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Guest · Middlebrow

Sasha Mutchnik

8 works across 1 episode; mostly books.

Books

  1. 11:04

    The Canterbury Tales Geoffrey Chaucer, 1870

    Her thesis: a bunch of starter packs, which makes Chaucer the original meme lord. Middlebrow, Finnegans Take

  2. 29:38

    The Decameron Giovanni Boccaccio, 1353

    Once reworked as influencers in Tulum; also the Italian twin Chaucer may have quietly borrowed. Middlebrow, Finnegans Take

  3. 48:03 Rec.

    Family Lexicon Natalia Ginzburg, 1963

    The last book her sister sent her, and the closest thing here to an unhedged rave. Middlebrow, Finnegans Take

  4. 59:01 Rec.

    Is That a Fish in Your Ear? David Bellos, 2011

    Cited on how losses in translation can be the interesting part. Middlebrow, Finnegans Take

  5. 49:14 Rec.

    Lonesome Dove Larry McMurtry, 1963

    Carried around town it turned out to be a dog whistle; her pick for gender-neutral classic. Middlebrow, Finnegans Take

  6. 11:05

    Le Roman de la Rose Guillaume de Lorris & Jean de Meun, 1300

    A medievalist's favorite, cited for how much Greek myth it quietly carries. Middlebrow, Finnegans Take

Miscellany

  1. 9:10

    Iphigenia in Aulis Euripides

    Performed at her hippie sixth-grade graduation, Greek-Olympics themed, with Sasha in the title role, obviously. Middlebrow, Finnegans Take

  2. 9:10

    Iphigenia in Tauris Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1787

    The sequel where Artemis swaps in a deer; her nominee for most underrated myth in the discourse. Middlebrow, Finnegans Take