The Foxed Page
If you love to read, The Foxed Page is for you. With these deep dives into the best books, you’ll gain a richer understanding of the title at hand, all while learning to read everything better.Choose from long-form lectures, quick recommendations, talks on old favorites and plenty of episodes from the archives.Listen to The Foxed Page--with Kimberly Ford, best-selling author, former adjunct professor and Ph.D.
Latest episodes
Nov 9, 2023 • 1h 8min
Lecture 28: Like Water for Chocolate (now in English!)
This gem from 1992 REALLY HOLDS UP. Allow Kimberly to remind you why this entertaining novel--built around a matriarchal, domestic romance during the Mexican Revolution--was such a bestseller. With a weird number of funny and PRACTICAL digressions, the lecture celebrates this part-soap-opera (think Jane the Virgin!), part-cookbook (try a recipe!), part-send-up and part-family-saga.
Nov 6, 2023 • 42min
Lecture 27: the foxed page EN ESPANOL: Como aqua para chocolate
Get Kimberly's take on this early-90s classic while PRACTICING YOUR SPANISH! This soapopera-esque matriarchal saga set against the Mexican revolution really holds up. Listen in to find out why. ¡Ándate pues!
Nov 1, 2023 • 50min
Lecture 26: the foxed page talks TELEVISION; David Milch, Pete Dexter and SHAKESPEARE: Deadwood, the TV series.
In this PLATINUM AGE of television, Kimberly looks at the masterful language, the deft historical elements and the incredible Shakespearean airs of one of the best TV series of all time: David Milch's DEADWOOD.
Oct 28, 2023 • 1h 28min
Episode 14: DEADWOOD (the novel):
Kimberly hates to be self-aggrandizing but she honestly thinks this might be some of her VERY BEST WORK. Pete Dexter's DEADWOOD is an absolutely gorgeous, warm, violent and super-engaging book. If you loved it, listen now. Kimberly couldn't help but discuss some spoilers, so if you haven't read it, do that and come right back here. DEADWOOD is SO GOOD.
Oct 20, 2023 • 1h 11min
LECTURE 14: Claire Keegan's Small Things Like These
Kimberly worried there might be a bit too much Keegan on the foxed page. Then she re-reading Small Things and HAD TO RECORD THIS! Check it out. Keegan is a legend.
Oct 12, 2023 • 1h 27min
LECTURE 13: What we all need to learn from Mary Shelley's FRANKENSTEIN
NO READING REQUIRED! Kimberly explains why FRANKENSTEIN is more relevant than ever. Treat yourself to discussion of: Mary Shelley's insanely colorful life, elements of the gothic novel, what makes the prose so timeless, Percy Bysshe Shelley's role--and why we all need to hear the classic novel's CAUTIONARY TALE.
Sep 25, 2023 • 1h 26min
LECTURE 12: Margaret the First by Danielle Dutton
Tuck into analysis of this slim novel to be TRANSPORTED by gorgeous prose, excellent historical ambiance and a wholly inspirational, sassy, independent MARGARET.
Sep 18, 2023 • 55min
Enriched Read II: The Covenant of Water
NO PRE-READING REQUIRED! Kimberly breaks down the first dozen pages to reveal WHY this tome is such a hit. Explore Verghese's use of language, sense of place, narrative voice and incorporation of history--to see why you loved the book OR to see how you can GET MORE out of this epic.
Sep 11, 2023 • 39min
How to Read II: PLOT (feat. Virginia Woolf, Eve Babitz, Gustave Flaubert and others)
NO READING REQUIRED! PLOT seems simple but understanding its nuances can make a huge impact on how you read. Treat yourself to this discussion featuring Madame Bovary, Orlando, Kennedy's The Feast and Babitz's Slow Days, Fast Company.
Sep 5, 2023 • 1h 7min
Episode 11: Didion, Babitz . . . and Cline?
Kimberly explores the similarities and profound differences between oft-compared literary GENIUSES Joan Didion and Eve Babitz . . . before digging in to why people keep lumping Emma Cline, and her new novel, in with these legends.
