Keene on Books
A podcast from the Keene State College English Department. We choose a book that is interesting to someone for some reason. Then we’ll talk about it and hopefully get somewhere fun
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Friday Aug 25, 2023
Friday Aug 25, 2023
Keene on Books discusses Elena Ferrante's 2020 novel, The Lying Life of Adults (translated into English by Ann Goldstein). Host / Associate Professor of English Education Chris Parsons is joined by Director of Mason Library, Celia Rabinowitz. Adults are the worst. Except for you.
Friday Aug 25, 2023
Friday Aug 25, 2023
Keene on Books discusses two essays by two legends: Toni Morrison’s 1981 “City Limits, Village Values: Concepts of Neighborhood in Black Fiction” and James Baldwin’s 1981 “The Language of the Streets.” Host / Associate Professor of English Education Chris Parsons is joined by Professor Emeritus of American Studies, Mike Antonucci as well as two former Keene State students (and current New Hampshire English teachers), Michael Costa and Rowan Hawthorne.
Friday Aug 25, 2023
Friday Aug 25, 2023
Keene on Books discusses poet Cheryl Savageau's 2020 book, Out of the Crazywoods. Host / Associate Professor of English Education Chris Parsons is joined by Professor Emeritus of American Studies, Mike Antonucci. At one point, Mike explains to me how Massachusetts drivers learn to drive, and New England makes just a little more sense.
Friday Aug 25, 2023
Friday Aug 25, 2023
Keene on Books discusses Ross Gay's 2019 book of essayettes, The Book of Delights. Host / Associate Professor of English Education Chris Parsons is joined by Professor of English, William Stroup. It is all quite delightful really.
Friday Aug 25, 2023
Friday Aug 25, 2023
Keene on Books discusses Hanif Kureishi's 1990 novel, The Buddha of Suburbia. Host / Associate Professor of English Education Chris Parsons is joined by Professor and Chair of English, Emily Robins Sharpe. You really need to beware of the dog for this one.
Friday Aug 25, 2023
Friday Aug 25, 2023
Keene on Books discusses Nobel Prize winner Kazuo Ishiguro's 2015 novel, The Buried Giant. Host / Associate Professor of English Education Chris Parsons is joined by Assistant Director of the Keene State Center for Research and Writing, Molly Parsons (and her entire immediate family...in Maine...in the summer...the full new England).
Friday Aug 25, 2023
Friday Aug 25, 2023
Keene on Books discusses earth's greatest living mystery writer Tana French and her 2020 novel, The Searcher. Host / Associate Professor of English Education Chris Parsons is joined by the Assistant Director of the Keene State Center for Research and Writing, Molly Parsons.
Friday Aug 25, 2023
Friday Aug 25, 2023
Keene on Books discusses Margaret Atwood's 2019 novel, The Testaments, a sequel to her 1985 legend, The Handmaid's Tale. Host / Associate Professor of English Education Chris Parsons is joined by Professor and Chair of Communication and Philosophy, Amber Davisson, and Adjunct Professor of Communication and Philosophy, Cynthia Cheshire.
Friday Aug 25, 2023
Friday Aug 25, 2023
As a branch campus of the Kate Atkinson fan club, Keene on Books discusses her 2018 novel, Transcription. Host / Associate Professor of English Education Chris Parsons is joined by Adjunct Professor of Communication and Philosophy Cynthia Cheshire.