Literally Literary

We finish discussing Sáenz's collection by covering what struck us about "Brother in Another Language," "Sometimes the Rain," "Chasing the Dragon," & "The Hurting Game." 

Benjamin Alire Sáenz joins us for an interview in this episode to talk about the border, politics, his writing style, the stories in Everything Begins & Ends at the Kentucky Club, & news on the film adaptation for Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe. 

In our second part on Everything Begins & Ends, we cover our strong lines from the first half of the collection, including the stories, "He Has Gone to be with the Women," "Art of Translation," & "Rule Maker."  

For our last book of the year, we open Benjamin Alire Saenz's Everything Begins & Ends at the Kentucky Club, covering some of the themes from this PEN-Faulkner-award-winning short story collection, as well as the setting, the style, the role of food, & part of the first story, "He Has Gone to be With the Women." 

We conclude Angie Thomas' novel by highlighting some differences with the film adaptation (focusing especially on DeVante and Khalil), the significance behind the names, and the differences between the two protests we see in the story. 

In our second look at Hate U Give, we analyze some of the themes of the novel, point out its pop culture allusions, & highlight what makes it so relevant.

In our first round on the Hate U Give, we cover the setting and main characters in Angie Thomas’ novel, as well as tie in some threads to Poet X and Black Klansman.

This episode, Ron Stallworth joins us to talk about his memoir and its film adaptation as part of the events of the EPCC Literary Fiesta. 

In this episode, we discuss the second half of Ron Stallworth's memoir, Black Klansman, highlighting our most salient passages. 

This episode, we begin Ron Stallworth's memoir, Black Klansman , which details his undercover work as a police officer passing as a member of the KKK. We highlight moments that stayed with us from the first half of the book, but on Saturday Oct. 19 at El Paso's downtown library, join us at EPCC's Literary Fiesta for a live interview with Mr. Stallworth, preceded by a free screening of the Academy-...

As we close the book on Poet X, we highlight our favourite pieces from Part III, and bring in special guest and EPCC English Professor Reyna Muñoz to talk about the audiobook too. 

In our second part of Poet X, we dive into our favourite pieces from parts I and II of the book. 

On our first episode of Literally Literary, we summarize the general plot of Elizabeth Acevedo's The Poet X, as well as discuss some of its themes, its style, and its allusions. Jorge Gomez & Vanessa Zuñiga are joined by Richie Marrufo to engage in a dialog about Acevedo's work. This podcast is brought to you by the Humanities Collaborative at EPCC-UTEP. Big thanks to our guest and collea...

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