Unfortunately Required Reading
Reliving Required Reading with Cocktails and Sass
This episode is dedicated to Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston. If you listened to our apology a couple week's back, you'll learn that if you forget to hit the record button, podcasts don't record. Whoops. Our initial recording features the "Janie"- a drink made with lemonade and gin, or lemonade, iced... Continue Reading →
This week's episode, we spent our time discussing the epic Old English poem Beowulf. To drink along: Sky River Mead (sweet) Fill your mead horn or chalice. Drink deep and think of years worth of epic poetry. Listen here, or wherever you download your podcasts: https://anchor.fm/unfortunately-required/embed/episodes/A-Scandinavian-Warrior-Walks-Into-A-Mead-Hall-e3bs0l/a-ab62ot Special thanks to the following sources: Crispin Glover screaming... Continue Reading →
Episode Six is devoted to the Charlotte Bronte novel Jane Eyre. This week we take the role of men of the Victorian era and sip port while discussing the bird/angel/fairy/sprite/goblin/thing that is the description of Jane Eyre. We also discuss the horrors of dating, better options for Jane, and reference our thankfulness that we don't... Continue Reading →
Episode Four is dedicated to the Tennessee William's play The Glass Menagerie. This week we sip a New Orleans' staple, discuss authorial intent, and discuss the intentional symbols that get beaten over your head in this episode. If you want to drink along: Ramos Gin Fizz 1 1/2 oz gin (Seersucker as always) 3/4 oz... Continue Reading →
This episode is dedicated to F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. In this episode we delve into not only the symbols of the text (you're welcome AP and Honors English students), but also into the backstory of why Fitzgerald might not have been so great himself. If you want to drink along, the recipe is... Continue Reading →
Welcome to the first episode of Unfortunately Required Reading. We learn Lapine and drink the cocktail Watership Down as we discuss the Richard Adams book of the same name.
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