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**Hardcore Literature**

Welcome to your new favourite book club. If you enjoy deep dives into the greatest books ever written, you will love Hardcore Literature. Provocative poems, evocative epics, and life-changing literary analyses. We don’t just read the great books – we live them. Together we’ll suck the marrow out of Shakespeare, Homer, and Tolstoy. We’ll relish the most moving art ever committed to the page and stage from every age. Join us on the reading adventure of a lifetime.

Latest Episodes:

Ep 71 - Book Club Schedule for 2024 Dec 24, 2023

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If you're enjoying the Hardcore Literature Show, there are two ways you can show your support and ensure it continues:

1. Please leave a quick review on iTunes.

2. Join in the fun over at the Hardcore Literature Book Club: patreon.com/hardcoreliterature

Thank you so much. Happy listening and reading!

- Benjamin

Ep 70 - Gothic Literature and the Rise of the Vampire Oct 29, 2023

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If you're enjoying the Hardcore Literature Show, there are two ways you can show your support and ensure it continues:

1. Please leave a quick review on iTunes.

2. Join in the fun over at the Hardcore Literature Book Club: patreon.com/hardcoreliterature

Thank you so much. Happy listening and reading!

- Benjamin

Ep 69 - The Importance of Being Earnest (Oscar Wilde) Oct 14, 2023

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1. Please leave a quick review on iTunes.

2. Join in the fun over at the Hardcore Literature Book Club: patreon.com/hardcoreliterature

Thank you so much. Happy listening and reading!

- Benjamin

Ep 68 - How to Start Writing Literature (Lessons from Great Writers) Jul 12, 2023

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If you're enjoying the Hardcore Literature Show, there are two ways you can show your support and ensure it continues:

1. Please leave a quick review on iTunes.

2. Join in the fun over at the Hardcore Literature Book Club: patreon.com/hardcoreliterature

Thank you so much. Happy listening and reading!

- Benjamin

Ep 67 - How to Create a Powerful Daily Reading Practice Jun 04, 2023

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If you're enjoying the Hardcore Literature Show, there are two ways you can show your support and ensure it continues:

1. Please leave a quick review on iTunes.

2. Join in the fun over at the Hardcore Literature Book Club: patreon.com/hardcoreliterature

Thank you so much. Happy listening and reading!

- Benjamin

Timestamps:

0:00 a powerful morning reading practice
2:00 on staying consistent with your habits
7:00 how I structure readings of scripture
8:00 my meditative reading of Moby Dick
9:00 reading imaginative literature scripturally
10:00 speed-reading vs subvocalisation
11:00 on rereading resonant passages
12:00 theatre of the mind & simple contemplation
13:00 imagination, empathy, applying the senses
14:00 threefold present & eternity in the text
16:00 mindfulness in our everyday lives
17:00 future as string of present moments
19:00 good material for the reading practice
20:00 from Aurelius to Rilke & Tolstoy
22:00 how the practice differs from reading
24:00 how Virginia Woolf read great literature
25:00 why I love reading difficult books
26:00 reading as conversation & act of love
27:00 the ease and joy of the daily practice
28:00 the four steps of my reading practice
32:00 practice walkthrough with Tolstoy
33:00 Tolstoy's Wisdom: Passage One
39:00 Tolstoy's Wisdom: Passage Two
45:00 Tolstoy's Wisdom: Passage Three
48:00 Tolstoy's Wisdom: Passage Four
52:00 Tolstoy's Wisdom: Passage Five
56:00 Tolstoy's Wisdom: Passage Six
59:00 let us know about your practice

Ep 66 - The Bookish Q&A Show (Coffee with Hardcore Literature) Apr 26, 2023

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If you're enjoying the Hardcore Literature Show, there are two ways you can show your support and ensure it continues:

1. Please leave a quick review on iTunes.

2. Join in the fun over at the Hardcore Literature Book Club: patreon.com/hardcoreliterature

Thank you so much. Happy listening and reading!

- Benjamin

Timestamps:

0:00 expressing my gratitude for you
3:31 how to find meaning in our lives?
20:44 advice on keeping a commonplace book?
27:00 your thoughts on French Literature?
32:37 your favourite films and shows?
40:42 entry recommendations for big classics?
45:20 your process for making connections?
51:30 a master plan behind the syllabus?
53:15 can you riff on Tolstoy's sense of love?
58:35 how to love someone for who they are?
1:03:40 character names in Shakespeare?
1:06:05 three writers you would have coffee with?
1:07:48 what is your literary guilty pleasure?
1:09:00 what is the greatest decade ever for novels?
1:11:00 what podcasts do you enjoy listening to?
1:13:17 are you concerned about artificial intelligence?
1:19:30 a difficult dilemma: rereads or new reads?
1:22:10 what are your favourite Japanese works?
1:24:20 interest in a behind-the-scenes show
1:25:00 tell us more about Shakespeare's audience?
1:30:59 supposedly great books that are overrated?
1:33:16 how to deal with feelings of overwhelm?
1:39:10 do books appeal to different temperaments?
1:41:47 your elevator pitch for getting into literature?
1:46:55 what are the essential book club lectures?
1:52:30 recommendations for book club newcomers
1:53:00 talking about the questions for the next show

Ep 65 - How to Possess Poetry by Memory Apr 22, 2023

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If you're enjoying the Hardcore Literature Show, there are two ways you can show your support and ensure it continues:

1. Please leave a quick review on iTunes.

2. Join in the fun over at the Hardcore Literature Book Club: patreon.com/hardcoreliterature

Thank you so much. Happy listening and reading!

- Benjamin

Ep 64 - How to Approach a Special Author Project Apr 03, 2023

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If you're enjoying the Hardcore Literature Show, there are two ways you can show your support and ensure it continues:

1. Please leave a quick review on iTunes.

2. Join in the fun over at the Hardcore Literature Book Club: patreon.com/hardcoreliterature

Thank you so much. Happy listening and reading!

- Benjamin

Ep 63 - Reflecting on Life, Literature & Reading the Great Books Mar 22, 2023

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If you're enjoying the Hardcore Literature Show, there are two ways you can show your support and ensure it continues:

1. Please leave a quick review on iTunes.

2. Join in the fun over at the Hardcore Literature Book Club: patreon.com/hardcoreliterature

Thank you so much. Happy listening and reading!

- Benjamin

Ep 62 - Prometheus Bound (Aeschylus) Mar 20, 2023

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If you're enjoying the Hardcore Literature Show, there are two ways you can show your support and ensure it continues:

1. Please leave a quick review on iTunes.

2. Join in the fun over at the Hardcore Literature Book Club: patreon.com/hardcoreliterature

Thank you so much. Happy listening and reading!

- Benjamin

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