Reading Books Together: A Podcast with Deborah Brothers & John Paul Jaramillo This December we discuss two Christmas-ritual themed works: Truman Capote’s “A Christmas Memory” and E.T.A. Hoffman’s Nutcracker and the Mouse King. Deborah gives some context for the children’s lit aspects of both selections and John Paul decides we should have read Alexandre Dumas’ The Nutcracker. (He did alsoContinue reading “reading books together: a podcast with deborah brothers and john paul jaramillo holiday re-run”
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reading books together: a podcast with deborah brothers and john paul jaramillo episode 8
For December’s podcast, we discuss Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. We talk about Dickens’ background and his poverty. We discuss Patrick Stewart and Mr Magoo. We also have some fun and read one-star reviews from Goodreads. –Deborah Brothers holds a Ph.D. in English Studies and reviews books for Choice and The Lion and the Unicorn and her essays, fiction,Continue reading “reading books together: a podcast with deborah brothers and john paul jaramillo episode 8”