Literary Connections

About Literary Connections

Staying connected around the world by reading together.

Publisher

Melissa Hansen, James Earle, and Kimberly Johnson

Category

arts · education · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

27 Mar 2021

Latest episode

29 Aug 2026

Latest episodes

55 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   29 Aug 2026

   54. Dear Monica Lewinsky

   Melissa and James discuss Julia Langbein’s Dear Monica Lewinsky through themes of self-discovery, power imbalances, and parasocial relationships. Join us next month when we’ll be reading Hollywood, Ending by John Green.

2. 

   15 Jul 2026

   53. Yesteryear

   James and Melissa discuss Caro Claire Burke’s Yesteryear through themes of performance, patriarchy, and the algorithmic flattening of identity. Join us next month when we’ll be reading Dear Monica Lewinsky by Julia Langbein.

3. 

   3 Jun 2026

   52. Into the Blue

   James and Melissa discuss Emma Brodie’s Into the Blue through themes of consent, genre, and the use of allusion. Join us next month when we’ll be reading Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke.

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

4 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 23 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

16

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

76