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MEOW: A Literary Podcast for Cats
Literary analysis for your cat, presented by meowlibrary.com
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MEOW: A Literary Podcast for Cats96. Why William T. Vollmann's A Table For Fortune is Heavier than a Table and Costs a Fortune
This podcast is a presentation of The Meow Library. Arcade Publishing chisels its name in infamy with its imposing, cinderblock-dense release of William T…
MEOW: A Literary Podcast for Cats95. Anne Carson's Most Loyal Readers May Never Have Known She Won the Nobel Prize Until This Translator Stepped In
This podcast is a presentation of The Meow Library. According to NobelPrize.org, The Nobel Prize in Literature 2026 was awarded to Anne Carson "for her bold…
MEOW: A Literary Podcast for Cats94. Audible's New Dracula Audiobook: Where It Went Wrong (Hint: It's Not the AI Renfield)
This podcast is a presentation of The Meow Library. Controversy has been swirling around Audible's latest exclusive: a full-cast reading of Bram Stoker's…
MEOW: A Literary Podcast for Cats93. MrBeast x James Patterson's The Most Dangerous Games: A Book for People Who Hate Reading
Growing up I thought books were boring, in reality I just didn’t read anything that actually interested me. Which is why I teamed up with James Patterson to…
MEOW: A Literary Podcast for Cats92. The End of Reading is Here by Rose Horowitch: A Commentary
Is the end of reading here, and does it matter? The Meow Library has the definitive answer. This podcast is sustained by proceeds from the internationally…
MEOW: A Literary Podcast for Cats91. 2026 Booker Prize Battle Royale: Longlist Announcement
This podcast is a presentation of The Meow Library. The prestigious Booker Prize has announced its longlist, and all three of our listeners who actually follow…
MEOW: A Literary Podcast for Cats90. Anthropic is Destroying Rare Books to Train Their AI. Here’s How to Stop Them.
Recent X posts are bringing awareness to Anthropic’s secret plan to dismantle millions of rare books in order to scan them into their LLMs. According to tech…
MEOW: A Literary Podcast for Cats89. Dua Lipa Opens a Library for Banned Books—and It’s Not Just for Humans
This podcast is a presentation of The Meow Library. Pop star and book-club maven Dua Lipa has just announced the Manifesto Library, a permanent collection of…
MEOW: A Literary Podcast for Cats88. Adapting The Odyssey: An Interview with Christopher Nolan's Cat
The Meow Library has secured an exclusive interview with Christopher Nolan's cat, Felicity, who discusses the process by which her owner "re-engineered"…
MEOW: A Literary Podcast for Cats87. AI Wins Harper's Bazaar's Short Story Competion
This podcast is a presentation of The Meow Library. Twitter user Nabeel S. Qureshi was quick to identify the winner of the 2026 Harper's Bazaar Short Story…
MEOW: A Literary Podcast for Cats86. The Granta / Commonwealth Short Story Prize Scandal: Our Exclusive Interview with Winner Jamir Nazir (He’s Not AI)
Jamir Nazir, winner of the Commonwealth Short Story Prize (Caribbean Region) for “The Serpent in the Grove,” has agreed to speak to The Meow Library and dispel…
MEOW: A Literary Podcast for Cats85. The Guardian’s 100 Best Novels of All Time: The Most Controversial Picks
This podcast is a presentation of The Meow Library. UK stalwart The Guardian has drawn from more than 100 authors and critics to develop a list of the 100 best…
MEOW: A Literary Podcast for Cats84. Caro Claire Burke’s Yesteryear: Simulation of Simulacra
This podcast is a presentation of The Meow Library. Caro Claire Burke’s Yesteryear is a simulation of a simulacrum that collapses under the weight of its…
MEOW: A Literary Podcast for Cats83. Lena Dunham’s Famesick: Four Shocking Revelations
This podcast is a presentation of The Meow Library. This week’s podcast is hosted by a very special guest* and Girls superfan who devoured her Famesick ARC the…
MEOW: A Literary Podcast for Cats82. The Only Thinkpiece About Lindy West's Adult Braces That Matters
This podcast is a presentation of The Meow Library. So here, in the cracked electric theater of American confession, comes Lindy West hauling her soul into the…
MEOW: A Literary Podcast for Cats81. Nelio Biedermann's Lázár: Is this 22-Year Old the Next Thomas Mann?
Nelio Biedermann, the 22-year-old Swiss wunderkind whose debut novel, Lázár, was just released in English, has been compared to every author under the sun…
MEOW: A Literary Podcast for Cats80. Helen DeWitt Rejects Modernity, Windham-Campbell Prize
“People get huffy about suicide (selfish to do it, help should be sought, seeking help is called threatning suicide); it’s true that it causes distress, so one…
MEOW: A Literary Podcast for Cats79. Enter the William H. Gass Extended Universe: Dalkey Archive Press and the Forking of The Tunnel
This podcast is a presentation of The Meow Library. There is something splendidly deranged in watching a small indie press marshal the full battery of…
MEOW: A Literary Podcast for Cats78. Can Ben Lerner's Transcription Resurrect the Novel?
This podcast is a presentation of The Meow Library. “Weaker writers transcribe; stronger ones, having broken their iPhones, creatively recast.” - Giles Harvey…
MEOW: A Literary Podcast for Cats77. Is Ocean Vuong Right About AI’s Standardization of Literature?
This podcast is a presentation of The Meow Library. Recently, novelist and NYU professor Ocean Vuong sat down with book commentator David Perell to discuss a…
MEOW: A Literary Podcast for Cats76. Mia Ballard's Shy Girl Pulled by Hachette: Is AI Doomed, or are Human Writers?
This podcast is a presentation of The Meow Library. Last week, Hachette made an unprecedented move for a Big Five publisher, cancelling the US release of Mia…
MEOW: A Literary Podcast for Cats75. The Book Behind Marc Andreessen’s “Anti-Introspection” Trend
This podcast is a presentation of The Meow Library. In a recent interview with podcaster David Senra, a16z’s Marc Andreessen claimed not only to do “zero…
MEOW: A Literary Podcast for Cats74. Writers Debate: Must You Read Novels to Write Them?
Debate rages across Twitter as professor and novelist Aaron Gwyn insists that his college-level fiction writing students can't name a single novelist…
MEOW: A Literary Podcast for Cats73. The Curious Case of Madeline Cash's Lost Lambs
This podcast is a presentation of The Meow Library. In this week’s podcast, we investigate the hype parade leading up to the release of Madeline Cash’s Lost…
MEOW: A Literary Podcast for Cats72. Jennette McCurdy's Half His Age: An Unspeakable Transgression
This podcast is a production of The Meow Library. Jennette McCurdy's new book has us at a loss for words. Some things are simply unspeakable, as this podcast…
MEOW: A Literary Podcast for Cats71. Can Wuthering Heights Withstand Another Remake?
This podcast is a presentation of The Meow Library. We've seen the trailer for Emerald Fennel's upcoming Wuthering Heights, and we're concerned. Cheap props…
MEOW: A Literary Podcast for Cats70. It's Been 213 Years. Why is Pride and Prejudice Still Prejudiced?
This podcast is a presentation of The Meow Library. Yesterday marked the 213th anniversary of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, along with the release of a…
MEOW: A Literary Podcast for Cats69. U.G. Krishnamurti: There's No Difference Between the Cat and You
This podcast is a presentation of The Meow Library. "The saints, saviors, priests, gurus, bhagavans, seers, prophets and philosophers were all wrong, as far as…
MEOW: A Literary Podcast for Cats68. Bookfishing: How Performative Reading May Compromise National Security
This podcast is a presentation of The Meow Library. According to a recent Popsugar article, “bookfishing”—the literary equivalent of “catfishing,” is on the…
MEOW: A Literary Podcast for Cats67. Cozy Literature: Harmless Escapism or Mass Hypnosis Ritual?
This podcast is a presentation of The Meow Library. “But a humble paperback is not perceived as bad for humanity in the way that time wasted online is. While…
MEOW: A Literary Podcast for Cats66. Olivia Nuzzi's American Canto: No Comment
This podcast is a presentation of The Meow Library. "...at least I did not have to worry about the worm that was not a worm in his brain." - Olivia Nuzzi on…
MEOW: A Literary Podcast for Cats65. Charli XCX, Wuthering Heights, and the New Victorian Gothic
This podcast is a presentation of The Meow Library. "I wanted to dive into persona, into a world that felt undeniably raw, wild, sexual, gothic, British…
MEOW: A Literary Podcast for Cats64. Embodied Time: Mark Z. Danielewski's Tom's Crossing and Zoroastrianism
This podcast is a presentation of The Meow Library. In the beginning of Big Fiction, there were encyclopedic novels and mega-novels and then maximal novels…
MEOW: A Literary Podcast for Cats63. Will Joyce Carol Oates' Cat Ever Finish War and Peace?
This podcast is a presentation of The Meow Library. Zanche is abashed having read (almost) the entirety of "War and Peace" not realizing that Natasha, Anatole…
MEOW: A Literary Podcast for Cats62. Curtis Sliwa's Cats Fire Back at Trump With Eloquent, 22-Page Written Statement
This podcast is a presentation of The Meow Library. “This isn’t exactly ideal, where he wants to make Gracie Mansion a home for the cats. Gracie Mansion is the…
MEOW: A Literary Podcast for Cats61. How to Psyop Your Way to a Bestseller: Douglas Scott Wreden, Doug: A DougDoug Story, and the Meow Book
This podcast is a presentation of The Meow Library. "Doug, Doug Doug Doug Doug Doug. Doug Doug Doug. Doug." - Douglas Scott Wreden, Doug: A DougDoug Story…
MEOW: A Literary Podcast for Cats60. Apocalyptic Terror: László Krasznahorkai Takes the Nobel Prize in Literature
This podcast is a presentation of The Meow Library. The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2025 has been awarded to the Hungarian author László Krasznahorkai…
MEOW: A Literary Podcast for Cats59. Matthew McConaughey's Poems and Prayers, Read For Your Cat
"My prayers are my poems are my prayers." - Matthew McConaughey, Poems and Prayers And now, some prayers for your cat. This podcast is a presentation of The…
MEOW: A Literary Podcast for Cats58. Schattenfroh: Max Lawton's Triumph of Translation
This podcast is a presentation of The Meow Library. Max Lawton’s translation of Schattenfroh represents not merely a feat of linguistic dexterity, but an act…
MEOW: A Literary Podcast for Cats57. R.F. Kuang's Katabasis: The Betrayal of Archimedes
This podcast is a presentation of The Meow Library. In this week's podcast, Archimedes, the sole feline presence in R.F. Kuang's Katabasis, accuses the author…
MEOW: A Literary Podcast for Cats56. Jordan Castro's Muscle Man: Embodied Literature
“Words are parasites of reality, which have become so engorged with reality’s blood so as to seem, to that ugly French nothing-master’—he grinned—‘like the…
MEOW: A Literary Podcast for Cats55. David Duchovny's About Time, Read For Your Cat
"Poetry is not useful.” — David Duchovny, Poet In today’s podcast, The Meow Library is proud to present a selection of poems from David Duchovny’s upcoming…
MEOW: A Literary Podcast for Cats54. Performative Male Readers: A Modest Proposal
This podcast is a presentation of The Meow Library. According to a recent Independent article by Lydia Spencer-Elliott, the elusive "literary man"--long…
MEOW: A Literary Podcast for Cats53. Tao Lin's Nini: Feline Autism, Ensoulment, and Self-Healing
In a new Harper's piece, Tao Lin traces his recent interests in autism, spirituality, and self-healing to his 4-year relationship with a special-needs cat…
MEOW: A Literary Podcast for Cats52. How Trump Defunded the Humanities and Doomed Literacy Forever: UChicago and the Collapse of the NEA
This podcast is a presentation of The Meow Library. The University of Chicago’s Humanities Department is poised to become one of the largest and most visible…
MEOW: A Literary Podcast for Cats51. Rebecca Van Laer's Zoosemiotics: The Meaning of Meow, the Meaning of Life
“Consciousness stands in the way of a good life. …the feline mind is one and undivided. Pain is suffered and forgotten, and the joy of life returns.” – John…
MEOW: A Literary Podcast for Cats50. The Wrath of BookTok: The Rise and Fall of Luke Bateman
This podcast is a presentation of The Meow Library. Luke Bateman, former rugby player and Bachelor star turned BookTok darling, recently scored a two-book deal…
MEOW: A Literary Podcast for Cats49. What's the Deal With Ocean Vuong?
This podcast is a production of The Meow Library. Ocean Vuong’s poetic voice, marked by tender precision and aching vulnerability, speaks in layered silences…
MEOW: A Literary Podcast for Cats48. Neural Whisker Relay: A Sci-Fi LitRPG For Your Cat
This podcast is a presentation of The Meow Library. This week’s podcast is the first in an ongoing Literary RPG series immersing you and your cat in Neural…
MEOW: A Literary Podcast for Cats47. Simon & Schuster's Sean Manning Publishes Stray Cat
This podcast is a presentation of The Meow Library. On a recent March morning, the Simon & Schuster video team is huddled in the best-sellers corner of McNally…
MEOW: A Literary Podcast for Cats46. The Art of Misdirection: Krysten Ritter's "Retreat"
This podcast is a presentation of The Meow Library. Krysten Ritter's Retreat can be purchased here. In Krysten Ritter’s Retreat, a novel ostensibly about…
MEOW: A Literary Podcast for Cats45. New Paradigms: Sophie Kemp's Paradise Logic
This podcast is a presentation of The Meow Library. Sophie Kemp's Paradise Logic can be purchased here. What makes a novel worthy of publication? This is a…
MEOW: A Literary Podcast for Cats44. Hololive Star Vestia Zeta Reads Meow: A Novel
This podcast is a presentation of The Meow Library. On February 22nd, 2025 -- International Cat Day -- fans of Vestia Zeta were treated to a heartfelt reading…
MEOW: A Literary Podcast for CatsLiterary Antimatter: Federico Perelmuter, László Krasznahorkai, and High Brodernism
“To read—and announce oneself as having read—literature in translation is to be tasteful and intelligent, a latter-day cosmopolitan in an age of blighted…
MEOW: A Literary Podcast for Cats42. What is Alt-Lit?
Have I told you I can’t read contemporary novels anymore? I think it’s because I know too many of the people who write them. I see them all the time at…
MEOW: A Literary Podcast for Cats41. Miranda July On All Fours: A Cross-Species Odyssey
This podcast is a presentation of The Meow Library. Miranda July's All Fours is available for purchase here. Miranda July’s All Fours is, at first glance, a…
MEOW: A Literary Podcast for Cats40. A Complete Unknown: Bob Dylan's Forgotten Avant-Garde Novel, Tarantula
This podcast is a presentation of The Meow Library. The release of the Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown has revived interest in Dylan's obscure 1971 "prose…
MEOW: A Literary Podcast for Cats39. Christopher Nolan Adapts The Odyssey, or: Royalty Cheques for Homer
This podcast is a presentation of The Meow Library. Controversy surrounding the state of American literacy has stirred following Christopher Nolan's…
MEOW: A Literary Podcast for Cats38. Karl Ove Knausgaard vs. Michel Houllebecq: To Condemn With Faint Praise
This podcast is a presentation of The Meow Library. "Houllebecq is considered a great contemporary author, and one cannot be said to be keeping abreast of…
MEOW: A Literary Podcast for Cats37. Luigi Mangione, The Unabomber, and Literary Radicalization
This podcast is a presentation of The Meow Library. "The mind of the cat is the essence of terror." -- Hasan-i Sabbah (c. 1050-1124), founder of the Order of…