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Cocktail Party Takeaways™

Cocktail Party Takeaways™

By: Anne Rochell Konigsmark
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For anyone with regrets, but not deep ones, about the books they slept through in high school. Grab a drink and enjoy a lively and fun tour of the classics, led by a seasoned English teacher whose goal is to make you sound smart.Anne Rochell Konigsmark Art Literary History & Criticism
Episodes
  • Cocktail Party Takeaways - Episode 14 - Narrative in the Life of Frederick Douglass

    Cocktail Party Takeaways - Episode 14 - Narrative in the Life of Frederick Douglass
    May 25 2024

    Well, this has been a long hiatus for the podcast, but I am back with what should be required reading for every American. Find out why escaped slave Frederick Douglass is not only an American hero, but one of our greatest literary treasures. Some of this podcast may make you squirm, but if art doesn't challenge you, is it really art?
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    42 mins
  • Cocktail Party Takeaways - Episode Thirteen - The Catcher in the Rye

    Cocktail Party Takeaways - Episode Thirteen - The Catcher in the Rye
    Oct 10 2023

    The Catcher in the Rye is probably the most read piece of literature other than The Great Gatsby that I have featured on my podcast. And people have A LOT of opinions about this one. Tune in to hear mine. Spoiler alert: I love this kid.

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    41 mins
  • Cocktail Party Takeaways - Episode Ten - Macbeth

    Cocktail Party Takeaways - Episode Ten - Macbeth
    Jan 8 2023

    Witches! Ghosts! Murders! Is it a new Netflix series? No, it's the Scottish play by William Shakespeare. Find out why you can't say Macbeth in a theater, why King James I hated witches, and why the word "filthy" means so much more than you think it does. Everyone likes to talk Shakespeare, so listen in and be the smartest person at your next party. You can be the one to give this sage advice: Once you're in a river of blood, don't turn back!
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    51 mins
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