Teachin' Books
A podcast all about the ways people teach, learn, and work with literature -- aaaand all sorts of other cultural bits and bobs, like video games, theatrical performances, Dungeons and Dragons, and more! Host Jessica McDonald talks about teachin' books in undergraduate classrooms, and she interviews folks to learn more about what cool work is happening in other other teaching and learning contexts.
- Update frequency
- every 12 days
- Average duration
- 46 minutes
- Episodes
- 37
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2023
1.15 Robert Montgomery's Public Poetry Installations
On today's episode, I'm talking about the public poetry installations of London-based poet and artist Robert Montgomery.
I use Montgomery's work in my first-year undergrad poetry class to consider im…
1.14 Interview with Rebekah Ludolph / Hiromi Goto's The Kappa Child
Heeeeey y'all! We're back to talkin' about book clubs today as Ph.D. candidate Rebekah Ludolph shares her experience reading Hiromi Goto's novel The Kappa Child (2001) in a book club that encourages …
1.13 Janelle Monáe's "Pynk" and Vivek Shraya's "Part-time Woman"
I've been really excited to share this episode with you: today, I talk about teachin' Janelle Monáe's song/music video "Pynk" in combination with Vivek Shraya's song/music video "Part-time Woman"! Th…
1.12 Interview with Taylor Brown / Thomas King's The Inconvenient Indian
On today's episode of Teachin' Books, undergraduate student Taylor Brown shares her experiences working as a tour guide while she was also reading and thinking through Thomas King's 2012 non-fiction …
1.11 Jes Baker's Landwhale
January sucks and I am here to talk about why! :D If you need a more positive tagline than that, I can't help you.
In this episode, I talk about teachin' Jes Baker's memoir Landwhale: On Turning Insul…
1.10 Interview with Tara Chambers / Andre Alexis's Fifteen Dogs
Teachin' Books is baaaaack! It appears it's a new, but still garbage, year -- yay?!
On today's episode, I chat with my friend Tara Chambers about a novel we both teach in undergraduate classes: Fift…
Holiday special!
I'm back from hiatus to share with you this sweet and joy-filled Holiday special episode, which I recorded with my mom Kathy and my cousin Whitney!
We planned to just "shoot the shit," as they say, ab…
1.9 Interview with Jocelyne Vogt / Harold Cardinal's "A Canadian What the Hell It's All About"
It's the last official episode of 2020! As I mention in this episode and the last, I'm taking a break from producing the podcast, and I'll be back in January 2021.
On this episode, I'm chatting with J…
1.8 Douglas Coupland's JPod
Nearing the one-year anniversary -- if such a term applies -- of my dissertation defence, I am taking this opportunity to mark the occasion by chatting about an author I've spent around a decade of m…
1.7 Interview with Anita Smith / William Shakespeare's & Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan's As You Like It
We’re talkin’ Shakespeare today!
In this episode, I chat with theatre artist Anita Smith about her production of William Shakespeare’s As You Like It for Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan’s 2019 season…
1.6 Interview with Catherine Nygren / The Stanley Parable
Y'all. Today we're teachin' VIDEO GAAAMES and I'm so excited! I'm not really a big gamer, but I loved chatting with Catherine Nygren about the ways she incorporates The Stanley Parable into her intro…
1.5 Instapoetry
Heyyy all! I’m talkin’ about Instapoetry in today’s episode of Teachin’ Books.
In particular, I share three short exercises I use to teach Instapoetry, two of which (in response to a listener request…
1.4 Interview with Alice Munro Book Club members / Alice Munro's Dear Life
In this episode of Teachin’ Books, I talk to a few members from the lovely Alice Munro book club I’ve been participating in this year: Sarah Roger, Taylor Graham, Tracy Ware, Sandra Hoenle, and Bob T…
1.3 Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go
In this episode of Teachin’ Books, I talk to... myself!... about teaching Kazuo Ishiguro's 2005 novel Never Let Me Go.
- Get the novel through your library or local bookstore. In Saskatoon, I like Turn…
1.2 Interview with Joanne Leow / David Chariandy's Brother
In this episode of Teachin’ Books, host Jessica McDonald talks to Dr. Joanne Leow, Assistant Professor of English at the University of Saskatchewan, about teaching David Chariandy's novel Brother.
1.1 Interview with Jade McDougall / Marilyn Dumont's "Letter to Sir John A Macdonald"
In this first official / full-length episode of Teachin’ Books, host Jessica McDonald talks to Ph.D. candidate and instructor Jade McDougall about teaching Marilyn Dumont’s “Letter to Sir John A Macd…
0.0 Trailer / Intro & Intentions
Welcome to Teachin' Books!
In this first episode / minisode / trailer (who can decide?), host Jessica McDonald chats about her intentions for the podcast and about what you can expect in future episo…