This week they did Henry James' THE PORTRAIT OF A LADY, which I never remotely understood till they explained it. Also it saves me the trouble of ever trying to read it again. Recent guests include Joe Hill, Colm Toibin, Jennifer Egan ... it's a wonderful show.

agreed. I took a Ulysses seminar in college so it must be in my unconscious somewhere

that is awesome

yes i am old enough to get that!

I'm so obsessed with this book, I once tried to chase down the screen rights. But they're bound up with the 1970's movie adaptation (which is good, and got an Oscar nom for Best Adapted Screenplay, but strays from the source material), and no one could figure out who actually owned them.

The protagonist spends half her life in a mental hospital, and the other half in a mythological realm of gods and monsters. The story is her struggle to figure out which of these worlds is real.

Thank you Kenneth!

I had to!

that's interesting. I should reread her, it's been a while

We've never actually had the zygosity (or whatever it is) test done, so we don't know for sure. But it's pretty clear -- we look much more alike than typical siblings

p.s. should probably have tagged my brother in this thread @grossman.bsky.social