Episode 312: Flowers for Algernon (with Emma Alban)

This week, Alli and her guest revisit some required reading from their school days in Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes. Picking up this 1966 novel was just as emotional and thought-provoking as picking up the 1959 short story was years ago, and this time around, they unpack the experience together on the podcast. Tune in for conversations about their fuzzy memories of reading Flowers for Algernon as kids, the book's classification in the science fiction genre, the differences between intelligence and life experience and kindness, icky depictions of women, animal testing, the linguistic challenges of dissecting a book like this, and so much more.

TW: sexual shame

Emma R. Alban is a screenwriter and a USA Today bestselling queer historical romance author. Her books include Don't Want You Like a Best Friend and You're the Problem, It's You. Follow her on Instagram @eraofemma.

CHECK OUT EMMA'S BOOKS:

Don't Want You Like a Best Friend

You're the Problem, It's You

CHECK OUT EMMA'S BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS:

The In-Between Bookstore by Edward Underhill

A Rival Most Vile by R.K. Ashwick

A Captured Cauldron by R.K. Ashwick

MORE READING:

"Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes—review" (The Guardian, 2016)

"Book Review: Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes" (David Bruns, 2014)

"Book Review: Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes" (Frappes and Fiction, 2020)

"Flowers for Algernon: Book Review" (Threefold Advocate, 2023)

"Flowers for Algernon" (Kirkus, 1966)

"Review of Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes" (Rhapsody in Books, 2018)

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