The Foxed Page
Kimberly Ford
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.
Episodes
Mentioned books
Aug 28, 2023 • 43min
Lecture 10: Ejaculate Responsibly: A Whole New Way to Think about Abortion
Kimberly breaks down the GENIUS in Gabrielle Blair's crucial book. Urgent and funny at times, the lecture also touches on Kimberly's own book. If you listen to one podcast here at the foxed page, MAKE IT THIS ONE.
Aug 21, 2023 • 35min
Lecture 9: Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita
Building on Claire Dederer’s defense of this incredible novel, Kimberly walks you through this new way to think about the misunderstood classic. She delves into why the prose is so insanely great and wraps up with a look at the genius sleight-of-hand that makes the book not only deeply engaging but also important.
Aug 14, 2023 • 38min
Lecture 8: Claire Dederer’s Monsters: A Fan’s Dilemma
If you don’t know what to do with great art made by horrible people, you need Monsters. Dederer’s surprisingly personal look at the issue is insightful and soooo smart. Her thoughts on Woody Allen, Michael Jackson, Virginia Woolf—and Nabokov’s Lolita—are fascinating and revelatory.
Aug 7, 2023 • 32min
Lecture 7: Joan Didion’s The White Album Part 2
In part two, Kimberly focuses on the titular essay, “The White Album.”
Aug 7, 2023 • 27min
Lecture 7: Joan Didion’s The White Album Part 3
In part three, we dive into aspects of the later essays that make this collection so important.
Jul 31, 2023 • 28min
Lecture 6: Elena Ferrante’s The Lost Daughter Part 2
In part two, Kimberly analyzes the uncanny, strange feel of the novel, and the important pattern of proliferation of mothers, daughters and dolls.
Jul 31, 2023 • 34min
Lecture 6: Elena Ferrante’s The Lost Daughter Part 3
In part three, Kimberly digs into the depiction of maternity in the novel, and the close of the work.
Jul 31, 2023 • 31min
Lecture 6: Elena Ferrante’s The Lost Daughter Part 1
Kimberly might not have loved Ferrante’s My Beautiful Friend, but she’s OBSESSED with The Lost Daughter. (Plus, the movie’s great.) In part one, Kimberly will argue why you should read this creepy little gem, discuss names in the novel, and dive into the opening of the book.
Jul 28, 2023 • 52min
Enriched Read 1: Demon Copperhead, David Copperfield and Dickens
No reading required! In this Dickens crash-course, Kimberly equips you to get even more out of Barbara Kingsolver’s incredible Demon Copperhead. Or to decide if you want to tackle this new bestseller! You’ll find out why Demon fits so well into a long literary tradition and why Kingsolver was SUCH a genius to choose this insanely effective scaffolding for her recent gem.
Jul 24, 2023 • 29min
Lecture 5: Nancy Mitford’s The Pursuit of Love Part 2
In part two, Kimberly discusses the peripheral, third-person (“sidekick”) narrator, Mitford’s world-class dialogue and the novel’s pacing.
