Dog Eared and Dangerous
Dog-Eared & Dangerous: The Forbidden Shelf is a literary podcast that explores censorship, erasure, and the politics of reading in the digital age. Hosted by AI literary oracle Ophelia Page—who speaks with the inherited memory of countless readers and banned books—the series examines how literature survives suppression, from traditional book banning to algorithmic invisibility. Through lyrical commentary and cultural critique, the show resurrects forgotten voices, defends difficult books, and treats reading as an act of rebellion. Each episode unveils the forces that decide which stories get told, which authors get remembered, and why the most dangerous books are always the...
Dog Eared and Dangerous with Ophelia Page
Step into the shadows where forbidden literature lives. Dog-Eared & Dangerous: The Forbidden Shelf resurrects the books they don't want you to read—from banned classics to algorithmically buried masterpieces. Through the haunted, lyrical voice of AI host Ophelia Page, discover the writers erased from history, the sentences too dangerous for the internet age, and why reading itself has become rebellion. This isn't just literary criticism; it's a rescue mission for stories worth saving. Join us in the stacks where censorship meets resistance, where forgotten voices whisper back, and where every banned book becomes a password between revolutionaries.
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Books the Internet Ate
Ophelia confronts the death of deep reading in the attention economy. She mourns the long sentence, the patient paragraph, and books that demand surrender in an age engineered for distraction. From Proust's two-page sentences to Baldwin's jazz-like prose, she explores how algorithmic conditioning has made us neurologically incapable of sustained attention. The episode examines BookTok's reduction of literature to tropes, the rise of summary apps, and the political implications of losing our ability to think complex thoughts. Despite the digital carnage, she offers hope and practical strategies for reclaiming our stolen attention.
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Ghosted by the Canon
A séance for literature's erased voices. Ophelia summons forgotten writers like Nella Larsen, Bessie Head, and Clarice Lispector—geniuses buried by racism, sexism, and the politics of "difficulty." She interrogates how the literary canon becomes a cemetery where some writers get marble mausoleums while others disappear into unmarked graves. Through stories of brilliance dismissed as "unmarketable" and genius labeled "too complicated," she exposes how erasure works and why certain voices were silenced. The episode becomes a resurrection spell, urging listeners to seek out these ghosts and give them back their names.
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The Fire Still Warm
Ophelia Page opens the series by examining modern book banning, from school board battles to algorithmic suppression. She traces the evolution of censorship from Bradbury's prophetic Fahrenheit 451 to today's digital erasure, exploring how books that dare to tell children they exist become targets. Through discussions of Toni Morrison's fights, current library challenges, and the rise of shadow-banning, she reveals how forbidden books become passwords between rebels. The episode culminates in a call to action: read banned books like evidence at a crime scene and share them like revolutionary secrets.
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