Nudie Reads

The fictional diary of Charles and Caroline Pooter. A 19th Century English literary gem. Get in touch: Email: nudiereads@gmail.com Web: https://about.me/nudiereads Instagram: instagram.com/nudieread...

28 Mar 202111min

Film Reviewer Pauline Kael's scathing review of The French Connection. Beautifully written even if it misses its mark by a mile. 🌂 🚗 🚉 Get in touch: Email: nudiereads@gmail.com Web: https://about.m...

25 Mar 202114min

A posthumously published work of genius from New Orleans. John Kennedy Toole's A Confederacy of Dunces. Ignatius J Reilly Letter to Abelman Dry Goods. As Micarah Tewers would say, if you know, you kno...

21 Mar 20219min

A letter from an advertising genius, by then in his 60s, led to a world-wide product branding triumph that endured for 45 years. With great experience comes an ability to reduce complex ideas to a sim...

18 Mar 202113min

A couple of Italian Renaissance gents who loved to write were first to publish many of the fairy tales we know and love today. Thank goodness for them and for all the world's fairy tales. From magical...

14 Mar 202119min

How seriously will you be taken if you get around town calling yourself a witch, wearing a cape and with a raven on your shoulder? Very seriously, if you're a great writer. Get in touch: Email: nudie...

11 Mar 202110min

Oedipus Complex? Separation Anxiety? Therapy that lasts for years? For better or worse you can thank Sigmund Freud for all that. But he had another side which we know about thanks to his great writing...

7 Mar 20218min

Imagine being sewn into an ox-leather sack with a snake, a chicken, a dog and a monkey then thrown into the river. The Roman punishment of Poena Cullei was cruel and unusual. Cicero knew it. And than...

4 Mar 20217min