Share your thoughts on Close Readings

We’re keen to hear your feedback on Close Readings, the podcast where LRB contributors read and discuss key works of literature, history and culture. The more we know about how you listen and what you enjoy, the better we can make it.

The survey takes just five minutes to complete.

Anthony Wilks
Head of Audio & Video
1.How did you find out about Close Readings? Please select all that apply
2.Do you have a paid Close Readings subscription? If yes, what type?
3.Which of our 2026 series have you listened to?
Every episode
Some episodes
Few or none
Nature in Crisis, with Meehan Crist and Peter Godfrey-Smith
Narrative Poems, with Seamus Perry and Mark Ford
Who's Afraid of Realism? with James Wood
London Revisited, with Rosemary Hill
The Man Behind the Curtain, with Thomas Jones and Tom McCarthy
4.Do you listen to older episodes from previous series of Close Reading?
i.e. episodes from 2025 and earlier
5.How regularly do you listen to Close Readings? If it varies, how much have you listened in the last month?
6.When do you listen to Close Readings? Select all that apply
7.What do you like most about Close Readings?
8.What do you think we could do better, or what's missing?
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