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“Welcome to Lit on Fire — the podcast where literature meets controversy, where banned books, silenced voices, and dangerous ideas refuse to stay quiet. From classrooms to courtrooms, novels to news cycles, we explore how stories challenge power, expose injustice, and ignite social change.
Our logo — a woman bound atop a burning stack of books — isn’t just an image. It’s a warning and a promise. A warning about what happens when voices are erased… and a promise that stories, once lit, are impossible to put out.
So if you’re ready to question, to argue, to feel uncomfortable, and to think deeper — you’re in the right place. This is - Lit on Fire.
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Between Two Fires by Christopher Buehlman
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Montclair by Anderson W Frost
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Carl's Doomsday Scenario, Dungeon Crawler Carl Book 2 by Matt Dinniman
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Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery by Brom
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Lord of the Flies by William Golding
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The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
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Golem Master by TJ Lombardi
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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Lit on Trial 3: The Decline of Literacy
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Founder's Edition: Lighting the Forge by Jay Krauss
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Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
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Circe by Madeline Miller
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Erasure by Percival Everett
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I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman
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Author Reck Well - Interview #4
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S.L. Rowland - JordanCon Interview #3
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Ben Wolf, Ryan H Reid and Gary Furlong - JordanCon Interview #2
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Jessica Threet (Actor/Audiobook Narrator) - JordanCon Interview #1
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Stumbling Up by Reck Well
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Lit on Trial 2: You Can Love The Story Without Excusing The Writer
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Halfling Harvest and There Be Dragons Here by S.L. Rowland
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Lit on Trial 1: Is Literature Always Political?
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Cursed Cocktails and Sword and Thistle by S.L. Rowland
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Thorns, Feathers & Bones by Anderson W. Frost
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The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
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My Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady Hendrix
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Katabasis by R.F. Kuang
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Ring Shout by P. Djeli Clark
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Operation Bounce House by Matt Dinniman
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James by Percival Everett
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