This week, we’re joined by Jennifer Putzi. Dr. Putzi is a professor at the College of William & Mary, where she teaches English and Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies. Among her course offerings, she’s taught both Transgender Fictions and a 400-level course called 150 Years of Little Women. She is the author of several books, including Fair Copy: Relational Poetics and Antebellum American Women's Poetry and Identifying Marks: Race, Gender, and the Marked Body in Nineteenth-Century America. Together, we discuss Chapter 20: Confidential, in which Meg and John Brooke’s relationship really takes off, much to Jo’s consternation. Also, we make an incredible discovery regarding the gender identity of Aunt March’s pet parrot. Turns out Polly… is a he?
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.
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