The Foxed Page

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.

Episodes

The very first foxed page READING CHALLENGE: To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf >> Kimberly would argue that there’s no better way to usher in summer than reading this book.

May 27, 2025 • 54 mins

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Lecture 92: THE SCARLET LETTER >> Honestly, did your fifteen-year-old self really appreciate this insanely great classic? Listen in--NO READING REQUIRED--to why this book is SO GOOD.

May 20, 2025 • 74 mins

NO READING REQUIRED! Hawthorne's 1850 classic is the epitome of high school books that are wasted on high school students. This thing is a MASTERPIECE. Listen in as Kimberly situates it historically, talks about the framing device, digs deep into the radical FEMINISM and of course covers symbolism (did you also write your term paper on symbolism??). She wraps up the lecture by leaning into her ongoing rant about how PURITANISM ...

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Lecture 91: THE HUSBANDS by Holly Gramazio >> You've heard Kimberly talk about how hard it is to write humor. Gramazio shows us how it's done!

May 16, 2025 • 54 mins

NO SPOILERS! With humor as a lens, Kimberly dives in to all the ways this bestseller functions so well. You'll learn how to think about humor more generally, while seeing all the ways that the best humor can really shape a novel. Join Kimberly for an exploration of one of the strongest elements of this smart, engaging surprisingly philosophical book!

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Lecture 90: THE AWAKENING by Kate Chopin >> Remember this absolute CORNERSTONE of feminist literature?? Turns out this classic is just as important and juicy as when it was published IN 1899!

May 1, 2025 • 53 mins

Kimberly was honestly kind of shocked by how iconoclastic, gorgeous and important this novel feels. Whether it's a women's-studies-seminar favorite or new to you, indulge in this exploration of one woman's fascinating experience of society, domesticity, maternity and PASSION in late-1800s New Orleans.

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Enriched read 9: the GENIUS of CORMAC McCARTHY (specifically: No Country for Old Men) >> Love McCarthy? Never read him? Tune in to see why he's just so incredibly good.

April 23, 2025 • 81 mins

NO READING REQUIRED! As soon as Kimberly dove back in to No Country for Old Men, she knew she needed to parse what makes McCarthy SO GOOD. This exploration hits on all the ways that reading McCarthy is a master class in all elements of fiction: textured narrative voices, description of violence, sympathy for complex characters, dark humor, and others--not to mention gorgeous prose.

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Episode 89: ANNA KARENINA >> Intimidated??? DON'T be! Just let Kimberly tell you all the reasons these 1,000 pages are great.

April 10, 2025 • 39 mins

NO READING REQUIRED! Whether this doorstop is an old favorite--or something you NEVER plan to read--treat yourself to Kimberly's take on why this classic of all classics is worth your next 40 minutes!

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100th Anniversary REPOST: THE GREAT GATSBY >> We all need to get back to the GENIUS novel that was wasted on us in high school? No rereading! Let Kimberly remind you of the greatness of this meditation on the (sometimes complex) AMERICAN DREAM.

April 7, 2025 • 70 mins

NO READING REQUIRED! Fitzgerald's genius might very well be wasted on the youth. Even if you haven't re-read this classic since you were 16, delving into for an hour is a revelation. Kimberly breaks down the innovative narrative stance, the plot-heavy structure and some master-class motif building--all while reveling in (and also subtly criticizing) this modernist MASTERPIECE.

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Episode 88: Sex Writing, Age-Gap Relationships and Annie Ernaux's THE YOUNG MAN >> Leave it to a NOBEL PRIZE WINNER to dish up some seriously inspiring prose!

April 4, 2025 • 29 mins

NO READING REQUIRED! Tune in to hear Kimberly unpack the many ways that Ernaux celebrates the age gap relationship. The French master offers up philosophical explanations for why older people get with younger ones, incisive analysis of social norms and all the ways in which these liaisons can be empowering--all, of course, while treating us to her stark, arresting, unique prose. Treat yourself to this dip into one woman's world and...

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Episode 87: SEX WRITING, AGE-GAP RELATIONSHIPS and PLAYWORLD by Adam Ross

March 26, 2025 • 45 mins

Tune in for Kimberly's breakdown of how PLAYWORLD really succeeds--and the ways she sees it falling short. With its marketing materials really pushing its 36-year-old-woman/14-year-old-boy sexualized relationship, the novel provides a fascinating look at sex writing and how the Mrs.-Robinson trope manifests itself in 2025. Join Kimberly for this second of four lectures--the only novel of the four written by a man--which maybe shoul...

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Episode 86: SEX WRITING, AGE-GAP RELATIONSHIPS and INTERMEZZO by Sally Rooney (1 of 4 upcoming lectures!)

March 20, 2025 • 69 mins

With good sex writing, and TWO age-gap relationships, INTERMEZZO offers Kimberly all sorts of ways to think about female sexual desire. Listen in to hear what Kimberly LOVES about this latest Rooney, and where she thinks the novel fell SHORT. The first of a series of four lectures that will explore Adam Ross's PLAYWORLD, Annie Ernaux's THE YOUNG MAN and Kate Chopin's THE AWAKENING, Kimberly's deep dives will elucidate not only the...

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Lecture 85: THE ONCE AND FUTURE KING by T. H. White >> NO READING REQUIRED! Lose yourself as Kimberly walks you through the genius of this CAMELOT CLASSIC. Need an escape? One that's smart, inventive and funny? Listen in!

March 12, 2025 • 76 mins

White published the four-part volume in 1938 and 1958--all in the shadow of WWII. If he only knew how well the chaos of that historical moment would mirror 2025! This 700-page novel is haunting, intelligent, absorbing and charming. NO NEED TO READ the book. Just treat yourself to Kimberly's wander through it now!

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Lecture 84: Lucia Berlin's "Carpe Diem" from A MANUAL FOR CLEANING WOMEN >> Join Kimberly for a SPECIAL look at one story by the master of the form!

March 4, 2025 • 54 mins

In this special lecture honoring a story from one of the BEST BOOKS OF THE CENTURY (according to the New York Times), Kimberly proves that it's FASCINATING to parse a five-and-a-half page story for almost an hour. In fact, there was a lot MORE she wanted to discuss. This deep dive, though, will give you an even better sense of just WHY Berlin's work is so so good.

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Lecture 83: Jodi Picoult's BY ANY OTHER NAME >> Missed a few of Picoult's Shakespeare references? Want to be sure you appreciated all the reasons why this novel is so effective?? Listen in now!

February 24, 2025 • 75 mins

Join Kimberly as she discusses historical fiction as a genre--before digging in to how the structure, the pacing, the figurative language and the prose make this novel work so well. (Plus, as usual, a few quibbles.)

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Lecture 82: I COULD READ THE SKY by Timothy O'Grady and Steve Pike >> Do you STILL need a literary escape?? This gorgeous, elegiac novel-with-photos will transport you to Ireland and the experience of emigration. Listen in now!

February 13, 2025 • 65 mins

NO READING REQUIRED! Kimberly's deep dive works well before or after reading this gem. The novel's unique reading experience derives in part from the incredible photographs throughout--combined, of course, with insanely great prose. Make sure you're getting as much as possible out of this unusual, beautiful, haunting novel. Listen in now!

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Lecture 81: The most important book YOU DO NOT NEED TO READ: Don Quijote de La Mancha

February 3, 2025 • 65 mins

Kimberly LOVES this classic of all classics--largely held as the first modern novel. Cervantes's 1605 masterpiece is not only colorful, hilarious, smart and unique but it includes all the elements that would go on to shape the modern novel. Let Kimberly tell you all about these crucial elements while giving you a good taste of the Spaniard's amazing prose. She also argues why this hour-long lecture might be all the Quijote you need...

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Lecture 80: Aysegul Savas's THE ANTHROPOLOGISTS >> Need an escape?? Immerse yourself in an hour of Kimberly parsing all the ways that this meditative, warm, escapist book--with its wholly unique premise--offers so much.

January 28, 2025 • 78 mins

Good books provide inspiration, compassion, consolation, edification...and ESCAPE. If you're a little weary of the world right now, dig into the very smart pages of THE ANTHROPOLOGISTS. This slim novel's unique, destabilizing premise could feel gimmicky in lesser hands, but Savas manages to intrigue, all while throwing into relief the basic desires of every reader. Kimberly found SO MUCH depth to explore. Join us now! NO PRE-READIN...

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Lecture 79: GOOD MATERIAL by DOLLY ALDERTON >> Witness Kimberly's HOTTEST TAKE since starting the podcast. She loved Alderton's book so much she couldn't help but add some out-there conjecture to her usual astute, entertaining analysis.

January 17, 2025 • 64 mins

When The NY Times named Alderton's GOOD MATERIAL one of the best 10 books of 2024, Kimberly knew it was time to dig in. Listen as she deepens your understanding of the male narrative voice, the excellent figurative language, the supposed "double ending" and Alderton's CRUCIAL SUBVERSION of the marriage plot. Tune in to Kimberly's argument for why this (anti)-rom-com (?!) BELONGS in the company of literary heavyweights like Miranda ...

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Lecture 78: YOU DREAMED OF EMPIRES by Álvaro Enrigue >> Want an even deeper understanding of this complex, hilarious, dark, unique novel?? Tune in!

January 5, 2025 • 64 mins

As soon as she opened it, Kimberly knew she needed a deep dive into YOU DREAMED OF EMPIRES. Listen in for a deeper understanding of the title, the unique narrative stance, why the book feels so dreamy, the humor and whether or not we can read this as a FEMINIST novel.

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REPOST: How the Grinch Stole Christmas (and its SEQUEL??)

December 16, 2024 • 52 mins

NO READING REQUIRED! Find out why we are SO DRAWN to this unlikely, enduring classic from 1957. Also: Kimberly grapples with the sequel.

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REPOST: Agatha Christie! (and her Midwinter Murder!) (NO READING REQUIRED!)

December 9, 2024 • 56 mins

Tune in to hear how detective novels are inherently conservative but why Kimberly LOVES CHRISTIE ANYWAY. You'll learn why the "queen of crime" is so exceptional and why it should be no surprise that she's the best-selling writer OF ALL TIME (except Shakespeare and the Bible...). Also--see which volume is the perfect gift for everyone on your holiday list.

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