Keene on Books

By: Chris Parsons
  • Summary

  • A podcast from the Keene State College English Department. We choose a book that is interesting to someone for some reason. Then we’ll talk about it and hopefully get somewhere fun
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Episodes
  • Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe: A KoB Podcast
    Jan 10 2025

    Keene on Books returns with an episode discussing Maia Kobabe's 2019 graphic memoir, Gender Queer. Host / Associate Professor of English Education Chris Parsons is joined by Eleanor Green, Teen Librarian at Keene Public Library, Alyssa Hamilton, English teacher at ConVal High School, and Ian Kaplan, Coordinator of LGBTQ+ Student Support at Keene State. Only Eleanor had the deluxe edition of the book, but our whole conversation is really pretty deluxe.

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    1 hr and 32 mins
  • Pachinko by Min Jin Lee: A Keene on Books Podcast
    Dec 11 2024

    Keene on Books returns with an episode discussing Min Jin Lee's 2017 novel, Pachinko. Host / Associate Professor of English Education Chris Parsons is joined by Cindy Cheshire, biblical scholar, JEDI Faculty Fellow, and Adjunct Faculty in the Department of Communication and Philosophy at Keene State as well as Molly Parsons, Assistant Director of the Center for Research and Writing. We may not have found 100% of the biblical allusions, but 100% of the ones we did find were found by Cindy.

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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • Out There Screaming edited by Jordan Peele: A KoB Podcast
    Nov 6 2024

    Keene on Books returns with an episode discussing 2023's Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror, edited by Jordan Peele. Host / Associate Professor of English Education Chris Parsons is joined by Kirsti Sandy, Provost, Vice President for Academic Affairs, and English prof at Keene State as well as illustrious KSC senior students and writers Kyla Culver and Moses Fisher.

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    59 mins

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