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Clearing the Cobwebs
07 July 2026

Clearing the Cobwebs

Marlon and Jake Read Dead People

About

Welcome back for a new season! Marlon and Jake catch up on what they’ve been reading, writing, and working on, including Marlon’s new novel, and explore the books they return to when it’s time to create. They discuss the stories that inspire rather than intimidate, the surprising value of giving up on a book, and the writers they revisit to clear the cobwebs from their minds. Tune in to hear how reading shapes their creative process, from finding the right voice to discovering what makes great dialogue.


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    “A Trifle from Life” by Anton Chekhov
    Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov
    The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov
    “Hills Like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemingway
    The House at Pooh Corner by A. A. Milne
    War Music by Christopher Logue
    The Odyssey by Homer
    The Oresteia by Aeschylus
    Letters from a Stoic by Seneca
    Maurice by E. M. Forster
    Ernesto by Umberto Saba
    Memoirs of Hadrian by Marguerite Yourcenar
    New Hampshire by Robert Frost
    In Parenthesis by David Jones
    Civil War by Lucan