Close Readings is a new multi-series podcast subscription from the London Review of Books. Two contributors explore areas of literature through a selection of key works, providing an introductory grounding like no other. Listen to some episodes for free here, and extracts from our ongoing subscriber-only series.

How To Subscribe

In Apple Podcasts, click 'subscribe' at the top of this podcast feed to unlock the full episodes.

Or for other podcast apps, sign up here: https://lrb.me/closereadings

Running in 2024:

On Satire with Clare Bucknell and Colin Burrow

Human Conditions with Adam Shatz, Judith Butler, Pankaj Mishra and Brent Hayes Edwards

Among the Ancients II with Emily Wilson and Thomas Jones

Political Poems with Seamus Perry and Mark Ford

Medieval LOLs with Irina Dumitrescu and Mary Wellesley

Four new series starting in January 2025:

CONVERSATIONS IN PHILOSOPHY with Jonathan Rée and James Wood

FICTION AND THE FANTASTIC with Marina Warner, Anna Della Subin and other guests

LOVE AND DEATH with Seamus Perry and Mark Ford

NOVEL APPROACHES with Clare Bucknell, Thomas Jones and other guests

Get in touch: podcasts@lrb.co.uk

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