
53 minutes
Released:
Jul 3, 2019
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Podcast episode
Description
Do the kids – in these times of identity politics – still read Updike? The answer is “probably not”. But should they? Claire Lowdon makes the case; Toby Lichtig discusses Chelsea Manning, the US Army data analyst turned whistle-blower, and a new documentary on her life; Eric Rauchway considers the prevalence of pro-Nazi feeling and policy in 1940s America and beyond Novels 1959–1965: The Poorhouse Fair, Rabbit, Run, The Centaur, Of the Farm, by John Updike (Library of America)XY Chelsea, directed by Tim Travers HawkinsHitler’s American Friends: The Third Reich’s supporters in the United States, by Bradley HartThe Unwanted: America, Auschwitz, and a village caught in between, by Michael Dobbs
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Released:
Jul 3, 2019
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Titles in the series (100)
Shakespeare's Sonnets: The Times Literary Supplement - an occasional series of readings. Alan Jenkins reads a selection of Shakespeare's Sonnets. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. by The TLS Podcast