Share this postCopy linkFacebookEmailNotesMoreAutonomia PodcastPodcast Book Review: Kipling in America4Share this postCopy linkFacebookEmailNotesMore21×0:00Current time: 0:00 / Total time: -20:11-20:11Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade.Podcast Book Review: Kipling in AmericaReview of Christopher Benfey’s “If—: the Untold Story of Kipling’s American Years”Scott HolleranDec 31, 20234Share this postCopy linkFacebookEmailNotesMore2ShareTranscriptBecome a paid subscriber to read the original 2021 article upon which this episode is based.Related Articles and LinksBook Review: If—: The Untold Story of Kipling’s American Years by Christopher BenfeyScott Holleran·October 24, 2021If this enticing, bestselling book doesn’t quite live up to its excellent introduction, and it doesn’t, it is not for lack of effort. Author Christopher Benfey is astute and intelligent about key parts of Rudyard Kipling’s life, including his years in America. I learned more about Kipling, America and literature than I knew before readingRead full storyBook Review: “Brave New World” by Aldous HuxleyScott Holleran·January 17, 2021Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World is a tale of three men awakening in “the nightmare of swarming indistinguishable sameness.” That this world is becoming real right now makes the novel, published in 1932, perfectly relevant. Brave New World contains insight and wonder as five distinctive characters arc with clever plot tie-ins and twists. Reading the clas…Read full storyBook Review: Stork Club by Ralph BlumenthalScott Holleran·June 2, 2021For pure nostalgia, Stork Club (Little, Brown 2000; reviewed Back Bay Books paperback edition, 2001) by Ralph Blumenthal amuses and enthralls. Packed with interesting modern cultural and historical tales, this brisk, captivating book about one of New York City’s iconic establishments offers revealing snapshots of America and New York. Tucked into its sh…Read full storyDiscussion about this podcastCommentsRestacksShare this postCopy linkFacebookEmailNotesMoreAutonomia PodcastThoughts about voyages, the world and works of art.Thoughts about voyages, the world and works of art.SubscribeListen onSubstack AppSpotifyRSS FeedAppears in episodeScott HolleranRecent EpisodesPodcast: Election Night 2024Nov 12, 2024 • Scott HolleranPodcast: The Art of StorytellingOct 16, 2024 • Scott HolleranPodcast: Obituaries for Donahue, Rowlands and Delon Aug 24, 2024 • Scott HolleranSeven Summer 2024 Obituaries Jul 22, 2024 • Scott HolleranPodcast: Publishing My Fiction for the First TimeMar 23, 2024 • Scott HolleranCelebrate George Washington Feb 22, 2024 • Scott HolleranPodcast: Silly Love SongsFeb 18, 2024 • Scott HolleranHeartstrings: “Running Up That Hill”Feb 6, 2024 • Scott Holleran
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