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Podcast: New Books in Literary Studies
Episode: David Plotz: Books in Dark Times (JP)
Description: Aside from being Johnâs (younger, suaver and beardier) brother, what has the inimitable David Plotz done lately? Only hosted âThe Slate Political Gabfestâ, written two books (âThe Genius Factoryâ and âThe Good Bookâ) and left Atlas Obscura to found City Cast.So, when John called him up in April 2020 for the Books in Dark Times series, what was his Pandemic reading? The fully absorbing âother worldsâ of Dickens and Mark Twain tempt David, but he goes another direction. He picks one book that shows humanity at its worst, heading towards world war. And another that shows how well we can behave to...