Chapter 11: "If They're Asleep to Wake Them Up" - Willene Keel

What Are You Reading?

English - September 26, 2017 01:27 - 46 minutes - 42.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 20 ratings
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Previous Episode: Chapter 10: "I Just Wanted to Introduce Them" - Kitti Murray

Next Episode: Chapter 12: "Practice Incarnation" - Judy Dominick

We talk with Tim's middle school English teacher about literature, teaching, politics, and the role of reading in rural America. Tim also gushes a few times about her impact on his young, malleable mind.

BOOKS DISCUSSED:
All Over But the Shoutin' by Rick Bragg
Liberal Redneck Manifesto by Trae Crowder, Drew Morgan, Corey Ryan Forrester
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J.D. Vance
Bastard Out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie

AUTHORS/BLOGGERS DISCUSSED:
Louise Penny
Jen Hatmaker
Ann Lamott
Rachel Held Evans
Carson McCullers
Wendell Berry
Dan Rather