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Christmas Party | Russell Banks | Literary Roadhouse Ep 131

Podcast |: Literary Roadhouse: One Short Story, Once a Week
Publisher |: Literary Roadhouse
Media Type |: audio
Podknife tags |: Books,; Fiction,; Literature,; Short Stories
Categories Via RSS |: Arts,; Books,; Education,; Hobbies,; Language Learning,; Leisure
Publication Date |: Aug 29, 2018
Episode Duration |: 00:40:28

The post Christmas Party | Russell Banks | Literary Roadhouse Ep 131 appeared first on Literary Roadhouse.

Discussion Notes: Christmas Party Find this week’s story here: Christmas Party by Russell Banks Next week’s story: Stone Mattress by Margaret Atwood Rated: Clean This week Gerald, Rammy, and Anais are joined by Baylee Annis, Assistant to the Director of the Adirondack Center for Writing. She is poet, essayist, journalist, and loves talking about words so much she made it her job to pass on her passion to others. She studied at Norwich University in Vermont and was one of a whopping two students who studied english, education, and sociology. An Adirondack native, she hasn’t had electricity or running water for three years in her adorable 128 sq ft house, and would have it no other way. You can learn more about the Adirondack Center for Writing at adirondackcenterforwriting.org The show quickly became a love fest! All four hosts gushed over the brilliant characters, prose, and plot of this classic Russell Banks short story. Baylee brought her Adirondack native experience to the conversation, commenting on how the community was one more character in the story. Meanwhile, Rammy and Anais debate why the protagonist briefly contemplated kidnapping a baby. Have thoughts on this story? Did we miss a crucial piece of this story? Tell us below! Or on Twitter @litroadhouse or in our FB group. Join the Literary Roadhouse Readers FB Group Support us on Patreon We’re still a self-funded podcast. We work hard every week to bring you the best content possible. Psst: Full list of short stories discussed on the podcast >>

Discussion Notes: Christmas Party

Find this week’s story here: Christmas Party by Russell Banks

Next week’s story: Stone Mattress by Margaret Atwood

Rated: Clean

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Baylee Annis, Assistant to the Director at the Adirondack Center for Writing

This week Gerald, Rammy, and Anais are joined by Baylee Annis, Assistant to the Director of the Adirondack Center for Writing. She is poet, essayist, journalist, and loves talking about words so much she made it her job to pass on her passion to others. She studied at Norwich University in Vermont and was one of a whopping two students who studied english, education, and sociology. An Adirondack native, she hasn’t had electricity or running water for three years in her adorable 128 sq ft house, and would have it no other way.

You can learn more about the Adirondack Center for Writing at adirondackcenterforwriting.org

The show quickly became a love fest! All four hosts gushed over the brilliant characters, prose, and plot of this classic Russell Banks short story. Baylee brought her Adirondack native experience to the conversation, commenting on how the community was one more character in the story. Meanwhile, Rammy and Anais debate why the protagonist briefly contemplated kidnapping a baby.

Have thoughts on this story?

Did we miss a crucial piece of this story? Tell us below! Or on Twitter @litroadhouse or in our FB group.

group-cover-photo-social-media-announcement-150x150.png" alt="Join the Literary Roadhouse Readers FB Group" width="150" height="150" class="wp-image-1936 size-thumbnail aligncenter"> Join the Literary Roadhouse Readers FB Group

Support us on Patreon

We’re still a self-funded podcast. We work hard every week to bring you the best content possible.

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Psst: Full list of short stories discussed on the podcast >>

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