Another Halloween treat from Poe, a reading of this lesser-known tale. And follow the podcast for some ways to think about it and "The Tell-Tale Heart"!

This story, a quintessential Poe classic, is perfect not only for its conception of the psychology of horror, but for our larger discussion in Le Guin's Journey 6.

What is this podcast? I recommend you start here, with this introduction to Literary Nomads and get a taste of what the larger series offers!

What is this podcast? I recommend you start here, with this introduction to Literary Nomads and get a taste of what the larger series offers!

What is this podcast? I recommend you start here, with this introduction to Literary Nomads and get a taste of what the larger series offers!

Now that we've wrestled in and with Omelas for a bit, what questions remain for us to take forward on our journey? We're walking away from Omelas, but let's have an idea where we're going.

Listeners offer their questions from narrator trust to activism to teaching controversy. I rant--or respond--back.

Can we pull this utopia dilemma together? Or will we add even more levels of complication?

Sure, the Omelas dilemma is tough, but at least we have our narrator as ally, right? Right? Perhaps the real horror in Omelas has less to do with the child at its center.

Is this story really about that suffering child? Or is it more about how we wall its suffering out, then invite it back in?