Ep 13 - How to Read Deeply

Hardcore Literature - A podcast by Benjamin McEvoy

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3:55 - quantity shouldn't be the measure of success 5:40 - on reading diversely 7:00 - against the gatekeepers of the literary world 12:00 - are you more well-read than Shakespeare? 15:00 - embarrassing story about my intellectual insecurity at Oxford 21:45 - how to write book reviews 22:37 - read books as a mirror 30:00 - the imaginative demands of great literature 32:00 - how to read Shakespeare, Homer, and Tolstoy (controversial advice)