This week, Travis and Amanda discuss and analyze the first half of UNDERLAND: A DEEP TIME JOURNEY, a scientific and philosophical exploration by Robert Macfarlane. Grab your sturdiest miner's helmet and your finest spelunking ropes because we are headed deep underground for some scientific, philosophical, and literary explorations. Macfarlane's intellectual interests -- like his journeys across Europe -- are fairly diffuse, so it's best to come to this book with an open mind. If you do, you will be rewarded with beautiful, even rhapsodic, prose and a bevy (Amanda would say an onslaught) of scientific facts. We're taking the train from the arctic circle down to the Mediterranean, so join us as we consider the many allures that the "underland" offers humankind.
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This week, Travis and Amanda discuss and analyze the first half of UNDERLAND: A DEEP TIME JOURNEY, a scientific and philosophical exploration by Robert Macfarlane. Grab your sturdiest miner's helmet and your finest spelunking ropes because we are headed deep underground for some scientific, philosophical, and literary explorations. Macfarlane's intellectual interests -- like his journeys across Europe -- are fairly diffuse, so it's best to come to this book with an open mind. If you do, you will be rewarded with beautiful, even rhapsodic, prose and a bevy (Amanda would say an onslaught) of scientific facts. We're taking the train from the arctic circle down to the Mediterranean, so join us as we consider the many allures that the "underland" offers humankind.
This week, Travis and Amanda analyze the first half of DEPT. OF SPECULATION, a novel by Jenny Offill. If you've ever wanted to dabble in reading stream of consciousness prose but could never work up the courage, then this slim yet powerful novel may be your best bet. Though it takes some time acclimating to Offill's fairly chaotic structure and stripped-down tone, the rewards (we felt) were worth it. And wouldn't you know it, this is a pretty great novel to discuss with a group - because you will be, undoubtedly, somewhat baffled at times! Join us as we contemplate which ancient, forgotten religion best maps to a particular young couple's marital strife (it'll make more sense once you read, we promise.)
The Lightly Literary Podcast
This week, Travis and Amanda discuss and analyze the first half of UNDERLAND: A DEEP TIME JOURNEY, a scientific and philosophical exploration by Robert Macfarlane. Grab your sturdiest miner's helmet and your finest spelunking ropes because we are headed deep underground for some scientific, philosophical, and literary explorations. Macfarlane's intellectual interests -- like his journeys across Europe -- are fairly diffuse, so it's best to come to this book with an open mind. If you do, you will be rewarded with beautiful, even rhapsodic, prose and a bevy (Amanda would say an onslaught) of scientific facts. We're taking the train from the arctic circle down to the Mediterranean, so join us as we consider the many allures that the "underland" offers humankind.
