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Stay Young, Make Content: Sue Monk Kidd, Yann Martel, and Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Reproductive/Gendered Violence Content Warning
Ian and Page, your two favorite store-brand English professors, have put together a syllabus for reading our way to an understanding of the 21st Century.
After a month and a half of moves, power outages, and vacations, we're back! This episode, we're talking about the "Most Popular" fiction books of 2001 as listed by GoodReads: Life of Pi by Yann Martel*, The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd*, and The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón*. We get into Page's hatred of child protagonists, some of their favorite current cultural theories, identity co-opting, and political repression.
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Subscribe to get our August 10 episode on the critical favorites of 2001: Erasure by Percival Everett*; I, The Divine by Rabih Alameddine*; The Last Report on the Miracle at Little No Horse by Louise Erdrich*; Bel Canto by Ann Patchett*; and Choke by Chuck Palahniuk.
Our thanks to Chris Delano for editing (and fact-checking) support. Music: "MTV (Pop, Britney Spears)" from BigBadBeats.
* All book links redirect to our affiliate account on Bookshop.org, helping to fund the podcast.
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By Ian GillhamReproductive/Gendered Violence Content Warning
Ian and Page, your two favorite store-brand English professors, have put together a syllabus for reading our way to an understanding of the 21st Century.
After a month and a half of moves, power outages, and vacations, we're back! This episode, we're talking about the "Most Popular" fiction books of 2001 as listed by GoodReads: Life of Pi by Yann Martel*, The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd*, and The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón*. We get into Page's hatred of child protagonists, some of their favorite current cultural theories, identity co-opting, and political repression.
Links:
Like us? Hate us? Leave us a rating and a review!
Subscribe to get our August 10 episode on the critical favorites of 2001: Erasure by Percival Everett*; I, The Divine by Rabih Alameddine*; The Last Report on the Miracle at Little No Horse by Louise Erdrich*; Bel Canto by Ann Patchett*; and Choke by Chuck Palahniuk.
Our thanks to Chris Delano for editing (and fact-checking) support. Music: "MTV (Pop, Britney Spears)" from BigBadBeats.
* All book links redirect to our affiliate account on Bookshop.org, helping to fund the podcast.