American Writers (One Hundred Pages at a Time)
Evan Lampe
In each episode I discuss around 100 pages from the works of American writers. Contact me at hundredpagescast@gmail.com
Episodes
Mentioned books
Dec 27, 2023 • 46min
Episode 619: W. E. B. Du Bois: Black Reconstruction in America (Part 3)
One of the most fascinating looks at Andrew Johnson is made by Du Bois in this section of BLACK RECONSTRUCTION IN AMERICA. I also discuss his sources and unique bibliography in this episode.
Dec 21, 2023 • 32min
Robert A. Heinlein Book Club: Episode 64: Between Planets (Part 2)
The conclusion to my coverage of BETWEEN PLANETS by Robert A. Heinlein.
Dec 21, 2023 • 33min
Episode 617: W. E. B. Du Bois: Black Reconstruction in America (Part 2)
The Civil War ends and the reaction to emancipation starts. In the second part of my coverage of W. E. B. Du Bois' BLACK RECONSTRUCTION IN AMERICA, I look at chapters 5-6 and the beginning of the conservative reaction to the second American Revolution.
Dec 18, 2023 • 26min
Robert A. Heinlein Book Club: Episode 63: Between Planets (Part 1)
Once again, we begin a look at what turns out to be my favorite of the juveniles by Robert A. Heinlein. BETWEEN PLANETS is the best yet. Can they keep getting better? The lesson in this book is courage and honor in the face of fate.
Dec 18, 2023 • 52min
Episode 616: W. E. B. Du Bois: Black Reconstruction in America (Part 1)
In this episode I look at the first four chapters of the amazing book BLACK RECONSTRUCTION IN AMERICA by W. E. B. Du Bois. It is a brilliant celebration of the potential of interracial democracy, written at a time when those potentials were forgotten by historians.
Dec 14, 2023 • 13min
Robert A. Heinlein Book Club: Episode 62: Cliff and the Calories
A bit of an aside in this series, "Cliff and the Calories" by Heinlein is a short story about a young woman struggling with a perhaps unnecessary diet. It slightly aligns with some of what he was doing with his juveniles, but I think we need to wait until we read Podkayne to know for sure.
Dec 14, 2023 • 38min
Episode 615: Harriet Beecher Stowe: Oldtown Folks (Part 5)
The finale of my review of OLDTOWN FOLKS by Harriet Beecher Stowe, and the conclusion to this series on Stowe's novels. Next up, we will return to W. E. B. Du Bois with a deep dive into Reconstruction-era America.
Dec 11, 2023 • 24min
Episode 614: Harriet Beecher Stowe: Oldtown Folks (Part 4)
Part 4 of my review of OLDTOWN FOLKS by Harriet Beecher Stowe. This is an amazing novel that deserves more attention.
Dec 11, 2023 • 31min
Robert A. Heinlein Book Club: Episode 61: The Man Who Sold the Moon
A story of capitalism run amok and maybe doing some good, THE MAN WHO SOLD THE MOON, by Robert A. Heinlein is a great novella exploring how money can do almost anything.
Dec 6, 2023 • 37min
Episode 613: Harriet Beecher Stowe: Oldtown Folks (Part 3)
The middle sections of Harriet Beecher Stowe's OLDTOWN FOLKS (1869) explored education with intense focus and through multiple conversations. While repetitive, this section of the novel allowed Stowe to engage with the debates of her own time about education, making a case as persuasive as the one she made in UNCLE TOM'S CABIN about slavery.
