F***bois of Literature Book Podcast

When I was a little kid, my dad's favorite song was Roy Rogers & Dale Evans's "Happy Trails." Here are the first few verses:Happy trails to you, until we meet againHappy trails to you, keep smilin' until thenWho cares about the clouds when we're together?Just sing a song and bring the sunny weatherHappy trails to you, 'till we meet againSome trails are happy onesOthers are blueIt's the way you ride the trail that countsHere's a happy one for you.So, I suppose it's fitting that FBOL ends (for now? maybe?) while talking about one of America's great Westerns, Larry McMurtry's LONESOME DOVE. Everything is in this book, partially because it's over 900 pages long, and partially because so much of America stopped progressing in the 1870s. This book is everything, and it is wonderful. I decided not to cut it down into two episodes, but I understand that two hours of book talk is a lot. I hope you all get as much out of it as I did recording it with Lynne & Leslie.Please follow them over at their show Fine Beats & Cheeses: http://finebeatsandcheeses.comThey also have a Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/FineBeatsandCheeses/postsAnd if you want to keep in touch with ME, I am still podcasting over at Ticklish Business, where we have a lot in store for the rest of this year! https://www.patreon.com/c/TicklishBiz/home

My favorite lawyer is back to discuss the crossover between Jurisprudence and ChickLit– Abby ( @ClapIfYouLikeMe ) was forced through the wringer with Amanda Brown's original text, LEGALLY BLONDE.

Dr. Daniel Kasper (@ghostingdani over on Bluesky!) is back in a very short turn around to discuss Faustian bargains, fashion, and Bush-era expectations in this FIRST installment of our long (long) conversation about THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA. He manages to bring it back to Shirley Jackson rather eloquently in this episode!

If you're familiar with the movie, it means you probably know NOTHING about the book. JAWS by Peter Benchley is an absolute classic, a multi-million dollar earning blockbuster book turned movie that just about MADE Steven Spielberg. But what's up with the novel? Just some of your classic summertime, monster-movie beach read type stuff like mafia-led real estate fraud, class politics, and dead sheep. Follow our guest Amanda Smith online!Listen to DISASTER GIRLS : http://www.thatmightbecool.com/disastergirls Twitter: https://twitter.com/disaster_pod Amanda's Twitter: https://twitter.com/AmandaRTubbs 

Dr. Daniel Kasper (@ghostingdani over on Bluesky!) is back in a very short turn around to discuss Faustian bargains, fashion, and Bush-era expectations in this FIRST installment of our long (long) conversation about THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA.

The incomparable Martha Smith (@MostlyMartha on Bluesky) is here to discuss Sarah Vowell's "creative nonfiction" juggernaut ASSASSINATION VACATION. Released 20 years ago this year, the novel-length personal essay on Vowell's own ruminations on murder, death, and the American dream is really hitting... well, not differently, but exactly the same as when we first read it in 2005.Grab a copy of the book today: https://bookshop.org/p/books/assassination-vacation-sarah-vowell/951959?ean=9780743260046&next=t

CONTENT WARNING: Drug abuse, suicide, pregnancy loss, abortion, divorce, rape, sexual assault, child abuse, child loss, mental illness, lots of others.Lauren Emily Whalen is here to discuss Joan Didion's most celebrated work of fiction: the novel PLAY IT AS IT LAYS. We discuss cool girl myths, aging, mental illness, and worrying about the livers of anyone who lived through the 1970s.Catch Lauren on social media:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laurenemilywrites/BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/laurenemilywrites.bsky.socialWebsite: http://laurenemilywrites.com

Two of my faves, Hannah and Laura of OWWR Pod (https://owwrpod.com), are back to discuss something that has very little to do with Jesus– Sharon Creech's Newbery Award Winning kid lit novel WALK TWO MOONS! Listen to the rest of this episode on our Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/fuckboisoflitListen to OWWR On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/46ylm98LZ8OgYZZEV2rELx?si=75991adab1b54cedFind them on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/owwrpod.bsky.social