Hot Literati

On social media hate, parasocial projection, & As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner. hotliterati.com

On the social media/gen z question. hotliterati.com

Discussing the archetype in Breakfast at Tiffany's, Blonde (2023), Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, and more hotliterati.com

new site! HotLiterati.com the collection that I read is The Awakening and Selected Stories (Random House 2020 edition) by Kate Chopin

On Ex Machina, and societal dissonance. hotliterati.com

tw: mentions of suicide On The Bell Jar, sad girl culture, and feminine societal dissonance. hotliterati.com

Essay on break ups, hair, and race. hotliterati.com

Essay on existential angst, the commodification of people, and the absurdity of society. hotliterati.com

Essay on break ups and existential angst. hotliterati.com

On William Faulkner's Absalom, Absalom, Bell Hook's All About Love, Rene Girard's Deceit, Desire and the Novel, & Eve Babitz's L.A. Woman. hotliterati.comMusic is Steven-OBrien.net!THE NEXT HINT: is at mercer booksThere are only 4 of them inside of these books: 1. The Brothers K by David James Duncan 2. Arcadia by Jim Crace 3. The Secret of the Gondola by David Alan Brown 4. Pushkin House by Andrei Bitov (translated by Susan Brownsberger)

On James Baldwin's The Fire Next Time and relevant themes for today's America.  hotliterati.com Music at beginning/end is prelude by steven-obrien.net

On My Year of Rest and Relaxation and why Gen Z identifies with it so heavily.  hotliterati.com Music at beginning/end is prelude by steven-obrien.net 

TW: mention of eating disorders On eating disorder recovery, helpful resources, and Fearing the Black Body by Sabrina Strings. Accounts referenced in the episode:  https://www.instagram.com/dietitiandeanna/channel/ https://www.instagram.com/no.food.rules/?hl=en https://www.instagram.com/diet.culture.rebel/?hl=en

TW: mention of suicide + eating disorders  On Girl Interrupted - book, film, and cultural interpretation. hotliterati.com

Hi Hot Literati!❤️‍🔥📚 In this episode, Hailey discusses the big questions of life in accordance with The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut.  Thank you for listening. Happy to have you here, Hailey🫶🏽 JOIN HOT LITERATI OCTOBER BOOK CLUB: 1) Acquire Rattlebone by Maxine Clair via library, used book store, online book store (Mcnally Editions is where I got mine), etc. 2) Sign up for Sunroom!! It's a platform for private content where I'll be posting the reading schedule, question prompts, my own thoughts, and chatting 1 on 1 with Hot Literati participants. It is $10* a month, but I assure you it will be worth it ( + I really appreciate the support and am so thrilled to be hosting this as my first book club!!). SIGN UP HERE -> https://api.sunroom.so/creator/6a55561a-9c88-4ed6-a0ae-7494e1c6feff To join the Hot Literati community, follow our social media channels.  https://beacons.ai/hotliterati To follow Hailey  https://beacons.ai/haileycolborn

On the myth of perfect womanhood through Cleo from 5 to 7 by Agnès Varda. hotliterati.com

On love as defined in Kurt Vonnegut's The Sirens of Titan. hotliterati.com

20 books and book reviews in 2022. hotliterati.com

On finding a personal connection to God through Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov. The translation referenced in this episode is the Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky translation. 

Alternative title: Cinderella Ate Me.  On Peggy Orenstein's book Cinderella Ate My Daughter and the trials of girly girl culture.