Brian Patrick Eha is a widely-published essayist, journalist and critic. In this expansive conversation we talk Gustave Flaubert as a precursor to Modernism, the method of free indirect discourse in Madame Bovary and the madness of The Temptation of St. Anthony, as well as a few under-appreciated books from Brian’s personal canon.

This will be on the free feed sometime next week.

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Essays by Brian that we mention:
https://www.city-journal.org/article/madame-bovary-author-gustave-flaubert
https://www.city-journal.org/article/alfred-hayess-fiction-retains-contemporary-relevance

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Andrew Wittstadt (@andrewwittstadt) joins me to talk about his great podcast on poetry and literature, HEAVY BORED. We also get into the problem of authority in academia and why it’s necessary as well as Andrew’s personal canon and much more.

https://www.patreon.com/HeavyBored
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https://www.instagram.com/heavybored/

https://www.youtube.com/@heavybored

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