The Purdue English Big Read Podcast

by Purdue University's English Department

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.ed ... 

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Podcast episodes

  • Season 1

  • Spinning Silver: From Short Story to Novel

    Spinning Silver: From Short Story to Novel

    S01 E01
    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.

  • Language as Magic in Spinning Silver

    Language as Magic in Spinning Silver

    S01 E02
    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).

  • Season 2

  • Marginalized Voices in Binti and Beyond

    Marginalized Voices in Binti and Beyond

    S02 E01
    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.

  • Space, Place, and Community in Binti

    Space, Place, and Community in Binti

    S02 E02
    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.

  • Season 3

  • Colonial Pasts, Postcolonial Presents

    Colonial Pasts, Postcolonial Presents

    S03 E01
    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).