Grace Todd
@misscajlin.bsky.social
Host of Didn’t Read It. Aspiring failed novelist, editor, book gremlin, gardener, unpaid unofficial Duke’s Mayo rep. She/her. https://linktr.ee/didntreaditpod
I wrote about Solzhenitsyn, censorship, and burnout, bc last Halloween I dressed up as “the corpse of the publishing industry” and I worry every day that we aren’t going to get the literature we deserve in the current moment:
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Burnout and Censorship
Do we remember how to advocate for challenging, complicated literature?
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March 13, 2025 at 4:34 PM
I wrote about Solzhenitsyn, censorship, and burnout, bc last Halloween I dressed up as “the corpse of the publishing industry” and I worry every day that we aren’t going to get the literature we deserve in the current moment:
open.substack.com/pub/gracetod...
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I encountered the Biedermeier Period for the first time researching the OG Nosferatu (did you know the 1922 film is a period piece?)
& anyway there was absolutely no resonance in learning about a time in which art got really bland to cater to the tastes of a prosperous-but-touchy middle class
& anyway there was absolutely no resonance in learning about a time in which art got really bland to cater to the tastes of a prosperous-but-touchy middle class
March 12, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I encountered the Biedermeier Period for the first time researching the OG Nosferatu (did you know the 1922 film is a period piece?)
& anyway there was absolutely no resonance in learning about a time in which art got really bland to cater to the tastes of a prosperous-but-touchy middle class
& anyway there was absolutely no resonance in learning about a time in which art got really bland to cater to the tastes of a prosperous-but-touchy middle class
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We can be hip! We do pop culture! We’re horny for vampires over here as we dig into Dracula AND both Nosferatu films with friend of the pod @madelineandnine.bsky.social. If you’ve ever wondered where the line between film and novel lies, well listen up. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...
From Victoriana to Tech Billionaires: Nosferatu, Nosferatu, and Dracula
Podcast Episode · Didn't Read It · 03/09/2025 · 1h 35m
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March 9, 2025 at 4:07 PM
We can be hip! We do pop culture! We’re horny for vampires over here as we dig into Dracula AND both Nosferatu films with friend of the pod @madelineandnine.bsky.social. If you’ve ever wondered where the line between film and novel lies, well listen up. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...
On the other hand, tiny irises
March 4, 2025 at 6:47 PM
On the other hand, tiny irises
Dentist always makes me feel like a dog being taken to the vet. Mildly sedated. Discomfort you are assured is for your long-term benefit. Everyone very preoccupied with preventing a Biting Incident.
March 4, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Dentist always makes me feel like a dog being taken to the vet. Mildly sedated. Discomfort you are assured is for your long-term benefit. Everyone very preoccupied with preventing a Biting Incident.
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You: Oh my god the house is on fire!
Me (wise, has read books): And you're surprised? Houses have been on fire before [as the flames consume us both] Furthermore,
Me (wise, has read books): And you're surprised? Houses have been on fire before [as the flames consume us both] Furthermore,
March 1, 2025 at 4:20 PM
You: Oh my god the house is on fire!
Me (wise, has read books): And you're surprised? Houses have been on fire before [as the flames consume us both] Furthermore,
Me (wise, has read books): And you're surprised? Houses have been on fire before [as the flames consume us both] Furthermore,
As someone who reads a lot of Classic Lit introductions, this got me good
February 25, 2025 at 11:22 PM
As someone who reads a lot of Classic Lit introductions, this got me good
Happy Sunday, come hang out with me & the world’s most upbeat novel, written by the world’s happiest guy 💕
Happy Sunday from the gulags! Today we are all things cheerful with Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and his classic novel of the Soviet gulags, “A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich” with new friend of the pod @goad.bsky.social
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Who Doesn't Love a Gulag?
Podcast Episode · Didn't Read It · 02/23/2025 · 1h 39m
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February 23, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Happy Sunday, come hang out with me & the world’s most upbeat novel, written by the world’s happiest guy 💕
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Come closer… closer… closer. Okay perfect. It’s time for a creepy little Roald Dahl story. Joining us to talk through “Skin” is a lovely friend of the pod and purveyor of tattoo artistry @jessversus.bsky.social Us, Roald and I, just can’t wait for you to listen. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...
February 4, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Come closer… closer… closer. Okay perfect. It’s time for a creepy little Roald Dahl story. Joining us to talk through “Skin” is a lovely friend of the pod and purveyor of tattoo artistry @jessversus.bsky.social Us, Roald and I, just can’t wait for you to listen. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...
We are a very respectable classic lit podcast and we did NOT get raunchy for Valentine’s Day weekend. We would NEVER. How could you even SUGGEST it. 👀❤️✍️🍑🍆❤️
February 16, 2025 at 2:40 PM
We are a very respectable classic lit podcast and we did NOT get raunchy for Valentine’s Day weekend. We would NEVER. How could you even SUGGEST it. 👀❤️✍️🍑🍆❤️
Be my (undead) Valentine?
February 14, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Be my (undead) Valentine?
I almost forgot to post that I recorded an EXCELLENT episode with @jessversus.bsky.social about tattoos, Roald Dahl, and how you should always be suspicious of the rich. You can find it here or on the usual platforms!
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www.didntreaditpod.com/episodes/hol...
Roald Dahl's "Skin" — Didn't Read It
We're talking about the age-old tensions between fine art, needing to eat, and deciding whether selling out is worth it as we discuss Roald Dahl's 1952 short story, "Skin." If you would like to find ...
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February 10, 2025 at 10:25 PM
I almost forgot to post that I recorded an EXCELLENT episode with @jessversus.bsky.social about tattoos, Roald Dahl, and how you should always be suspicious of the rich. You can find it here or on the usual platforms!
www.didntreaditpod.com/episodes/hol...
www.didntreaditpod.com/episodes/hol...
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I definitely feel I'm Jokerfying. You look one way and you've got 4 different Beavis-Snokes deleting every third grandpa from social security and in the other it's an economy currently hinging on the success of the least profitable software product of all time that is also destroying the earth.
February 5, 2025 at 6:36 AM
I definitely feel I'm Jokerfying. You look one way and you've got 4 different Beavis-Snokes deleting every third grandpa from social security and in the other it's an economy currently hinging on the success of the least profitable software product of all time that is also destroying the earth.
I plotted the perfect murder and wrote the perfect fake note from my wife to cover my tracks but she says it’s laughably obvious I did it and is trying to steal my thunder, AITA? www.buzzsprout.com/2135987/epis...
February 4, 2025 at 2:21 AM
I plotted the perfect murder and wrote the perfect fake note from my wife to cover my tracks but she says it’s laughably obvious I did it and is trying to steal my thunder, AITA? www.buzzsprout.com/2135987/epis...
Wrote about the weirdness of Christmas sans the whole Christ bit, and why I do holiday ghost stories on Didn’t Read It: open.substack.com/pub/gracetod...
Why Ghost Stories at Christmas?
Or: What Does This Holiday Even MEAN
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December 18, 2024 at 12:40 AM
Wrote about the weirdness of Christmas sans the whole Christ bit, and why I do holiday ghost stories on Didn’t Read It: open.substack.com/pub/gracetod...
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Well #LPHartley called and says nothing says the holidays like Santa-related daddy issues. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...
Daddy Issues and Festive Shafts: L.P. Hartley's
Podcast Episode · Didn't Read It · 12/08/2024 · 54m
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December 10, 2024 at 12:06 AM
Well #LPHartley called and says nothing says the holidays like Santa-related daddy issues. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...
Didn’t Read It has a substack now! A place where I deposit *~bonus thoughts~* about the books we cover—kicking off with a little meditation on Faust and Billionaire Brain Damage:
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An Epilogue: Faustus, Billionaires and Self-Deception
DIDN'T READ IT HAS A NEWSLETTER NOW, WELCOME >3
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November 20, 2024 at 6:07 PM
Didn’t Read It has a substack now! A place where I deposit *~bonus thoughts~* about the books we cover—kicking off with a little meditation on Faust and Billionaire Brain Damage:
open.substack.com/pub/gracetod...
open.substack.com/pub/gracetod...
A friend sent me a package of “book-themed” stickers as a surprise and I don’t know how closely he looked before he bought them but, uhhhhh
November 20, 2024 at 12:01 AM
A friend sent me a package of “book-themed” stickers as a surprise and I don’t know how closely he looked before he bought them but, uhhhhh
This cat does not have a single thought in his tiny head. That is all.
November 8, 2023 at 6:57 PM
This cat does not have a single thought in his tiny head. That is all.
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We have a NEW EPISODE up about a story by Nathaniel Hawthorne called “Rappaccini’s Daughter.” Listen to @misscajlin.bsky.social and Galen Canham discuss an important life lesson: why it’s so messed up to keep your daughter in a garden of poisonous plants until she herself becomes poisonous.
September 24, 2023 at 4:36 PM
We have a NEW EPISODE up about a story by Nathaniel Hawthorne called “Rappaccini’s Daughter.” Listen to @misscajlin.bsky.social and Galen Canham discuss an important life lesson: why it’s so messed up to keep your daughter in a garden of poisonous plants until she herself becomes poisonous.
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Urban Planning Opinion Progression xkcd.com/2832
September 23, 2023 at 9:26 AM
Urban Planning Opinion Progression xkcd.com/2832
GOOD MORNING ARE YOU AWARE THAT IT IS TIME FOR BELLY RUBS
September 21, 2023 at 11:09 AM
GOOD MORNING ARE YOU AWARE THAT IT IS TIME FOR BELLY RUBS
This is obviously the best way to post for the first time on a new platform, anyway here’s how I cope with existing
September 14, 2023 at 10:38 PM
This is obviously the best way to post for the first time on a new platform, anyway here’s how I cope with existing