Episodes
Sunday Jul 01, 2018
Episode 237: Willa Cather, The Song of the Lark (2)
Sunday Jul 01, 2018
Sunday Jul 01, 2018
In the second part of Willa Cather's "The Song of the Lark", Thea arrives in the barren wasteland of Chicago in order to contuine her musical education only to discover her talent as a singer.
Sunday Jul 01, 2018
Philip K. Dick Book Club: Episode 99.5: Martian Time-Slip (5)
Sunday Jul 01, 2018
Sunday Jul 01, 2018
The conclusion to my thoughts on Philip K. Dick's brilliant novel "Martian Time-Slip".
Thursday Jun 28, 2018
Philip K. Dick Book Club: Episode 99.4: Martian Time-Slip (4)
Thursday Jun 28, 2018
Thursday Jun 28, 2018
We are nearing the end of "Martian Time-Slip". In this part of the novel, things get a little bit weird.
Thursday Jun 28, 2018
Episode 236: Willa Cather, The Song of the Lark (1)
Thursday Jun 28, 2018
Thursday Jun 28, 2018
First part of my review of "The Song of the Lark", a heafty novel by Willa Cather about becoming an artist, the rapidly changing frontier, and the costs of being a career woman.
Tuesday Jun 26, 2018
Episode 235: Willia Cather, O Pioneers, Part 2
Tuesday Jun 26, 2018
Tuesday Jun 26, 2018
The second half of my review of Willa Cather's "O Pioneers". Next up, "The Song of the Lark."
Tuesday Jun 26, 2018
Philip K. Dick Book Club: Episode 99.3: Martian Time-Slip (3)
Tuesday Jun 26, 2018
Tuesday Jun 26, 2018
More of my thoughts on Philip K. Dick's novel "Martian Time-Slip".
Friday Jun 22, 2018
Episode 234: Willia Cather, O Pioneers, Part 1
Friday Jun 22, 2018
Friday Jun 22, 2018
The first episode of a two part series on Willa Cather's novel "O Pioneers".
Friday Jun 22, 2018
Philip K. Dick Book Club: Episode 99.2: Martian Time-Slip (2)
Friday Jun 22, 2018
Friday Jun 22, 2018
Part two of my series on Philip K. Dick's 1964 novel "Martian Time-Slip".
Monday Jun 18, 2018
Philip K. Dick Book Club: Episode 99.1: Martian Time-Slip
Monday Jun 18, 2018
Monday Jun 18, 2018
The first part of my thoughts on Dick's 1964 novel "Martian Time-Slip". Oh, it is so good!
Monday Jun 18, 2018
Episode 233: Willa Cather, The Troll Garden
Monday Jun 18, 2018
Monday Jun 18, 2018
The first episode in my series on the early novels of Willa Cather. We begin with her collection of short stories on art and artists, "The Troll Gardens".
Thursday Jun 14, 2018
Philip K. Dick Book Club: Episode 98: If There Was No Benny Cemoli
Thursday Jun 14, 2018
Thursday Jun 14, 2018
A bit more on the media and the mythology of history in "If There Was No Benny Cemoli", another a Philip K. Dick's 1963 short stories.
Thursday Jun 14, 2018
Episode 232: James Weldon Johnson: Essays (2) and Poems
Thursday Jun 14, 2018
Thursday Jun 14, 2018
I close out my series on turn on early 20th century Afircan-American writers with a look at some more essays by James Weldon Johnson and some of his poems.
Next up, Willa Cather's early works.
Monday Jun 11, 2018
Episode 231: James Weldon Johnson: Essays (1)
Monday Jun 11, 2018
Monday Jun 11, 2018
In this episode, I look at some of James Weldon Johnson's early essays and the introductions to some of his edited work.
Monday Jun 11, 2018
Monday Jun 11, 2018
In this episode I will look at two Philip K. Dick tales that make up a single story. "Stand-by" and "What'll We Do WIth Ragland Park" together make a short novel about the media, automated political power, folk music, and posthumanism.
Friday Jun 08, 2018
Philip K. Dick Book Club: Episode 96: Days of Perky Pat
Friday Jun 08, 2018
Friday Jun 08, 2018
Back to some Philip K. Dick short stories. The first we will look at is "The Days of Perky Pat" a tale about war, the future, and Barbie dolls.
Friday Jun 08, 2018
Episode 230: James Weldon Johnson: Along This Way (4)
Friday Jun 08, 2018
Friday Jun 08, 2018
The finale of my review of James Weldon's Johnson autobigraphy, "Along This Way" Thsi part focuses on his civil rights work with the NAACP.
Monday Jun 04, 2018
Episode 229: James Weldon Johnson: Along This Way (3)
Monday Jun 04, 2018
Monday Jun 04, 2018
In this part of "Along This Way" James Weldon Johnson discusses his career in the State Department and his participation in U.S. imperialism in Latin America.
Monday Jun 04, 2018
Philip K. Dick Book Club: Episode 95.4: The Game-players of Titan (4)
Monday Jun 04, 2018
Monday Jun 04, 2018
The finale of my review and commentary on Philip K. Dick's novel "The Gameplayers of Titan".