The English Chronicles
The book club for English language learners.
Episodes
Discussing chapters 19-26 of Severance by Ling Ma.
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Notes:
1. Jen Lue, “Routine Made Everything Possible: An Interview with Ling Ma,” Asian American Writers’ Workshop, May 9, 2019, https://aaww.org/routine-made-everything-l...
Discussing chapters 13-18 of Severance by Ling Ma.
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Notes:
1. Jen Lue, “Routine Made Everything Possible: An Interview with Ling Ma,” Asian American Writers’ Workshop, May 9, 2019, https://aaww.org/routine-made-everything-l...
Discussing chapters 5-12 of Severance by Ling Ma.
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Notes:
1. Adam Morgan, “In ‘Severance,’ Ling Ma Destroys New York City,” Chicago Review of Books, August 14, 2018, https://chireviewofbooks.com/2018/08/14/severance-ling-ma...
Discussing chapters 1-4 of Severance by Ling Ma.
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Notes:
1. “Ling Ma,” The University of Chicago Division of the Humanities English, accessed August 7, 2021, https://english.uchicago.edu/people/ling-ma.
2. Courtney Vino...
Discussing “November 2036: The Off Season” through “October 2057: The Million-Year Picnic” in The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury.
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Notes: 1. Stephen Banker, “Interview with Ray Bradbury,” Sep...
Discussing “June 2032: —And the Moon Be Still As Bright” through “November 2033: The Fire Balloons” in The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury.
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Notes:
1. Venetta Nealy, “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 03 01 1978 Ray B...
Discussing “January 2030: Rocket Summer” through “April 2031: The Third Expedition" in The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury.
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Notes:
1. Oxford Dictionary, s.v. “Colonization,” https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/coloniza...
Announcing the next three book selections for the podcast: Severance by Ling Ma, March: Book One and Book Two, and All the Birds in the Sky, by Charlie Jane Anders.
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Today features the first episode of the Patreon-only podcast From the Page the Screen. In this podcast, I discuss stories and the movies and television shows they've inspired, letting you know what's worth reading or watching...or both! Enjoy today's podcast and sign up on Patreon to get a new episode each month.
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Discussing the last two sections of "Screengrabs" and the final essay "Intimations" in Intimations by Zadie Smith.
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Discussing the first five sections of "Screengrabs" in Intimations by Zadie Smith.
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Notes
1. Zadie Smith, “Big Tech ‘Comes’ to Washington + A Conversation with Zadie Smith,” interview by Jenn White, 1A, NPR, July 30, 2020, ...
Discussing "Something to Do" and "Suffering Like Mel Gibson" in Intimations by Zadie Smith.
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Notes:
1. Merriam-Webster Dictionary, s.v. “Platonic Love,” https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/platonic%20love.
2. “Me...
Discussing "Peonies" and "The American Exception" in Intimations by Zadie Smith.
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Notes:
1. Oxford Dictionary, s.v. “Intimation,” https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/intimation.
2. Britannica, s.v. “Stoicism,” https...
Discussing chapters 10-12 of Exit West by Mohsin Hamid.
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Notes:
1. Mohsin Hamid, “From Refugees To Politics, Mohsin Hamid Writes The Change He Wants To See,” interview by Terry Gross, Fresh Air, NPR, March 9, 2018, https://www.npr.org/2018/03/09/592158501/...
Discussing chapters 7-9 of Exit West by Mohsin Hamid.
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Notes:
1. Mohsin Hamid, “Points of No Return,” interview by Pamela Paul, The Book Review Podcast, The New York Times, March 10, 2017, audio, 1:10:00, https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/10/books/review/poi...
Discussing chapters 4-6 of Exit West by Mohsin Hamid.
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Notes:
1. Mohsin Hamid, “Points of No Return,” interview by Pamela Paul, The Book Review Podcast, The New York Times, March 10, 2017, audio, 1:10:00, https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/10/books/review/poi...
Discussing chapters 1-3 of Exit West by Mohsin Hamid.
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Notes:
1. Oxford Dictionary, s.v. “Emigration,” https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/emigration.
2. Oxford Dictionary, s.v. “Immigration,” https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/immigration.
3...
Introducing The English Chronicles, the book club for English language learners. Our first three selections will be Exit West by Mohsin Hamid (July), Intimations by Zadie Smith (August), and The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury (September).
Send me your comments on the podcast, book, or language learning!
Email: theenglishchronicles@gmail.com
Instagram: @theenglishchronicles
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