The Foxed Page
By Kimberly Ford
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If you love to read, The Foxed Page is for you. With these deep dives into the best books, you’ll gain a richer understanding of the title at hand, all while learning to read everything better.
Choose from long-form lectures, quick recommendations, talks on old favorites and plenty of episodes from the archives.
Listen to The Foxed Page--with Kimberly Ford, best-selling author, former adjunct professor and Ph.D.
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Lecture 53: Curtis Sittenfeld's ROMANTIC COMEDY >> Could you use a super-smart, hilarious, uplifting novel right about now? This is it!
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May 17, 2024 |
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Lecture 52: André Aciman's CALL ME BY YOUR NAME and ENIGMA VARIATIONS >> Did you love the movie? Do you want to more fully comprehend the idea of the atmospheric novel before summer's upon us?? Listen in!
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May 13, 2024 |
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Lecture 51: Nicholson Baker's FINDING A LIKENESS: HOW I GOT SOMEWHAT BETTER AT ART >> Are you an intelligent, creative person--maybe contemplating a next chapter or new endeavor? Baker's about the provide ALL THE INSPIRATION YOU NEED
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May 10, 2024 |
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Lecture 50: John Steinbeck's EAST OF EDEN >> Want to see Kimberly conjure John Steinbeck from the dead?? Ever wondered why so many people LOVE EAST OF EDEN? Allow Kimberly to explain why it deserves to be such a perennial favorite. NO RE-READING REQUIRED!
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May 06, 2024 |
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Lecture 38: R. F. Kuang's YELLOWFACE
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May 03, 2024 |
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Lecture 49: Stephen King's CARRIE >> Find out why King is worth serious literary respect, especially on the FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY of this iconic novel.
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Apr 29, 2024 |
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Lecture 48: Megan Nolan's ORDINARY HUMAN FAILINGS >> Looking for a thriller that's incredibly well written? Look no further!
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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REPOST: Lecture 7: Joan Didion’s The White Album Part 1 > Learn why Didion is such an icon and why her inimitable prose means so much to so many people!
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Apr 12, 2024 |
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Enriched Read 5: Percival Everett's JAMES in light of Twain's HUCK FINN >> Find out why Everett's incredible re-imagining is a HUGE IMPROVEMENT on the source material.
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Apr 08, 2024 |
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REPOST: Dorothy Baker’s CASSANDRA AT THE WEDDING > Find out why literally NO ONE to whom Kimberly recommends this 1962 novel about identical 21-year-old twins in California is disappointed.
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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Lecture 45: Jo Baker's LONGBOURN > Have you always wanted Downton Abbey in the form of a REALLY WELL WRITTEN novel?? PLUS JANE AUSTEN ELEMENTS??!! This is it, people!
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Mar 29, 2024 |
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Lecture 46: Janice Hadlow's THE OTHER BENNET SISTER > Ever wondered what MARY Bennet was up to?? Wonder no more!
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Mar 28, 2024 |
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Lecture 44: Melinda Taub's THE SCANDALOUS CONFESSIONS OF LYDIA BENNET, WITCH > Let Kimberly (and Taub) answer all the questions about Pride and Prejudice that you didn't even know you had!
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Mar 27, 2024 |
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Enriched Read 4: History and satire in PRIDE AND PREJUDICE >> Dive into Jane's historical period--while seeing her as a true SATIRIST--to more FULLY appreciate her genius!
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Mar 25, 2024 |
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Lecture 43: Virginia Woolf's ORLANDO>> This fantastical ROMP--what with Orlando living 400 years, and both as a man and a woman--has never been more crucial!
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Mar 18, 2024 |
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REPOST: Judy Blume's ARE YOU THERE GOD? IT'S ME, MARGARET>> Seriously, who needs a reason to revisit this touchstone?? Find out why this classic is such a literary feat!
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Mar 15, 2024 |
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Lecture 42: Rebecca Yarros's FOURTH WING>> Two burning questions: Why is so much fantasy set in the medieval era? and Why is so much written by mormon writers??
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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Episode 41: Jesmyn Ward's LET US DESCEND > Readers, Kimberly LOVED this rewriting of Dante's Divine Comedy. Listen to why this best seller DESERVES its place on all those BEST OF 2023 lists!
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Mar 04, 2024 |
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Lecture 40: POOR THINGS! Readers! AHHHHH!!! The movie streams today--and Alasdair Gray's 1992 novel (the source material) is SOOO GOOD! You MUST LISTEN TO THE PODCAST AND READ THIS BOOK!
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Feb 27, 2024 |
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REPOST: Sally Rooney's BEAUTIFUL WORLD WHERE ARE YOU >> Honestly? Kimberly did not love Conversations with Friends. She dove into this to figure out why Rooney left her a tad cold. She ended up with serious appreciation–while also discovering the thing!
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Feb 23, 2024 |
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Lecture 39: Virginia Woolf's LIBERTY (A Room of One's Own)
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Feb 16, 2024 |
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REPOST: Gustave Flaubert's MADAME BOVARY
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Feb 12, 2024 |
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Old Favorite 5: Sendak's WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
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Feb 09, 2024 |
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REPOST: Gabrielle Zevin’s TOMORROW AND TOMORROW AND TOMORROW
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Feb 02, 2024 |
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Lecture 37: Margaret Kennedy's THE FEAST
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Jan 29, 2024 |
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Enriched Read/PRE-read III: Daniel Mason's NORTH WOODS
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Jan 22, 2024 |
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Lecture 36: Madeline Miller’s CIRCE
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Jan 19, 2024 |
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Lecture 35: Madeline Miller's GALATEA
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Jan 16, 2024 |
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Lecture 34: Gayl Jones's Corregidora
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Jan 15, 2024 |
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Enriched Read 1: Demon Copperhead and David Copperfield
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Jan 08, 2024 |
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Lecture 33: Claire Keegan's So Late in the Day
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Jan 07, 2024 |
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How to Read 3: Why reading is NECESSARY NOT INDULGENT!
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Jan 02, 2024 |
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Old favorite 4: How the Grinch Stole Christmas (and its SEQUEL??)
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Dec 18, 2023 |
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Lecture 32: Lessons in Chemistry
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Dec 11, 2023 |
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Lecture 31: Agatha Christie!!!
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Dec 04, 2023 |
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Lecture 30: Cormac McCarthy's The Passenger and Stella Maris
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Nov 27, 2023 |
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Old Favorite 3: From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
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Nov 18, 2023 |
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Lecture 29: Why Nicholson Baker MUST be your new mindfulness guru
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Nov 14, 2023 |
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Lecture 28: Like Water for Chocolate (now in English!)
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Nov 09, 2023 |
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Lecture 27: the foxed page EN ESPANOL: Como aqua para chocolate
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Nov 06, 2023 |
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Lecture 26: the foxed page talks TELEVISION; David Milch, Pete Dexter and SHAKESPEARE: Deadwood, the TV series.
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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Episode 14: DEADWOOD (the novel):
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Oct 28, 2023 |
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LECTURE 14: Claire Keegan's Small Things Like These
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Oct 20, 2023 |
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LECTURE 13: What we all need to learn from Mary Shelley's FRANKENSTEIN
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Oct 12, 2023 |
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LECTURE 12: Margaret the First by Danielle Dutton
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Sep 25, 2023 |
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Enriched Read II: The Covenant of Water
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Sep 18, 2023 |
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How to Read II: PLOT (feat. Virginia Woolf, Eve Babitz, Gustave Flaubert and others)
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Sep 11, 2023 |
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Episode 11: Didion, Babitz . . . and Cline?
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Sep 05, 2023 |
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Lecture 10: Ejaculate Responsibly: A Whole New Way to Think about Abortion
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Aug 28, 2023 |
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Lecture 9: Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita
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Aug 21, 2023 |
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Lecture 8: Claire Dederer’s Monsters: A Fan’s Dilemma
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Aug 14, 2023 |
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Old Favorite 2: Arthur Lobel’s Frog and Toad
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Aug 11, 2023 |
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Lecture 7: Joan Didion’s The White Album Part 2
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Aug 07, 2023 |
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Lecture 7: Joan Didion’s The White Album Part 3
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Aug 07, 2023 |
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Lecture 6: Elena Ferrante’s The Lost Daughter Part 3
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Jul 31, 2023 |
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Lecture 6: Elena Ferrante’s The Lost Daughter Part 2
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Jul 31, 2023 |
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Lecture 6: Elena Ferrante’s The Lost Daughter Part 1
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Jul 31, 2023 |
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Enriched Read 1: Demon Copperhead, David Copperfield and Dickens
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Jul 28, 2023 |
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Lecture 5: Nancy Mitford’s The Pursuit of Love Part 2
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Jul 24, 2023 |
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Lecture 5: Nancy Mitford’s The Pursuit of Love Part 3
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Jul 24, 2023 |
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Lecture 4: Rachel Khong’s Goodbye, Vitamin Part 1
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Jul 17, 2023 |
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Lecture 4: Rachel Khong’s Goodbye, Vitamin Part 2
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Jul 17, 2023 |
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Lecture 4: Rachel Khong’s Goodbye, Vitamin Part 3
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Jul 17, 2023 |
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Lecture 3: Elin Hilderbrand’s Summer of ‘69 Part 1
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Jul 11, 2023 |
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Lecture 3: Elin Hilderbrand’s Summer of ‘69 Part 2
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Jul 11, 2023 |
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Lecture 3: Elin Hilderbrand’s Summer of ‘69 Part 3
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Jul 11, 2023 |
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How to Read 1: Narrative Stance
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Jul 11, 2023 |
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Lecture 2: Claire Keegan’s Foster Part 1
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Jul 03, 2023 |
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Lecture 2: Claire Keegan’s Foster Part 3
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Jul 03, 2023 |
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Lecture 2: Claire Keegan’s Foster Part 2
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Jul 03, 2023 |
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Lecture 1: Michelle Zauner’s Crying in H-Mart Part 3
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Jun 26, 2023 |
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Lecture 1: Michelle Zauner’s Crying in H-Mart Part 2
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Jun 26, 2023 |
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Lecture 1: Michelle Zauner’s Crying in H-Mart Part 1
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Jun 26, 2023 |
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Welcome to the Foxed Page with Kimberly Ford
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Jun 21, 2023 |
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From the Archives: James Joyce’s Dubliners parts 1, 2 & 3
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Jun 20, 2023 |
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From the Archives: Annie Ernaux’s The Years parts 1, 2 & 3
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Jun 20, 2023 |
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From The Archives: Jeannette Haiens' The All of It parts 1, 2 & 3
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Jun 20, 2023 |
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From the Archives: Louise Erdrich's The Sentence parts 1, 2 & 3
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Jun 20, 2023 |
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From the Archives: Kiley Reid’s Such a Fun Age parts 1, 2 & 3
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Jun 19, 2023 |
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From the Archives: Brit Bennett’s The Vanishing Half parts 1, 2 & 3
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Jun 19, 2023 |
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From the Archives: Anna Burn's Milkman parts 1, 2 & 3
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Jun 19, 2023 |
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Five-Minute Recommendation: Gabrielle Zevin’s Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow
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Jun 19, 2023 |
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From the Archives: Five-Minute Recommendation for Nancy Mitford’s The Pursuit of Love
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Jun 19, 2023 |
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From the Archives: Five-Minute Recommendation for Jeanette Winterson and Jeanette Haien’s The All of It
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Jun 19, 2023 |
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From the Archives: Five-Minute Recommendation for Eve Babitz’s Slow Days, Fast Company: The World, the Flesh, and L.A.
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Jun 19, 2023 |
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From the Archives: Five-Minute Recommendation for Elin Hilderbrand’s Summer of 69
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Jun 19, 2023 |
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From the Archives: Five-Minute Recommendation for Anna Burns’s Milkman
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Jun 19, 2023 |
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From the Archives: Five-Minute Recommendation of Gustave Flaubert’s Madame Bovary
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Jun 19, 2023 |
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From the Archives: Five-Minute Recommendation for Annie Ernaux’s The Years.
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Jun 19, 2023 |
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From the Archives: Five-Minute Recommendation for Jeannette Winterson’s Frankisstein
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Jun 19, 2023 |
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From the Archives: Five-Minute Recommendation for Claire Keegan’s Foster
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Jun 19, 2023 |
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From the Archives: Five-Minute Recommendation of James Joyce’s Dubliners
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Jun 19, 2023 |
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5-Minute Recommendation: Dorothy Baker’s CASSANDRA AT THE WEDDING
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Jun 19, 2023 |
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5-Minute Recommendation: Michelle Zauner’s CRYING IN H-MART
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Jun 14, 2023 |