February 2012
1 post
WatchPBS’sGreat Expectations, airing April 1 & 8
January 2012
1 post
What’s Old is New Episode 2.11 - Interview with...
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Sara Levine is the author of Treasure Island.
0:20 Welcome to Sara Levine, and Jen tries to introduce the three exclamation marks.
0:50 About...
December 2011
3 posts
What’s Old is New Episode 2.10 - A Christmas Carol...
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0:25 Don’t forget about the Dickens contest!
1:06 Nicole HATED it.
2:20 Jen is indifferent.
3:10 Should Jen be...
'New' Jane Austen portrait unearthed by author →
What’s Old is New Episode 2.9 - Jane Austen...
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0:30 Our initial thoughts about Persuasion.
2:35 Jane Austen is basically hilarious, and honestly, Persuasion isn’t very romantic
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November 2011
7 posts
What’s Old is New Episode 2.8 - Interview with...
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Erin Blakemore is the author of The Heroine’s Bookshelf.
0:40 Welcome to Erin, and she explains The Heroine’s Bookshelf
2:40 The...
Was Jane Austen Murdered? →
This is a fascinating supposition and could very well be the real cause of Austen’s death - the arsenic anyway. I’m interested to read Ashford’s book and see who, exactly, she thinks killed her. I’m not terribly convinced at the moment it was murder instead of, say, accidental arsenic poisoning.
What’s Old is New Episode 2.7 - The Scarlet...
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0:25 Jen sounds punchy, within the first minute.
0:45 It is like A Tale of Two Cities, but not WAY TOO LONG and Nicole is...
What’s Old is New Episode 2.6 - Interview with...
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Hillary Jordan is the author of Mudbound and When She Woke.
0:30 Hillary explains the premise of When She Woke
2:15 The genesis of When She Woke...
October 2011
2 posts
Mr. Darcy’s Guide to Wooing Women →
This is the kind of snark that we can get behind, here at What’s Old is New.
What’s Old is New Episode 2.5 - Lord Byron
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0:15 In which we are somewhat speechless, our experiences with Childe Harold
2:20 Does anyone actually read Byron? It doesn’t...
September 2011
5 posts
What’s Old is New Episode 2.4 - Interview with...
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Louis Bayard is the author of The School of Night and a number of other mysteries, many of which have their roots in...
‘Sense and Sensibility’ for Modern Times →
I’m fascinated by the idea that HarperCollins is actually commissioning rewrites of Austen’s classic works. Maybe they should team up with What’s Old is New!
What's Old is New Episode 2.3 - The Catcher in the...
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0:40 Brief preview of upcoming WOIN-related books
A Man of Parts by David Lodge - September 15, 2011
Chango’s Beads...
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Personalized Classics: You Be the Classic...
iheartclassics:
So this is pretty sweet. Choose up to six names from classic books and replace with you and your friends. Awesome possum! Available with Dracula, Alice, and Romeo and Juliet. Which classic would you put yourself into?
I guess I choose Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, because that is the only one that isn’t sold out.
What’s Old is New Episode 2.2 - Interview with...
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William Deresiewicz is an essayist, book critic, and the author of A Jane Austen Education.
0:25 Jen does an awesome job...
August 2011
8 posts
In which the ladies of Forever Young Adult are way... →
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Mr. Darcy vs Mr. Rochester!!!
iheartclassics:
It’s Literary Comic Friday! This week, we give you the comic you’ve always secretly wanted but could never say out loud:
Mr. Darcy from Pride and Prejudice versus Mr. Rochester from Jane Eyre, facing off in a sexy showdown!!! (^ Mr. Darcy’s Pride-o-Meter will burst if you don’t check it out.) This is the third comic by the most amazing Tanya Burr, drawn exclusively for I Heart...
What's Old is New Episode 2.1 - Madame Bovary
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0:18 Our thoughts on Madame Bovary - you might be surprised!
1:15 Nicole thinks books are too long
3:23 Jen goes on a tangent about...
Sherlock Holmes removed from school for being... →
This is a topic that Nicole and I find really interesting, i.e. how do we respond to racist, sexist, religionist (did I just make that word up? maybe) moments in classics. Obviously they are a sign of the times in which the book was written, but do or should they make a difference in how we feel about the book?
Watch for an upcoming show on this topic.
Reader, she marries him - 10 classics we read... →
Agatha Christie - surfer? →
July 2011
2 posts
What's Old is New Episode 14 - Season 1 Wrap Up
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Season 1 Overview
0:30 The main shows
Frankenstein, with Joanne Rendell, author of Out of the Shadows
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Whats Old is New Episode 13: Interview with Nina...
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Nina Sankovitch read a book a day for an entire year; her memoir, Tolstoy and the Purple Chair is a record of that year. Nina...
June 2011
3 posts
Whats Old is New Episode 12: Interview with...
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Kamala Nair is the author of the debut novel The Girl in the Garden, written with inspiration from The Secret Garden by Frances...
Whats Old is New Episode 11: Interview with...
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Gabrielle Donnelly is an author and journalist formerly of London, now living in Los Angeles. The Little Women Letters is her ...
Whats Old is New Episode 10: Interview with C.C....
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C.C. Humphreys is an actor and author. He has written seven adult historical fiction novels, as well as a young adult trilogy. His latest...
May 2011
9 posts
During our interview with Arthur Phillips, we...
Our original intro to the Arthur Phillips show was...
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What’s Old is New Episode 9: Interview with Arthur...
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Author Arthur Phillips recently published his 5th book, The Tragedy of Arthur, which purports the...
How Shakespeare Changed Everything →
Today Jen reviews How Shakespeare Changed Everything by Stephen Marche. A very interesting (if somewhat overwrought) book about the influence of Shakespeare on modern society. Maybe not what’s old is new, but certainly what’s new is old!
What’s Old is New Episode 8: Little Women
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Introduction
0:45 Nicole’s Little Women experiences
1:50 Does Little Women hold up, should it be kept in the classics canon?
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April 2011
12 posts
Is YA in its Modernist or Post-Modernist Phase? →
A very interesting blog post about the resurgence of references to classic lit in modern YA.
Nicole and I got VERY behind on our A Tale of Two...
Original music inspired by THE UNCOUPLING →
I know this has been an all-Meg Wolitzer week, but you MUST check out this song inspired by her new book, The Uncoupling. The player is at the bottom of the front page of her website.
And then you can go check out our interview with Meg and, if you’ve already read the book, the spoilery outtakes.