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Welcome to Keene on Books: A Podcast from the Keene State College English Department. Each month, the faculty here in the English Department will choose a book that is interesting to us for some reason or another—could be new and trendy, could be a classic, could be an overlooked gem from whenever.…

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"It's sentient": A Keene on Books Horror Double-Feature

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2021 68:21

In this podcast, Chris talks with Professors Amber Davisson and Meriem Pages about two books: Giddings' Lakewood and Moreno-Garcia's Mexican Gothic.

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Keene on Lydia Millet's /A Children's Bible /

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2021 72:00

In this episode, Chris discusses Millet's 2020 novel with Celia Rabinowitz (Dean of Mason Library) and Molly Parsons (Assistant Director of the Center for Research & Writing).

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Keene on Kate Atkinson's /Transcription/

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2020 64:36

Cindy Cheshire, Keene State's Campus Minister, talks with Professor Chris Parsons about Kate Atkinson's 2018 novel, Transcription.

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Keene on Tana French's /The Searcher/

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2020 63:20

Professor Chris Parsons talks with Professor Molly Parsons about Tana French's newest novel, The Searcher. Chris is surprised to learn that he doesn't like the ending.

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Keene on Cheryl Savageau's /Out of the Crazywoods/

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2020 56:22

Professors Chris Parsons and Michael Antonucci discuss Abenaki poet Cheryl Savageau's Out of the Crazywoods.

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"As no one ever had before": Elena Ferrante's /The Lying Life of Adults/

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2020 71:07

Professor Chris Parsons talks about The Lying Life of Adults with Celia Rabinowitz, Dean of Mason Library.

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Before Corona: Mohsin Hamid's /Exit West/

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2020 65:31

In this episode, Celia Rabinowitz, Dean of Mason Library, and Professor Chris Parsons discuss Mohsin Hamid's Exit West.

"Heartstopper": Margaret Atwood's /The Testaments/

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2020 74:55

In this episode, Professor Amber Davisson, Campus Minister Cindy Cheshire, and Professor Chris Parsons discuss Margaret Atwood's The Testaments.

"Good luck": Toni Morrison's /God Help the Child/

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2020 80:23

Braema Mathi, HGS Global Fellow at KSC, and Mason Library's Judy Gannon, talk with Professor Chris Parsons about Toni Morrison's most recent novel, God Help the Child. Top three: fictional names.

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"For love of Shirley": Jarrett Krosoczka's /Hey, Kiddo/

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2019 68:04

In anticipation of author Jarrett Krosoczka's visit to Keene, Keene on Books discusses Hey, Kiddo. This episode features special guests Liz Chipman, Kathy Fleming, and Heather Gigliello with Professor Chris Parsons. Top two: graphic novels.

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"And that's why Toni Morrison is great": Essays by Toni Morrison and James Baldwin

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2019 86:46

Professors Mike Antonucci and Chris Parsons talk with Keene State Students Michael Costa and Rowan Hawthorne about two essays: Toni Morrison's "City Limits, Village Values" and James Baldwin's "The Language of the Streets." Top three: things to do in a city.

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"We'll figure this out": Jeff Friedman's /Floating Tales/

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2019 96:35

In this episode, Professor Jeff Friedman, Keene State student Ashley Rollend, and Professor Chris Parsons discuss Jeff's book, Floating Tales. Top three: Things we wish we could 'bring back.'

"Talked a lot ... didn't do the reading": Kazuo Ishiguro's /The Buried Giant/

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2019 85:16

Professor Chris Parsons discusses Kazuo Ishiguro's The Buried Giant with family on vacation in Maine. Special "guest": Molly Parsons (adjunct faculty at KSC & Chris's wife)

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I'd Rather be Delighted: Ross Gay's /The Book of Delights/

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2019 76:02

Professors Bill Stroup and Chris Parsons discuss Ross Gay's The Book of Delights. Top Three: Most delightful things in Keene, New Hampshire.

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"A little hole in the wall": Tana French's /Broken Harbor/

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2019 85:42

Professors Meriem Pagès, Brinda Charry, and Chris Parsons discuss Tana French's Broken Harbor. Top Three: Creepy cool settings.

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"Beware of dog": Hanif Kureishi's /The Buddha of Suburbia/

Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2019 72:38

Professors Emily Robins Sharpe and Chris Parsons discuss Hanif Kureishi's The Buddha of Suburbia. Top three: Songs related to books.

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"Have you read this sci-fi theorist ...?": China Miéville's /Embassyville/

Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2019 82:38

Professors John Slefinger and Chris Parsons discuss China Miéville's Embassyville. Top three: Sci-fi scenarios.