@thelitpathpod

A podcast about novels that have changed men's lives, with @jackaldane

 United Kingdom
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Joined November 2025
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What Orwell Got Right About Men, Capitalism, and Love, with @J_Bloodworth is OUT NOW Subscribe to Substack to watch and listen first🔗 thelitpath.substack.com/p/wh…
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Ethan Croft
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Reading is back 😍
YouGov
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Most young people now watch TV with the subtitles on 18-24yr olds: 53% 25-34yr olds: 46% 35-44yr olds: 35% 45-54yr olds: 24% 55-64yr olds: 20% 65-74yr olds: 22% 75+yr olds: 31%
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Ioan Marc Jones@ioanmarcjones8h
I wrote for The Guardian about telling the men in my life that I love them: theguardian.com/lifeandstyle…

The one change that worked: I told the men in my life I loved them – and my world opened up

At first I felt uncomfortable telling my dad, brother and friends how I felt. But I soon found it liberating, and once I started, I couldn’t stop

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Dr. Ann Olivarius
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"On one occasion, I whispered the words into a friend’s ear while we hugged. I pulled out of the hug and scurried away, not waiting to see his reaction. It felt effortlessly creepy, like an arrestable offence." theguardian.com/lifeandstyle…

The one change that worked: I told the men in my life I loved them – and my world opened up

At first I felt uncomfortable telling my dad, brother and friends how I felt. But I soon found it liberating, and once I started, I couldn’t stop

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yes, it's interesting: the more you read of experimental literature, the less emotionally engaged you are; reading the Naturalists, with their (somewhat) plodding monochromatic prose, you can see that this is "real life" in its aching banality as, for all its stylistic bravado, novels like "Lolita" & "Pale Fire" are performative & dazzling.
Ariel Gonzalez
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Replying to @JoyceCarolOates
I love the naturalists. They were messy but real. Nabokov was great, but writers like him prioritized style over story. Sometimes that gets out of hand. Story matters.
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Nathan Heller@nathanhellerOct 20
In this week’s @NewYorker, I profile James Daunt—founder of Daunt Books, now transformative chief executive of both Barnes & Noble and Waterstones—and look closely at both the art of the ideal bookstore and the future of reading. newyorker.com/magazine/2026/…

The New Age of Reading

Alarm about declining interest in books is perpetual. But, as bookselling reaches unexpected heights, James Daunt, the chief executive of Barnes & Noble, thinks a different future is at hand.

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The Lit Path@thelitpathpodOct 20
.@AmandaPCraig speaks next to @jackaldane about Andrew O'Hagan's Mayflies, and the beauty of male friendship. New episode coming soon.
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.@AmandaPCraig speaks next to @jackaldane about Andrew O'Hagan's Mayflies, and the beauty of male friendship. New episode coming soon.
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100 favourite novels — a personal list. An ever-changing catalogue of wonder and, apart from the first 10, not really in any order.
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Jack Aldane
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Anne Carson boxes three times a week. Every day is a school day. lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v46/n16/…

Anne Carson · Gloves on!

So,​ your life. There it is before you – possibly a road, a ribbon, a dotted line, a map – let’s say you’re...

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Rhian Sasseen@RhianSasseenOct 13
Biological essentialist arguments concerning the reading habits of men and women make me especially sad because they ignore the power of what Virginia Woolf calls the "androgynous mind," and the freedom that creativity offers both men and women in its transcendence of gender.
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Amanda Craig@AmandaPCraigOct 9
Looking forward to talking about male friendship next Saturday - a subject almost as close to my heart as female friendship, as celebrated in The Three Graces! I focus on Andrew O’Hagan’s Mayflies but I’ll be talking about many other literary friends too inc Lord of the Rings.
The Lit Path@thelitpathpodOct 4
Ep #5 is coming this October, and our first female guest on The Lit Path is the marvellous @AmandaPCraig, author of the new novel High and Low. Amanda speaks to @jackaldane about the melodies and mysteries of male friendship as written in Andrew O'Hagan's Mayflies (2020). Stay tuned!
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Hugo Gye@HugoGyeOct 8
with all his yellowness yellowing and all his himness packed to the brim of him nybooks.com/articles/2026/08…

Zoom | Anne Carson

Waiting for a call that didn’t happen I am sitting on the back porch with Frank O’Hara (Collected) when a goldfinch lands beside my head on the porch

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The Nobel Prize
@NobelPrizeOct 8
BREAKING NEWS The 2026 #NobelPrize in Literature is awarded to the Canadian author Anne Carson, “for her bold and inventive oeuvre that, in playful dialogue with the classical tradition, has created new forms for contemporary literature.”
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The Lit Path@thelitpathpodOct 8
“He met Heracles, and the kingdoms of his life all shifted down a few notches.” Wow 😳… @ioanmarcjones reads from Anne Carson’s 📚 Autobiography of Red 📚 with @jackaldane on Ep. 2 #AnneCarson was today announced this year’s #nobelprize winner in literature. Full episode ⬇️
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“He met Heracles, and the kingdoms of his life all shifted down a few notches.” Wow 😳… @ioanmarcjones reads from Anne Carson’s 📚 Autobiography of Red 📚 with @jackaldane on Ep. 2 #AnneCarson was today announced this year’s #nobelprize winner in literature. Full episode ⬇️
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🔗 youtu.be/Y-ohdjjZors?is=uLv3…

What I Wish I Knew Sooner about the Joys of Reading, with Ioan Marc Jones

Boys do not generally grow up believing that men are forged under t...

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The Lit Path@thelitpathpodOct 8
Congratulations to the Canadian author Anne Carson on winning the 2026 #nobelprize in literature! Carson was @ioanmarcjones’s pick for discussion on Ep#2 of the series.
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Congratulations to the Canadian author Anne Carson on winning the 2026 #nobelprize in literature! Carson was @ioanmarcjones’s pick for discussion on Ep#2 of the series.
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The New York Times
@nytimesOct 8
Breaking News: The Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to the Canadian poet and essayist Anne Carson. nyti.ms/478iExO

Canadian Poet Anne Carson Is Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature

The writer joins a list of laureates that includes Toni Morrison, Samuel Beckett and Bob Dylan.

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The Lit Path@thelitpathpodOct 5
George Orwell’s 📚 Keep the Aspidistra Flying 📚 was published 90 years ago this year. @J_Bloodworth and @jackaldane discuss the novel’s framing of the battle of the sexes, and why Gordon Comstock remains a cautionary tale.
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