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Marlon and Jake Read Dead People is a podcast hosted by the Booker Prize-winning and internationally bestselling author Marlon James and his editor, Jake Morrissey, Executive Editor at Riverhead Books. In each episode, Marlon and Jake talk about authors—specifically dead authors. Authors they like. Authors they hate. Great books, terrible books, and books they love that you’d never expect them to. As a writer and an editor, Marlon and Jake have read thousands of books between them, and they’re not shy in expressing their opinions about them. Sometimes they’ll agree, sometimes they won’t, but i

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  1. The Literary Hall of Shame E Sep 8, 2026 · 36 min
  2. English Teachers, Look Away E Sep 1, 2026 · 44 min
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  4. The Most Important Character Isn’t a Character E Aug 18, 2026 · 48 min
  5. This Got More Personal Than We Expected E Aug 11, 2026 · 37 min
  6. Why Does Great Literature Have Such Bad Sex? E Aug 4, 2026 · 35 min
  7. Writers We'll Never Read Again (Sorry, Faulkner) E Jul 28, 2026 · 40 min
  8. Is Jane Eyre Okay? E Jul 21, 2026 · 36 min
  9. Calling Bullshit on Dystopias E Jul 14, 2026 · 42 min
  10. Clearing the Cobwebs E Jul 7, 2026 · 37 min

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