TMR 25.2: "With My Pencil, I Wrote Myself into Being" [JAMES]

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TMR 25.2: "With My Pencil, I Wrote Myself into Being" [JAMES]

The con men cometh

Chad W. Post

Feb 20, 2025

Transcript

In this episode, Chad, Brian, and Kaija talk about the role of James as a writer, how long James will parallel Adventures of Huck Finn, the geography of the U.S., and the malicious intent of people in power, con men, father figures, Huck and James’s relationship, and much more.

This week's music is "Can’t Get Enough of It" by Sprints.

Next week we’ll cover pages 124-185 (through the end of Part I) of James. You can find the complete reading schedule here.

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Discussion about this episode

Two Month Review

Each “season” of Two Month Review highlights a different new and amazing work of world literature, reading it slowly over the course of eight to nine episodes. Featuring a rotating set of literary guests—from authors to booksellers, critics, and translators—the individual episodes recap a short section of the book and use that as a springboard for a fun (and often irreverent) discussion about literature in a general sense, pop culture, reading approaches, and much more. Talking about great books doesn't need to be deadly serious, and the levity of 2MR makes it accessible to everyone (even if you’re not reading along).

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