{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Ep 66 - The Bookish Q&amp;A Show (Coffee with Hardcore Literature)","description":"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\u2019s 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\u2019s 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   ","author_name":"Hardcore Literature","author_url":"http:\/\/benjaminmcevoy.libsyn.com\/website","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/26664366\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/26664366"}