Lit on Fire
“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.
Episodes
10 episodes
The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix
A charming neighbor moves in, the casseroles come out, and the danger starts where polite society refuses to look. We crack open The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires to examine how a suburban horror story exposes patriarchy, gasli...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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31:01
The Inheritance of Orquidea Divina by Zoraida Cordova
A summons arrives without a stamp, the house grows its own defenses, and a family gathers to witness a matriarch who refuses to explain herself. We dive into Zoraida Córdova’s The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina to explore how magical realism be...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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24:15
Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng by Kylie Lee Baker
A slur on a subway platform, a sister lost, and a ghost that won’t stop knocking—our conversation digs into how Kylie Lee Baker’s Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng turns horror into a blade for truth. We trace Cora Zeng’s journey through ...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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28:17
Red Rising by Pierce Brown
A color-coded empire tells its workers to love their chains, and a miner learns how deep the lie runs. We take you inside Red Rising’s brutal hierarchy to examine how propaganda, spectacle, and masculinity prop up a system that rewards obedienc...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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25:25
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Ash falls, trees stand like burnt ribs, and a father tells his son to carry the fire. We dive into Cormac McCarthy’s The Road not just as a survival story, but as a sharp mirror reflecting who gets to be called human when every system fails. We...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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26:03
Dungeon Crawler Carl, Book 1 by Matt Dinniman
A death game with loot drops shouldn’t feel this human, but Dungeon Crawler Carl sneaks past your guard with jokes and then hits you with a mirror. We dive into the LitRPG’s wild premise—Earth flattened by aliens, survivors herded into a televi...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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27:37
The Women of Wild Hill by Kirsten Miller
What if a family legacy of witchcraft demanded more than survival—what if it demanded a reckoning? We dive into Kirsten Miller’s The Women of Wild Hill, where two estranged sisters collide with a centuries-old haunting, a thorny prophecy, and a...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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24:55
The Change by Kirsten Miller
What if the moment you were told to disappear was the moment you became impossible to ignore? We take on Kirsten Miller’s The Change, a sharp, propulsive thriller where three midlife women transform grief, rage, and invisibility into a force th...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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28:09
Blood on Her Tongue by Johanna van Veen
A coffin scratches, a sister rises, and nothing about identity or desire looks the same afterward. We take you inside Johanna von Vein’s Blood on Her Tongue, a gothic horror that swaps fangs for a parasite and turns the genre’s mirror toward pa...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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26:25
I, Medusa by Ayana Gray
A legend everyone thinks they know becomes a story many of us needed. We take a fresh, unflinching look at Ayana Gray’s I Medusa and follow the arc from girl to survivor, from pawn to priestess, and from silence to a voice strong enough to call...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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32:45