Purdue University's English Department

The Purdue English Big Read Podcast

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Welcome to the Purdue English Department’s Big Read Podcast! Our Big Read program is designed to enrich Greater Lafayette through the shared experience of literature. On this podcast, we invite guests to discuss great books and why we can’t get enough of them. To learn more about our program, visit: https://www.cla.purdue.edu/academic/english/the-big-read/index.html . (All opinions belong to individual speakers and are not representative of Purdue University.)

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Purdue University's English Department

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www.cla.purdue.edu

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22. nov. 2025

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Teaching Braiding Sweetgrass 22.11.2025 59:23

In this episode, Assistant Director of the Purdue English Big Read, C.J. Tenniswood, speaks with Dr. Stephanie Masta (College of Education), Dr. Michael Johnston (College of Liberal Arts), and Juanita Crider—PhD candidate, Assistant Director of the Black Cultural Center, and instructor in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. Together, they discuss how each has incorporated Braiding Sweetgrass i...

Listening to the Land: What Braiding Sweetgrass Teaches Us 08.11.2025 51:16

In this episode, Assistant Director of the Purdue English Big Read, C.J. Tenniswood, sits down with Dr. Matt Morgenstern and PhD candidate, Rochel Bergman, to explore how Robin Wall Kimmerer’s Braiding Sweetgrass invites readers to rethink their relationship with the natural world. Together, they discuss what it means to learn from the land rather than simply about it, weaving perspectives on ecol...

Cozy Mysteries & Aunty Lee's Delights 23.10.2024 53:29

In this episode (hosted by Emily Pearson), guests Debora Borba and Matt Morgenstern discuss cozy mysteries and how Ovidia Yu's Aunty Lee's Delights fits into the genre.

Singaporean Food Culture in Aunty Lee's Delights 02.10.2024 44:51

In this episode (hosted by Emily Pearson), guests Sarah Jaran and Dr. Mindy Tan discuss Singaporean food culture and it's role in Ovidia Yu's Aunty Lee's Delights .

Teaching Monkey King 01.11.2023 47:02

In this episode (hosted by Alex Anderson), guests Benjamin Lathrop, Chenchen Lu, and Emily Pearson discuss best practices for teaching Julia Lovell's adaptation of Monkey King: Journey to the West .

Gothic Feminisms and the Female Gothic 05.10.2023 49:27

In this episode, host Alex Anderson and guests Veronica Ahmed, Narim Kim, and Frankie Knuckles discuss how Silvia Moreno-Garcia's novel Mexican Gothic (2020) nuances the literary genre of the Female Gothic.

Colonial Pasts, Postcolonial Presents 05.10.2023 48:23

In this episode, host Alex Anderson and guests Débora Borba, Jehu Laniog, and Marybeth Perdomo discuss colonialism's haunting presence in Silvia Moreno-Garcia's novel Mexican Gothic (2020).

Space, Place, and Community in Binti 05.10.2023 49:03

Host Erika Gotfredson and guests Alex Anderson and Ane Costa discuss the nuanced roles of space, place, and community in Nnedi Okorafor's Binti trilogy.

Language as Magic in Spinning Silver 05.10.2023 44:03

Tune in as host Erika Gotfredson and guests Jason Abad and Emily Pearson discuss how names, language, and storytelling function as magic in Naomi Novik's novel Spinning Silver (2018).

Marginalized Voices in Binti and Beyond 05.10.2023 53:39

In this episode, host Erika Gotfredson and guests Juanita Crider and Malik Raymond explore Africanfuturism, character development, and the collision of STEM and literature in Nnedi Okorafor's trilogy Binti .

Spinning Silver: From Short Story to Novel 05.10.2023 50:24

In the very first episode of the Purdue English Big Read podcast, host Erika Gotfredson and guests Narim Kim and Vanessa Iacocca discuss the evolution of Naomi Novik's Spinning Silver (2018) from short story to novel.

Adapting Monkey King: American Born Chinese in Print and on Disney+ 27.09.2023 38:39

On this episode of the Purdue English Big Read podcast (hosted by Alex Anderson), Jianfen Chen, Devan Lindey, and Fiona Wang discuss Gene Luen Yang's graphic novel American Born Chinese , Kelvin Yu's series adaptation of the graphic novel for the streaming service Disney+, and Journey to the West 's cross-cultural longevity.