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Long-form public-domain literature read aloud, in bite-size pieces; book reviews; what's up in my life Primary Format : Blogs Language : English Also Listed as: City : Honolulu State/Province : HI Country : USA Region : NA User Tags: User Votes: RSS Feed Website People found this Podcast Searching for: View this Podcast on a Google Map. Podcast iTunes Link Text Only listing of The Literate Loser Podcasts Methings.com listings of The Literate Loser Podcasts If you like this podcast, you might also like:

View the full archive of The Literate Loser The Literate Loser #25 Another long, unintentional hiatus comes to an end as we finally pick Sherwood Anderson’s Winesburg, Ohio back up in the third chapter. Not too much personal stuff from the Literate Loser, but three reviews instead: one each of a film, a novel, and an album. 00:00 — 01:17 Hi! 01:17 — 03:46 Where I’ve [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Literate Loser, Show #16 We enter the final third of Mark Twain’s Puddn’head Wilson, and Tom becomes truly despicable (finally), making it a bit easier to pick sides. I finally complete the online dating-service questionnaire, and announce the second Harry Potter Trivia Contest. I recorded this at a lower audio quality, but the file size is about the same [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Literate Loser, Show #17 The best chapter of Mark Twain’s Puddn’head Wilson so far! I actually gasped aloud when I read this chapter to myself late last week! Don’t skip over it! In more somber news, the great Lloyd Alexander died on May 17 and I didn’t find out until last night, so I present an extremely humble, [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Literate Loser, Show #18 A short chapter this week means lots of babbling. I follow the pivotal chapter with a long story about a friend’s experience with the online dating service. The Harry Potter trivia contest is still live, too! 00:00 — 02:43 Hello 02:43 — 14:49 Mark Twain’s Pudd’nhead Wilson, chapter 17 14:49 — 32:38 The [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Literate Loser, Show #19 Wow. These interludes are getting to be a bad habit! But the Loser returns with a rather long selection from Mark Twain’s Pudd’nhead Wilson, followed by a very short explanation of the Master’s thesis and a quick list! 00:00 — 01:51 Hello 01:51 — 25:49 Mark Twain’s Pudd’nhead Wilson, chapter 18 25:49 — 44:00 Three Stinkers [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Literate Loser #20 Somebody kills someone with someone else’s knife in chapter 19 of Mark Twain’s Pudd’nhead Wilson, and I finally get around to reading the long-promised treatise by Twain on how Scotland’s Sir Walter Scott turned every U.S. Southern gentleman into a colonel or general and thus was hugely responsible for the Civil War. Then I [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Literate Loser #23 In this transitional episode, we wrap up our discussion of Mark Twain’s Pudd’nhead Wilson and get right into our next selection, Sherwood Anderson’s Winesburg, Ohio. I wax somewhat philosophical on turning 39 years old, and talk a little bit about an addition to my daily routine. Hint: It has to do with [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Literate Loser #24 The near-completion of my graduate thesis means a return to Sherwood Anderson’s Winesburg, Ohio. There’s also time enough for a thesis update, a summary of the eHarmony situation, reflections on approaching 40, and a review of Swing Vote, the new Kevin Costner film. Click here to download Literate Loser #24. email me: mail at literate loser [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Literate Loser #20 Somebody kills someone with someone else’s knife in chapter 19 of Mark Twain’s Pudd’nhead Wilson, and I finally get around to reading the long-promised treatise by Twain on how Scotland’s Sir Walter Scott turned every U.S. Southern gentleman into a colonel or general and thus was hugely responsible for the Civil War. Then I [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Literate Loser #21: Microphone Problems I had high hopes for this installment of the Literate Loser, but didn’t discover until I was pretty much done that I’d had problems with the USB microphone, and so I had to use the onboard microphone, which isn’t nearly as good. There’s quite a bit of noise here, but hopefully you can fight [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Literate Loser, Show #19 Wow. These interludes are getting to be a bad habit! But the Loser returns with a rather long selection from Mark Twain’s Pudd’nhead Wilson, followed by a very short explanation of the Master’s thesis and a quick list! 00:00 — 01:51 Hello 01:51 — 25:49 Mark Twain’s Pudd’nhead Wilson, chapter 18 25:49 — 44:00 Three Stinkers [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Literate Loser, Show #18 A short chapter this week means lots of babbling. I follow the pivotal chapter with a long story about a friend’s experience with the online dating service. The Harry Potter trivia contest is still live, too! 00:00 — 02:43 Hello 02:43 — 14:49 Mark Twain’s Pudd’nhead Wilson, chapter 17 14:49 — 32:38 The [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Literate Loser, Show #16 We enter the final third of Mark Twain’s Puddn’head Wilson, and Tom becomes truly despicable (finally), making it a bit easier to pick sides. I finally complete the online dating-service questionnaire, and announce the second Harry Potter Trivia Contest. I recorded this at a lower audio quality, but the file size is about the same [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Literate Loser, Show #13 I don’t know which phrase I overuse more: “really” or “very, very.” I’m in a definite linguistic rut here, and will make an effort to be less annoying next time! Puddn’head Wilson is a short chapter this week, so I have time to babble about three great films you probably haven’t seen! 00:00 [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Literate Loser, Show #14 00:00 — 01:36 Hello! 01:36 — 18:47 Puddn’head Wilson, chapter 13 18:47 — 35:56 Book review: Miss Manners’ Guide for the Turn-of-the-Millennium by Judith Martin 35:56 — 41:18 Winners of the Call-Me-and-Tell-Me-What-You’re-Reading contest! 41:18 — 44:49 New contest! 44:49 — 46:25 See you next week (or thereabouts)! Judith Martin, Fried Eggs with Chopsticks, and [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Literate Loser, Show #15 Forgive the less-than-crystal-clear sound on this one: I recorded it while sitting at a picnic table beneath God’s great sky. In this week’s installment of Puddn’head Wilson, Tom and Roxy come up with a plan to ensure Tom’s reformation while the bullets fly left and right. I finally return to the online [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Literate Loser, Show 10: Return of the Loser I’m back.0:00 - 7:15 Welcoming myself back7:15 - 17:15 Summarizing Pudd’nhead Wilson, Chapters 1 through 917:15 - 30:15 Book review: Frank McCourt’s Teacher Man30:15 - 44:22 eHarmony.com survey, continued44:22 - 51:31 I babble about my life51:31 - 60:00 Two contests and let’s do [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Literate Loser, Show 11 Another hour-long loserfest! You can’t stop me; you can only hope not to be like me. We return to Mark Twain’s Puddn’head Wilson, I read a bunch of poems, the winner of one of last week’s contests is announced, and I continue the online dating service’s questionnaire. Comments, calls, and mail welcome!00:00 [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Literate Loser, Show #12 My crazy hectic life dictates that I wing this installment of the Literate Loser, and Mark Twain gets positively hilarious. If you normally skip the Literate part of this Loser of a podcast, I’d encourage you to reverse your strategy this time, as it is the Twain stuff that is entertaining!00:00 — 02:54 [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Literate Loser, Show 9 Pudd’nhead Wilson takes something of a dark turn in this ninth chapter. I review a novel by Piers Anthony and then offer lists of things that suck and things that rock.I’ve got this indexed, but I left it at work, so I’ll post the index later.Click here for the cast. 13.6 mb, about [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website