Chapter 16: Letters with Eagan Dean

Episode 16 October 09, 2022 01:01:03
Chapter 16: Letters with Eagan Dean
Jo's Boys: A Little Women Podcast
Chapter 16: Letters with Eagan Dean

Oct 09 2022 | 01:01:03

/

Show Notes

This week, we're joined by special guest Eagan Dean, an award-winning Americanist in Rutgers' Department of English. Eagan is currently working toward his PhD in Literatures in English with a certificate in women's, gender, and sexuality studies. Their dissertation, "American Literary Gender (and Its Discontents): The Literary Production and Uses of Hermeneutic Gender in the Long Nineteenth Century in America," makes him the perfect person to break down this chapter of Little Women. With Marmee away in Washington, tending to father, Jo assumes the mantle of man of the house -- and the other March sisters have their own concerns.

Our cover art is by Mattie Lubchansky. It interpolates the cover art for Bethany C. Morrow's book "So Many Beginnings: A Little Women Remix," with permission from Macmillan Children's Publishing Group. It also interpolates the cover art for Hena Khan's book "More to the Story," with permission from Simon & Schuster. Our theme music is Mozart's Piano Sonata No. 16 in C Major. This episode was edited by Antoinette Smith and transcribed by Lou Balikos.

A transcript of this episode is available here.

Other Episodes

Episode 8

May 14, 2022 00:42:57
Episode Cover

Chapter 8: Jo Meets Apollyon with Andi Schwartz

This week, we're joined by special guest Andi Schwartz. Dr. Schwartz is a Visiting Scholar at York University's School of Gender, Sexuality, and Women's...

Listen

Episode

September 30, 2022 00:31:49
Episode Cover

Scrap Bag: Jo: An Adaptation of Little Women (Sort Of) with Kathleen Gros

This week, we're chatting with cartoonist Kathleen Gros about her graphic novel Jo: An Adaptation of Little Women (Sort Of), which reimagines Jo March...

Listen

Episode 15

September 16, 2022 00:45:02
Episode Cover

Chapter 15: A Telegram with Vicki Johnson

This week, we're joined by special guest Vicki Johnson. Vicki is a former White House staffer and the author of the forthcoming picture book...

Listen