AUDIO: Why We Still Read ‘The Great Gatsby’

[Ryan Goble]

I still haven't had a chance to see the new Gatsby film - but I'm also not a fan of Baz Luhrmann outside of his wonderful first film Strictly Ballroom. There have been a lot of Gatsby things online linked to the film but I thought this was a notch about the rest - from WBUR's show "Here & Now"...

 

Full article / audio at http://hereandnow.wbur.org/2013/05/09/literary-great-gatsby

[Dana Huff]

Thanks for sharing this. I haven't taught Gatsby in a while. This was one year I wish I had!

[Ryan Goble]

Yeah, I caught some Gatsby stuff on Colbert and the Daily Show but didn't remember to snag them - it is certainly a Gatsby rich year, eh?